Stronger by Ang Chris

Chapter 126

Annette POV:

I was sure at some point Max would turn us over to Deacon, I jumped anytime I heard sudden noises or a door open. He told me he sent a message to Grayson but kept it vague so if it was intercepted it wouldn’t give me away. He let me read it so I could be sure there was nothing hidden in it giving me away.

I almost shook over his shoulder when Grayson responded after a minute or two. I thought of him of our son in his arms. I warned myself this could all still go very wrong, Deacon could figure out where I was and still come after me. He had angered his son probably the only person in the world capable of killing him and bringing him off his throne. He wanted the upper hand, I had taken that from him and my life was on thin ice.

His sister was very kind and always seemed to be by me, when I first arrived she led me to a bathroom with her mother by her side. “I have some clothes you can borrow,” She wasn’t much older than fifteen, but she looked like her brother’s brown hair and eyes tan and freckled, her mother a Greek wolf smiled at me and guided me to a steaming

tub.

“No one will betray your trust in my house,” She stated, holding her hand. I took off the black dress from the hotel still on my it was much easier to get rid of than my nightgown. I handed it over to the young girl and looked at it the fury in my eyes.

“Burn that,” Her mother ordered as if reading my mind. She helped me into the tub I knew I looked skinny but I hadn’t seen my reflection in weeks, my skin clung to my bones, and my cheeks were gone. The effects of the silver acetate were potent stripping all my strength and my lifeblood from me.

I got in the water and i thought I’d die right there baths hadn’t always felt this good had they? Had they always felt like standing in the sun on a warm day? I sat down and the older woman and her daughter set to brushing out my hair, it wasn’t matted, but it wasn’t good I could see some of it falling out as they brushed.

They gave me a bowl of soup for dinner that night with warm bread and I ate it heartily and savagely, not becoming of a luna. I went to sleep begrudgingly watching the door to my room and looking back at the windows until the sun came out and my eyes betrayed me gluing themselves shut and I slept.

I eventually woke up and when I did I sprung out of the bed and opened the doors making sure that no one had been called that I was still safe, and that I could call for my husband. True to their words they called him and Grayson seeing through the lines came right away.

I had paced around their house gripping my hands together half in prayer, half in anticipation. I walked outside of their keep and started looking at the sky.

“They won’t be here for hours Annette Simon told me but Ashley elbowed him in the ribs.

“They’ll be here soon let’s wait on the steps,” the small girl came up and sat beside me. I sat there fighting the urge to run my mind warring against itself, so happy, so afraid.

“It could be deacon he could still have tricked you, Grayson is at home with our son safe that should be enough for us.

I sat there forcing myself to believe that my husband was truly on his way and that they hadn’t betrayed me, after ages

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chest my palms sweating I heard the blades of a helicopter. I jumped onto my feet my heart pounding

*Grayson

“Grayson

tell me he brought him, please tell me this is it, if this is it everything else will be fine, the hardest part was being separated if we’re together nothing bad can happen ever again, please just open the doors, please land and open the doors

in my husband’s arms.

chest he didn’t even cry. I collapsed to the ground sobbing. He was so big, how had he grown so much in the last few months? I had missed

alright darling, shhhh” He held

sniffled and pulled me from my husband holding me in her arms I pushed off of her and smiled as be held my face I still had Christian in my arms. I looked down at

as I

Max mentioned for us to follow him back to their house. I kept under Graysons arm and held my son smelling the top of his head and looking

the bed and Grayson set the bag down beside him our boy. I turned to him and just like I needed like I wanted him to my husband kissed me deeply, softly but with all the desire six months

leave my side again,” he whispered to me.

I whispered

“I love you”

“I love you.”

at the same time the way couples who had been together for years did. As if no time had

Christian/between us as I traced his face with my fingers his cheeks so soft his smile so joyful. I told him what had happened, he told me what I had missed. I apologized for my mother, he told me there was no reason to. I told him how Deacon was in charge now, he told me how he

to ask the question but I

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Chapter 126

head and looked him in the

truly believed I would fall for him over

my father,” Grayson sighed the weight of all these monsters so heavily on his shoulders. I ran my fingers through

continued my

I hope I never

our cocoon and exited the room Christian fell asleep and Grayson helped me put him on

wake him, mama,” I warned her.

did you escape, do you want some

alright it’s

effect of the silver acetate I concocted to keep Annette subdued so she