Stronger by Ang Chris

Chapter 26

She looked from side to side at the both of us. Her hands almost shook before she put them behind her back.

“Ella?” I stepped forward and rubbed her arm.

“Of course you can

stay with us.” Elizabeth nodded from her nice.

I looked at Ella. She seemed on the verge of tears. I felt her overwhelmed at whatever it was.

I

“Let’s go to my house, I’ll text Grayson letting him know where we are and we can prepare dinner and be together in my house,” I grabbed Ellas hands and turned to Elizabeth commanding her with my eyes to get ready to go.

“Here come on let’s go and get changed,” I held Ellas hand as

s we went.

“I don’t know what’s bothering her, it probably had something to do with the intruder. She was called to the border that much I know, and she needs to be somewhere safe right now.

I changed in the locker room as Ella waited around the corner of the entrance.

“Ella you don’t have to tell me what’s wrong but tell me if everyone is okay and tell me if you want security at the

house.” I called to her.

“I’m fine Luna,” her voice cracked a second. “Everyone’s fine…..can Brian come to the house?”

“Of course,”

I grabbed my phone and texted Grayson we were going to the house and he needed to send Brian with us since Ella seemed shaken up.

day felt like a

I held her hand the whole time as we walked. Elizabeth stood like a guard on her other side. This whole day

dream a haze of confusion and unspoken threats.

We settled into the kitchen and waited for Brian. Ella kept her hold on my hand. She was older than me and more experienced in combat and she was scared, but seemed more vulnerable than anything.

Brian knocked and poked his head in after 30 minutes or so.

“Ella?” He walked in and locked the door. “Come here it’s okay,” he wrapped his sister up and I heard the sniffles.

“Elizabeth let’s do a lamb roast tonight,” I turned to her.

“Are we celebrating something?” She quirked her head.

someone is trying to send us into a frenzy and they’ll be watching I’m sure. Let them know we are not afraid,” I straightened my

and they went after someone who welcomed me

Chapter 26

protect her.

calm,” Ella turned around in embarrassment. She was one of my warriors and they were

allowed to have emotions,” I walked over and hugged her

family here and Ella was a main part of it. She had helped bolster me when I needed

your hands moving and

pulled herself together. “Can we have a movie on

realized I had never used the TV before. After a second or two I had a movie up and running, we decided on Ratatouille, it went with the cooking and when the worst thing in life is someone finding out your cooking skill belongs to a

put some butter

and decided since we

to work on mixing the bread as the movie played on and I watched Ella out of the corner of my eye.

your young raised in your

preoccupy Ella which I

by their parents and play freely and happily. Then at five they begin lessons but we have an actual school it’s not part of our

first five years of

and the elders on watching the pups of

elders must not do much then?”

alpha and help organize when asked but we feel they’ve earned a break,”

they see over all the youngest pups,” Elizabeth told me, I was

Charlie takes over as Alpha,” I smiled at the thought of my

brother?”

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his wife is my best friend Cecilia, then me, and then my

brother James,”

Brian grabbed

that’s our Lamas brother!” she whispered him a scolding.

of power from hus wolf and not a lot of control on his part. It’s worse when you have pure alpha blood.” I grimaced. “Charlie he could

so

knew we would lead one day and were taught to keep level heads but when he was at teenager all that desire to be strong for everyone caused him to hurt his sparring

would have thought that.”

oldest brother if she wasn’t mated

a romantic like me.” I closed

wants someone he can truly rely on and doesn’t see him as

odd for him to have two mated younger siblings and

explained her interest.

knows he needs a mate. I think he is biding his time for a good

I thought of Charlie. He was so willing to protect me and take me from the tournament even when it had to be done. The goddess could forsake me if it meant my

smirked. “How do your best friend and

birthday

drawn to Cea. They enlisted my help for private moments and before I knew it they were hopeless for each other. Theo had to come forward to my dad and there was hell to pay but Cea and him were

they be bound”

reliving my family and not being with