The Alpha's Stolen Luna - Chapter 131: Chapter 131

: Lucas
Sutton sat up straighter. Nervous energy passed through our bond as she looked at me.
“What do you mean?” she asked. “You don’t think they could be in danger, do you?”
I shook my head. “They are protected, Sutton,” I told her. “We still have men watching them. But… we may want to consider moving them onto Ironpaw land sometime in the future. Possibly the near future. Just as a precaution. The don’t have to be in the city. There are plenty of places I can put them where you would have to…”
“No,” Sutton interrupted. “I mean, yes. I know what you’re saying and I agree. They would be safer here. But.. but you don’t have to take them somewhere else. I actually wouldn’t mind having them close by.”
“Are you sure?” I asked.
“I’ve actually been thinking about them more lately,” she admitted. “Especially after the other night and after my attack. I’ve been thinking it might be nice to reach out to them again. Talk to my sisters… and to Dad.”
I pushed my chair back, taking her hand as I stood from the table. I led her back to the spare room where our stuff was.
“Give me your phone,” I told her as I went to where mine was still plugged in on the nightstand.
She went to her duffle bag and pulled hers out of a pocket, handing it to me with a wrinkled brow. I scrolled through my phone and found the contact information, entering it into her phone for her.
“Now you have your dad’s number,” I said as I handed it back to her. “You can give him a call whenever you’re ready.”
“Oh…” she said, a mix of excitement and nervousness in her tone.
She bit her lip. Staring at the phone in her hands. I moved to sit on the edge of the bed, giving her time to work through what she was feeling. I wasn’t going to keep her from her family in any way, but I wasn’t going to push her back toward them either. I still had my concerns about having them in her life again and seeing her hesitation now told me they were warranted.
“Maybe I’ll just start with a letter,” she said, dropping the phone on the end of the bed. “Helene and I used to write to each other back when I was with the Dawn Stalkers. Maybe that’s the better way to go.”
“Baby, you do whatever you are comfortable with,” I told her. “And don’t do this because you feel obligated.”
“No, I don’t,” she rushed. Then her shoulders fell and she let out a long huff, sitting on the bed next to me. “Okay, maybe a little. But only a little. I have actually been missing them. Especially Helene. We were really close once.”
The way she said it was filled with doubt and sadness, even thought she tried to hide it. But I could feel those emotions reflected in our bond. The woman next to me suddenly resembled the old Sutton — full uncertainty and insecurities. I didn’t like it. Rhonen whimpered his own disapproval as well. I was tempted to say we’d forget the whole thing and move on. That they didn’t deserve her. But that’s not what she needed right now.
“I would imagine with a sister like you, they’d forgive you of anything if you just asked,” I stated, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear.
Her head snapped up, her brow furrowed deeply and her eyes narrowed.
“You’re joking, right?” she said. “I once broke one of Hannah’s snow globes when I was twelve, completely on accident, and she refused to speak to me for six months.” She scoffed and shook her head. “You really don’t know what it’s like to have siblings.”
I laughed. “No, I suppose I don’t,” I said. “But… I do know what it’s like to grow up with a cousin who’s your best friend. We had our fair share of beatings between the two of us. Yet, we both knew we would always be there if the other needed us.”
“Yeah, maybe,” Sutton said. “I just feel like they’ll think I abandoned them. I suppose I kind of did.”
“You absolutely did not,” I corrected her. “When you first came here, you were so worried about the impact your escaping the Dawn Stalkers would have on them. You knew what they would do to you if they found you and yet you were still thinking of them. You stayed away from them because you thought if they believed you were dead, they wouldn’t become targets. That is not abandoning them, Sutton. If anything, they abandoned you and if anyone should be asking forgiveness, it’s them.”
“I wouldn’t pu…”
“No,” I interrupted, knowing she was about to deny that claim. “That wasn’t an opinion, princess. That was the truth. You will never convince me otherwise.”
Worry filled her again. “You don’t like them, do you?” she asked sadly.
I sighed, pulling her closer. “I can admit that I don’t them,” I said. “I don’t know what position they were in when they made the decisions they made. I don’t know what they believed or perceived about the situation.”
“So, I may not be able to change your mind, but could they?”
I brushed my fingers through her hair.
“Perhaps,” I said. “If you decide you want them in your life, I can give them the chance to improve my opinion of them. But again, that’s not a reason to reach out to them, baby. If things don’t go like you hope, there is no reason to force a relationship again. You don’t need them, Sutton. I’m your family now.”
Sutton looked up at my, a smile playing at her lips before pressing them to mine. She inhaled deeply as she kissed me, sending a wave of love and adoration through our mate bond. I pulled her onto my lap without breaking contact, wrapping my arms around her. That subtle scent of her approaching heat becoming more noticeable. There was only one thing I wanted to do.
“Let’s go home.”