Chapter 7
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I watched her sneak out of the Pack's house again, and my heart skipped a beat involuntarily. I am supposed to ignore her but I can't.
Moon.
I saw her stop, and my eyes widened on their own; that wasn't supposed to be heard. It was meant to be for my ears alone. How did my vocal tract produce such loud noise?
I saw her trembling hands stop halfway, and I had no other option but to walk towards her, all the time wondering what kind of conversation we would have.
I hadn't even gotten close to her but she already snapped at me. A part of me knows she was hurt by my action a few days ago, but a larger part of me is vexed that she has my replacement already.
I swear I can see her wishing I die right in front of her with the intensity of her gaze. After her question, I let out an unintentional sigh. ‘What do I want?' Even I don't have the answer to that.
I guess I can start this unplanned meeting by enquiring about her state of health. I am genuinely concerned, but her playing along irks me.
'Are you sure?" I ask her to get her to talk more with me, anything at all to stop her from going out to meet him.
'Why would I not be? Do you expect me to cry my eyes out every single day just because you rejected me?" She spat at me and my jaw ticked.
So this is it then?
'I see you have moved on," I told her, rubbing my chin and gazing directly into her eyes to make a point and I can see she gets the message.
'I know you have been seeing Alpha Liam of the Blood Moon pack." I declare and watch her stagger from the hit of the truth and the exposing of her secret.
It isn't my intention to blurt it out this way but she isn't helping my heart and my brain function properly.
'What do you mean by I have…"
'Don't try to play smart with me Moon. We are friends remember?"
At the mention of friends, I see her face tighten, her hands clench till the whites of her knuckles become visible, her eyes are dilated, and her lips are set in a straight line.
If it was on any other day before the confession, I would have teased her but that would be a bad idea in this situation.
'I am not…"
'Don't bother lying Moon. I know you."
'You don't know me!"
She gives a yell, almost baring her teeth, her breath getting labored, and that is the first time I see her this upset, it upsets me she is this way because of another man, a rival at that.
'Get back inside," I order, looking away from her distressed face.
'No."
'What?"
'I said no." She repeats herself, her stance and faces daring me to try if I can.
I will be completely frank: I have never seen this side of the Moon before. So she wasn't bluffing when she told me she could stand up to her bullies then?
'You can't continue seeing him, you know it's forbidden."
'You can't tell me what to do after what you did. You have no right." She counters and it pierces my heart that I would constantly be reminded of my actions.
'Not if you would only end up endangering yourself and the rest of the pack," I say and look at her, but her eyes are darting towards the gate, and I can read her like an open book.
Before she could make her way towards the gate, I jumped in between her and the gate.
'Move Aiden."
'Calm down Moon. I am doing this for your sake." I tell her but it only adds fuel to the fire.
'You have no right!"
'You are just hurt." I try to reason with her. It is a huge surprise the Moon I know can be this angry.
'Just?" She asks me, and I see the hurt she had tried so hard to mask peek out of it, hiding to stare at me.
'You call it just?" She asks again. Her eyes are beginning to get glassy, and her lips are folded cutely with her cheeks puffing out that I had to resist the urge to pinch it.
Wait, what's that scent? My nose picks up a scent that belongs neither to me, Moon, nor anyone in the pack, and it makes sense now; he is waiting behind the closed gate.
I hold myself from scoffing out loud for the sake of Moon, the audacity of him.
'You really want to go?" I ask Moon while inching closer to the gate to open it.
She looks at me like she can't comprehend my sudden switch of mind.
Not waiting for her to answer, I unlock the latch of the gate and give it a little push before stepping out of the way.
'Off you go."
'Do you mean it?" With her pulse visibly quickening, getting excited to meet him, she asked me.
Haa! Good try but no, not tonight, not ever. I can't have her, but that doesn't mean anyone can.
Walk away from the gate with her eyes following me, I come to stand in front of her with her back towards the gate.
'What if I do?" I ask her and hear her sharp intake of breath.
'What if I don't?" I ask again, and she gives me a quizzical look like I am out of my mind or something.
I look outside the gate, across the street, to see a muscular figure move in the dark; soon enough, he is out of the darkness in strides, only to slow down on noticing Moon is not alone.
My mind can already picture the next thing to do, plotting and weaving out complex things to throw him off and draw a reaction from him. How dare he come after Moon?
Locking my gaze with his, I see the questions flowing out of his eyes and my lips stretch themselves into a smile as I think of the next best thing to do.
