Lukas (Moonlight Wolves Book 1) by Sarah J. Stone

Author:Sarah J. Stone [Stone, Sarah J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-20T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Once they got back to the hotel room, Annie watched as Lukas dropped his bag on the floor and turned on the hotel television for some background noise. She sat down in one of the chairs that surrounded a little table in the corner. Lukas walked over slowly, not looking at her, and sat down across the table from her.

She didn’t understand this huge change in him. She knew he was probably thrown off by their kiss earlier, as was she. But leaving? Not staying with her and her father to fight off Kaiser and his merry band of murderers? Did he really not see a problem with that? She wasn’t letting him go without a fight, that much she knew.

“Tell me how you became a rogue,” she told him directly. He looked at her with surprise in his eyes, but she didn’t care. She wanted to talk, and she didn’t want him to leave. She needed to hear what he had done, maybe then she could put her feelings in check.

“It’s a long story that you wouldn’t like,” he told her, leaning back in his chair and sighing. He obviously didn’t want to tell her.

“I promise I won’t judge you,” she said. “I have no reason to.”

Lukas sighed, clearly wrestling with himself about whether or not he should tell her about how and why he became a rogue. It was a serious issue. She obviously didn’t have any rogue friends, but she could imagine that they didn’t like to tell their story to people.

“My father was the alpha of my pack back in Arizona,” he started, pausing as he got lost in his memories. Annie looked at him, a little surprised that he was telling her his story. She couldn’t believe that his father was alpha, it wasn’t often that an alpha’s child became a rogue. It was unheard of, really. “He was a great alpha. Kind, generous, strong. Everything an alpha needed to be with a rowdy group of shifters. However, he had enemies, even in our own little community.”

Lukas paused, clearly trying to find the words to tell the story. Annie began to feel uncomfortable that she’d asked him to tell her. Clearly, this was hard for him to talk about.

“There was this man, around the same age as my father, that had been rivals with my dad since they were kids,” Lukas continued, running a hand across his face as if he was becoming weary just thinking about the past. “They grew up together, and this guy, Randall, was always mad that my father became the alpha of the pack instead of him. Everyone knew that there was bad blood between them, but both Randall and my dad were charismatic guys. Everyone loved them, and they would just shrug off the bitterness.

“Until one night, it got to be too much,” Lukas paused, searching for the words. “Randall killed my father. Said that he challenged his alpha status. Said they both had to fight under the alpha laws and they battled to the death, and Randall won.

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