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.

they’ll be watching

they went after someone who welcomed me so readily and with kindness. I will not let them see her so broken,

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I will protect her.

in embarrassment. She was one of my

me, you’re allowed to have emotions,” I walked over and hugged her

of it. She had helped bolster me when

get your hands moving and focus on

her eyes and pulled herself together. “Can we have a movie on

I found the remote and 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

we seasoned it and put some butter on it then we got to baking cookies and brownies.

with the meat and decided since we were cooking so

the movie played on and I watched Ella out of

raised in your familial clan?” Elizabeth asked me.

to preoccupy Ella which I was glad

here.before the age of five they are allowed to be raised by their parents and play freely and happily. Then at five they begin lessons

your mother’s don’t work the first five years of their

I shook my head. “They take turns with other mothers and the elders on watching the pups of

must not do much then?” Ella

help organize when asked but we

see over all the youngest pups,” Elizabeth told me, I was still so new

going to take a year away when Charlie takes over as Alpha,” I smiled at the thought of my family.

your brother?”

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my brothers, Charlie is the oldest, then Theo his wife is my best friend

brother James,”

brother has a mouth on him,” Brian grabbed some chocolate

our Lamas brother!” she

stage of a lot 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 shatter bone when he was learning

he seemed so

now. He and I always 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 partner. He broke his

have

interested in my oldest brother if she

closed

he’s always had so much I think he wants someone

have two mated younger siblings and not be mated himself, Especially when he is

explained her interest.

think he is biding his time for a good one,”

from the tournament even when it had to be done. The goddess could forsake me

“How do your best friend and your brother bind

birthday

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”

my family