Stronger by Ang Chris

Stronger

Chapter 127

Annettes POV:

We touched back down and I pressed my nose against the glass of the helicopter people gathered around to see me. They all had silent hopeful expressions, pushing closer budging up against one another to see me. I suddenly retreated backward and clutched Christian closer to my chest. I’d never felt this deep fear and unease about so many people before. Looking at all of them all I thought was which one would try and take my baby from me next?

I put my back against Grayson’s chest and he instinctively put his arm around me. We opened the chopper and Elizebeth and Matt ran up to us blocking the clammoring masses they huddled around us seeing the trepideation I didn’t bother hiding Elizebeth stood on one side of me Grayson on the other and Matt cleared a path in front, my parents and siblings following behind us.

“I know you are all joyed that our Luna has returned but she needs to rest and heal, move out of the way, and return. to your homes,” Matt called and people parted for us but not before getting a good look at me.

I felt like an oddity at a circus people lining up to see the tortured Luna who sacrificed everything and got kidnapped for it. I didn’t regret giving myself up for my son I’d do it again in a heartbeat, what I hadn’t considered was the after, learning to move on after being in survival mode for so long.

I was home again, yet my mind still scoured for any threat coming toward me that could tear me away from the happiness I had found. As we walked I kept my eyes focused ahead trying to faze out the many faces, I looked at Matt’s arm where it was supposed to be. It seems I wasn’t the only one to sacrifice for the heir to this pack.

My mind flashed back to six months ago the way I had held my son after he was born, how I had memorized his face the best I could, and the visceral pain in my chest I felt giving him over to Elizebeth and Cea. If Matt hadn’t stayed behind I wouldn’t have gotten those moments, I was deeply in his debt.

stood there beckoning me I thought of my bed the bed Grayson and I had slept in together, waking up on his warm chest again his arms around me. The kitchen I could cook in and make meals for my family,

sweet little idiot I had

cheek and I smiled at her, her I was happy to see. She had such a calming presence and her stoic wisdom made me feel safe.

Annette but she has been peered in on enough for a while I believe we should let our girl rest, alone,” AMaria

back!” Cea shot back and

tell her to

out, I had missed them, I did want to spend time with them but I wanted to close myself up in the bedroom and never

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Chapter 127

myself up there with Grayson and my baby not coming out until I had my fill of the

his arms around his wife and my childhood best friend guiding her away from me.

for me to say “Besides you mama” but I couldn’t. I gave her an apologetic smile. “I’m sorry mama but I would like

to me and I reached out putting my

had misty eyes and screwed her jaw shut tightly. “I’ve missed you,” She smiled at me her voice wavering ever so

our bedroom and I set our baby down on the bed laying down next to him