Surrender To Us, Our Luna (One Luna, Four Alphas) novel Chapter 121

Chapter 121: 121-Not Sleeping With Anyone

Clementine:

"Did you guys check the area?" Haiden asked after running around the mall, up and down.

"No, we only checked the ground floor," Troy said, twirling his finger in a circle.

"I don’t think we can stay here for too long. This place is way too open," Yorick suggested.

"Look what I found," Ian said in his usual cheery, cocky voice. He walked in with a trolley full of food items.

"They’re all expired goods, Ian. You wasted your time," I said tiredly. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Nope, they’re not." The way he said it made me freeze for a second.

When Haiden, Troy, and Yorick rushed toward him to check the boxes, I snapped back to reality. I hurried over and watched their faces before picking up one of the cans myself.

"Wait, how is this possible?" I asked, checking the other boxes. One after another, I saw expiration dates marked 2027, 2028. But the manufacturing dates were recent. It made no sense.

"Well, the North used to be a living place. There were factories making food and everything. Who knows, maybe there’s a small city somewhere still operating, trying to survive," Troy suggested with a shrug, grabbing a pack of chips and tearing it open. As soon as he took a bite, he closed his eyes and smiled, savoring the taste.

The others began eating too, but I just stood there holding the can, staring at it.

"But then why would they deliver food to these malls?" I asked.

They slowed down their chewing. Then I heard the loud snap of a wafer. Turning to Ian, I saw he wasn’t paying attention to the question at all, he was already eating.

"What? You guys are way too dramatic. Just enjoy the food. Who cares who left it here?" he said.

I guess the alphas agreed, because they instantly dug back in. I did too. At this point, there was no point in arguing. The food was here, and we were starving.

"Do you still think we can’t stay here?" I joked to Troy and the others.

A twelve-seater sofa sat in the middle of the room, and we settled into it comfortably. Still, I wasn’t sure we could all sleep there, maybe three alphas could fit, but the others would need to find bedrooms. I spotted one, but its door was locked. I hesitated, uneasy about opening a bedroom that might have been used recently.

"It’s the first night, Clementine. There will be even tougher monsters, and we might have to stay somewhere for a whole month before we can go back home," Ian said, his tone free of mockery or taunting. I’d noticed he’d been a little nicer to me since last night, though I wasn’t sure.

"Don’t worry, Clementine. Even if we have to stay for a week, we’re with you." Haiden suddenly cut in, letting me know he was still there. He sat on the couch with one arm stretched out and his leg bouncing.

"She knows she has a mate here," Yorick added, tilting his face to look Haiden in the eye, almost as if challenging him.

"You guys are making her uncomfortable. You know she doesn’t like attention," Troy said, making me raise an eyebrow at him. Out of all people, I would have expected him to think poorly of me, he was the one who had accused me of starting gossip and all that nonsense. But I chose not to dwell on it.

"So what, are you guys going to keep fighting for her attention all night? Oh, please, don’t tell me you’re expecting her to sleep with one of you."

And then Ian, being Ian, suddenly brought it up, something that had never even crossed my mind. At his comment, I gasped.