Alpha Markus and Celeste novel Chapter 20

Celeste Chapter 20 – Celeste 

Celeste P.O.V. 

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I didn’t like taking Markus’ credit card. It felt like I was taking advantage of the mate bond, but I knew that I needed clothes. I would

meeting a lot of people in the next while and I couldn’t wear the oversized jeans that he had given me. The sports bra had tags, so I

knew they were new, but it provided me zero support and was a little small for me.

I sat in the back seat of the SUV. Zack and George were escorting us and I couldn’t help but feel bad for them. They were warriors

who had trained to fight battles, and here they were, supervising 3 girls on a shopping trip.

“Celes-i mean Luna?” Maya said timidly.

“It’s just Celeste, Maya” I said, I was still not comfortable being called Luna.

“I don’t have any money,” she said quietly.

“It’s ok. Markus said we will use his card.” I smiled quietly.

She shifted, “It doesn’t seem right. I didn’t earn this money”

I sighed, I knew exactly how she felt, but instead of agreeing with her, I squeezed her hand gently, “Maya, we’ve worked for people without getting anything in return since we were little. I am not all that comfortable taking his money either, but we deserve to have

more than one change of clothes. We’ve never had anything new. So let’s just enjoy today and maybe we can find a way to let him know

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how thankful we are later? Maybe you and I can make some dinners for the Packhouse at some point. OK? Think of this as an I.O.U.” She

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smiled brightly at that and nodded and continued to look out the window in fascination. Neither of us had been outside the Packhouse

since we were little. I could tell Kelly had been listening but decided not to intervene. She probably didn’t know our story and what we

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“Alright girls, prepare for the shopping trip of your life!” Kelly said as she wrapped one arm through each of ours and dragged us across the parking lot towards the mall.

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I was amazed at her energy. I was done with the thrill of shopping after 2 stores but she just kept dragging us from one to the other. Zack and George had to take a couple of trips down to the SUV to drop off all the bags. I was getting more and more anxious at the amount of clothes we were buying. She kept blowing off my protests and adding more and more bags. She brought us into a fancy store

and insisted on a few outfits for “Luna official business.” I balked at the price tags but she just kept handing the credit card to the sales

ladies. It was the same with shoes and bags. The only things I was allowed to veto were shoe heels. We also hit a couple of make-up

stores. By the time we hit the food court, I was on the verge of tears. I could barely eat my fries, though tasty they were. Kelly and Maya