The Forgotten Luna by Cassandra M

Chapter 41

LADESSA.

"You were on the phone with me, and you didn't tell me you were coming here?" Rasmus' voice rang in the air after he barged into the living room of Aunt Aria's home. "Maybe because I don't trust you." Kael rose from his seat next to me and turned to face him.

"And yet you're in my territory." Rasmus scoffed.

"I'm not here for you, but Aunt Aria."

"Enough, you two. We have a more pressing thing to discuss." Aunt Aria stood up before walking toward her son, placing her hand on his chest and rubbing it softly. "What's going on?" He asked his mother.

"Have you watched the news lately?"

"I don't watch TV, you know that." He replied.

Aunt Aria moved away from him and picked up the remote control. She scanned the channels until she found one with a breaking news advisory.

Kael's hand grabbed mine and pulled me up from the couch before letting me stand in front of him. He gripped the corners of my shoulders, keeping me close to him.

My face flashed on the TV, making me flinch, but Kael held me in place while Rasmus kept shifting his gaze between me and the screen.

After the segment ended, his mother switched it off. No one said a word, but my face began to heat up as I knew the attention was all on me.

It was Rasmus who finally broke the silence.

"She looks way, way beautiful in person. Why did they choose that photo to use? Well, that's to your advantage, as they could never identify you." He chuckled, and when no one laughed, his face turned serious, and his eyes turned to Kael. "Is it true? She killed them?" "Self-defense," Kael answered.

"No doubt about that if we're talking about Draco's men."

"So it means she can still be acquitted for it." His mom said.

"I don't doubt that she will be, but we all know how brutal the King's Court procedures are for criminals until they are released. I'm not going to let them put my wife behind bars." "So, what are your plans?" Rasmus asked.

knees were buckling. It was only then that it dawned on

Draco's men that I

King was focused on eliminating murderers, and he made killing a shifter a high crime. There were not many crimes like

to slavery, the King seemed to turn a blind eye, as he himself had a

even if they were saying I would be acquitted, I knew I was treading a thin line because it was connected to slavery, and I wasn't physically assaulted. It would be my word

the King myself," Kael

around, and he dropped his hands to his

as we had never talked about

his eyes softened. He reached for my arms and gently smoothed them with his hands. "Only the

what if, instead, they took me and placed

approach, but I can assure you, I won't let them take you away

know what to say anymore as fear coursed through me. I slammed my body against him and wrapped my arms around him. The thought of being taken away was terrifying, and I couldn't stop myself

around

me back tightly. "At

but to plead directly to the King. The police and other

you,

that. Once

didn't need to complete his statement.

to go with

completely let go and turned my body around

just the two of

"What do you mean?"

talk in private when I return, but for now, I need to leave Adessa

with it earlier, but I was not sure anymore after the conversation about the King's Court. I felt something would go wrong if he left me. "Adessa

be safer in my house," Rasmus

responded

still thinking I would sneak my way

is not about you." Kael snapped at him. "My wife will not be comfortable living in a

replied, shaking his

need to add more security around here," his mother said. I smiled at her, grateful she didn't hesitate to take me in when