Ascension of a Gamma

Chapter 34 Getting Closer

– Liam

“How could you?” she whispered, teary eyed.

While I was glad that she cared for me this much, I was pissed at myself for making her cry the second time around. She had to understand – this was the only way to get the Blue Moon Pack off our backs.

I picked up the crutch that had fallen to the floor when she kissed me. Kissed me, on her own, from out of the blue. I didn’t know what I did to deserve it. Her eyes were different that time too – soft, full of adoration and newfound love.

I let it lean onto the desk, then I pulled her close to me, stroking her hair and placing kisses on the top of her head.

“Why?” she asked.

“For all of us, Anna,” I answered.

She wrapped her arms around my waist and buried her face on my chest.

“You’re insane,” she said, her voice

ou’re insane,” she said, her voice muffled

“I know.”

“Selfish jerk.”

“I know.”

She sniffled. I kept quiet as she recovered her composure. An Alpha Duel might kill me, but not if I end him first. I had no intention of killing him, he’s their father. But I had no intention of losing either. Not when everything I had was on the line.

There was so much she didn’t know, and more that I wanted to tell her. I’d been keeping her in the dark, every one of us was, but sooner or later she’d start suspecting, she’d get curious, then she’d start asking questions. For the past days, Lexy had been feeding her information o n the things she asked about, but the rule was that Anna should only know menial details for now. 1

It was my burden to tell her the truth, everything that she needed and wanted to know. After all, she was Luna. She deserved to know.

deserved to know

It was..different around her, and it wasn’t simply the bond. When I first saw her, when I saw the cute childish drawings in her pink bedroom, when she smiled at me for the first time, when she manned up to me – I couldn’t find when this started. Maybe it was when I first found her. When she had one foot out the door.

If I told her, she might leave. I didn’t want her to go now. I had to find my second mate to keep myself from marrying Salina and merging the two packs. The sole purpose of my search was to use her. To save me and the pack, and t o continue the bloodline.

My emotions weren’t supposed to be involved. I steeled myself for when I met her and yet I yielded to the bond immediately. I was… falling for her, faster than I expected from myself and it was starting to scare me. I was getting dependent on her presence around me that her absence was unbearable.

I breathed in her scent, her ever-calming scent. I didn’t deserve her. I wanted her. I’d been debating with Luca regarding

been debating with Luca regarding this matter for over a week now. When should I tell her – when would I be ready t o reveal the Liam Rose who once was?

“What’ll you do?” she asked, her voice steady now.

“What I should.”

“He’s thinking of doing the same,” she said quietly

“I know.”

“Then why would you accept his challenge?” she shouted, pushing me

away.

me with those

Adorable.

to get yourself

smiled at her. “Do

asking too much from her. I should feel bad, and I did, but I was really happy that

do,” she said,

TU, she saiu, signing.

held her hand, the electrifying sensations

tighter this

in my head and the loud thumping in my ears left me inhaling deeply

so she’d look up at me. This beautiful creature did things to me at the speed of light I couldn’t remember what I was like before I met her. I brought my face down to hers, and she closed

bottom lip, tracing the curvature

kiss her forever. Her hands pushed at the back of my head as she moaned into the kiss. The loveliest sound ever

lovenest sound ever

curves then settling on the sides of her hips. I didn’t dare go lower; she wasn’t ready… yet. I tugged

She’d pulled me underwater, leaving me needing air, and I wanted the high it gave me – I hungered

the affirmation that she’d entrust to me, blindly, what lied ahead. They were all depending on me now. This was what it meant to be an Alpha – to carry everyone’s future on the shoulders without so much as showing a hint of weariness, weakness. The

for the pack. After this, it’d be the two of

“I hope she doesn’t

I hope she doesn’t.

whispered, pulling me in for another thrilling kiss. Luca was howling i n

go back in time to relive this moment at my whim, if it was possible Then again, there’d be more moments like this and better ones. We had

kiss, but I held her head, gathering her hair in my fist. A sweetness tickled my nose, and I mentally gave myself

breathe. Then I met

“Liam – «

poured into every twirl of her sinful tongue were more than enough to speak for what

for what words couldn’t

their throat. She immediately turned to face who it was – Gale. He had

her face

So adorable.

then a corner of her lip pulled up. Without warning, she jumped on me. I held out my arms just in time to catch her, leaning back

tapping my chest.” Now,

I think I spoiled her.

“Please, like you can’t carry me with those

“You could’ve just asked.”

-want, I can do this anytime I want,” she

go. Come on. What are you

side to let

his place,” I told him, and he nodded,

said Anna as

being cheerful and carefree for m e, so I wouldn’t worry about her. So, I could focus on the upcoming match. I raised her higher and kissed

her down her bed. She wouldn’t let go of

I have

her head. Sighing, I sat on the bed and let her sit

her eyes downcast. “I should’ve realized you

You know it

did those

clenched. “That