Surrender To Us, Our Luna (One Luna, Four Alphas) novel Chapter 73

Chapter 73: 73-The Alpha Ego

Clementine:

"Yeah, so?" he asked, sounding defensive.

"I’m just asking. Did you know she was going to accuse me of stealing?" I asked, watching him nod.

"I was wandering around when I heard her speak to her mother about the evil plan. The great evil plan."

He rolled his eyes, using his hands as quotation marks.

"Oh," I groaned.

"Yeah, I bought the same necklace—just with a few more diamonds. After she left it by the bed, I swapped it with the new one, tossed the old one on the floor, and paid the maid to ’find’ it and bring it in at the perfect moment."

He shrugged, looking proud of himself.

"Thank you," I uttered, and his smile started to fade. Then, in a very serious tone, he mumbled,

"I told you, I will not let anyone bully you here."

At this point, I did not realize that Yorick had walked straight in our direction.

"If you two are done flirting, can we talk about business?" he intervened, taking a sip from the glass.

Even though he was trying to sound nonchalant, his tone suggested he was very tense.

"We are not flirting," both Troy and I said in unison.

Yorick only gave his eyes a hard roll, showing that he did not believe us.

"Anyway, she found a lead," Troy changed the subject quickly, eyeing me when he mentioned me.

"Good," Yorick said. Then he took another sip.

"Am I allowed to be a part of this plan, or am I going to just stand by and watch you all take turns flirting with the beauty of the night?" Yorick taunted.

His words were twisted, and his body language was so tense that even I was feeling negative around him.

"What is up with you?" I asked him.

"We are not flirting around, we are just working," I said, hissing at him.

"Oh really? First, he purchases you a diamond necklace. Then you assign tasks to everyone but me. And now you two are standing here, reminiscing on your old friendship. What is all that about?" he groaned, yapping in one breath. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Dude, what are you so pissed about? Do you want a task? Just say it. Clementine, give him some task," Troy said.

His shoulders were wide with pride because he could tell Yorick was bothered that I was paying more attention to Troy and Haiden, which was honestly confusing to me.

It was probably just an alpha ego wanting attention for himself.

"You know what? Fuck you two," Yorick stated, making my eyes go wide.

"I always knew there was something going on between the two of you. But anyways, what is the lead?"

Just after he had stolen the world from under my feet, he hoped that we would have a normal conversation with him.

"Yeah, Yorick, you are out of the plan," I stated.

And the minute I did, I watched his hold on the glass tighten. However, Troy quickly stole the glass from him before he broke it.

"Oh my god, what now?" I groaned, feeling conflicted.

"He should not be left all by himself. What if he drinks too much and says something to someone?" Troy said, giving me a look.

"Wait, what is going on?" Haiden showed his annoyance towards the topic that sounded unnecessary to him.

"Yorick was feeling some sort of way for being left out," Troy stated quickly, in one breath, giving information just enough for Haiden to understand what was going on.

"Wait, he wants my mate’s attention?" It was just the way Haiden asked that question, with a finger pointing at his chest, that both Troy and I narrowed our eyes at him.

"Dude, you two are just mates. You’re not going to accept each other."

And then Troy shocked me even more when he confidently made that decision for us.

"Anyway, somebody has to go and fetch him or just check on him," I said, and my eyes moved to Troy.

"Why me?" he pointed at his chest.

Now that it was him who was going to be left out of the direct plan, he looked very offended. Well, I guess all the blame goes to me. I was the one who pissed off Yorick.

But I guess it was the collection of things, the fact that Troy had asked me to give Yorick a task as if he was some dog I would throw a bone to fetch.

I guess it all upset Yorick.

"Because I need to be there when we confront that woman," Haiden reminded Troy.

Troy grunted his first grunt. "Fine, whatever."

And just like Yorick, even Troy was now upset, as he turned around and started to briskly walk away.