Page 32 of Forever My Siren Luna

Lachlan

“That was brutal,”Killian mumbled.

“That’s better than I expected her to be.”At least she didn’t slit my throat. I think if she tried to physically hurt me it might hurt less than seeing how badly my mistreatment of her in our first lives affected her. She was never open about it before. There were signs, but she never told me. Now that everything's out in the open, she doesn’t have to hide her pain.

I lean against the wall across from our room for a few minutes, gathering my thoughts and settling my heart before I go and knock on Niomi’s door.

“Mimi?” I yelled to her after knocking, not hearing her moving around.

All of us have taken to calling her Mimi when addressing her, since it was the nickname she loves given to her by my wife. She asked us to do it herself.

I knock again, but there is still no answer. I’m about to mind link her, but then I hear her voice along with Cherum’s drifting down the hall. When I looked up, they were rounding the corner, Cherum carrying a large tray of food with one hand and a basket of linens in the other.

“Oh, Alpha,” Mimi rushed over to grip my hand with a warm smile on her aged face. “I heard that Luna is back. How wonderful. I told you. I told you that she would come back for you.”

“You did,” I returned her smile, though I didn’t feel it. I know Lira came back for many reasons, and being with me wasn’t one of them.

“Is she up?” Mimi asked with excitement.

“She is. She’s waiting for you.” I led her to the door, and Mimi practically started to skip alongside me.

“Oh, my dear Ela is back,” she squealed, then rapped on the door lightly.

“Come in,” Lira called, and opened the door for her. She had already slipped out of my shirt and put on a thin skirt and a shirt of her own, both items meant to be worn under a dress in the winter, but it seemed Lira was wearing them as regular clothes now. Pirate women do have a habit of wearing undergarments on the outside of other clothing. I chose not to say anything when she met my staring with a mean glare.

“Oh, my Luna! My Ela!” Mimi wrapped her in a tight hug, and all Lira’s aggression disappeared instantly as she hugged the woman back.

Cherum slipped around them to set the tray on a table, then he kissed both women on the cheek before excusing himself to carry the basket of linen to Mimi’s room. Mimi probably wants to have them pressed to change the sheets in my bed. I haven’t changed them since Lira left, and it's one of the things she has been wanting to fix.

Lira throws me one last glare before Cherum closes the door. I try to keep a friendly appearance, but it still hurts being hated so severely by the one you love most.

After Cherum deposits the basket and comes to stand by me in the hall, he eyes me up and down.

“You look a mess, Alpha. Scruffy.”

“Do I?” I didn’t even think of my appearance. I was woken up by growling, then thrown out before I had a chance to.

“Aye. You look better rested than in a long time. The bags aren’t so heavy under your eyes. But you should shower and shave today. And one more thing.”

“What?”

He looked around the hall, making sure no one else is there, then motions with his fingers for me to come closer. I do, curious about what this is about.

"You should fix that bruise on your face too."

"What bruise?"

WHACK

“Mother fucker,” I snarled, grabbing my jaw and lunging for my Delta, who just punched me right in the face. “What the hell?!”

We rolled on the round for a second, Cherum holding his own longer than I expected before I had him pinned.

“Why the fuck did you do that?!”

“You deserved it!”

“For what?!”