Page 63 of Full Moon
Chapter 30
Feray
I listento the conversation the guys are having with David, and it makes my blood boil. Every word they exchange fuels my anger. Easton notices the rage building inside me, and in an instant, he presses his lips to mine. I'm caught off guard and just stare at him for a moment, shocked.
"If I had known earlier kissing you would stop the rage in its tracks, I would have done it sooner," he smirks before moving back to the extra bags in the room. He pulls out a simple, flowing blouse and a long skirt for me to wear in David's presence.
"You are never so impulsive. It caught me off guard." I take the clothing from him and get changed, removing the bone bracers one at a time and then fastening them over the sleeves of the blouse. The neckline allows the bone collar to be seen easily.
Easton steps in front of me and adjusts my blouse and then the collar. He slips his fingers under the collar and gives it a gentle tug toward him. A gasp escapes my lips before I smile. "I can be a lot of things, my flame," he murmurs. His free hand cups my face, and his thumb runs over my bottom lip. "My most important task is to love you with all that I am for however muchtime we get in this lifetime and then into the next. There is no me without you." He releases the collar and rests my hand over his heart, laying his hand over mine. "My heart is yours eternally. I will always find you, my flame." He leans forward and kisses me again. It's so unlike Easton to be so forward, and I find I like this new version of him.
Gently, I kiss him back, then motion toward the doors. "We should join the others." Looping my arm through his, we head back toward the living room. The dead calm of Torben's deep voice screams with tension.
My eternal, we are keeping it so he only knows of Easton. He also believes him to be a wolf. How absurd.Diaval's voice carries a tone I despise, but in David's presence, it makes sense.
"Forgive my departure. I needed to get changed into something more appropriate."
Easton moves smoothly, pulling out a chair for me. I sit, scanning David. He is visibly uneasy, fidgeting with his cufflinks or tie whenever someone looks at him. He can't maintain eye contact for long. Definitely not a beta. Maybe a gamma or less.
"It's no trouble at all, Your Highness." He lowers his head quickly. "I was telling your advisors and guardians that the Alpha can't be trusted."
A short, barking laugh escapes my lips as Torben offers me a glass of juice. "I'm well aware. Dunnum is short an Alpha already." Easton taps my shoulder, handing me the Alpha's signet ring, which I promptly drop on the table.
David's eyes flare wide, glancing from the ring to me. "You defeated him?"
"Yes, in front of his entire pack. Or should I say my father's pack?" I lean back, studying him.
I press a small amount of Diaval's intimidation upon him, and his eyes widen in fear. Acrid sweat beads on his temples. "I also just defeated eight of your wolves in single combat." Slowly, I flip my hand over, shifting my nails to claws, and look them over, almost bored. The detached persona that Diaval and Easton have been teaching me works great with David. The more aloof I am, the more panicked he becomes. As much as I want to stay the happy-go-lucky woman I have always been, it would be perceived as weak. I would be constantly fighting for my life, and I just can't do that to my mates.
I'd rather channel Diaval's or Easton's inner asshole now than be constantly forced to kill later. It always brings me back to the question of what would Fi do? The answer is always to protect the family and destroy anything in my way.
"Your Highness, if I offended you, I beg for your forgiveness." David lowers his head and extends his hands, palms up, in supplication.
"I forgive you." There's nothing to forgive, but I won't tell him that. "When do we meet the Alpha?" I sit up and lean forward, guided gently from behind by Easton's nudge.
"If it would please you and your mate, I can arrange it for tomorrow night. Give you time to rest and settle in before the meeting?" A forced smile graces his lips, and I know there's something else he's not saying.
Something dangerous.
"That sounds divine." My eyes move to Khal, and I raise the corner of my mouth in a half-smile. "Mind escorting our guest out? I would like to rest after my battle."
I turn back to face a stunned David. "It was a pleasure meeting you. Let us know as soon as possible about the meeting." He stands abruptly, making the chair scrape across the floor like nails on a chalkboard.
My eyes remain locked on him until he passes through the front door.
The moment it closes, the mask falls.
I stand and start pacing.
"Little wolf, you only pace when your mind connects some dots," Torben says, stepping into my line of sight.
"Okay, hear me out." I sit on the arm of the loveseat. "He can't sense the bond, or he's pretending he can't."
Diaval gets ready to speak, and I raise my hand, stopping him. "If he's pretending he can't sense it, he may be secretly hoping I kill the Alpha. If he honestly can't, then that's a him problem, not an us problem."
"With two mythics in the bond, it may be impossible to sense who you are mated to. Especially how secretive both mine and Easton's species are," Diaval mentions as he unties his tie. His words echo in my mind. Could it be that my wolf is protecting the bonds by hiding them?
I stand up abruptly and start pacing around the table.
