Reborn Luna (Hope and Keith) novel Chapter 56

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She picks up a pillow and chucks it at me. “Oh, like I knew about Keith.”

I flush. “Okay, okay, I’m guilty. No, back on topic, when did you feel the pull?”

“Around eight months ago.”

What??

Did she know then, too? Did she marry that Alpha, knowing she was walking away from their mate? If so, what is different about this time?

“Why did you wait so long to say something?”

Tessa shrugs. “I um… I just wasn’t sure how that would work. Ben is going to be Beta, and at the

time, my position as Alpha wasn’t exactly set in stone. I mean it still isn’t.”

“So what changed?” I ask gently.

“I did, I guess,” her blush reaches her ears. “We were training late one night, and he was telling me how he supported me and how proud he was that I would be his Alpha. He spoke like it was a given, like I would beat all the obstacles that are in my way. He was just so…certain. It was like something clicked inside me. Ben has always been my person; he’s never given me reason to think my dreams weren’t important to him. And he is the most important person to me, so I just blurred

it out.”

“And how do you feel now?” I venture.

“Like this is what I should have done when I first found out.”

A tiny smile twitches at her lips, and she stands.

“Come on. Let’s finish packing before Papa sends the boys to come get us.”

The car is quiet except for the hum of tires on the road and the occasional rattle when we hit a pothole. I’m squished in the back between Tessa and Ben.

Keith is sitting up fr

and somethi

and I’m trying very hard not to notice how he smells like cedar

ame. I also notice how his eyes are keeping mine in the

rearview

I know

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eant it. But my hurt and hesitation haven’t just vanished, even wasn’t us that was the problem, it was the things I didn’t see.

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I glance at him out of the corner of my eye. He smirks when he catches me. My heart skips. Yup, still hot.

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As the drive goes on, I’m surprised that there isn’t a lull in the conversation. Keith is smiling at my dad like they’re old friends. Laughing at Tessa’s dry sarcasm. Making space for himself in this already cramped dynamic like it’s the most natural thing in the world.

Even Ben is warming up to him.

hift in my seat, pretending to fix my jacket.

wolf whines, wanting some attention from her mate.

Down girl. Slow, remember

She huffs in annoyance

was wrong.

Glad to see you’re

Keith stretches

eyes meet.

There it

yet.

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an rules are senseless. He is our mate. This time we’ll fix what

right side.

shing the ceiling of the car. He turns his head just slightly, and our

1. Like he sees something in me, I haven’t figured out how to look at it back to our mating night, to the scorching trails his fingers left across my

ow smile, one that’s just for me. Not polite. Not forced. Not for anyone else in

ng to explain why Keith is with us?” Ben asks.

at, for now, Keith and I want to keep our bond private. We don’t want any outside

ing with any part of us.

y, Papa agreed. With our petition to have Tessa/as Alpha, having me mated to the most Alpha in the northern hemisphere could make us a target.

all, it’s no secret that the crown doesn’t like its authority being questioned. Not being more nant than every male in the room must irk the King.

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