Surrender To Us, Our Luna (One Luna, Four Alphas) novel Chapter 219

Chapter 219: 219-Watching Them All Go

Clementine:

"Take care, okay?" Troy said, brushing his finger gently across my cheek before pulling his hand back. He remembered I’d told them not to touch me again. I was glad they respected that. I didn’t want to keep reminding them.

"You too," I told Troy as he left the room.

The more people walked out, the more I realized how hard it would be staying behind with no one but Ian. Now it was just Ian, Yorick, and me.

I wished my number was next, but it wasn’t. We hadn’t opened our envelopes yet, so none of us knew where we were headed or what number we’d get.

After a few more minutes of silence, Yorick was finally called. He stood, clutching his bag in his fist before swinging it over his shoulder. Wearing a black jacket, he walked toward me.

"We will meet again," he murmured, his voice low.

The thing about Yorick was that, unlike the others who were sent away by stepmothers or stepfathers, he was sent by his own parents.

Deep down, I think that really broke him. He would tell people it was his step-parents, switching up his stories, because maybe the truth was too painful to admit.

"You too." I gave the same reply I’d given everyone else.

He nodded, then glanced at Ian, who kept his head down, busy with his bag. Yorick left, and suddenly it was just Ian and me, with the lurker still standing in the doorway.

I sat down on my bed. I wasn’t going to greet Ian unless he did it first.

"You need to understand," Ian finally said, "we both need space so we can clear our heads and think."

I had expected him to speak up now, he only ever did when no one else was around.

"It’s fine. You don’t have to explain anything to me," I cut him off almost instantly. He shook his head.

"I know you’re upset, but you need to understand I did it for you. You wouldn’t be okay living with strangers." He was trying to fix the careless words he’d thrown out in front of the others, the way he’d snapped so fast to reject introducing me to his family.

"Ian, I said it’s fine. You don’t need to explain now, not when you wouldn’t before the others." My voice was loud and clear. I hated his hypocrisy.

He went quiet.

"I don’t get it," he said at last. Then he added, slowly, "Back in the North, when we felt the mate bond..."

He paused, his voice dropping to a whisper, almost afraid the lurker would overhear. The lurkers already knew Haiden had felt a mate bond with me, so it would seem strange if they found out Ian had too.

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