Page 66 of My Only Luna

“That’s a beautiful name for a beautiful woman.” Cassandra leans forward and kisses my cheek. I glance at Scarlett, confused with the emotions that are going through me, and the feelings that this woman is invoking within me. “And you are?”

She clearly still sees Scarlett as a threat, and that’s common when you find your mate.

“I’m Scarlett, Angela’s best friend,” Scarlett says, clearly realising I’m a bit tongue-tied here. Right now I wish she had the mind-link. I needed a pep talk and she can’t even give me one.

Cassandra seems to relax a little at this, still holding my hand.

“Nice to meet you. Mind if I steal my mate?” she asks her.

I want to shake my head, but Scarlett nods her head before she glances at me. She’s concerned for me, but it’s too late to make an excuse as Cassandra tugs me away. “Thanks. Come on, Angela.”

I like how she says my name…

“So, you seem kind of confused,” she says lightly when we are well away from Scarlett and I can no longer see her.

“No! I…” There’s no point in lying. She clearly isn’t stupid. “A little,” I admit.

“Is it my build, looks or my gender?” she asks playfully, but I know my answer is going to hurt her.

“Gender,” I say softly, stopping as I hear her heart skip a beat. “You’re gorgeous and it’s not that I don’t find you attractive, but I always thought I’d get a male mate.”

She tilts her beautiful head and raises an eyebrow. “There’s got to be a reason the Goddess paired us,” she murmurs, softly caressing my cheek.

“Yeah, I don’t doubt that. I just… this is going to be fun to tell my parents,” I admit, surprising even, since I’ve never even told Scarlett this. Understanding crosses her face and she seems to relax a little.

“Call it selfish, but I’m glad that’s the reason and not me,” she says in her deliciously, sexy voice.

I scoff. “You? Girl, have you seen the mirror? You would make a solid, straight woman turn for you.”

She blushes lightly at the compliment, stepping a little closer. “I could say the same about you,” she whispers, taking hold of my chin. My heart skips a beat, my chest rising and falling as I gaze into her eyes.

“Thanks, I know,” I laugh, trying to ease the sizzling tension that is growing between us.

“How about we just get to know one another tonight? We’ll take it slow, and we’ll work around your parents? I mean, I’d like to see them try to make this hard for you. I’m one of the best warriors in my pack, and I don’t think they’ll want to mess withus. But really, maybe they will like me.”

Well, now that she mentions it, her arms are very toned, and I know beneath that gown she’ll have some delicious abs. Sexy, feminine, toned, yet not masculine. I like it.

But about them liking her? I’m not sure… sometimes I feel like they don’t even like me.

“That sounds like a great plan; besides, I think I’d like that. We’ll take it slow.” I glance at her lips and she does the same to mine, but I’m not ready for that yet, no matter how much I want to taste her. To test how it feels to kiss her. But the fear that I refuse to acknowledge, that is embedded in me by Haru, only makes me feel uneasy.

And although I’ve agreed to get to know her tonight, the fear still remains in the pit of my stomach, like a knot of poison.

Sometimes I wish my family wasn’t so old school. I really do.

Scarlett

I shake my head, notmissing the conflict in Angela’s eyes as her mate takes her away. Something is really wrong that she reacted like that. She looked… scared, more than shocked even. Although I am concerned for her, Cassandra seems lovely. But that reaction from Angela, I can’t shake it away, she’s never ever mentioned liking women, but… the signs were there.

She often made comments…

I watch them walk off and can’t help but smile at their backs. They fit nicely together.

“NowthatI wasn’t expecting.” Liam’s voice comes from behind me. I turn, and he smiles at me.

“Yeah, me either,” I answer.

“So we’re not mates either,” he adds, and although he’s smiling, there’s still a glimmer of disappointment in his eyes. Smiling softly, he looks into my soft green eyes. I nod, unable to deny that I am relieved that I’m not his mate. That would just be cruel. “You look beautiful, by the way.”

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