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.

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

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

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protect

embarrassment. She was one of my warriors and they were supposed to fall before their Lunas and Alphas with no fear in

to me, you’re allowed to have

She had helped bolster me when I

your hands moving and

yeah,” she wiped her eyes and pulled herself together. “Can we have

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

put some butter on it then we got to

meat and decided since we were cooking so early some homemade bread would do

bread as the movie played on and I watched Ella out of the corner of my

raised in your familial clan?”

preoccupy Ella which I

to be raised 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 main building and it’s off behind the trees,” I

work the first five years of

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

not do much then?” Ella spoke up.

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

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

at least are going to take a year away when Charlie

your brother?” Elizabeth asked.

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the oldest, then Theo his wife is my best friend Cecilia, then me, and then

brother James,”

Brian grabbed some

that’s our Lamas brother!” she whispered

James is in the 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

so calm,” Ella

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

would have thought that.”

my oldest brother if she wasn’t mated I would chalk it up to her wanting to

like me.” I closed my eyes for a second

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

siblings and not be mated himself, Especially when he is heir,”

explained her interest.

he needs a mate. I think he is biding

so willing to protect me and take me from the tournament even when it had to be done. The goddess could forsake me

“How do your best friend and your brother bind only one month after her 18th

birthday

and before I knew it they were hopeless for each other. Theo had to come forward to

they be bound”

like torture reliving my family and