All Chapters of The Luna He Can’t Have: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Tali's POV The sound of a bolt sliding open jerks me awake, but I don’t move from where I’m sat propped against a brick wall. There’s such a complete absence of light that even with shifter sight and senses, I can’t see the hand in front of my face, much less my legs stretched out in front of me.What I do hear is the almost constant rustling, and chewing, and writhing of rats in the darkness, and when one brushes against me, I yank my leg away.I barely manage to hold in my scream at the feel of its soft furry body and tail rubbing against my bare ankle. I cannot stand rats, and this is the reason why. Their tails just kill me. Yet no matter how much I hate the rats, it’s the darkness I hate the most. Not having any idea what time it is, or how long I’ve been here, or how long I will stay here. It’s my own solitary fucking confinement. The longest I’ve been here is a week. So long my eyes hurt when Uncle Glynn opened the door and let me out. I think I was twelve then. After the ra

Dayne's POV “You don’t have to come if you don’t want,” Dayne suggested, a touch hopefully.Savannah, sitting on a bench at the back of their rental, raised her chin from her knees and turned to Dayne.“I’m coming.”He scrubbed a hand over his head.So much for hope.While he’d been relieved Savannah had emerged from her shell enough to want to come with them and rescue Talis, what he was hearing about the Merrick pack made him wish he’d come to Dawley alone.“I’d rather you didn’t, Sav.” Dayne sighed.She glared at him.“Because you think I’m a weak link?”Dayne glared back.“You know I don’t. But this whole situation… this pack is a lot more fucked up than I ever could’ve imagined. If I thought you’d all leave, I’d send you all back.”It was her turn to sigh.“Yeah, I heard. We all heard. How is that even possible? Surely other Alphas must…”Her voice trailed off when he shook his head.“What?”“No Alpha involves himself in another pack's business. And we Alphas aren’t exactly know

Dayne's POV Has there nowhere in this fucking forest that wasn’t filled with the scent of Talis’ pain or fear?Grimly, Dayne darted through the trees, swift and strong in his agile wolf form. He’d long since left the rest of his pack behind as he’d surged ahead, with everything in him warning him that Talis needed him. That every second counted.But for the moment, his wolf’s fury wasn’t riding him as hard as it had before. Likely because now Talis was close—close enough to scent, close enough he’d have her back again, and soon. As long as he got to her in time.Dayne couldn’t help but notice that while he was tracking Talis, he had yet to come across any of the Merrick pack. Which was strange. He should have bumped into at least one of them by now, but he hadn’t. Not one.Every now and again he heard them, but it sounded like they’d veered off to the right at some point instead of staying on Talis’ scent. It couldn’t have been them losing her because she was running in a straight li

Dayne's POV Dayne finished tucking Talis into bed, and bent to press a kiss to her forehead.Briefly, he touched the side of her head, still matted with blood from the force of Abel’s attack.Although he’d been tempted to wash her hair for her, she’d looked so peaceful sleeping in the bath that he didn’t want to do anything to wake her, especially after the horror-filled stories she’d told him.Now when she’d told him Abel cutting off the tip off her finger wasn’t the worst thing he could have done to her, he understood the relief in her voice.She’d been expecting to lose even more and counted herself lucky that she hadn’t.The fact she’d been able to drift off to sleep at the tail end of her childhood of terrors still amazed him.At least, he’d hoped it was the tail-end, since she’d stopped talking just after she’d killed a shifter trying to bite her leg off.Dayne doubted she’d told him everything.She hadn’t gotten to the part about Uncle Glynn beating the shit out of her, or why

Tali's POV It’s the soft and coaxing kind. No tongues. But I have no defense against it, or him, when he kisses me as if he intends to never stop.I haul him closer for more, and when we’re breathless, I edge back a little, telling Dayne without words to stop.He lifts his head and gazes down at me.“Dayne?”He slides a hand around my nape.“Yes, baby?”“Thanks for coming after me.”His eyes crease with a smile.“My pleasure. Since I’ve already put so much work into training you, I’m kind of invested now.”My eyes narrow.“Training me?”His smile widens. It’s so devastatingly beautiful, for a second, I’m stunned by it since he’s never smiled like that with me before.“Yes. Training you.”“It’s like you have a death wish or something,” I mutter, making him laugh outright.If his smile leaves me defenseless, his laugh completely destroys any will to fight.I grab onto his shoulders and jump, wrapping my legs around his hips.He draws in a breath as our new position perfectly aligns our