Surrender To Us, Our Luna (One Luna, Four Alphas) novel Chapter 269

Chapter 269: 269-She Sticks With Us Now

Clementine:

We were all watching as Ian came downstairs and stared at us.

"What took you all so long?" he asked casually, acting like he wasn’t aware of our glares.

We had all been secretly communicating with our eyes, wondering how he had come from upstairs. It didn’t look like he had been in the tunnels with us.

He was perfectly showered, not hyperventilating, and definitely on the second floor.

"What?" he asked, finally reacting to our silent stares.

"Were you in the tunnels? We didn’t see you." Oriana went ahead and questioned him for all of us.

The way he looked at her and secretly clenched his jaw was bizarre. The Ian I knew was cocky. He used to act weirdly and be mysterious, sometimes rude.

But now he has completely changed. He was mostly annoyed, angry, and arrogant. Even so, his silent glares were terrifying.

"It’s not my fault you guys were slow. I went inside yesterday after you and, in about an hour, found the coals and came out," he shrugged, making my mates look at me and then at each other.

Those silent stares were mostly directed at Yorick, because he always waited for Ian. Even I did. But right now, I had my own agenda with Ian.

The fact that he went in, took the coals, left, and spent the whole night upstairs just resting, without worrying about anyone else, proved that he was right when he said he wasn’t like the others.

That he didn’t care about anyone.

I don’t know why it hurt so much. I should have stopped thinking about him or relying on him the minute he forced marked me.

But I guess I was hoping he’d have an explanation, maybe that his wolf had acted up, but no. Even that excuse wasn’t going to hold up in my court anymore.

"So we’ve all collected the coal. Does that mean we can leave?" Oriana smiled, sighing in relief. I could only imagine how she felt.

After the way she had been dragged back and how her father died, she was probably thinking, like the rest of us, that maybe someone would be left behind this time.

"Yeah, there’s no need to stay behind anymore," Haiden stated, getting up. I noticed his bag.

"I am so glad we are all fine," Oriana shared as we escaped the house. The fleshmingo started to come after us, but we already knew we didn’t have to fight because we were leaving.

So we began moving through the woods. It reminded me of our first task, which was also in the woods.

It was odd. There was some chittering of little monsters here and there, so we began sprinting quickly toward the station.

Once we arrived, we knew we still had to wait for the train. It was already evening, and I was worried the train might not come until the next day.

We sat on the benches. Oriana was the only one walking around, staring at the benches a little too hard.

Then she turned around, scratching her stomach, and looked at Haiden.

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