The Luna and her Quadruplet Pups by Jane Above Story

Chapter 86

#Chapter 86 – Ethan Goes on a Bender

Jane

As I stare at the knife in my hands, I have

to smother a shiver. I’m not sure I could

actually go through with stabbing

someone – and it occurs to me that any

thief or burglar might just as easily take the weapon from my hands and use it

against me. 1

Maybe I should just call the police? I think nervously. Or Ethan, he might be a

pain in my ass but if he thought we were

in danger he’d be here faster than any cop. Still my protective maternal

instincts are in high gear, and I know I’m

willing to risk my own life to defend my

pups.

I’m almost to the peephole, still uncertain if investigating is the most

sensible choice, when I hear a familiar growl. “Janey?” Ethan’s muddled voice

rises on the other side of the door, and I

immediately relax. “I know you’re there,” he slurs in a sing-song voice, “I

can smell you!”

Oh goddess, he’s drunk. I realize, lowering the knife. I set it down on the hall table, striding forward without hesitation. So drunk he can’t open the

damned door.

Wrenching the door open, I almost topple over when Ethan’s big body falls into my legs. He must have been sitting with his back to the door, because now his head is resting against my knee as I struggle to stay upright. Groaning, I bend down and hook my arms beneath his own, “Come on you, on your feet!” I encourage, trying to lift him and failing, “Oh for fuck’s sake, you weight a ton!”

Ethan chuckles, surging to his feet and

reaching out to steady himself by latching onto the nearest object – which

unfortunately happens to be me. The next thing I know we’re tumbling to the

ground together, and despite his clear

inebriation, he does manage to roll so

that my fall is cushioned by his body. Swearing, I try to scramble off of him, but he’s faster, rising to his feet and carrying

me with him. I don’t untense until my

feet are firmly back on the ground. As strong as he is, I don’t trust him to stand on his own two feet right now, let alone support my weight.

“You better not be making a habit of this, Ethan.” I scold. This is the second time

I’ve returned that he’s gone on a bender like this, drowning his sorrows in

booze.

take the pups with you… what will it matter if I become

that isn’t you.” I proclaim gently, leading

give up and wallow, or lie

I do. I’ve never been

maybe that’s

family.”

behind

I insist, closing

is just the booze talking. You scared me half to death by the way. I thought someone was breaking in.” It’s feeling much easier to be

he might be speaking the truth. “What were you even thinking, coming

had found you instead of

me?”

sorry, you’re right.” He answers hazily, turning around on the spot. “I’ll go,

escape the bedroom,

seems to hone in on me now, looking down at me with tortured intensity. “I’m

to hurt you, I

you.”

over with. “Just go to sleep, you’ll feel better in the

I’ll never

my face between his

please don’t leave. I don’t have

you and

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true, you still have

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“We were

anyway. Alphas and omegas don’t mix,

didn’t listen.”

around his wrists,

detach his hands

all we

you to find her.” I say, speaking one of my deepest, longest hidden secrets aloud

he

a very strange thing, to fear something so much when it would solve all my problems.

me from the first day Ethan and

our worst days, and even

time Linda checked in with me to

on Paisley’s status, I

to tell me that he’d found

mate

vigorously it makes him

he can

but he’s undeterred.

don’t care if the Goddess sends me a hundred

the one.” I state, trying to sound like I don’t care, or like I actually want this to

get tossed to the curb like

shaking his head as if I’ve completely

her.”

repeat, stunned and certain

I’ve misheard him.

before everything went wrong.” He announces, baffling me completely. “She didn’t

I parrot, apparently incapable of coming up with

how much did you

drink?”

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