Longing For My Rejected Luna novel Chapter 119

*****Erika's POV*****

It felt like it was just yesterday we were celebrating Paula’s pregnancy but in reality, a couple of days had passed and I was on the verge of collapsing.

Why?

The Christmas party for the Alphas of Fangoria was coming up in two days and there was still so much to put in place.

It felt like I wasted the days doing nothing. I still had to make arrangements for entertainment, the enlisted games for the party hadn't been set up, my dress was still pending, and the stupid welcome speech.

I rubbed my temple to ease some of the headaches threatening to blow up my brain. Resting against the wall, I took a deep breath and tried to focus on the present.

Everyone was busy with something. The decorations were coming out nicely too. It brought a small smile to my face.

I shouldn't burden myself with the things I have left to do, I should focus on what was getting done.

“Erika.”

I blinked, pushing myself off the wall. Jace took long strides towards me.

“Hey,” I greeted him with a smile.

“You're a mess. Have you ever had some sleep?” The question was pointed directly at my eye bags.

“The party is in two days, Jace. You don't expect me to sleep when there's so much to do,” I answered warily. The stress was starting to get to me.

My vision was starting to blur. Even my body was begging for a break now but I couldn't let anyone see that. There would be enough time to rest once the party was over.

“You don't have to do everything. Take a rest, I'm sure the servants can handle things on their own. They don't need you supervising them,” Jace told me.

“Okay.” It was mostly because I was exhausted. He would bug me if I proved stubborn.

“About the party, I might not hang around for it,” he informed me. I furrowed my eyes at him.

“Why?”

“I need to go to Avenir City. I don't know how long I will stay there…”

“And it can't wait?” I interrupted, I didn't want to make a fuss now.

“No. I need to do something very important there. I can't miss it for anything,” his vague answer bothered me.

“What exactly is this important thing you can't miss? Do you know where Avenir City is? What business do you even have there?” I probed further.

“Like I said, it is very important I go there. I will be back before you know it…”

“Don't give me that, Jace,” all traces of exhaustion vanished from my voice. “If you can't say the important thing that's taking you miles away from home, then I'm afraid you will have to kill the idea. I am not going to let you go out there on your own, feeling adventurous during this critical period. Do you know how dangerous it is to travel at a time like this? Jace you just recovered…”

“You don't need to lecture me. I am well aware of the dangers but I can handle them.”

The stubborn man wouldn't listen of course.

“That's what you say now but you can never tell what will happen. I still insist you sit your butt back here. After the party, the guards and I can accompany you to wherever you want to go,” I stated.