Page 33 of Forever My Siren Luna

He snarled, trying to buck me off him. I could sense whatever rage he had was dying down so I let him up, not wanting Lira to come out into the hall and see him pinned under me, even if he did deserve it.

“She told me, you cotton headed bastard.”

“Told you what? Who?”

“Your wife!” Cherum snapped, getting right in my face. “She told me. Everything! How alone she was. Did you know she had to wash her own laundry in that rocky stream far behind the packhouse? Did you know she was starving, and all alone?”

I didn’t know about the laundry, but I could have guessed the rest. I knew. I didn’t tell the pack to openly mistreat her, but everyone was wary of her because of my neglect and where she came from.

“Where was I, Lachlan?”

“Lachlan?” Killian snarled at him through me.

“Don’t give me that, alpha nonsense right now. I’m not talking to my alpha. I’m talking to my childhood friend. Now, where the hell was I? Why was I not there for my Luna?”

I don’t want to answer this. It would only hurt him to know he was guilty along with everyone else.

“I didn’t feel the bond, Cherum. I didn’t know she was my Luna, so you didn’t either.”

“I hate this,” he hissed, “I hate all of this for her. She went through too much, you bastard.”

“I know she did.” I can’t deny it. She went through hell, and it started with me.

“You fix it, Lachlan. That woman still loves you. She is fighting it, but seeing her last night; hearing her confess it herself…..” He shakes his head. “You fix this. Not for yourself. For her.”

“I am. I will.” I would give up my very life if I had to.

“Good.” He pulled down his shirt, smoothing out the wrinkles and took a couple of steadying breaths. “If she leaves you, I leave with her.”

I smiled sadly. “I expect no less.”

“Then we understand each other?”

“Clear as day,” I confirmed.

He nodded, huffing and looking down at his feet before looking back at me. “How's your jaw, Alpha?”

I rub it, flexing it to see.

“He punches like a pansy,”Killian snickered. “Mate hits harder.”

That makes me laugh out loud, causing Cherum to give me a look. “My wife packs a better punch.”

“No joke,” Cherum chuckled. “She got a few hits in on me last night too.”

“We should enlist her into warrior training.” It would be nice to see her with me and my men in the mornings and she said she had come back to fight. I doubt I could ever let her be in actual harm’s way, though. I just like the idea of wrestling with her.

“I don’t know if we have any who could be a fair match with her Lycan. Val seemed to be on your level, Alpha. She’s a fierce creature.”

“She was fierce as she climbed onto the ship, but last night all drunk, demanding I brush her after licking me, she was like a giant puppy.”

He chuckled darkly, “That giant puppy has a hobby of killing Wayne’s warriors.”

“What? Lira wouldn’t hurt a fly.”

“Flies have more value than the vermin she kills. Slaughtered was actually the verb Beretta used.”

“Our mate is magnificent,”Killian purred.