Page 16 of My Only Luna

Istand there, stunned, as Elijah runs up the stairs, his words ringing in my head. Jessica has her hand clamped over her mouth, too shocked to speak, but there’s one person here who doesn’t seem too shocked.

“The boy Scarlett hinted that she’s in love with. It’s not Elijah, is it?” I ask quietly. If it is a one-way thing I will understand, but if this is a mutual feeling, then it will be problematic.

“And if it is?” Amelia retorts, her eyes flashing with defiance.

“They are siblings,” I growl warningly, my eyes flashing. Amelia does her best to withstand my aura, although I can feel it weighing on her.

“Stepsiblings,” she adds, only making my rage grow.

“You may be my aunt, Amelia, but remember that I am the Alpha!” I thunder.

“Jackson… let’s talk about this calmly,” Jessica whispers.

“He is up there! Doing Goddess knows what with his sister!” I hiss, “How do you expect me to be calm about it?”

“Oh, so now they are siblings? What happened when you were just telling him they aren’t actually siblings? For heaven’s darn sake, shut that mouth and man up! If you chose to marry and mate Jessica, that’s on you! What if they turn out to be mates?” Amelia snaps, impatience bleeding into her voice.

“Please calm down. I don’t want Scarlett to hear us,” Jessica says softly. “She’s been through a lot, Jackson.”

“Is everyone forgetting that this is meant to be about what Scarlett is going through?” Indigo whispers.

And Indy is listening to all of this. Please, let’s be rational!Jessica pleads through the mind-link.

I exhale deeply. She’s correct, but right now, the rage I feel towards my son is uncontrollable. He does everything to try to sabotage me. He is doing this to hurt me for some Goddess-forsaken reason.

“I know Scarlett has been through a lot. But I blame Elijah for this. No wonder he’s been refusing to go to the Mating Ball. It’s because of this… And I don’t care if this is his messed-up assumption of what he thinks is love or not, but it doesn’t matter to me. He needs to find his Luna!” I snarl icily before I turn and storm into the lounge.

“Head to bed, honey.” I hear Jessica tell Indigo before I hear her light footsteps on the stairs.

Jessica and Amelia step into the lounge and shut the door behind themselves. Amelia comes over and sits down, looking at me as I pace angrily.

“Sit down. Ever heard if you’re angry, sit down?” Amelia scolds.

I roll my eyes, exhaling as Jessica takes my hand and leads me to the sofa. I sit down opposite Amelia, and Jessica takes aseat beside me.

“His feelings for her are strong, and vice versa. I know what I know and, unlike you, I’ve seen the look in their eyes for one another. It’s love, whether your alpha pride allows you to see that or not,” Amelia begins. She then shakes her head. “But what would you know.”

“Excuse me?” I growl.

“You didn’t even wonder why Jessica’s mark disappeared at the same time as other things happened. You only see what you want, Jackson. It has always been the case.”

I clench my jaw as she continues.

“I do think there’s a high probability that they are mates. If they are mates, then Scarlett might just be the rightful Luna. Tell me, Jackson, if that happens, then what will you do? You will be the one in the wrong then. It will only show the two ofyoushould never have been,” she says icily. Her words sting, making my anger rise.

“That is unfair, Amelia.” I glance over at Jessica. Amelia’s words didn’t hurt me as much as they hurt her. She’s taking them to heart. I love her and I can’t imagine life without her.

“That’s an entirely different situation.”

“It isn’t, it really isn’t, Jackson,” Jessica says quietly, looking at her hands. “Aunt Amelia is right. If we can do this, we can’t really stop them. They are adults, not children anymore.”

“I don’t want them to hurt each other, especially Scarlett. We all know Elijah is a player. This could ruin our family! All because he decides to go after the one girl he never should!” I snarl.

“A player who seems to have stopped his playing ways.” Amelia stands up with a sigh. “Do you remember the first timeJessica appeared on pack grounds?”

“Of course,” I say, taking Jessica’s hand, realising she’s trembling slightly.

“Then you will remember that I openly accepted Jessica because I had a dream that a special she-wolf would come to this pack and would need to be kept secret until her time came. I told you this, remember? Even you were uncertain if accepting them was the right thing to do.”

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