The Luna Choosing Game

| sidestepped into his path, blocking him.

His eyes narrowed marginally for a moment, before his overly–friendly expression returned.

“Forgive her, sir,” I said. “It will take her some time to come around to a stranger.”

“This is what I am attempting to rectify,” Terry countered. “I don’t wish to be a stranger any longer.”

His gaze dropped down to my breasts, even though I was wearing a sweater, not anything revealing. He

kept his eyes there, like he could see through my shirt, I crossed my arms over my chest.

“I wish to be a good friend to you both.” He licked his lips.

Mark moved then, entering the narrowing space between Terry and me, firmly blocking his movement.

Terry’s smile fell. He lifted a brow in Mark’s direction, questioning. Mark held his ground.

“Perhaps I could assist you with whatever you need, sir,” Mark said, voice so much sterner than I’d ever

heard it. This was his soldier voice, I realized, and not the one he used for Elva and I.

“You are being very bold for a Beta,” Terry said. “Especially when I was only being friend. I wasn’t doing

anything wrong.” z

prince and

prince’s orders involve keeping me away from

and her child from anyone, sir.” Mark’s words sounded like a threat.

heard it too, because he straightened. “It’s awfully presumptuous

from

anyone

like he was sizing Mark up. Mark was taller, with more muscle. Unless Terry had a deceptively strong wolf, I’d wager Mark could

nephew gives strange orders regarding his

he emphasized ex, though I couldn’t exactly pinpoint why. It felt like he was mocking me somehow, or

if it would give

didn’t move, even as Terry did. He shifted only to continue to stand between me and

to the door. Once he disappeared outside of

slouched

at once. I remembered how Mark had told me that Terry was good to the staff. “I hope I

his head. “I don’t care if it did. And

“But you said…”

he was looking at you,” Mark

from the window. She crossed the

hiding behind my skirt to