The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

Chapter 23. Explain Yourself

TRIGGER WARNING. There may be some triggering events mentioned in this chapter (self-harm, abuse, mental illness etc). Please, read at your own discretion.

She kept sitting in her place. This was the only thing that she could do now. They all were looking at her, expecting some kind of reaction.

She gave them none, keeping composure at all times and thinking hectically in her mind of what to do next.

“Alpha, she is bleeding so badly!” Dean knelt right next to the couple, “She needs to be taken to hospital! She is an omega and can’t heal quickly.”

“I will be… fine,” Roxy sighed so heavily as if breathing was actually hard for her.

Brayden tried to drill a hole in his wife’s skull with his eyes.

“How could you do this?!” he gritted his teeth, his eyes shining red meaning that his wolf was trying to get through. Did his wolf want to hurt her? Or were they fighting for control because Bray was unreasonable now? Ria thought that she always had a good relationship

with his wolf. But she wasn’t so sure about it anymore now that mates were in the game.

“What makes you assume that I did anything?” she raised her brow calmly, holding her cup with fingers that were almost trembling. Almost. She still could keep her cool even in a situation like that. She had to. Especially now that she was about to be accused of snapping and harming her husband’s mistress.

“My mate covered in her own blood says that it’s you!” he hissed.

“And?” Ria shot her brow up, “Since when is she more credible than your wife and Luna of six years. Besides, she did not say that I harmed her. She said that I did not want to. And you know what, I did not want to harm her and I didn’t. I was sitting here, drinking my morning coffee as I always do and minding my own business when your sweet little mate started harming herself.”

“You are not serious right now!” Brayden looked at her in shock.

“Oh, but I am,” Riannon took a sip even though there was practically nothing left in her

cup. But she needed this little break to gather her strength. “You know her for what, a few

days? Weeks if you had been lying to me. That’s not that long to get to know someone

San

properly. She may be your mate but that doesn’t make her a good person. Or a sare one. To be honest, I am as shocked as you are that she did something like that. There was absolutely no reason for that. We were just having a more or less friendly conversation. Dean was here just a

few minutes before. He can confirm.”

being infatuated by Roxy.

“B-but the cook,” the omega pointed her trembling finger at the woman who was also already here, “She heard how you treated me and I was apologising for…”

is not a cook,” Riannon rolled her eyes, “She is a chef. And what

the situation, “Roxanne was apologising and calling

anything?” Ria asked. “No, Luna,” Maggie replied honestly. “And that’s only

absolutely nuts

silent and she was not sure if it was working

appeared from the back door followed by worried Ash,” You know our Luna for many years! It’s ridiculous that anyone even

Luna is better than this.” “Agreed, even though she is in her right to beat the crap out of this omega, she

stoop this low!”

easier for her to breathe,

chair.

while we are at it,” she continued, “I am an Alpha by blood. If I threw her through these windows, she would fly way further than she did. Not to mention there is no way there is my scent on her. And I have none of hers on me. Do

her hands on her hips and stood behind her friend, “And look how her wounds healing way too fast. Is she even an omega herself? We know way too little about this woman!

up and walking to her husband and Roxanne. Feeling cornered, the girl started to

hit my face myself over the table. And then

swear.”

again. Implying that it was her after

her. The audacity of this redhead

arms but he motioned for Dean to take her and the guy readily obliged. Ria knew that her husband still

secret camera

Beta. If there were cameras here, she would have known

was he doing? Did he try to help her or bury

the footage in my office,”

door in the hospital. I

know how to read this.

the

“Follow me. I am sure

big misunderstanding.”

some extent. Ria decided against accepting her husband’s hand

first. The last thing that she noticed was

to him, sobbing. They would definitely

two of them were silent all the way to the Alpha’s office. And only when Brayden closed

he looked at her as if

she knitted her brows.

sat in one of the chairs,

you take my hand in front of everyone when I chose to

“I didn’t know how to do it before but luckily Ash gave me a