Page 55 of Chasing Luna

“You’re doing errands today, correct?” I tug on his arm and hold on to it. “Bring one of my Omegas with you.”

“Your Omegas? You own a couple? What’s that supposed to mean? Also, I don’t need assistants,” he mocks.

I roll my eyes. “I… sort of handle their training. I don’t ‘own’ them. And no, they’re not there to help you. They have their own thing to do. It’s just that I don’t think they’ll be let out of the estate on their own. Which is why I need you to sneak one of them out, and come back home with them.”

He sighs. “And why would I do that?” I pause momentarily. I can’t exactly tell him what’s going on between me and Gregory.

“Just… I have to, okay? It’s going to help me make sure Katarina won’t do anything bad to me,” I lie, but Kenji seems to be buying it.

“Alright, fine. Bring whoever it is to the garage.”

I gasp. “You’ll do it? You’ll cover for me, too?” I bat my eyelashes at him exaggeratedly.

“Shut up and just do it before I change my mind.” He flicks my forehead and leaves me alone. I find Vera inside the Omega’s house as she’s cleaning the floors.

“Vera, I need you to do something.” I take out my phone and show her an address. “Memorize this because you’re going there right now.” She seems in for it. “Once you get to this mansion, find someone named Marnie. Tell her that I sent you, and that we need to have their fake bid to become servers for my birthday, or else they wouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the estate on that day. Do you understand?” She shakes her head up and down. “Great. Give them my number after, and I’ll keep in touch with them after that. Go change, I’ll bring you to Kenji after.” She does as she’s told and I wait for her inside the estate.

We manage to get to the garage without coming across either my grandmother or my sister.

Way to go, Isabela.

“Here we are,” I say and point to Kenji’s car. “Keep silent and don’t tell him anything,” I whisper as Kenji’s back is turned. “He doesn’t know anything and I’d like to keep it that way.” She agrees and I sense a shift in energy in Vera. Green eyes void of any emotion, rigid and focused.

I trained her well. I smile.

“Oh, you’re both here.” Kenji looks Vera up and down. “I didn’t know you had a twin, Isabela.” He raises an eyebrow and winks at my spy. “Hey, there,” he greets flirtatiously, but Vera doesn’t even bat an eye.

Oh, I trained her really, really well,I think to myself, fighting back a smile.

“Don’t even bother flirting, Kenji.” I open the door for Vera, and she quickly gets in.

“Oh, I take it you’re jealous then? Don’t worry, princess. You’re still my number one.” He smirks before getting into the driver’s seat.

“Shut up.” I roll my eyes and take one last look at the pair. “Take care of my girl,” I say and leave them to go back inside the estate.

I barely take a step inside when someone summons me. “Isabela,” my grandmother’s voice comes from above and I look up to see her motion for me to come closer.

“My Queen,” I greet once I’m within earshot.

“You are turning eighteenin a few days. Preparations are underway.” She starts walking and I follow suit. “It also seems that whatever you’ve done for the past few weeks with the Omegas have turned the tides in your favor, seeing as our pack members seem to trust you more these days.” We get to her study and she shuts the door. “It also helped that you were with us while the estate was attacked repeatedly. It seems you’ve proven yourself capable enough for them to notice, but the general consensus seems to suggest that you’re still a bit… unpredictable.” She sighs, not even bothering to hide her disappointment. I stay silent as she pulls out the book of spells from behind her desk. Its worn-out leather cover glimmers against the light.

Oh, here we go with the snarky comments.

“Well, that’s something you can work on in the months after you take over the pack.” She rolls her eyes. She hands me the book. “Flip it over, see if any of the pages jump out at you.” I do as she says and see the spells that I already know, but none of the other words makes any sense to me.

“It’s… a language that I don’t understand,” I simply state, and she takes it back from me.

“When I was your age, I had this book handed over to me right before I turned eighteen. The pages instantly jumped out, enabling me to learn the spells before I could even use them. But you? You’re weak,” she hisses, and slams the book on the table. “Weak and powerless. You don’t even look like an Esperanza. Dark hair and green eyes, you look more like a witch than a werewolf.” She scoffs. I stay silent and take them all in, not even bothering to explain that I do know some spells.

Unfortunately, they’re the same spells that Katarina now knows.

“There’s only one way to make sure you prove your strength this time,” she says after a while. “That rogue Alpha that came into our lives not too long ago has been… settling down well with the pack.” I freeze at her words. “Even your sister seems to want him close by. But you’ll need to sacrifice that man in front of everyone soon. Don’t think I’ve forgotten what I’ve told you before.” She smiles at me as I let her words swirl into the air.

Chapter Fifty-Two

“Destiny is meant to be met halfway,”I recall my father’s words as I am ushered out of my grandmother’s study and as I head outside to find Gregory.“Remember, you have the willpower to choose,”he had said as he brushed off the dust from my cheeks after a rigorous training session.“Even if you’re the chosen one to lead this family, you can choose to do things differently. You are your own person. So be strong in whichever way you think is best for you.”

The memory brings tears to my eyes, but I quickly wipe them away.

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