Stronger by Ang Chris

Chapter 64

“Are you alright?” I popped in on Leon as he covered the trade ledger with the humans.

He shot you in his chair “goddess’s breath,” he gasped. “Oh oh Luna it’s you only you,” he calmed when he saw me.

1 scrunched my brows and squinted my eyes.

“I only came to see if my plan to change the buyers of our potatoes was a success no need to be scared,” I watched him closely.

“I um yes it was we made a profit much larger you are quite the the asset,” he was still calming down and hugging.

“Leon what’s wrong?” I turned my voice soft and empathetic. I looked over my shoulder and Elizabeth was no where near the closed door only standing guard.

He slumped down in his chair “you tell me,” he mumbled. “Graysons been on the war path and he’s not communicating a thing! I swear it’s just..just. He’s off Annette he did something the other day and I have known him a long time I think he’s lost it,”

“What did he do?” I questioned.

“He kille

“He killed the sniper…” he drifted off his eyes swimming with terror.

Graysons message to his council his threat of extinction to any traitors and snitches. He’s trusted them with his life for most of it and now our child is on the line. A dream Grayson has kept secret for years: a happy family of his own. Now he’ll kill anyone in his way.

“Grayson is overprotective he just wants me safe,” I smiled sweetly.

“He’s getting unhinged Luna he’s training harder and harder and he’s refusing to pull punches the only one of us who can withstand him is Matt and even then it’s bad,”

The guilt rose in my throat again.

“He’s scared Leon. I mean he even wants to kind so their elders,” I fibbed.

“Of course!” He slapped a hand to his forehead and laughed at this false insanity.

“Yes do the one thing that will capture the attention of both regions ministry. We’ll be charged with war crimes!”

“I know going before the wolf ministry of both regions, he could be charged and taken away or worse,” I sighed.

“Talk to him Annette he’ll listen to you he’s in love you that’s why he’s so crazy,” Leon grabbed me by my shoulders.

“Or we’ll all lose him,”

“Thank you Leon,” I nodded to him. “I have to go and check our meat supplies. Please keep this all between us,” I

smiled.

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Instead I went to the training house. The only thing Leon had told me that shocked me was Grayson was taking his anger out in training.

I marched to the training house to see it for my own eyes.

He was in the ring sweating and panting. His eyes were trained ingo Matt. Wailing in on him punch after punch.

Charlie and Jamie watched on from the sidelines. Matt had his hands up flinching with the blows Gray was landing.

“Grayson!” I yelled.

My mate stopped instantly mid punch turning and looking at me the shame washing on him.

“Get out.” he told Matt

Matt looked between us and looked out fo the ring.

him over. Not nearly as battered and bruised

all you have fight my brother he’ll be your own

he told me.

brother hasn’t betrayed us

handling that.” I reminded him..

to be prepared for what they face,” he

fight the urge to enjoy my touch. The pull to calm down

be closed his

want us to be,” I told him softly.

and and he pulled me to his

not defend you.” he growled.

don’t scorch him the ground we live

his teeth

him and went over to Matt who was by

1

bowed his head to me. As your sworn protector I know I need to be there to protect you from the alpha

we face.”

his tone was one of false sincerity. He knew Grayson was punishing

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not

about the outcome of all

about you,” he corrected

“He loves you,”

and started leading me away. “I think he’s proven his worth. Besides Grayson is strong enough to

I heard Jamie

called to my youngest brother.

gripped my

him, and he needs

like any of it,”

dinner.

bread while Elizabeth sat outside my front door. I was still starving, but I had to

cut up heads of lettuce as Elizabeth cut potatoes. Lilianna walked in eventually and started

pies.

“I’m sure she’s worried sick about you,” she

her worst nightmare so I’ve been talking with her everyday.

strategist is she not?”

strategist she’s helped many allies

could be a great asset, it may be better if she were here to help,” she

helping strategize over the phone where

Luna,

pig roasts. I’m sure dinner will be wonderful, but my mind was wondering

thing was someone was selling our secrets and I felt exposed

they’d been watching me…

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they know that we weren’t aware of

to my bedroom claiming I

Lies upon lies.

took a shaky breath sitting

the end of this, first an enemy, then a threat, now a traitor. The

when we hit them with trade decoy but still

trade was because the mole would’ve been exposed. They were taking their time with us someone Grayson had once trusted more than

useless and helpless. I was clawing at the walls of the hole in the ground that had opened beneath my feet with no chance

My mind running

I knew it I

I knew I

he knelt in the shower still clothed.

maniacal in its determination to concoct