Second Chance for the Barren Luna (Talia and Jason) novel Chapter 169

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED & SIXTY NINE

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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED & SIXTY NINE

Talia’s POV

I barely slept after that terrible dinner. I was surprised my father hadn’t expelled Leslie from Silverfang immediately afterwards. Knowing him, he was going to take time to figure out how he could salvage the situation because I knew he would never want Solon to reject his mate.

I felt for Solon. I couldn’t get the image of the way he looked so defeated out of my mind. I tried to comfort him, but Solon told me he needed space.

“Goddess, what am I supposed to do?” I groaned as I tossed my pillow off the bed. I was angry about the entire situation.

I was angry at father for Alpha commanding Solon to keep him from responding. He shouldn’t have done that because now things would be tense between him and Solon. But I understood his concern.

I couldn’t even fault Leslie even if I wanted to. Leslie had every reason to be wary and suspicious, but she didn’t need to take it out on Solon. Though I understood her reasoning even if I wished I didn’t. She was a deeply scarred woman but knowing that did not make the sight of Solon’s sorrow hurt any less.

Unfortunately, their situation only made me think about Jason and his warning: No Alpha would want a barren Luna like you.

I knew Jason said that to hurt me. Jason wanted me to believe that he was my only option and to ignore all the terrible things he had done and take him back. I knew that he was trying to manipulate me, but part of me still feared that Jason was right.

I had every test and examination done while still Luna of Shadowclaw. The doctors never found anything wrong with me.

Now, without my wolf, my doubts continued to increase at this very moment. By morning, my eyes burned from exhaustion, but I had made my decision. I needed to be examined again. And it couldn’t just be anyone doing it. There was only one person I trusted to do this for me and that was Leslie.

I waited until the sun had fully risen before making my way to Leslie’s cabin. The entire walk I kept pausing and turning back before pushing myself to go talk to her. I finally reached her cabin and knocked on the door.

There was a long moment of silence before the door opened a crack. Leslie looked back at me with dark circles under her eyes. It seemed I wasn’t the only person that didn’t get any sleep last night.

“Rough night?” I asked.

Leslie pushed the door open fully but kept one hand on the door in preparation to slam it in my face. “Look Talia, if you’re here to try to convince me, you’re wasting your time, and I am running out of patience with you intervening in my life.”

Her tone stung, but I understood it. She was tired. She needed space. And she didn’t expect everyone to pressure her again after what she said last night.

“I’m not here for that,” I whisper.

“You said that last time and then you tricked me into agreeing to go to that dinner,” Leslie said.

“I’m not here about Solon, I promise,” I said firmly, “I know Solon would accept you. He just needs time to process everything.”

She snorted quietly, clearly unconvinced. “Processing and accepting are two different things.”

“I know,” I said softly. “But he cares about you. He truly does.”

Leslie crossed her arms over her chest, “Cut the crap. Why are you here?” she asked.

I hesitated for a moment, trying to find the right words,

Leslie sighed and leaned her shoulder against the door frame. “You are wasting yours and my time. I thought you weren’t coming here to convince me.”

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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED & SIXTY NIND

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“I’m not,” I said quickly. “I am just letting you know that I understand where you’re coming for. I get it.”

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