The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert

Chapter 41. Tell Me What To Do

He kept looking at her and breathing hard. Panting almost. And she saw his eyes glowing just for a moment there, knowing what it meant.

“There is a big difference, Riannon!” the Alpha looked at her with menace in her eyes,“ Roxanne is my mate! I can’t help it!”

“And he was a lycan king. I can’t help it either,” she said, “No one says no to him, Brayden. Not even you. Not to mention that MY wolf was in pain, and he helped to distract her

and took care of both of us better than…”

He groaned painfully and then grabbed the whole massive desk and threw it at the wall, clearing the space between them.

“You are my wife!” he growled, “You were supposed to come to me if you needed comfort!”

“Really, Brayden? After everything?” she cocked her brow up at him, “It’s like you don’t know me at all!”

He closed his eyes, trying to steady his breathing. Deep inside he knew that she was right and that he needed to fix that, not make it worse. Threatening and force would never work with

someone like Riannon as she was an Alpha herself. He knew that far too well. This would only

push her further away from him. And now, knowing that she had been with another and…

enjoyed that.., that another man had been her consolation while he was too entranced into his

omega mate, was making him crazy mad.

His chest tightened. He couldn’t be losing Riannon. His perfect wife. His perfect Luna.

She was his. He wanted her back. He wanted to fix all that and make her forget about his mistakes and about that other man who was making moves while he was distracted.

They had been together for years and he knew everything that she liked. They had many quarrels in the past and he always found a way to appease her. He would find such a way now

too.

Starting with the obvious…

He had made just a few steps in her direction, but she stood up from her chair and walked to the window, trying to avoid the pieces of her broken desk scattered all over the floor. She knew that he wanted to caress her, to try and seduce her and make her forget about everything. As if he forgot about one of their anniversaries and not betrayed the bond that they both chose.

Brayden slowly shifted in her direction, standing behind her and wrapping his arms

instead of her relaxing into his arms, he felt her trying to struggle and get out.

he murmured in her ear, “You know I love you. You wear my mark. You are my wife,

how to get rid of him. Just the thought of him touching her repulsed her. Even being this close she felt like she was betraying Gideon. She knew she would have to endure living with her husband a few more days, but sleeping with

attempted to keep her in place instead,“ Let

completely as he lifted her in his arms and went in the direction

she gasped and kicked him in the abdomen right as he threw her

and grasped her hands tightly, yanking her whole body

was that he was

now more than ever.

into a hug and tucked his head into her neck again, “What do we do now?

sighed, knowing very well that right now he was inhaling her scent that was still mixed with Gideon’s. And

say?” she pushed him away and distanced herself from

Whatever you want, babe,” Brayden looked desperate at this point but she did

she couldn’t tolerate Roxy anymore. But he was against it. He promised her things. Things that he did not fulfil later. And then he dumped her off the

was why she did not have any moral problem going on with their plan with Gideon. Brayden had a part to play in it as

done here,” she sighed, “I guess I need time

he placed his palms

in his eyes. Of course, the reasonable thing would be to demand him get rid of his mate. Yet

Alpha nodded simply, “I

work on that women

in less than a second, “Don’t even

needs it as he is trying to change the image of lycans. From ruthless

not say anything this time and it got her worried, so she

she tried to walk away, but the Alpha caught her and held

close to him.

sure are you in this project of yours?” Brayden asked. In his mind, he was calculating ways to

me at least!” she snorted, “It is my project from top to bottom!

doubts about it!”

swear to you, you wouldn’t have to go to that lycan ever again!” the werewolf in front of her now looked very excited. He loved to be the star of the summits. He sure as hell would be one

well,” his wife shrugged her shoulders, “At least that’s some kind of a start for us.” “See?” he smiled at her, “We are still a team. Still, a force

agreed and his grasp on her became tighter, his breathing ragged. She distanced herself at once to avoid any kind of confusion. “I will need to speak to quite a few alphas to explain to them the

a few each,” Brayden suggested,

was turning out better than she

he smiled at her, “Am

“This is just step one, Bray. After

about

didn’t get her to fall into his hands, but