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

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

brother was gone, the two women left in the room locked their

on Roxy’s face faded. Did she decide to

Ria couldn’t help herself, sipping her coffee and taking a seat at the

do you? I don’t want to offend you with them,” a smile spread over the

new. She didn’t behave like that before she

just had their first night together and she

was

her best not to show that, continuing with her

sang the words with a smirk

always start my day

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

It was refreshing but at the same time, it worried Riannon. What was that woman

tempted to go on, “All that crying… It

it’s coming from your experience? Anyway, you underestimate the

was a low blow. And if Onyx was

the purpose of all that? Roxy was provoking her to be able to play the victim again after the Luna lost her patience. There wouldn’t be

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 pain. It was incredibly hard to deal with it and the first day, she simply stayed in her bed, stating that she was sick. She only left her bedroom when

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.

was not going to give her enemy

what I was trying to say,” Roxanne looked at her again with some kind of new determination, “What I really meant to let you know is that you can go to

take

that,” Ria snorted but just then her opponent’s face changes to

of horror.

I as