Luna's Uprising のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 71 - チャプター 80

Although it’s cold outside as it’s the middle of winter and we’re nearing Christmas already, my palms are covered in sweat, cold sweat. My heart thuds violently in my chest, and my breathing is coming shallow. “Just breathe. It’s going to be fine. You can do this,” I tell myself, trying to boost the confidence I had only hours ago. For three days I have known for sure that I would be coming here. But actually standing here right now does make me feel a little nauseous.“He’s going to kill us. We’re so dead. You’re all insane! Do you really want him to chop our heads off? Maybe not yours, Amelia. As you’re his mate, but for sure our four heads will be chopped off and rolls the streets or will be put on a stake or something, just like Geoffrey did with his enemies in Game of Thrones. I’d rather keep my head. I’m very fond of it staying right where it is. You can’t do this shit. Why on earth would you want to do this? And why on earth do you so obviously want me dead? I mean, I get it,

A deep satisfied grin appears on the Alpha’s face. I have no idea what I had expected in this situation, but for sure, not this sort of reaction. Still leaning leisurely against his desk, he takes in my entire reaction and laughs at the warriors on the ground scrambling frightened away from me on all fours as fast as possible, without leaving me once out of their sight. Their eyes torn wide open in terror.“You can go,” he tells them. “And close the door again.With my mouth gaping at him, I can’t believe how calm he’s staying.“Amelia! Amelia, are you ok?” I hear Tonya worried over the mind link. “I’m fine for the moment,” I reply as calmly as possible while still trying to make some sort of sense out of this Alpha’s behaviour.“Are you sure? We felt your distress and a surge of power.” She tells me, and then as if someone could listen in, her voice quietens down. “And something is going on here too, just before we felt you.”“What do you mean?” I ask worriedly.“Things got more ten

My eyes linger on Tristan, and I can see he is fully in his element speaking fully engaged about our apparent hereditary. Again, I have to think about how enthusiastic Tonya would be listening to all of this.“The entire first family was extremely gifted with their power and abilities. Shifting came as second nature right from the start. The power they radiated was above anything following them. They were a family of six, the parents and four children. Each of them had their own nature and characteristics. Some wanted more, wanted to rule, and wanted to make use of their power. Others were generally very calm and caring.”He smiles over his entire face as he leans back and keeps up talking. “Our true Luna, the mother of all, our Queen, she was the most talented of all. Her abilities were beyond anything we know today. She truly cared for every being. Sadly, unlike the others, she didn’t have the ability to heal herself, but instead, she was able to heal others, which would take a toll

Before Jax is able to reply or do anything stupid, I quickly speak up. “Tristan, I’m not going to stay here. And I'm sure not just going to exchange my mate,” I tell him clearly, making sure Jax isn’t going to cause a war right here and now. Jax seems very happy with my response and calms down, but this isn’t what he thinks it is.Of course there’s a lot for me to learn right here, and I’m sure there’s way more history and things about my family, I could find out if I decided to stay here. But what I really need right now is to sort things out for myself and get my mind wrapped around everything I learned today. What I need most of all is distance.Distance to Jax, distance to Tristan, distance to the entire situation. Turning to Jax, I clarify; “I’m coming back to your grounds if you let me under the circumstances. Because I want you to know, even if I come back, I’m not coming back to you right now. If I come along, I want you to respect the distance I need and for you to stay away

“Amelia, can we please talk?” Jax’s question echoes again and again in my head, torturing me. Everything inside of me wants to lose any rational thought and simply give into him. My heart thuds hard in my chest, and my throat feels like it’s a desert as I rasp out the words I need to say. “No Jax. I’m not ready to talk to you.”In front of me, I see the strongest Alpha I have come across, but with those words falling from my lips it looks as if he’s just a shadow of the strong Alpha, broken, and totally defeated. My broken heart shatters a little more at this sight.“I need time. I need time to comprehend everything that has happened. So much has happened in such a short time, whether between us or the things that happened today. Before I can listen to what you have to say, I need time to sort myself out first.” Taking all the strength I can bring up, I look him in the eye, reading myself for the one thing that has been on my mind the entire time. The one thing I do need to know, bef