Surrender To Us, Our Luna (One Luna, Four Alphas) novel Chapter 328

Chapter 328: 328-The Whispering Man Caught Us.

Clementine:

"Good, my boys. Stay alert. Look what they’re doing to me." Oriana started speaking to Yorick, Troy, and Haiden, who had their fists clenched as they advanced toward me.

The way they stood around her was a warning in itself, I needed to let go of her hair.

"How about we take her inside and question her?" Mira suggested. Joshua shot her a judgmental glance, but she only shrugged in confusion, not understanding the meaning behind his harsh stare.

"When we were doing it, you guys came in and ruined everything," Joshua complained. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

"Well, we didn’t know what was going on inside, did we?" I replied. "But Mira’s right. We should take her inside."

As soon as I said that, I think Oriana realized that once she was alone in there with us, she would have to talk.

I mean, this piece of jewelry, where else could she be hiding it?

We would pat her down and take it off her, and none of her excuses would work then.

Maybe that’s why she began to resist.

"Attack them!" she shouted, shocking us with how little she understood about the dangers of the North, that we were outside, surrounded by darkness, with monsters lurking all around.

The moment she yelled, chaos erupted. The air turned dusty, so heavy it became suffocating.

I didn’t notice at first that when they freed her, she had grabbed a piece of rope.

Before I knew it, she looped it around my neck while I was still clutching her hair.

She tried to shove me back, pulling at the rope, but I forced my fingers inside the knot and tore it loose, then punched her in the face.

She stumbled backward, and Joshua caught her from behind. But Yorick charged at him, knocking him off her and throwing him to the ground.

The others, Troy, Haiden, and Yorick, kept fighting, though it seemed they were just trying to restrain us rather than hurt us.

"Keep them busy! Don’t hurt them! I’ll take Oriana into the station!" I shouted.

Jack and the others immediately jumped to their feet, surrounding Troy, Haiden, and Yorick.

But the moment the three felt cornered, they let their wolves out, and I feared for my squadmates and Jack, they couldn’t possibly overpower three Alphas.

Oriana got to her feet and sprinted toward the road, trying to escape, but I wrapped my arms around her waist to stop her. She tried to elbow me, but I turned my head aside just in time.

Joshua and I sprinted after her once again as she darted down the road toward the deeper part of the North.

I picked up my speed and reached her, but Oriana stopped instantly.

She crouched and grabbed a handful of dust from the debris of a broken house I remembered from before, when Ian and Joshua had been trapped under it, and she threw the dust at me.

I quickly crossed my arms over my eyes to shield myself. Joshua caught up and grabbed her shoulder. She spun and drove her elbow into his ribs.

If she’d worked this hard to defend herself against monsters, she probably didn’t even need that magical thing.

But it’s true, when fear gnaws at you and you lose your confidence, you make mistakes, and that’s exactly what happened to her.

Still, he didn’t let go of her shoulder. She twisted, hooked her leg behind his knee, and yanked. He hit the ground hard.

"Ah! Why aren’t you doing anything? I’m telling you to attack the two! Just fucking kill them!" she screamed.

Then she did something that caught both my and Joshua’s attention, she began scratching her belly.

"Why isn’t it working?" she cried. The world seemed to freeze.

My eyes met Joshua’s and then I looked at the others. It was like a film rewinding, and I remembered the belly chain.

She’d never had it before.

I remembered seeing it when she was play-fighting under Haiden, there were times I’d glimpsed that thing on her, and when she refused to show her belly while asking Troy which dress to wear.

Suddenly everything made sense. Before I could fully register it, Joshua lunged shoulder-first and threw her onto the road.

As soon as she landed, he started strangling her. It all happened in a split second.

Jack rushed toward him, but neither of the alphas moved.

I noticed them staring at me instead. It was the most unsettling, desperate kind of stare, a silent cry for help.

Then my heart skipped a beat when I heard a voice in the distance.

"Do you guys want to hear something exciting? Just focus on my whispers, then," it said.

It was the Whisperer, and he had found us all in the middle of the road, in the middle of the night, with no plan left.