Chapter 194
“…I call the shots?”
J lowered her voice.
She stared right into his eyes, “…You will do whatever I have in mind?”
His breathing became rough. His gaze was intense.
“Yes,” he murmured hoarsely, his lips only an inch away from hers. “… Anything.”
“Well then…‘
She ced a hand on his firm chest, feeling his quickened heartbeat.
“I want us to go into the packhouse now, head upstairs, back to our rooms, get into the bed, and go
to sleep.”
He froze.
J couldn’t help but burst outughing–the look on his face!
“It isn’t fair!” he protested, “I want the rein back in my hand!
“Toote. You already handed that to me. I call the shots here.” she giggled, “And now I am asking
you to go to bed like a big boy.”
He stared at herughing face.
“When was thest time he made youugh like this?” he asked abruptly.
A smile froze on her lips.
“…There are happy times,” she said after a pause.
“You are lying to yourself.” he said deeply, “You know that the only thing he has ever done to you is
to hurt you.”
Jpsed into silence.
“They say that all women enjoy thepany of men who can make themugh. But they always
end up with the men who can make them cry. Is it true in your case, J?”
J took a deep breath and forced out a smile, “What are you talking about? That is nonsense.”
“Good.” Westin cupped her cheeks with both of his hands, “Then don’t give him a chance to hurt
you anymore. You will have me to protect you in the future.”
J couldn’t look him in the eyes, “…It is really gettingte, Westin. Let’s call it a day.”
“Fine.”
Westin let go of her, “You go ahead. I will enjoy the wind breeze a little longer.”
J nodded and went into the packhouse.
Her body was worn out, but her mind was sharp and clear as ever with thoughts whizzing across
her mind nonstop.
She couldn’t help but think about everything that happened that day.
Casper and Balvina’s wedding, the thieves, Lord Rolf and Lady Priya, the Lycan’s wolf, and
Daran….
She wondered to the floor where her room was at.
The bedroom was right down the hallway, but she didn’t want to turn in just yet.
Instead, she pushed open the ss door and stepped into the terrace.
It was a beautiful night tonight, with thousands of twinkling stars surrounding a full
moon.
Westin was right.
What she should be doing right now was enjoying this beautiful night with thepany of a man
who could make herugh.
But for some unknown reason, she didn’t want to be with a Lycan tonight.
Probably because she was intimidated by his wolf earlier.
Just then, she heard a light creaking noise from downstairs.
She leaned against the handrail and looked down.
Right underneath the terrace was a small garden. In that garden stood a swing.
Right now, there was a dark figure sitting on that swing, which was where the creaking noise came
from.
“…Daran!” J couldn’t help but call out to him..
The man on the swing looked up abruptly.
The silver moonlight illuminated his astonished face.
“J!” he gasped, “What are you…”
She was suddenly in the mood to mess with him.
“Catch me!” she cried.
Daran shot up from the swing. And the next second, she had climbed over handrail and fell off from
the terrace.
A pair of steady arms caught her before she crushed to the ground.
That was thrilling!
J started giggling.
“That was 6th–floor high!” Daran snapped. His tone was harsh.
“Yes, but you will catch me. I know you will.”
He tightened his arms around her waist, “Nevertheless, it is still way too dangerous-”
the
She pouted and jumped out of his arms, “Why do you have to be such an old man with no fun? I am
leaving.‘
She threatened to storm away but secretly hoped that he would stop her.
And he did.
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He caught her wrist just in time.
“…Don’t go.”
His voice was deep and hoarse, “Stay…for a little longer, will you? Do you want to y the swing? I
can push you.”
She smiled and turned to sit on the swing
He went to stand behind her and gave a gentle push on her back. The swing made a creaking
sound in the silent night.
He spoke up after a while, “…We have a simr swing in Riverside Pack. Under the palm tree in the
front yard.”
“Yes, I asked the servants to build me one after I became Luna.”
“And what about this one? You had this one built after you came back to Blood Moon Pack?”
“Yes,”
She paused, and then said slowly, “When I was your Luna, I would sit on the swing and wait for you
toe back from the council chamber. I hoped you could at least spend some time with your wife
after a long day of work and we could chat a bit…But you were always in a rush. No time to chat,
and definitely no time to hang out and y the swing with me.”
She looked up at the full moon overhead, “So after I came back to Blood Moon Pack, I asked
Casper to build this swing for me, exactly like the one I had in Riverside. And this time, I finally had
people to hang out with, maids, soldiers, friends…I was finally
not alone.”
He didn’t say anything for a long moment.
Only his breathing became heavy.
“…I am losing this, aren’t I?” he asked abruptly.
She tapped the ground with one foot and halted the swing to aplete stop. She turned on the
swing and raised her head to look at him, shocked:
“What are you talking about?”
“This fight between me and Westin…I am losing.”
There was a lost and sad look on his handsome face, “I saw the way you looked at Westin earlier.
You are attracted to him. He can make youugh….And all your friends and families seem to like
him a lot…”
J bit her lips, stunned.
Daran was a proud man and, at the same time, never revealed too much of his personal emotions.
This was the first time she saw him this defeated and vulnerable.
She should feel happy because it was finally her turn to hurt him and to make him afraid of losing
her.
But revenge didn’t taste as good as she had imagined.
“That is the conclusion that you drew after tonight? That you are losing?” she asked. “What else am
I supposed to think?”
He growled deeply, sounding frustrated, “I was confident that we are destined to be together
because we have been through so much! But now that I think about it, all your memories about me
have something to do with sorrow, longlines, and trauma. I want to believe that I am the winner, but
the reality is making it really hard-
“So you are giving up already?”
J stood up from the swing.
She red at him.
“It has only been one day since we came back to Blood Moon Pack and a couple of hours since the
fight between you and Westin began… And you are waiving the white g?! If that is the furthest
your determination can get you, you should get your ass back to Riverside Pack tonight! Stop
insulting the both of us!”
She was pissed.
He had always been a tough and determined person. But why suddenly became such a quitter
when it came to her?
Was she really not worth his trouble?
Daran pulled her into his arms abruptly. His hand was on the back of her head, pressing her face
against his muscr chest. She could hear how rapidly his heart was beating.
His shaky voice whispered into her ears, “I am not giving up…I will never give up…not in a million
years…”
“Then what were you whining about just now?”
“I guess I was just too afraid to lose,” he let out an awkwardugh. “I have never been this afraid in
my entire life. The fear of losing you to Westin kept me up at night and haunted me in my
dreams…”
She rested her head on his chest, “What do you want me to do then?”
He held her face with both hands and raised her head up.
“Tell me you haven’t ruled me out yet.” he said huskily, “And don’t give Westin some extra credit for
what happened tonight.”
“This is cheating-”
“I know.”
He lowered his head and pecked her forehead, “But I know the referee personally. So will the
referee help me cheat?”