Chapter 135
Stronger
Chapter 135:
Simon POV:
This pack was entirely different from my old one. They werenât devoted to strength and brutality. Here
they respected one another, supported one another, and worked together every day, training together,
farming together, and weaving together with a little hard for me to get used to someone who likes to
stand in the corner and watch I had to participate to like they
did. Ashley took it right away, but I on the other hand, biding my time.
Annette wanted me to participate in everything and I understood it, She trusted me though I donât know
why, and still expected me to find some way to protect people from the silver
acetate, but I didnât know where to start. The silver acetate us because we were wolves. There
wasnât a protection that was innate.
I knew they were planning to take Annette to the Moonpool on the full moon so that she could try and
contact her wolf. This is why I was so nervous about giving silver acetate to someone before being able
to test it longâterm she was suffering and unable to contact her wolf because it was just one of my
many failings.
I hoped that this would help her and that she would be able to find her wolf, but I didnât see how I know
many people believed in the goddess and believed that she gave us abilities, strength wolves, laying in
the pool and thinking hard wasnât going to get back so I had to go back to the drawing board and figure
out a way to reverse the effects of my concoction at least for Annette sake
I think she and I both knew that there was no shadow of a doubt wouldnât he hesitate to subdue her
again with our chemicals. And she knew it she knew he was going to her with everything he had and I
had no doubt he was holding onto what was left of the silver acetate just for her.
âSimon,â Elizabeth said as she entered the room with Annette.
Annette has been coming biweekly for blood draws to see if the acetate was still in her system. It was
less thanâless time and that was barely traceable, but she couldnât contact her wolf.
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Who seemed to be Annetteâs right hand didnât trust me one bit. She was frosty towards me and I didnât
blame her. That was her rule here after all and Iâm surprised beyond that more people didnât agree with
it and didnât look at me with shifty eyes. it seems the second that we started to assimilate here began
seeing us as one of their own. None of them looked at us differently now, and it has only been a couple
of weeks. Ashley fit in with most of the kids and with all the new rouges she was one of many.
She even had friends now her brother wasnât some weird scientist who didnât make her an outcast and
her parents werenât failures of warriors. She was just a kid learning and running around and playing
couldnât be more thankful that that was her life. She got to lead. I knew now that our relationship was
back to the way it was, but we talked and she seemed happy
here so that was all I could ask.
How are you?â Annette asked me if she sat down and rolled up her sleeve.
âIâm fine. Everybodyâs still so⦠welcoming,â I grumbled, as I fixed a test tube and a needle.
âI knew they only give you a cold shoulder for a day or two maybe even a week. You saved me and
they know it, now youâre one of us.â She smiled and shook her head at me.
I saw Elizabeth grimace when the Luna called me one of us, though there were people around here
who accepted me Elizabeth was not one of them shocking considering her husband was the traitor and
she would be dead by now maybe not by Marcusâs hand but by those clamoring over to win his favor. If
I were more annoyed at the situation, I would point that out then again that wouldnât get me on the
womanâs good side for the time being she let me Marinette and she let me do my business and she
never got in my way, she didnât seem like the one to reach out and find trouble, but I knew if I stuck my
nose in her business sheâd definitely bite it off.
âDo you think itâll work?â Annette asked me.
I looked up at her and I tried to force my face to agree and be pleasant, but I knew she would see right
through it. âThatâs not how my mind works. I donât believe in all watches over us and has given us all of
this,â I looked at the floor as I spoke. âBut I hope it works,â
âI think itâs worth a shot,â she shrugged.
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âI wonât be so arrogant as to say itâs not a possibility,â I smirked. It was hard to put down
any hopes she had. I was the reason we were here.
âLuna, we should get going you have to help with the granary,â told her her eyes trained on me. She
could probably break me like a twig.
âElizabeth,â Lunaâs tone was warning she knew that Elizabeth wasnât fond of me but she wanted us to
be friends because we were both close to her, or at least we were in her inner circle. I knew there was
much about Annette I didnât know.
You still have a lot to do today,â Elizebeth insisted this time stepping closer.
Part of me became indignant. It wasnât like I was trying to kidnap her again and it wasnât like I had any
intention of kidnapping Annette in the first place. I only did what I was told. Did that make it any better?
No.
Still, I shoved my feelings down and nodded to Elisabeth. âYour guard is right, you should go. I wouldnât
want to hold my Luna up,â I held my arm and escorted them out of the room.
I respected Elisabeth. She was loyal to a fault like I said a fault. She couldnât see past her hatred for my
pack. She wouldnât realize I was doing everything I could to help. I could see that my family was happy
here and I wanted to do everything I could to protect that. That meant protecting her alpha and our
Luna.
I looked over my shoulder at the two women they left. It was good. Annette had someone so strong to
stand beside her. Still, I wish I didnât find her so aggravating. Call it optimism, but I wanted our time
here to be a little bit more easy than all these bumping heads. whether Elizabeth accepted it or not, I
was now a part of the inner circle here. I had my role to play as she did hers.
I had the chance to look away Elizabeth looked back over her shoulder, her two eyes starting out and
glaring at me as to keep daring me to watch before she broke something.
*Whatever Iâll mind my own businessâ¦