Page 58 of Forever My Siren Luna

“Daddy Kent. can we come to the packhouse more?” I turned to see both boys openly gawking.

“Oh boy,” Kent muttered under his breath, making Mel laugh.

I’m just still in shock. I guess my princess isn’t so helpless after all. There is a lot more spice mixed in with her sweetness. She packs quite the kick.

Eighteen

Elelira

“I told you I could handle myself,” I muttered to Lachlan.

We were discussing strategy this morning, and he kept insisting that I stay out of the fighting. I had to prove to him that I knew how to defend myself.

“I saw,” he said in a dead tone, sounding more upset than impressed.

“I’m not staying here while everyone else is in battle. If you even suggest it again, I’m going to be mad. Val doesn’t take kindly to being underestimated anymore.”

Val huffed in my head in agreement.

“I know,” Lachlan muttered very unhappily.

He wasn’t going to argue with me. Not after our talk yesterday. I can tell he wants to, though. Submitting to me, especially with what we are about to do to my Uncle, is going to be really hard for him, but I appreciate that he is trying.

“Ela, lass. That was a good show,” Cherum threw his arms around me in a hug. “Now people can’t think I’m crazy when I tell them you got a true alpha beast in you.”

“Did someone not believe you before?” I lifted the corner of my mouth, wondering who Val needed to use as a test dummy next.

“No one thought our Luna was a seasoned fighter. You sure showed them. Now, if you will excuse me, I have quite a few bets to collect.”

I wanted to laugh at the gleeful expression on Cherum’s face as he runs off to collect from Maurice first, then boldly tells four other warriors to pay up.

Cherum is always dependable. He always has my back. Even if I couldn’t fight, I know he would still have bet on me.

“Luna! Luna!” I heard a little boy’s voice calling for me, and a smile lifted the corners of my lips, knowing that voice right away.

I turned to see Westley running over to me, the little skip in his step making me laugh.

“Westley!” I dropped on my knee to open my arms wide for him as he ran right to me. “Look at you. You’ve gotten so big!”

“I have! I have! Look at my muscles!” he flexed his little arm, moving my hand to squeeze the nonexistent bulge on his upper arm.

“How. Very impressive,” I grinned, “What are you going to do with all those muscles?”

“I’m going to be a big warrior like Uncle Mel one day,” Westley stated, pointing behind him to Meldec.

Kent is there with another little boy who is eyeing me nervously, and beside them is Cedric.

Cedric looks hesitant and nervous, and I know it’s my fault. I wasn’t exactly kind to him before.

“Gamma Meldec is a very good role model to take after,” I told Westley, running my hand through his hair. “Are you here to play with the Gamma today?”

“I’m here to play with you!” Westley exclaimed, throwing both hands up in the air. “I brought my friend too. Riley had never met a Luna before.”

The other little boy, Riley, looked uncertain about me. If he saw the fighting, I could understand why.

I tried to give him a reassuring smile before turning my attention back to Westley.

“Thank you so much for coming to play with me today.” I really am grateful. After all the stress of the past few days, a break with children, whose lives are simpler and their hearts are still full of kindness sounds amazing. Laughter and games with Westley and his friend sounds like just the thing I need. I missed little Westley too. “Let me go get cleaned up and changed, then I can meet you. We can play in the castle.”