Filed To Story: In the Shadow of the Past Luna (Lily & James)
you know, preference.”
“Meaning?”
James asked, clearly getting just as upset as I was.
“Charlotte’s breasts are too small. Fine, I said it. I like boobs that spill over my hand when grab them, that I can really dig my face into and get lost in.”
Oh, my Goddess,
I took a sip of my water, trying to prevent myself from getting up and strangling Charlotte’s mate.
“Do you have an a&&hole classification for this?”
I mind-linked James.
Yes it is called ‘reject and run.”
And fast,”
he replied.
“I can get breast implants,”
Charlotte blurted out
I spit out the water that I had in my mouth. “Charlotte! No!”
How did my amazing, confident friend so quickly turn into this insecure shell of herself, willing to get surgery for this obnoxious male?
Derek rolled his eyes. “Fake breasts are not as good as the real thing. But if you want to get them, Charlotte, I will not stop you. It may help a little bit. Either way, though, I will get used to what you have. The Moon Goddess paired us for a reason, right?”
rcasm was about the
I could not help but notice the obvious sarcasm in his voice. I could not tell if the sarcasm implants helping or about the Moon Goddess having a reason to pair them. Either way, I was done.
1 am going to kill him,”
I mind-linked James.
“Not if I do so first.”
I took a deep breath. I was incredibly angry at Derek right now, but I also found myself getting strangely turned on by how James was responding to the situation. Her we were with one of his celebrity idols, and yet James was no more willing to put up with Derek’s behavior than I was.
“Please… we have to change the subject,”
I asked.
“So… what is your book about?”
James questioned.
Suddenly, the look on Derek’s face changed. There was now something slightly creepy about it.
“The book is about a female without a wolf who tries to steal her sister’s mate after her sister is attacked by rogues,”
he explained seriously.
I gulped hard. “Oh, a romance book? I would not peg you for the romantic type.”
“No. Horror.”
I gulped again. “Will it all turn out okay in the end? Happy ending?”
I asked hesitantly.
“Well, the wolfless sister is killed and the other sister gets her mate back, so yeah. Happy ending. But not for everyone.”
I was now no longer willing to ignore how uncomfortable I felt. I stood up, as did James.
“You know what? I just remembered that I left something at the stadium that I need tonight. It is nice to meet you again, Derek.”
“You have not finished your dinner,”
Derek protested.
“That is okay. I am not that hungry anyway.”
James threw some cash on the table. “Charlotte, would you like to come with us?”
he asked her.
“Yes, would you?”
Derek put his arm around Charlotte’s chair, and I watched as she melted by the gesture. Charlotte looked at Derek with goo-goo eyes and then looked back at me. “No, I would like to stay here with Derek for a little while longer.”
Derek gave me a half-smile. “Do not worry about your friend, Lillian. She will be fine.”
“I do not want to leave her, James,”
I linked.
“I do not either, but we cannot carry her out of here against her will.”
I sighed. “Charlotte, will you please call me when you get home? I will be waiting for your call. Do not forget, okay?”
I then gave Derek a look of warning. “Charlotte, if you do not call me within two hours, I will come out looking for you, got it?”
Charlotte smiled. “I will be fine, Lily. But yes, I promise I will call you.”
James and I were quiet all the way back to my apartment. I think we were both trying to process what the Goddess had just happened. It was obviously not nearly as serious as some of the things that had happened at our pack, but it was still unsettling.
Once we were back inside, sitting next to each other on the couch, I turned to him.
“Did you get the same strange feeling that I did from Derek?”
“Yes.”
“What do you think it was?”
“I don’t know.”
“Does Luke have any guesses?”
“No.”
I frowned. “Rose doesn’t either.”
“What do you think we should do?”
he asked me.
“About Charlotte or in general?”
“Either.”
I sighed as I put my head on his shoulder and started playing with his fingers. “I don’t know what to do about Charlotte……
“But?”
“How did you know that there was a ‘but’ coming?”
James gave me a cheeky smile. “Because unless I am crazy, I smelled the faintest scent of arousal there at the end.”
I blushed.
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