Stronger by Ang Chris

Chapter 40 “Tell us what you saw in your dreams,” Amaria asked us, she looked betweenand her son and | nodded to Grayson.

to tell her.

“Annette was calling for me. | ran through the forest to find her. When | cto a clearing she was tied to a log and lit on fire. | ran into the flames to reach her and when | touched her she turned to ash. In her place was a small Gray pup,” He told his dream to the elders. | saw the fear in his eyes.

“In mine | was laying in Graysons arms and then he started laughing at me. When | reached for him | was pushed away. Grayson defendedfrom whoever attacked me. When he grabbed| felt like | was melting, my whole b*dy was just undoing itself in heat,” | explained.

“There was no pup in your dream?” Elder Benson asked me. He was Matt's father.

“No there wasn The image of the litter of pups from the night before our binding cto me. | didn’t say a word.

“It sounds as though you will go through your heat soon, the latest will be three months time,” Elder Belle told us. “Only one of you saw a pup which is the most common, this means you only have a chance for an heir.

“And if we had both dreamed of a pup?” | asked without thinking.

“Then it would be almost certain a pup would cfrom this heat. You're an alpha female Luna, you have more power than any other female wolf. This means it takes magic to make a child in you, the best tfor you to conceive an heir is during your heat or a ritual mating in the moon pool,” | was only just starting to connect with Grayson. The thought that we may have a child between us was hard and solid thought to work through. | didn’t see how it could make any of this easier. | need Grayson and | to work on our relationship now, it has to be solid enough for a child.

“Anna?” Amaria cocked her head. “Have you had any other dreams?” “No,” | almost snapped. “No i have not, | just am processing this news,” “We have duties Grayson, | have my border patrol today,” | stood up still wallowing in the anxiety of a child.

“Annette?” | know he called forbut | put up a wall. | needed my mind to myself. | need to think this through for myself before | even consider talking to him about it. I'’know | shouldn't keep this all to myself, still he was weary with me. How could I tell him? | walked out to the border consumed in the chaos of a life with a baby. | have always wanted to be a mother, | would love a child and | know Grayson would give his all as a father. Still we were not ready, we hadn't even k*ssed, how could we conceive a child? | I was out with Charlotte and Lean today. They would walkaround the northern border patrol and teachthe signals for intruder, convoy, trade, attack, and hunt. | need to know this but to be honest | had no room for it.

It went by in haze of colors, sounds, sirens, defenses, and other things I should really know.

1/4 Chapter 40 “Luna? Are you alright.” “I need to talk to you “I've been trying to talk to you all day.

“I'm fine Charlotte | have to go speak to Grayson.” | willed down the wall of the battlement.

He kept this place so well guarded, he was possessive of me, protective. Still | felt like there was an ocean we had to traverse before we got to the idea of a family. | walked to where | knew he was. He and 1 had this force connecting us, magnets, or string, schain pullingto him whenever | anted.

He was outside the training house waiting for me.

“What is wrong?” He walked up to me, arms crossed brows, knit together. Bir voice sounded stern but | felt the desire to help beneath his growl.

“I've been worried about us. The elders said there is a chance we may have a child and | don’t want to bring a baby into our lives when we are still so apart,” | pulled him to the side,, confiding in him..

He blew out a long breathe. “Lets go home,” He grabbed my hand and walkedto our house in total silence. | had noodle what he thought to do to make this and he satdown on the couch. “I know that | have issues: talking to you. | know that being adfectionate isn’t something | want to do openly, but no matter what I have faith that we can survive anything, res but if we have a child it’s not just us, we have to show this whole little life how to the grow, talk, work, walk, and love. We show them how to love Grayson. How do we do that when we are not able to tour being my b*dy close to him to demonstrate my point. | see the shock and temptation in him.

“You know | want to,” He huffed, lookingup and down, his face flushing slightly. “But i don’t want to skip may steps. | want to get to know each other before L..

“Then get to know me,” | grab his hands in desperation.

“I can see into your head Annette, | can know everything if | want to but there are things I need to learn through time.” He shook his head.

“I love romance , my favorite color is green, I'll eat a bucket of Ice cream if no one is looking and I find sof the strongest joy in helping others,” start. “Those are things you should know about me, what should | know abou you,” He sat and lookedin the eyes silence. | was wild for him to answerand couldn't see what he was think about. Suddenly he stood and paced, running his hands through bis hair.

“Grayson what's wrong?” | sat up on my knees still staying on the couch scared he would run from me.

He looked atthen nodded and walked to the kitchen pouring himself a drink and downing it Chapter 40 “I think it's t| tell you about my father. He pikeris hands on the counter gripping it.

“Grayson 1-1,” No words cto mind in my stunneilstate. “You do not have to do that,” | shook my head.

“No you are my wife and, and | think that...now is, nunw its the right time,” He poured another drink and cback to sit beside me.

“My father only ever wanted to be the best,” He started not looking at me, eyeing the drink in front of him instead. “He toldevery day, you're nothing in this life if you dont make something of yourself, wolves have a hard tsince were confined to our packs.

“My father, he doesn’t like the fact that we were a nuali pact....ditt like being confined by the honor wolves have He liked getting ahead.” He leaned back his knuckles gripping white.

“He married my mother, well he won her for power. She is the must Humble.ind, selfless person you will ever meet They did not care for each other at all.....He still slept with her umilishe got pregnant with me,” He knuckles popped as gave another tight squeeze to his fists.

“AS for me, | was. | just wanted to be near him, he would always sendimu away.tellhow bothers| was, | was always in his way, he always shouted at me. | worked so hard to pixelimut lecconstantly told my mother andhow worthless life as a wolf was if we couldn't use our strength to get ahead. His oyes linked so dark and | felt Enzo circling in his mind tense and frenzied.

- have always been very physically strong, soi got my wolf whem was eight..Wium tumed he toldthat he was Dashamed | was as happy as | was,” He laughed a little.

There used to be humans around here, but my father bullied them for their land threatening them. He drilled in every crevice in hopes of oil, metal, anything he could make money off of All of itt, aillonitt was for money,” Grayson shoot: his head at the memories.

The man the pack on his own, all of the money he looked after. No beta, gamma, on deitukewiwo much we had or where it was stored only my father did...When | was 10 my mother found our he had munterlastborn human 50 eat for his landi. SHe threatened to report him. My father becphysical with hen Entkower and simumented this hand...” “Theming all the packs money and my father was gone,” He grabbed his drink and downlitt.

“He looked atand said all life would ever do was showhow pathetic | was and that no one will ever lowe.a mam without ambition.” He finished.

“You were tem.” | cried.

Grayson whipped his head up to see the tears brimming in my eyes. “What?” “You are a good mum.” | cild him/schooching closer to him. “You're a good man. You built all of this Gamyson wote wat I...You are so dependabile, and strang, levelheaded...yes you are not as emotionally equipped as other but that is why you have me.“fundimit ginting in his lap.

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