Alpha’s Rue: His Shunned Luna (Athena Enchanted) novel Chapter 222

Chapter 222

He pauses, something mischievous twinkling in his gaze. “I broke it.”

“You need to be careful and follow rules, Calen.”

“I jumped off the roof, and fell on it so I can visit you!”

I pause, taken aback by his confession. The boy is a little unhinged, and very troublesome, but this is a step too far. “Calen,” I scold.

“Tara said injuries get you attention and I wanted attention,” he says, ever so innocently. “I wanted to see you.”

“No, that was very bad Calen.” I shake my head, trying my best to be stern and not soft, but I can’t do it. “And very dangerous. If you wanted to talk to me, you should have asked an adult, like sister Milan. She called me, didn’t she?”

“Because I didn’t eat.” He pouts.

“Oh, God.” I sigh. “Please don’t hurt yourself again sweetheart.”

“But it’s healing, and I have a cast.” He grins, showing me his cast. “Isn’t it cool? Everyone wants to sign it.”

“It looks cool, yes,” I nod. “But you could have gotten really hurt sweetheart, and that would have made me sad.”

His smile falls, “Really? Oh, I’m sorry Luna Aeliana. I didn’t want to cause any trouble.”

“That’s okay, everyone makes mistakes,” I tell him, stroking his hair. “But promise me you’ll never do it again. I need you to be a good boy, a kind boy, a strong boy, a smart boy, an honest boy and a very happy boy, can you do that?”

“Yes!” He giggles, his face lighting up again. “I’m very happy you’re here, and I’m strong, I barely cried when I got this boo-boo, and I can colour in my lines. And I’m…I’m learning to read now.”

“Wow, that’s impressive.” I pet him. “I’m so proud of you.”

“Thank you..”

“Are you ready for dinner now?” Sister Milan asks.

“No,” Calen crosses his arms over his chest in protest. “I don’t like it.”

“Calen, the sisters worked hard to prepare it, we can’t waste it, can we?”

“No, it’s bad manners.”

“So what will we do?” I ask softly.

He huffs, “Eat.”

“Good boy, that’s right.” I smile, ruffling his hair up. “And I’ll feed you, Sister Milan, please bring his food.”

“Yes Luna,” she nods. “I’ll warm his plate.”

I offer her a small smile, “Thank you.”

Calen taps my arm with a marker, the same one he was doodling with on his paper. “Do you want to sign my cast, Luna Aeliana?”

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Chapter 222

“Definitely, but only after you eat. If you don’t eat well, I won’t sign it.”

“I’ll eat the best!” He confidently tells me.

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We wait for sister Milan to arrive, talking about how badly it hurt when he fell, but he didn’t want to tell anyone. He kept it a secret until the older kids told the sisters about it. When his food arrives, he eats well. He finishes all his meat and vegetables. I release Sister Milan for the night, leaving just us in the room.

Calen takes me up on my promise earlier, but the artist in me can’t do a simple drawing, so I wind up giving him an outline of a dinosaur.

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