Page 134 of My Only Luna

Rayhan looks bored. “I told you, Ri, it’s wow.”

“You look so pretty,” Liam, ever the people pleaser, says with patience his alpha friend does not have as he smiles at the toddler. She giggles in response.

“You look like a fairy, a beautiful fairy princess,” Damon adds, making her blush even happier now. Unlike Kiara, who likes to hide away from being the centre of attention, Raf’s little one loves it.

“I do.” Raihana nods, twirling around again.

I snicker as Rayhan exhales, his eyes expressing all the emotions he refuses to speak.

Pups.

A short while later, theparty is in full swing. Music plays loudly and the children are having a blast. I pull Scarlett onto the dance floor.

“Come on, Kitten. One dance,” I say, gripping her hips and pressing her firmly against me. My lips meet hers in a passionate kiss before she can protest. But it only takes one kiss to get her to melt into my touch and she wraps her arms around my neck, pulling me closer.

It’s been five years since we fell in love. We got married just over three years ago. Each passing day feels like we love each other a little more, even when I would think that couldn’t be possible.

She hasn’t changed much; her hair is still the same, but it is slightly longer now. Since having the kids, the only difference is her slightly wider hips and I fucking love them.

“Have I told you that I love you today?” I ask her.

“About two times, yeah,” she replies teasingly. “But I’ll never tire of it. I love you too, handsome.”

“I know you do,” I reply cockily.

That’s another thing that hasn’t changed. My cockiness, and we can all agree it’s one of my charms. She laughs before claiming my lips with hers.

Alejandro

Too much fucking mushy shitgoing around here for my liking…

I watch Elijah being the cocky fucker he always is, Raf, Mariaand then the other couples who I don’t even care who the fuck they are. Elijah’s sister is immersed in her phone and the kids are playing happily.

Raihana is dancing with an energy that is fucking impressive. The pup has moves, and she’s partying like she knows this is her birthday, and I’m sure pups at that age fucking don’t.

All the kids are dancing, save one. She’s sitting on a chair at one of the tables eating a cake pop. Distracted by something on the ground. She climbs off the chair, far too fascinated with what I’m sure is a bug and I return to my phone, glancing up when I notice she’s heading into the forest.

I’m about to turn away when I notice she’s limping slightly. It’s almost as if she’s dragging her foot at times.

I raise an eyebrow, taking in her sandy blond hair.Elijah’s kid? Probably…

I go back to my phone after a glance at her parents, both literally making out on the dance floor. I shake my head.Why have kids if you can’t manage them? Their loss. I came here for a reason and unless that reason shows up, I have to just wait.This is boring…

And what else is boring is having to hear all the whispered flirting between these fuckers.

“Behave…” I hear Scarlett whisper teasingly before her heart begins racing and I fucking hope they aren’t going the next step in front of us. “Kiara… where’s Kiara?” All eyes turn to them as everyone begins looking around. Elijah scans the trees, sniffing as if trying to catch her scent.

“The defected pup?” I ask, my rugged voice emotionless and cold. Elijah’s eyes flash at the insult.

“Where is she?” he hisses.

“She went into the forest not long ago…”

“Fuck, Alejandro! Couldn’t you have stopped her?” Rafael asks as Elijah rushes into the forest, closely followed by his Beta, his sister and Scarlett.

“It’s just the forest, not like there’s anything out there that’s big, bad, and scary,” I taunt my brother. Rafael’s eyes flash as he walks over to me.

“Alejandro, she can’t see in the dark! She has night blindness, for fuck’s sake! Can you for once get off your fucking throne and think that we’re talking about an innocent child?” he shouts, motioning for his Beta to follow him. It’s not often Rafael loses his cool with me, not that I’m going to complain. I like getting a reaction out of him.

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