The Forgotten Luna by Cassandra M

Chapter 21

KAEL.

"Do you want to see Adessa, Alpha Kael?" Corrine's question made me stop walking forward.

"Yes," I answered a little too fast, and I could see Landon suppressing a chuckle to come out of his throat. I scowled at him, then turned around to face the woman at the counter. "Do you know where she is?"

"I took her home with me because she didn't have a place to stay. Give me thirty minutes, and I will just leave instructions to Philip, then we can go home. But, Alpha, only if you promise not to force her to come home with you if she doesn't want to."

I raised my palms up and nodded my head. "You have my word. My Delta will stay outside the house, so you won't feel like we're overpowering you and Adessa. I just want to speak with her."

She smiled, and we agreed to go with it. Thirty minutes wasn't that long, but it felt like it was. I was eager to see her again.

Landon and I went outside the shop to wait for Corrine. My Delta pulled out a cigarette from his pocket and asked if I minded if he smoked. I shrugged my shoulders in response. I waited for him to offer one to me, but he didn't.

"Give me one." I finally told him.

"Are you sure?" he asked.

My forehead creased as I scoffed. "When did I ever become unsure about smoking?" I reached for the pack of cigarettes he was holding but stopped taking one when he spoke again.

"You quit smoking completely a couple of months after you married Luna Adessa." He said, puffing his cigarette in the opposite direction. "She hates it. She never told you, but you heard her tell a housemaid it was the one smell she couldn't tolerate. You even asked me not to smoke around her and make sure I don't smoke in her car when I drive her around."

I handed him back the cigarettes. "No wonder I haven't craved it since I woke up," I told him.

It was the truth. I never even thought about it and just got curious when I saw him smoking. Dexter didn't smoke, so I didn't remember it when I was with him.

If Landon wasn't lying, it seemed I cared for Adessa a little too much to completely give up something I'd been doing since puberty. Especially since I knew myself no one could dictate me on what to do if I didn't want to.

After what felt like an eternity, Corrine was finally ready to leave, and it took a lot of me not to show my excitement.

alone. No wonder Corrine asked about proposals and marriages. She

we entered her apartment, and no

checked, too. Her place was tiny, so

a note pinned in a small

*****

Dearest Corrine,

you don't have to worry about me. Please take care and send

*****

didn't know she would leave.

she wanted to stay until she could get the ring back, but since she couldn't,

without waiting, but then I haven't seen her in many years, so many

you for your time. I will

for me once I was already by the door. "I know where she parked the car she brought with her when she arrived. We can check it. Maybe she's still there,

it was parked in my parking lot. But I

It was a van.

of the parking lot. When I asked the parking attendant, she said no one had come in all day

week or more because they needed

parted

number," Landon said as soon as I sat beside him. I

as he drove

they told me it belonged to someone

felt my head become heavy as if the car space

to make sense.

punched my coiled fist onto the dashboard closet and saw Landon's eyes widen. This was his car, but he didn't

furious. My worries turned into

was the plan she

do you mean?" My Delta