The Second Chance Of The Rejected Moon (Celine and Bastian) novel Chapter 37

Chapter 37

Bastian prepares to leave when a warrior enters the dining room carrying a file so thick that it looks heavy even in his hands My mate takes it without wasting time and before leaving he gives me one last look over his shoulder I smile at tiim and he finally walks away with that serious expression that never seems to leave him whenever he starts working.

I have no idea what time I will see him again.

And although part of me already misses his presence, I am also glad to discover that I am not going to become a simple ornament sitting beside the Crown Prince here.

“Let’s start with your schedule, Luna Celine,” Aymara says, pulling her phone out of the pocket of her… sweatpants?

I blink in surprise.

I had not even noticed she was wearing that kind of clothing.

“Call me Celine.” I smile at her with a bit of nervousness. “I want us to be friends.”

“I thought we already were.” She replies, returning the smile. “And if you want me to call you by your name, I have no problem with that.”

Something warm stirs inside my chest when I hear her say that.

I never had friends.

Never.

“Today you’ll train with Alaric from eight to ten in the morning. After that, you’ll travel to the southern border and that will probably take up a large part of the day. When you return, you’ll have protocol lessons and, fortunately, Alaric will be handling those because originally the king wanted to do it personally, but the plans changed when Bastian sent Jared and Magnus into the forest. And after dinner we’ll talk about the preparations for the mating ceremony.”

My eyes open completely.

Training.

A trip with the harpies.

Protocol.

Dinner.

Preparations.

And they do not even know that this morning Bastian told me to train at night.

I nod slowly while Alaric finishes standing up with a suspicious calmness that smells far too much like a future physical beating.

“Whenever you’re ready, Alaric.”

“Good. Follow me, Luna,” he replies immediately.

I frown slightly.

He still insists on not calling me by my name.

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“Why don’t you want to call me Celine? Don’t you want to be my friend?” I ask, following him as he starts walking out of the dining room. “I would feel more comfortable if the people close to me stopped acting so rigid all the time”

Alaric turns his face toward me without stopping and a smile appears on his lips.

“I don’t want my best friend to rip my head off. Thank you.”

This time he openly laughs and I end up letting out a small laugh too.

“What if I order you to?” I bite my lip with some insecurity. “I know protocol is important to you.”

Alaric watches me for a few seconds before answering.

“If it’s an order, I won’t have any choice but to obey, Celine.”

The satisfaction I feel when I hear him call me by my name makes me smile immediately.

“Thank you

Ayma

Bastian to me, he won’t be bothered, I promise.”

augh behind us and Alaric shakes his head as if he is already regretting absolutely everything.

egins explaining part of the exercise routine we will do today and I take the opportunity to observe the passing through. This area of the castle is different from the others, more sober, with less decoration and dows through which the cold morning air enters.

e seems endless.

t much farther?” I joke, moving a little closer to Aymara. “I think I’m already tired just from walking. Are you going to rain too?”

She nods and, looking at her more carefully, it becomes quite obvious that she is not a delicate noble she-wolf. Her body has the firmness of someone accustomed to training regularly.

“Yes,” she replies, adjusting her high ponytail I’m not only going to hold your things when we leave the castle, Celine. Until Jared is ready, my brother and I will

for your safety. Bastian’s warriors will form the outer ring and we will s, we’ll be prepared.”

remain with you in the center

I look at her in

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Beta announces, and I mentally thank the Goddess for finally reaching our destination because I was not

ng when I said my legs already hurt from so much walking.

Alaric opens a huge metal door and the interior barely receives any natural light from a single high window located near the ceiling. The place remains submerged in shadows until he enters first and turns on the lights.

Moon Goddess.

igantic.

he floor reflects the white light of the lamps, and one of the walls is completely covered with weapons bsurd precision. Firearms of different sizes, knives, axes, longswords, spears, daggers, and even crossbows ed as if one part of the castle were still living in the Middle Ages while the other moved forward with time.

My eyes slowly travel across everything as I take a few more steps inside.

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There are separate sections for different activities. A huge area covered with black mats for hand-to-hand combat, punching bags hanging from the reinforced ceiling, training dummies destroyed by claw marks and blades, metal bars with weight plates so large that I am sure I could not even lift them off the ground, and steel structures designed for exercises I had never seen in my life.

Farther back, I discover thick ropes hanging from several meters above, elevated platforms, giant stacked tires, heavy chains. and even a short obstacle course with walls, bars, and inclined surfaces.

Everything here seems designed to turn people into war machines.

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