No Longer Be your Luna (Jane and Xander) novel Chapter 15

Chapter 15: My way or no way.

*Jane*

I froze. The only sound in the room was the abandoned movie

playing on the TV screen.

The footage was grainy but damning. From this angle, it looked

like we were having a lover’s quarrel. It didn’t matter that the

truth was far messier than that.

My gaze slid to Xander. He was sitting up now, his whole body

rigid. His shoulders shook, and the flush riding up his neck was

a dangerous red. I didn’t flinch. I won’t give him the satisfaction.

I watched as Aaron leaned in on the screen, the moment before

the almost–kiss.

Xander jerked like someone had slapped him. He grabbed the

phone and threw it against the wall. “What the hell Jane?”

I was trying to stay clam. “What’s the problem, Xander?”

He let out a humorless laugh. “Explain.”

“Do I?”

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Mia was still clutching her mobile phone tightly, just like

holding a grenade. She nervously scanned back and forth

between us. I could tell that she was trying to mediate to avoid

getting involved in this dispute. Good luck to her.

“May be we should-” She started.

“Who send the video? Mia” I cut her off.

She hesitated for a moment, her gaze sweeping towards Xander,

as if hoping that he would blurt it out for her. Of course, she

didn’t want to say. She liked to pretend to be innocent, but I

won’t believe it. Not today.

“I–I don’t know if I should say it,” Mia stammered, her face

flushed red.

“Oh, don’t tell me that,” I snapped up. “If you want to show me

my surveillance video, you should at least have the guts to tell

me who sent it.”

Xander interjected, his tone sharp. “This is not the problem,

Jane. The real question is – are you the one who was pulled into

the storeroom by Aaron?”

“Yes, I am”

“Then why?” he exploded. “Why the fuck were you frolicking

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with Aaron B’Lorenz, my fucking business partner?”

I felt my jaw tighten, fingers curling into fists at my side. Part of

me wanted to keep the peace, to find a calm resolution, but the

other part, my bruised, angry wolf, wanted to hurt him the way

he’d hurt me.

I chose the latter.

“What do you think, Xander?” I spat, coldly. “Now you care

about what’s going on in my life? You didn’t seem to care when

you were off playing house with your beta.”

Xander’s face turned red and I could tell that his neck was

getting tighter and tighter. “This time it’s different, you know.”

“Why is it different?” I raised my arms and asked. “Just because I

didn’t share bed with him under our roof?“Mia cleared her

throat, trying to ease the tense atmosphere. “Perhaps we should

all calm down –““”Leave it alone,” Xander scolded her sharply, not

even glancing at her. His eyes were fixed on me tightly, burning

with rage. “Are you really going to use what I did with you and

Aaron? My business partner? Is it compared to fooling around?”

“Come on Xander. Aaron is your business partner but my

personal life isn’t up for discussion.”

intended as I pointed straight at Mia. “That… she is a direct result

“Listen to me. Aaron is my boyfriend, and we are trying our best

to figure out this complicated mess. But I swear to you, we didn‘

t know.”

It felt so good to call Aaron my boyfriend. I really wanted to say

it again just to see that expression on Xander’s face while Mia’s

eyes widened, trying to process what was hapening.

The subsequent silence was deafening. Xander looked at me as

if I had just slapped him.

Xander stared at me for a long, punishing second. Then in a

voice so calm it sent chills down my spine, he slipped his hands.

into his pockets and said, “End it.”

I blinked. “What?”

“Whatever it is that’s going on between you and Aaron, I want

it over. End it.”

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The room fell into a deadly silence.

Xander didn’t move. But his face… his entire face was flushed a

dangerous shade of red. He stared at me in utter disbelief. I

glanced down at his fists… his claws had extended. His gray eyes

shifted into a menacing crimson color, indicating that his wolf

was barely being restrained.

Every instinct I had screamed at me to step back. But I didn’t.

“You will end it with him,” Xander growled, sounding like the

Alpha the entire pack knew him to be. “And you will do so

now.”

My wolf whimpered at the sound of his fury and

disappointment.

Damn it.