Alpha's Cursed Luna novel Chapter 49

ELEANOR

I clenched my fists tighter on my sides, gritting my teeth as a lost memory has been found within me. That is why he looks so familiar. I laugh to myself, thinking, ‘How the hell can I forget?’

I hear Elijah take his seat as well and I glance at him, who squared his shoulders and clasped his palms on the table in front of him.

His gaze fixed on Louie, Mike’s only friend, and he shot him a dangerously threatening look which somehow made me feel warm inside. Aside from Alexander, no one else growled at any person like that to protect me. All of a sudden, I felt safe. In this place. In this pack.

My eyes grew wide when I realize what I was thinking about just now.

No, no, no, no.

Snap the hell out of it, Eleanor! You can't stay here any longer. You can’t. I scolded myself as I thought about him. Alex. However I feel about this pack, I just can’t.

“Eleanor!” Elijah’s loud voice startled me enough to pull me put of my thoughts. I jumped in my seat, glancing at my surroundings and noticed everyone was giving me a confused look, except for Louie. It seemed I was staring hard at him for a while now, and he sits there pretending not to know why I was staring at him. I saw a bead of sweat fall on the side of his face as he tore his gaze from me to look at the wall beside him. He looked like he was cursing himself for acting out of impulse, that gave away his true identity to me.

Devin cleared his throat and spoke.

“You said you had scars all over your body. Can you show us any of your scars on “safe” body parts? For example your arms, stomach, feet or legs?” His voice was calm, almost soothing. Hell, he could almost sound like Alexander, but immediately after I erased that thought. No voice sounded as cool as Alexander’s, I thought to myself, coming to an agreement with Ares. I blushed when I realized I kept mentioning Alex when he’s not even here at this moment.

‘Oh admit it. You miss him’ Ares pointed out, and I groaned but didn’t tell her otherwise. Maybe it was true. Maybe I do miss him after all. It’s only been two days since he left for something he termed important.

I shrugged, shaking off all thoughts of Alexander inside my mind when Ares kept whispering to me Devin is safe, and can be trusted. I don't know how the hell she knows that but I sigh, and stand up anyway.

‘Fine’ I whisper back to her as I stood.

Right now I was wearing a dark red long-sleeve top and black leather pants coupled with three-inches high boots, also black.

I began rolling up my sleeves. My eyes grew wider and wider when I saw nothing but smooth creamy skin, flawless even. I gasped as I rolled up the other sleeve and saw the same thing.

It’s not right.

I hurriedly ran to the bathroom not realizing I left four men at the table watching me with shocked gazes as I ran.

“Luna!” Elijah called but I wasted no time and locked myself in the bathroom. Stripping each one of my clothes, I began seeing myself in the body-length mirror in front of me.

I let out a gasp when my body…didn’t look exactly like I remembered it to be.

It was..flawless. Smooth, milky skin that appeared as if it had never been beaten to death in the past years.

I stood wearing only my bra and underwear. My back hitting the wall as I slowly slid down it and I hugged my knees closer to my chest.

The sound of the bathroom door banging was the least of my concerns anymore as I took in my change of appearance.

Seconds later, I hear the door burst open with a loud bang. My gaze was still fixed on my reflection in the mirror when Elijah stepped in front of me.

“Luna, what were you thinking?” He crouched down in front of me and I stared right through him this moment, not able to think or feel anything other than fear.

Is this a bloody part of my fucking curse again?

“My scars…” I whispered.

“What?” Elijah furrowed his brows, looking only at my face in confusion.

“They’re gone… My scars…are gone.”

The next moment I hear footsteps of three men come close as they entered the bathroom. Oddly, the sound was too loud in my ears and I find myself struggling to adjust with my enhanced senses.

I glanced up at them who stared at me wide-eyed.

“Ms. Raven, you will be coming with us for further investigation.” Devin straightened whilst Louie flashed me a cocky smirk. I didn’t think much of it as I nodded absent-mindedly, wondering what the goddess would throw my way next.

“She’s not going anywhere” Elijah stood from crouching and blocked me from their vision. He grabbed my clothes on the rack and threw them to my face.

Glancing up his back I could see him stare each one of them down. Devin and Sam glued their lips shut, not saying a single word whilst Louie chuckled, taking a step forward as if to challenge Elijah.