The Luna's Pure Heart
The Luna’s Pure Heart – Chapter 17

(Eleanor Pov)

After eating I helped clean up the dishes and Lucas switched on the radio, the song ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’ came on and Lance began belting out the lyrics, causing me to laugh hard as I dried the plates Lucas was handing me.

Let’s just say he wasn’t gifted with a singer’s voice..he might have had the looks but not the talent whatsoever. He didn’t care though, he was living his best life.

Lucas couldn’t help but smile and shake his head, glancing at me as he passed me a plate to dry.

“I swear…if we didn’t look exactly the same, I would deny he was my brother.” Lucas shouted over the music and Lance’s horrendous singing.

Suddenly Lance acquired a spatula, using it as his microphone as he reached out, taking my hand and twirling me. My sides ached from how hard I was laughing as he looked down at me smiling.

Without warning a loud growl filled the air, causing my stomach to flip. This growl wasn’t filled with anger..no..it was possessive and territorial.

“Remove your hands from my mate…NOW!” Damion growled, causing Lance to smirk, his hand quickly slipped from mine and slid into his pockets.

Lucas quickly switched off the music, fear filling his eyes as he stood up straight, his gaze drifting to the ground submissively.

“You’re early.” Lance said casually, looking at Damion with no fear present whatsoever.

“Let’s go.” Damion snapped, turning swiftly and walking toward the elevator at the end of the hall. Hesitation filled me as I looked between Lance and Lucas..a knot formed in my stomach..maybe this wasn’t a good idea.

‘You think?’

Kari scoffed her anger right at the surface.

“It will be okay Angel.” Lance whispered, nodding his head as I swallowed hard and went to go follow my mate, who didn’t look back at me once.

I had to practically jog to catch up with him, his legs were so long that one step for him was like three for me. Once I was right behind him, I saw his body tense, his back facing me as he pressed the button quickly. I chewed my l*p nervously, unable to think of a single thing to say as we waited for the elevator. Luckily it came pretty quickly and once we were inside I made sure to look down at the floor, not having the courage to look up.

“I would appreciate it if you’d not try to f**k my Beta.” He said coldly, the words not registering as my head snapped up, looking at him in shock.

“I…I wasn’t…I mean, I would never.” I stuttered, unable to comprehend what he thought. Did it really seem like that? I thought we were just having fun.

He just glared at me, his eyes full of disdain as I looked away once more..that knot was now tighter than ever. The elevator was so thick with his scent and the tension between us that I felt like I could hardly breathe.

Suddenly the elevator doors opened and he walked out, not even waiting for me. This floor was completely different than the Beta’s. Everything was decorated in red and black. The walls a black painted wood with dark red paint on top. The floors were black marble and everything was clean and tidy. It looked practically unlived in..not a thing out of place.

He stepped forward towards a sitting room and went straight to a wet bar that was back towards the wall. He quickly grabbed a glass and poured an amber-colored liquid into it.

I stood there awkwardly, unsure of what to do as I watched as my mate act like I wasn’t even here.

This was torture..pure freaking torture. My body was drawn to him, the mating bond pulling me unrelentlessly as every inch of my soul wanted him..and yet..he wouldn’t even look at me. My head, on the other hand, told me he didn’t even want me here..that I was a burden..wow was this confusing.

‘Say something, call him out.’

Kari snarled, her anger about to spill over as I watched him.

‘Kari, Lance said this was new for him too…we have to give him a chance.’

I spoke softly..it was weird..from what I heard before, it’s usually the wolf that is drawn to the mating bond more..in this case, It was like I was the wolf and Kari was the human.

I felt her eyes roll as she slipped back into my mind while I tried to build up the nerve to speak.

“Thank you..for letting me stay here.” I sputtered out..those being the only words that came to mind…

He turned towards me, his blue eyes piercing through me as he took a long drink of that amber liquid. I felt like I could usually read people..tell their intentions and see if they were hiding things…him, I couldn’t read at all. He was completely shut off and had the most impenetrable walls I had ever felt.

“What will you do to show me how thankful you are?” He spoke with a cold tone.

I blinked rapidly..my mouth gaping open as my cheeks burned red..show him how thankful I am? What..what did that even mean? What did he expect? Suddenly he set his glass down, his body turning towards me as he began to walk slowly.

“What will I do?” I managed to choke out. Oh god…why did I even say anything..this was worse than when he was ignoring me.

“Yes..what will you do?” He said much smoother this time.

Suddenly he was right in front of me, his body towering over me as he looked down.

What could I do? I guess I could clean the floor we are on..but it already seemed to be pretty clean..shit…or I could bake him something. He couldn’t possibly be talking about something else…could he? Seriously..this is how clueless I am…I have no idea what he would even expect.

“Do you like cake?” I suddenly blurted. My question taking him off guard as he blinked in confusion and looked down at me, a long strand of blonde hair falling in front of his face. The urge to brush it behind his ear filled me, making me blush even more.

“Cake?” He asked, a puzzled expression pulling at his face. Wow was he adorable…I quickly pushed the thought from my mind and nodded, trying to stay focused.

“I can bake you a cake..or anything else you might like..to say thank you.” I said quietly, searching his blue eyes as he stared down at me.