Chapter 84: Kidnapped and Rejected The Return of Alpha’s Luna by Moon Claw Chapter 85

Chapter 85

Janet stayed in silence for a long moment.

Then she turned around to face Daran with a far–away expression.

“What do you think last night was?” she asked.

The muscle under Daran’s right eye twitched.

He sensed her aloofness.

Joy was quickly fading away from his face.

After a small pause, he tossed the question right back at her, “What do you think last night was then?”

“S*x,” she answered in a straightforward manner.

“And nothing else?”

“No.” She shrugged, “Maybe a little bit of worry. I was told that mating is a part of this healing process. So-”

Her chin fell into Daran’s iron grip.

“You were having s*x with me out of pity?!” he snapped, looking down at her with dark eyes.

Janet was not intimidated by him. She looked back at him calmly.

“Your wolf needed me. And you enjoyed the s*x. Why can’t we just leave it like that?” she said.

“Because I want more!”

Daran growled, sounding enraged and frustrated.

“I want you to come back and be my Luna. I want to claim you as mine, righteously! Seriously, Janet, we were wonderful last night. I can tell that you desire me, just like I desire you. So why can’t you come back?”

Janet breathed out a small sigh.

“Like I said, it was just s*x. I won’t deny that I enjoyed the s*x. But it doesn’t mean that I will be coming back to your side. I can enjoy that amazing s*x even with others-”

Daran clenched her jaw abruptly.

“DON’T,” he warned her dangerously.

Janet tilted her head and broke free from him.

“You get the drill,” she said.

Daran stood on his spot stiffly. Blood was oozing from the bandage on his chest. His hair was messy, and his eyes were bloodshot.

He looked like a defeated beast.

“I don’t get it.”

He said hoarsely after a long pause.

“You have feelings for me, clearly. So why are you pushing me away? Why make me fall for you and then become cold again? Is it because of another man?”

“This is not about any other people.”

“Then-”

“I am tired of being your Luna, Daran.” she said lowly, “Staying in that empty room alone and wondering when you might show up… It was like hell. When I left Riverside Pack, I kissed my past goodbye. I can forgive you for the pain you caused me. But we can’t go back.”

Daran stared at her deeply.

There was a mixed expression on his face: anger, frustration, agony, pain…Those emotions were so heavy that even Janet started to feel hard to breathe.

Eventually, he asked, “Yet you are fine with us having s*x?”

Janet bit her lower lip.

Then she nodded slightly.

Daran took a hand to stroke her long hair. His hand came to her gently rubbing her earlobe.

ear,

his thumb

“Like we are s*x partners,” he said.

Janet didn’t know where he was going with this. She could only nod again reluctantly, “…if that is what you want to call it.”

“Fine.”

Daran turned away from her abruptly.

“You should leave my tent now, Gamma Janet,” he said with his back facing her. “Like you said, we have plenty of things to do today.”

His tone was cold and distant.

Janet looked at his blood–tainted bandage, “at least let me change the bandage for you-”

“Get the doctor. You can go now.

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He picked up his shirt and pulled it over his head. Then seeing that she was still standing there, he asked ironically, “What are you still doing here? Looking for a second round?”

“…I will get the doctor for you.”

Janet turned around and walked out of the tent.

Janet wandered down the street absent–minded.

After a brutal war, Crimson Fortress’s once bustling street was now scarred and broken. There was blood, weapons, and burned–down houses everywhere she looked.

Yet soldiers were all helping to get local residents’s lives back on track.

Temporary shelters had been set up. And there were makeshift markets that offered essentials for survival. Street vendors served hot meals, filling the air with the smell of chicken soup that wafted through the streets.

Janet knew that she should be looking for Balvina and other Gammas. And they should discuss their next moves.

But her mind was still on Daran.

Her rationality told her that she made the right choice by rejecting Daran.

But her heart was not as determined.

The hurtful look on Daran’s face played over and over again in her head… “Gamma Janet!”

Janet jerked around and saw a man running down the street towards her.

It was that smith she saved from the rogue. Lance Alder.

“Gamma Janet how are you doing?” he shook her hand enthusiastically, a bright smile on his face. “I just want to thank you again for saving my family. If there is anything you need, just let me know.”

Janet forced out a smile, “You are welcome. How’s your wife and child? Do you have a place to stay?”

“Oh yes. The rogues burned down our house, but soldiers built a tent for us on the ruins. Now I am working as a volunteer to help rebuild the city.”

“That is nice.”

Janet could feel his gratitude. But she was tired and had a lot on her mind and was in no mood for small talk.

“Listen, Lance, I probably need to talk to my-‘

Lance suddenly leaned in, his face all serious.

“Gamma Janet, I want to volunteer myself to serve in your army. I hate the rogues more than anything. And luckily, I have some handy skills that can be useful in your army. I build weapons and am good with the mechanism.”

Janet frowned.

She appreciated his enthusiasm. But it was against the rule to enlist civilians.

She was searching for a nice way to turn him down when another person called her behind her back:

“Janet!”

It was Balvina, and Kass. Both of them looked worried.

Balvina ran up to Janet and said urgently, “There is something you need to know–

She paused and gave a quick glance at Lance.

Lance took the hint.

“Please think about it, Gamma Janet,” he said and walked

away.

Balvina waited for Lance to disappear before saying to Janet in a low voice, “The rogues that fled last night were seen moving toward the same direction. Our men followed them and saw them gathered at the Grand Canyon.”

Grand Canyon?

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It was 200 miles from here, deep into the rogue’s territory.

“Maybe that is their headquarters,” Janet said.

“And there is something else…”

Kass gulped.

“Our men said that they heard some loud cheering and howling in the canyon. All the rogues were roaring with the same name… the ‘Rogue King.‘ Their passion ran so high that it sounded like they just lost a battle.”

Janet widened her eyes, “So the Rogue King is in the Grand Canyon now?”

“He probably never left their headquarters,” Balvina said.

This Rogue King was truly a mystery.

First, they thought that he was in Crimson Fortress; yet now they knew that he was hundreds of miles away.

They thought they had defeated him by taking down Crimson Fortress.

But as it turned out, they were not even close.

“We need to let the others know,” Janet said.

She turned to leave. Yet Kass grabbed her wrist.

“Did you do it last night?” he asked, looking lost.

“Do what?” Balvina asked curiously.

Janet’s jaw tensed. She shook him off forcefully and snapped, “You are crossing the line here, Kass!”

She hurried away in fume.

Janet was so eager to get away from Kass’s interrogation that she didn’t look for her

surroundings.

If she were a bit more cautious, she would notice that Lance had been hiding in a corner, listening to their conversation attentively.

He never walked away too far.

Seeing the three of them walk away, a mysterious smile slowly appeared on his lips.