Surrender To Us, Our Luna (One Luna, Four Alphas) novel Chapter 212

Chapter 212: 212-The Arrogant Mate Of Mine

Clementine:

"Come on. A little sugar is good for you. It’ll keep you upbeat," he murmured, smiling at his own words.

He wasn’t wrong. I needed the energy. I raised my hand, took it from him, and bit into it.

"I’m sure you didn’t bring me here just for this," I said, tilting my head. He nodded in those small, almost secret movements of his, like he was appreciating that I was always aware of my surroundings and the eyes others gave me.

"Are we going to talk about it or not?" he asked.

The way he clicked his tongue and squinted one eye shut made him look cute, but what he meant was heavy for me.

"Are you talking about the mate issue?" I asked, trying to dodge the real subject. He shook his head.

"How is it that every time we go North, we’ve got a walking encyclopedia with us? How can Ian know everything about the monsters while the rest of us are clueless?"

Finally, he brought it up. The topic I’d been avoiding. I cleared my throat and finished the chocolate, fiddling with the wrapper he’d held out to me at the end.

"I don’t know," I uttered awkwardly. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"Then are we going to talk with him about it or not?" he pressed. My breathing grew heavy at his question.

"I don’t know, Yorick. So much is happening. I don’t think I’m ready to find out that one of us knows more than the rest and refuses to share it." I finally admitted, meeting his eyes.

"But not talking about it isn’t going to get us any answers. We’ll just stay anxious. And what if he has a good reason, something that might actually help us?" Yorick countered.

He had a point, but I just looked away and stared at the sky.

"Yorick, you realize the other squads already hate us, right? Joshua thinks Ian and I didn’t help the love of his life. Matthias is probably out there waiting to sabotage us the next time we head North. I don’t know if I can handle Ian turning against us too, if questioning him makes him walk away." I spoke honestly, though I hid one part of it, I didn’t want Ian to be the one lying to us.

"Then I’ll have a talk with him. I just wanted to run the idea by you first," Yorick offered.

"No, no, no. I don’t think that’s a good idea. You speaking with him might just offend him," I said quickly, trying to shut it down.

"Then are you going to do it?" he shot back, eyes half open as he stared at me.

We were exhausted. All we wanted was one night of sleep without fearing Wendigos, without worrying about crusaders turning on us. The dorm was the only place that ever felt safe now.

"Okay, fine. I’ll speak with him," I sighed.

"Then let me know. Because honestly, I feel like something else is going on. If we know as much as possible, about the academy, about the North, it’ll be better. We’ve lost too many people already. Who knows if we’ll even make it back next time?" Yorick said, hands stuffed in his shorts pockets. He looked so sad.

Yorick was usually serious, unlike Haiden and Troy, but never this serious. I realized how much all of us were changing.

"Okay," I nodded. "Do you want me to talk to him now?" I wasn’t even sure why I asked, maybe I just wanted to speak with Ian at the moment.

"If you feel like it," he replied. "Do you want me to fetch him for you?" he asked, tilting his head.

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