Page 69 of Moon Claimed
Are we the same person?
Mothershitter, she was good.I like to think that we’ll take each other’s considerations into account before acting.
So take mine into account. I like Sascha’s physical appearance and possibly his mind—though that’s not strictly needed.
You also want to eat Greyson’s heart. Sounds like a super healthy relationship.
Who said I wanted a relationship?
We could agree on that at least.
Snorting, I poured my tea as Sascha got himself under control. “Want a drink?”
“Thank you, mate. Yes. Just whatever you’re having.”
Didn’t strike me as an Earl Grey tea man, but I shrugged, grabbing a second mug. There weren’t many seating options in the cabin. Withholding a sigh, I strode to the couch but halted at the object occupying the other seat.
Sascha scanned my face. “I found your saxophone outside.”
Yeah,I left it there on purpose.
He took his drink, focus never leaving my face as I moved the instrument without comment and sat as far from Sascha as possible on the two-seater. My hand burned where it had touched the case, and I forced my mind from it.
“We need to decide how this goes from now.” He took a tentative sip.
Curious, I inhaled. The pine part of his scent retreated. He didn’t like the tea? Was this how he catalogued my moods?
What did I smell like? “I’m going to keep what I’ve become from the tribe, Sascha. For as long as possible.”
“They’ll notice. New Luthers aren’t known for their control.”
A new Luther never had the incentive I did. “I’ll practice.”
“It takes years. Decades. As a sigma, you’re more powerful than most because you don’t rely on strength from a pack, but Luthers of our status face struggles of their own.”
Tell me about it. “The lone wolf thing?”
“That. And following rules. It took most of my life to find a way for Greyson to accept my position and what came with it. Even then, the pack makes allowances for his nature. How will your wolf manage the confines of your position around people who have no idea about her and therefore make no compromise?”
My wolf was listening.I don’t like rules.
I’ve heard. We’ll find a way. I’m not going to shut you out. I promise.And I wouldn’t. I’d expected to be quivering in fear after the shift, but it was like my mind and heart had doubled. I accepted her place inside me without question, something that surprised memost of all. I didn’t depend on people. I depended on myself. Yet I was bizarrely okay with her permanent residence in my body.
Thank you, Andie.
You got it, wolf girl.
Don’t call me that. I’ve told you that I have no need or desire for a name.
It just feels strange calling you my wolf all the time.She had her own mind.
I didn’t receive an answer.
“I appreciate what you’re saying,” I said. “You know a lot more about being a sigma and a Luther than I do. I know what I won’t give up, and that’s my family.”
Sascha held my gaze. “The family who might not accept who you are.”
“Who may not accept what my enemy turnedme into. You forget they’ll sympathise. It could have happened to any of us.”