Filed To Story: In the Shadow of the Past Luna (Lily & James)
“Oh. Well, then yeah. Brady said his wolf was pushing him to bring me back to their pack.”
“Kalen is a good wolf. He never liked the things that Brady did before. And he DEFINITELY would not invite you to come with them unless there was a good reason for it.”
I looked over at James. He looked at me sympathetically, but he also pointed to the time.
“Look, Charlotte. I have to go. Our flight is going to leave soon. Are you going to be okay?”
Charlotte nodded, and we walked back over to where Brady and James were standing. However, as soon as we reached them, Charlotte announced that she had changed her mind and that she wanted to go with us instead of Brady.
I could see a glimmer of hurt flash through Brady’s eyes.
“Well… the funny thing, Charlotte, is that we are all going to the same place,”
I said gently.
“You are?”
I nodded.
“Oh.”
“Yeah.”
Charlotte thought for a minute. “Brady, you have a private plane, right?”
“Yes.”
“Are you two going with us?”
I shook my head. “No, we are flying commercial.”
“That is silly,”
Charlotte protested. “If we are going to the same place, and we all know each other, we should go on the same plane.”
“What is she doing?”
James mind-linked me.
“I don’t know.”
“It is fine, Charlotte,”
I responded. Things are a little awkward right now, and we are fine going commercial. If you want us to buy you a ticket on our flight, we can. But the flight leaves soon, so if we are going to do it, we need to do it now,”
“NO!”
Brady exclaimed.
We all looked at him in shock.
“Sorry, that was Kalen,”
he said hesitantly. “Kalen wants Charlotte with us.”
“I am not getting on your plane without James and Lily,”
Charlotte said defiantly.
“What is she, five years old?”
James linked me. “What is she trying to do?”
“I have no idea. But I can’t leave her with him after this…”
“We can all fly together,”
Brady announced in a defeated tone of voice. “Charlotte is right. It would be silly for us to take separate flights.”
James gave Brady a look.
“It is fine,”
Brady responded. “You and I can control ourselves for a single flight. Besides, you are already marked. You won.”
Charlotte looked hurt when Brady said the last part. I could not blame her. Although… I also could not understand why she was still wanting to go at all.
“Perfect, I am glad it is settled,”
she said after a moment.
Wait we have not agreed —-“
I protested.
“Come on, Lily. Let’s go inside. Before the flight leaves, we should get a drink. In fact, I am suddenly craving beer.”
I noticed Charlotte give Brady a look. He, in turn, looked frustrated.
“There go our plans to join the mile-high club, James linked me.
“I did not know we had those plans.”
“Oh, we did.”
“Raincheck?”
“Raincheck with interest,”
he teased,
And with that, the four of us headed inside with our luggage and headed towards the area used for private charters, ready for what would certainly become one of the most uncomfortable flights in modern history.
To think I had thought the day could not get any more interesting.
Hi! We probably only have roughly 10-ish chapters left until the end of this book (emphasis on “ish”
). There are a few more surprises coming, but they are mostly things that you have been wondering about so hopefully they will not feel too left-field.
Unfortunately, I am finding that the final confrontation scenes are taking a little more time to write, because not only are they highly charged scenes, but also I am trying leave as few loose ends as I can.
More writing time + busy holiday season + busy day job means unfortunately I am going to every other day updates instead of the every day updates you had previously been getting.
Sorry!
The good news is that we really are almost done. And on days that I can post more or more often, I definitely will. Thank you again for all of the love and support that you have shown this story!!!
(Lily POV)
“Charlotte, what are you doing?”
I asked.
We were standing in the middle of the flight lounge while we waited for the flight crew to get the plane ready for us, and she had just ordered a beer from the bartender.
“What are you talking about?”
she asked me innocently.
“You hate beer.”
“So does Brady.”
“Do you really think that ordering a beer is going to pi ss him off?”
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