Filed To Story: In the Shadow of the Past Luna (Lily & James)
James grabbed his phone. “Oh, cr ap. I think we missed breakfast.”
“Why? How late is it?”
“11 am.”
My jaw dropped as I started to panic. “What? How did that happen? I normally have a hard time. sleeping, and I never sleep in.”
James looked just as surprised as I felt. “I don’t know. I normally do not sleep in either.”
“What time are you leaving to go back?”
he asked.
I felt a small pain in my heart when he referenced me leaving, but I was in a panic, so I ignored it.
“Um, Brady wanted to leave at 10:30.”
“Oh.”
As though Brady was reading my mind, I received a mind-link from him right then.
“Lily. Let’s go.”
I noticed that Brady’s voice was unusually cold, but I assumed it was because I was late. I immediately mind-linked him back.
“Yes, I am so sorry. I accidentally slept in. I will meet you in the lobby soon.”
I felt Brady cut the link without saying anything else to me.
I looked back at James apologetically. “I have to go. Brady is waiting for me.”
I grabbed my clothes off of the chair and started to head towards the door.
“Lily?”
I turned around.
“How can I reach you in the future?”
I could hear the fear in James’ voice as he asked me that question. I knew he was afraid my response would be similar to the one I gave him the night before. I put my clothes down on the dresser and went over to him.
I hugged James tightly. “Dr. Hyder should always know where I am and how to reach me. Reach out to him, and he will pass along a message.”
“Will he? Are you sure? Even with… Brady?”
As James asked me that question, I realized that I actually was not sure. Once upon a time, before the not tell me about the first time James came looking for me, and that since the rejection, he has been keeping secrets from me about the danger that I am in. Even though I trust Dr. Hyder completely even with the secrets, if Dr. Hyder decided talking to James would not be good for me, I could not be sure he would pass along a message.
“I… I don’t know.”
“Can you tell me where you are staying?”
I was surprised that James had not figured out yet that I had been staying at Brady’s pack, but I also knew. that it was probably for the best that he not know. I looked at him and grimaced. “I am sorry, James, but
I can’t.”
James frowned. “Then promise that you will reach out to me. In three months.”
your!
“Three months? You mean on your birthday?”
At first he smiled, but then he looked guilty. “You remembered… without having to look it up in a file.”
“Yeah… you are the future alpha, after all. It is an important date to know,”
I teased, trying to make a joke out of it. I will contact you on your birthday.”
“Promise?”
“Promise.”
James leaned down and kissed me. I returned the kiss, recognizing that there was a possibility that this could be the last time that I ever kissed him.
“Lily. It is time to go,”
Brady mind-linked.
I pulled away from James. “I really have to go.”
He nodded. I grabbed my clothes off of the dresser and hurried back to my room to pack.
We have now been on Brady’s airplane for four hours. Brady has yet to say more than two words to me since we left the resort.
At first, I was okay with the quiet, because it gave me some time to think about everything that had happened while we were in Hawaii. However, I realized after a while that Brady was not just being quiet; something was really bothering him.
I wish I could say I figured that out on my own, but Brady decided to make it obvious. Every time I tried to from some other spot on the plane. If I was lucky, he also glared at me. ?
I was not used to Brady treating me this way, and I absolutely hated it. Rose and I agreed that he needed.
to tell us what was going on and what had upset him so much, whether he wanted to or not.
I got up from where I have been sitting and sat down next to him on the couch..
“Brady-“
As he had before, Brady got up and started to walk away. This time, he was heading towards the front of the plane.
“Brady!”
I say exasperated.
He stopped, turned part way around, and glared at me. I hated that this somehow felt like progress.
“Brady, please. I know something is wrong. Please tell me what it is. If it is something that I did, I am really sorry.”
Now Brady turned around, giving me a straight-on view of his eyes. He had so much rage in his eyes that it scared me a little bit. I barely recognized him. He walked slowly back towards me, like a wolf stalking its prey.
“Did you sleep with him, Lily?”
he asked coldly. 1
“What?!?!”
(Lily POV)
“Did you sleep with him, Lily?”
Brady asked me coldly.
“What?!?!?”
“Did. You. Sleep. With. Him. It is a simple question. Yes or no?”
My heart dropped, and I put my hands over my face. I felt naive for not putting two and two together earlier. “That is what this is about?”
Brady continued to glare at me. “You are avoiding the question, Lily. I already know that you kissed him. I also know that he carried you over his shoulder to his room, that you spent the night with him, and that you came out this morning wearing nothing but his t-shirt. Were you so overcome by hormones that you forgot that my men were there watching and reporting everything back to me?”
Brady’s voice was filled with rage, but I could also hear an overwhelming sense of hurt. My heart began to ache for him and for the pain this situation was causing everyone.
“Brady….”
“I know he wanted to sleep with you. Hell, half my men want to sleep with you. Or at least the unmated ones do. What I want to know now is how you reacted. Did you go ahead and f&&k him? Or was it just as easy for you to turn James down as it was to turn me down?”
“Brady, look. Please relax. 1
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