Page 80 of Broken Souls

I'm awoken from my sleep by a knock at the door. I groan but pull my heavy body from the bed and dawdle down the stairs half asleep. I open the door and see Jayceon standing there.

“What?” I ask, leaving the door open and heading to the kitchen to get some water.

“Is Axe here?” Jayceon asks, following me.

“He would have answered the door if he was,” I say, sitting at the counter.

“I don't appreciate the attitude. You deserve the hangover,” Jayceon states.

“What?” I frown.

“Elora, my brother told me what happened last night. A luna doesn't act like that,” Jayceon informs me.

“She started it.”

“Yes, but even so, as a leader you have to be the bigger person and take care of it in a mature way. Elora, you were too young to really know how violent Axe was towards pack members. You're the righteousness this pack needs. Don't let people discourage you,” Jayceon speaks wisely. I just nod at his words. “Tell Axe I stopped by.”

I stay in the kitchen, picking at the grapes in the fruit bowl and eating them. It's not long before Axe and Dash get here and walk into the kitchen.

“Hey, my little fighter,” Axe says with humour in his tone. I roll my eyes.

His teasing words would have been fine before my talk with Jayceon. But now after Jayceon's words, I'm realising there is pressure on me as the luna whether I like it or not.

“Jayceon stopped by. He didn't say what he wanted,” I tell him.

“I guess I'll go see him then.” Axe leaves while Dash joins me at the counter.

“Am I getting a lecture from you too?” I remark.

“No, why? Is Axe giving you a hard time?” Dash asks.

“Jayceon did.”

“Jayceon is a stiff, stubborn man set in his ways. Don't worry about it,” Dash says.

“Do you think it's bad of me to get into a fight?”

“No, I think it's funny.” Dash chuckles.

“Why?”

“You were at a high school party with alcohol. Fights are going to break out. No one cares.”

Who do I listen to? Jayceon, his brother and everyone expect me to be the luna. But Axe and Dash think I'm doing fine. They're the leaders. Their opinions matter more to me. So everyone else can get over it.

“I have heard some gossip, though.” Dash smirks.

“Ugh what?”

“You're a pretty unhinged fighter. You have more in common with Axe than I thought.”

“Thanks.” I drop my head in my hands, just wanting to go back to sleep.

“Elora, I don't mean that's a bad thing. I'm just saying you could train with Brian if you want to learn more defence instead of brute attack.”

“I'll think about it.”

I head upstairs and try to go back to sleep but I can't so I call Amelia and check if she's okay. Her sugar daddy picked her up when the party finished up. After I get off the phone with Amelia, I call Carson.