Enigma novel Chapter 41

I sighed and made my way inside uncle Leo’s house. The others dispersed as well and Ethan followed me inside. Faye and Hugo were sitting in the living room with Linda and Thomas, Uncle Leo’s parents. All of them looked a little uncomfortable. I wonder why.

“What the heck are you following us for?” Ethan sneered behind me.

I turned around to find a very panicked Francis standing at the door.

“Um we were going to take the food together?” Francis said it more like a question with a trembling voice.

“We were just trying to get you out of there so our uncle or dad won’t end up beating you up.” I told him in a cold voice. “They had that look in their eyes.”

I shuddered thinking about what had happened if we had left Francis there.

“But Luna…” He started but I cut him.

“Hold it right there. Who the heck are you calling Luna? I am not anything to you other than the girl you can no longer bully.” I sneered at him.

He shrunk back a little but didn’t back down.

“But you are Zeno’s mate.” He mumbled.

I scoffed and Ethan snorted pretty rudely.

“So?” I asked nonchalantly.

I wanted my mate too but I can’t have him ever. Ajax can’t be with me anymore and Zeno is an entirely different story. His repugnance for me can only be rivaled by my loathing for him.

“What do you mean by ‘so’?” Francis said outraged. “He is your mate. That means you are his mate as well.” Well thank you mister obvious. “That makes you our Luna. You have a responsibility towards the pack. You can’t just bail on us like that. How could you even think about abandoning your pack?”

Ethan clenched his fists.

“Why don’t you go learn some human decency first and then come to me asking about my responsibilities?” I said with a blank face. Francis looked like someone slapped him in the face. “At least I have enough manners to treat a fellow human with respect and out of only that shred of humanity are you standing here, accusing and pointing fingers at me or you would be six feet under and rotting in your cascade.”

That shut him up. He hung his head and turned around to leave.

“I know what you did was not on your own accord and you were just doing that for Zeno but supporting your friend in wrongdoings makes you as much responsible for it as him.”