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.

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

she tried to remove his hands but he attempted to keep her in place instead,“

went in the direction of the bed, “We need to reconcile. And I am not taking no

to!” she gasped and kicked him in the abdomen right as he

and grasped her hands tightly, yanking her whole body

if she had to. The bad news was that

now more than ever.

her neck again, “What

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

me to say?” she pushed him away and distanced herself from

you want, babe,”

a similar conversation in the past when she spoke of their divorce for the first time after 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 cliff…

problem going on with their

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

placed

the relief in his eyes. Of course, the reasonable thing would be to demand

the Alpha nodded simply, “I am ready to

my work on that women rights law I‘ve

less than a second, “Don’t

that project. He likes it and he needs it as he is trying to change the image of lycans. From ruthless to at least civilised. He would want to finish it and propose it at the next

time and

even care…”, she tried to walk away, but the Alpha caught her and held

close to him.

project of yours?” Brayden asked. In his mind, he was calculating ways to

snorted, “It is my project from top to bottom!

doubts about it!”

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

kind of a start for us.” “See?” he smiled at her, “We are still a team. Still, a force to

we are,” she 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

a few each,” Brayden suggested, “To

This was turning

he smiled at her,

eyes, “This is just step one, Bray. After this

talk about

into his hands, but at least there wasn’t a rift between them anymore. He addressed the