The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

Chapter 22. Surprise  

Riannon walked into the kitchen to check if her assumption was correct. And it was. Roxy was giggling and eating her cereal in the company of Dean, Maya’s brother. The young man was blushing and his freckles were becoming more obvious on his face. This was bad. He was still young and one of the guys who were easy to impress. And manipulate.

“You are not serious!” He chuckled, not even sensing his Luna’s arrival. He was too engrossed in the conversation he had with the cure redhead omega.

“But I am!” Roxanne placed her hand on his, “I was working at the stables in my previous pack for many years! There isn’t a single thing that I don’t know about horses. I loved taking

care of them.”

“And I thought that you were only treated as a slave in your old pack,” Riannon scoffed,“ Werewolves don’t let omegas take care of the horses. They are afraid of us and if we keep one, we need to take care of it ourselves to create a bond. For omega to take care of a horse would be a luxury.”

For the first time, Roxy did not burst into tears in her presence while being confronted. Neither did she shake or tremble. Ria wondered if having s*x with her husband gave her

newfound confidence and she wanted to laugh at that.

“Our pack was different,” Roxanne smiled sweetly and took her hand off Dean’s, making the guy even more flustered. “Not every pack has an Alpha as amazing as Alpha Brayden. My previous Alpha thought that it was beneath him to take care of a horse. He kept them just for show and omegas had to do the dirty work. But you are right, it was amazing and felt like a gift,

“I see,” Riannon went to the coffee station and started preparing herself a cup.

“Luna,” Roxy’s voice was overly sweet, “I can make you a cup. After all, I am the omega and you are the Luna.”

Riannon rolled her eyes while she was facing the wall. She would take a cup of coffee from Roxanne’s hands only if she was suicidal and wanted an easy way out.

“As you just said,” she remained calm as she loaded the coffee machine, “This pack is very different from yours. I can make my own coffee, thanks.”

“Ria,” Dean stuttered slightly, “I will go. I have battle practice soon. It was nice to see you. And nice to finally meet you, Roxy.”

“I’ll see you around, Dean,” Riannon turned just in time to see the omega brush her palm

friend’s arm and tilting her head, making him leave

as Maya’s brother was gone, the two women left in

faded. Did she

herself, sipping her coffee and taking a seat at the head of the table, “No tears today?”

to offend you with them,” a smile spread over

behave like that before she had Brayden’s affections

they just had their first night

was that

inside but did her best not

sang the words with a

day with a cup of coffee. So do millions of people.

it to you,” Roxanne scoffed, “You are holding

This was definitely new. They never talked like that in the past. It was refreshing but at the same time, it

same about you,” Ria said calmly, tempted to go on, “All that crying… It gets repetitive, you know. And Brayden gets tired of

“I guess it’s coming from your experience? Anyway, you underestimate the power of mate’s tears.

was there, she would tear her

of all that? Roxy was provoking her to be able to play the victim

and depression. Back in her past life, the first time she felt Brayden being intimate with his mate, her mark was hurting her like hell and Onyx was going crazy inside of their shared mine from all the

like that.  understandable, considering the circumstances. Ria was hardly the only witness to the audible love-making of her husband. But it would look bad. For her. And it sure as

chuckled softly and took another sip, making Roxanne frown. She was not going to give her enemy the satisfaction of

Roxanne looked at her again with some kind of new determination, “What I really

want there. I will take care of

snorted but just then her opponent’s

of horror.

I as