The Young Luna novel Chapter 41

Chapter 41

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"Trust" I said, testing the word like I was unsure the meaning of it. But, of course, I knew the word. Trust. Trusting. Trustworthy. Confianza . Didn't matter how much I said it, or in which language, it meant the same thing to me. "Trust" I said again.

"Yes, trust, May" Seth replied, looking over the table at me. "You trust me. Don't you?"

"You know that I do" I replied dryly. As much as I wanted to fight with Seth because of the flaws in his dangerous and epic plan, I couldn't. Not when we had company around us. Seth and I sat either side of the table in our small cabin, the rest of the chairs were filled with people that we 'trusted'. That word again, trust.

Dean and Josh sat on one side of the table and Javier and Ollie on the other side. We were quiet for a long moment as everyone got their heads around the plan that Seth had just proposed. It was a crazy plan. An insane plan. A plan that could get us all killed. And, fuck, it might just work.

"Can I ask a question?" Dean frowned, crossing his large arms over his chest. I smiled at him, amused because I had never seen him look serious before – it didn't suit him. I could deny that I had missed the idiot since he'd taken over being Sofia's guard instead of mine.

"Go ahead" Seth nodded at him.

"Why don't you just challenge Dale? You could easily beat him".

"Because the council will just intervene and say I have not been punished and we'll be back to square one again with my head on a damn chopping block" Seth replied. "Not to mention they made Dale sign a Declaration of Position".

"What?" Javier asked, screwing his face up in confusion.

"It's basically a contract in which he legally states he won't hand the Pack back to me nor will he accept any challenge from me for his position" he explained.

"Mierda" Javier commented.

"Mierda is right my friend" I sighed woefully.

"So" Josh sighed, "Dale has to die. There is no other way".

Seth and I exchanged a look, before he turned to his previous Beta. "Correct, there is no other way. My brother has to die".

We spent a few more hours hashing out the details of our plan. We could only trust certain people and they were the only ones we were getting involved. I had wanted Shawna involved, but Seth was concerned she was too submissive and would give us up if Dale applied his Alpha command, even if she really didn't want to.

After everyone left, Seth and I spent an hour or so packing our individual bags. In the morning we'd both be leaving, but we wouldn't be leaving together. And that was terrifying. I knew that we both had our own part to play in order to get the Pack back, and that it was time to me to be the Luna that the Pack needed, but that didn't mean I wasn't nervous.

"Have you finished packing?" Seth asked, as he put his rucksack by the front door.

"Almost" I replied.

"You hungry?" he asked me. Walking over he wrapped his arms around be from behind, his warm chest hard against my back. I sighed heavily as I leant against him, his hands casing around me to rest on my stomach. "I can go out and grab us some food, don't think we have anything to cook with".

I titled my head back and looked up and into his blue eyes. Leaning down, he kissed the top of my head. I quickly agreed to food, but he didn't instantly leave. He just held me against him for a few minutes. "Are you alright?"

"Not even a little bit" he replied, offering me a nervous smile. He may have been all strength and dominance with our friends, but with me he showed his true feeling and insecurities. I turned around in his arms, before leaning up and pressed a gentle kiss to his jaw.

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"I'm not either" I nodded. "But I know that we have to do something. I maybe be terrified that you're going to get hurt or be killed, but I know that you can't not be an Alpha. That is a part of who you are and a part of the man I fell in love with".

"And the strong beautiful Luna is part of what made me fall in love you with". He kissed me gently and I melted into his hold and his love. When he pulled away, he looked a little more relaxed than a few minutes ago.

"Go" I smiled, nudging him away. "I need to call Chris and explain the plan to him".