Page 22 of Losing My Siren Luna
“Whatever you wish for, my wife,” he grins.
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Lachlan POV
I thought all would be lost and it would be the final straw to break the camel’s back when Lira walked up on Leona, coming on to me in her drunken state. There were so many mishaps tonight, I was sure any second her father would reappear to take her away from me, and I would lose my fated mate all over again.
This turned in my favor, thank the goddess. I got her to agree to move closer to me, and even though she was reluctant, she was open to sharing a bed with me, as long as it was a bed other women were never in.
Easy enough. I plan on never taking another woman again, so there will be no problem.
I don’t know how I ever managed to get hard for women other than Lira before. She looked like an avenging angel in her white silk slip and loosely hanging overcoat. Her milky skin looked so soft and supple, and her sweet fragrance and beautiful face made my heart race. Her shoes were sinfully perfect with her sulky attire. If I wasn’t so upset about the situation Leona put me in, I could have admired Lira fully.
“Nilo. Where are you? I need you to do something for me.”
“What’s that, Alpha? I’m briefing our commanders and warriors about the situation with our new Luna and your mate now.”
“That’s perfect,”I grin ,“Bring a few with you and get this bed out of my room. Burn it. Have them make a bonfire tonight. I want it reduced to ashes by tomorrow.”
“You want us to burn your bed?”He questions me like I’m crazy. Maybe I am crazy. Crazy for Lira. I would burn this entire wing down if she wanted me to. I’d burn down the entire castle and build her a new one if it would make her happy.
“Burn it. I didn’t stutter. Then, I want construction to start on a new wing by next week at the latest. I want to build a family wing, with a grand bedroom for me and Lira to share.”
“Uh, okay. Are you sure, though? Everyone that witnessed her confrontation with Cherum in the grand hall overheard her call this marriage to you hell. She said something about enduring it for only two years. The construction alone will take at least a year. Probably longer if we have a nasty winter.”
We won’t have a bad winter. Not this one, at least. Our second winter after marriage was a horrible one. I want this wing completed before then. She's not leaving me. Not after two years. Not ever. I just have two years to make her think this marriage is heaven instead of hell.
“Just do it,”I bark at him.
“Yes, Alpha,”he sighs.
Lira went back to her old room to instruct the maids and Cherum on what to pack and take down to her new room. Nilo had the room next to mine cleaned during our reception and even managed to send for the jeweler so I could pick out more presents for her birthday. I still haven’t wished her a happy birthday, and to suggest it being ‘happy’ might be too much of a stretch now, but I still wish to give her a gift. After all I put her through tonight, it’s the least I could do.
That’s what I was coming back to my room to do when Leona drunkenly knocked on my door.
Now that she is no more of a worry, and Lira is busy moving rooms, I quickly pick out a pair of stunning emerald earrings that match her new wedding ring, along with a few other trinkets, and I’m anxiously awaiting her return.
Chapter 8
Elelira POV
This whole ordeal with changing rooms is utterly ridiculous, but at least I get to keep Mimi with me. She was in tears when she came up to my room soon after Lachlan sent me away to start packing. “I thought I had done something to offend you, my Luna. Thank you for believing in me,” she sniffled. “I will serve you well, my Luna. These old bones are still strong.”
“Just being here for me is enough,” I smiled warmly at her, “and call me Ela. We’re friends, remember. Formalities don’t matter between friends.” After that, she quickly dried her tears and got to work on organizing my room.
I don’t plan on being Luna of this pack anyway. I’m not going to tell her that, not with so many ears listening and when she is feeling like she is honored by serving me, but this position isn’t final until Lachlan either marks me or the mate bond is formed. Lachlan won’t mark me, and I plan on rejecting him and leaving the moment my magic comes and the bond is formed again.
Mimi is taking her role as my handmaiden more seriously now, ordering the other maids as they pack the rest of my room and prepare to move me down to a room closer to Lachlan.
I hope he wasn’t serious about sharing a bed with me. I’ll do it for the sake of keeping Mimi, but I’m not excited about what that will do to my Lycan. Val will be affected by the bond so much more when the betrayal pains start again.
“I’ll be fine. You will have to endure just as much as me. It’s worth it to keep her with us,”Val tells me.
“If he wants to….to mate, you’ll be able to feel his Lycan. It will hurt more when we break the bond.”I tell her meekly inside my head.
I can feel her anxiousness at the thought, but her resolve doesn’t change. Mimi was the only good thing we had here. Neither of us will abandon her.
“We will endure,”she murmurs, “We always do.”
