Protect My Star 소설 & 이야기

He was my friend. “I was almost kidnapped,” I said quietly. The color drained from his face. “What?” “yeah, men with guns." I said " My driver was in on it too.” I forced the words out like they were just another report, not my life flashing before my eyes. Aiden swore under his breath. “Jesus, Alex. Are you okay?” “I escaped.” “Barely.” His jaw tightened. “This isn’t nothing. I've wanted you to get extra protection for awhile now but you keep refusing. You need protection. Real protection.”

I wanted to protect her. I wanted to drag her onto this table and forget that my father and the Council even existed. The forbidden nature of it was a physical weight, a tether pulling tighter and tighter until I thought it might snap my spine. I leaned down, my face inches from hers, my shadow swallowing her whole. “You have no idea what you are asking for,” I growled. “You think you want to be seen? If I really look at you, Irene, I won’t be able to stop. And then we both lose everything.”

We ate and drank while the people around us left, and we had random conversations just to disguise when an employee approached with a tray. Overall, we remained silent and attentive, waiting for the right moment to act and he had arrived when a particularly large group of young people got up from the table and left on the sidewalk. We were the only ones at the bar. However, an idea occurred to me, coming from a whisper inside my head. "I can't protect you with so many heavenly eyes and ears suspicious of your stay on earth," Miguel whispered. "Cause a distraction, so I can keep my shield over you."”

Upon seeing the red across his lips, he folded a few tissues and wiped them across his lips vigorously, but a light stain still remained. “Careful,” Sia said as he brought the tissues to his lips again. “You’re going to hurt yourself trying to get that off. Here, let me help.” Sia tipped her makeup remover into a fresh tissue and lightly dabbed it on Julian’s lips, effectively clearing it of all the stain. “There, all done.” “Thanks.” Julian turned to face Sia once she’d disposed the tissues. “You’re scared.” “No, I’m terrified.” Sia admitted to him. This was Julian, her bodyguard and the man who had stolen her heart. “I know this is important, but I don’t want to put myself out there. And i

“He’ll only come if needed.” “But…” “It’s necessary.” Gabriel looked down at her. The slant of the setting sun cast his brutally handsome features in a reddish glow as he continued explaining. “Just to protect you from all your Italian admirers, it seems.” “I don’t like the attention,” Calleigh whispered. “It’s bothering me terribly.” Calleigh could tell by the twist to his lips that he didn’t completely believe her. Her cheeks burned pink. She wished she were covered from head to toe in a padded snowsuit.

"No, Dante. I'm trying to protect you. You may hate me, but I do care about you and my job is to protect you. Mr. Johnson is not someone to be trusted." I rolled my eyes, my mind made up. "Thanks for the warning, Kali. But I can take care of myself. I don't need your protection." Kali's face fell, her eyes filling with a deep sadness. "Fine, Dante. But don't say I didn't warn you." And with that, she turned and walked away, leaving me to wonder what she had meant by her cryptic warning.

"I'll send food up to you, you just rest okay. When you recover, we'll go into town again." I didn't think that would ever happen, but I was too tired to talk about it. So I just nodded. At the door she turned to me. “The way he looked at you tonight is the way my father used to look at my mother, like you were the only thing in the room worth protecting and he'd kill the whole world just to keep you safe. So like I said, never say never." I sat alone in the silence after she left, thinking. I hate Nick , nothing is even going to change that I kept repeating. I knew myself well enough to know I was repeating it to try to convince myself, because I was feeling the opposite.

I need to protect myself. "I'll sign," I whisper after a second.

Morris rolls his eyes at Matt's comment. Their heads snap in my direction when I purposely clear my throat, breaking their argument. Matt shoots a glare back at Morris, proudly saying he was right. And if you wonder, I didn't forget or forgive Matt, but becoming Luna will help me protect the ones I love. It's a path I must take, and I will. -"May I?" Matt expends his hand and I take it.

"Will you now denounce your bond as her protector?" I looked at Maverick, prepared for him to walk away like everyone else. Instead, he stepped forward and lifted his chin. "I, Gamma Maverick, protector of ex-Luna Maggie of this pack, vow to follow my Luna for the rest of my life. Myow shall never be broken.”