Chapter 63

“Darling!” Lilianna came up and swept me up in her arms. “OH!” she looked down at my belly “I hope you’re not trying to hide that because I can smell it on you,”

I flushed “Only for a little while,”

“I think it’s the best thing I’m here you need someone you can trust,” She huffed and brought her bags into the house.

“How has he been?” She asked me as she settled into one of the many vacant bedrooms that seemed to be filling up more and more by the day.

“He turned after seeing some of the information they had on me, and it confirmed that there a mole,”

She stopped. “He’ll string them up when he finds them,”

“Yes,” I nodded.

“My husband may be stupid but at least he doesn’t have a temper like yours,” She huffed sitting down on the bed. “He’ll be worse since you’re pregnant, but I won’t lie this might be exactly what we need he’ll be cutthroat,”

“Who here worries you?” She asked me.

“All of the people he’s assuming I have a hard time believing. There’s one obvious but I feel as if it’s a trap almost,” I told her.

“Who?” She asked me like she already knew the answer.

“Jessica she was a wom-“

“She was a woman Grayson was tempted to wed before he heard of you. He wanted her for her dedication in the clinic but she was playing him. He dodged a real bullet she’s been a whiny bitch since,” Lilianna crossed her arms.

“But you are right,” she sighed it’s blatantly obvious.

“And she couldn’t have access to the things they had,”

“Hmmm,” she hummed. “Who’s she been spending her time with?”

I went blank. I had no clue and some of the members of Graysons council were not bound to a female wolf. Matt and Leon both had no one and could have become loose-lipped with a girl they wanted to protect.

“They’re men they want to protect a girl and vicious females use that to their advantage my advice is don’t count her out,” she agreed with my thoughts.

“How’s Steven?” I shifted the topic. I was surprised she had come here so quickly.

“Surprisingly active. He’s been training and fortifying our defenses. He’s planted a good amount of land mines around our lands. He’s asked me to call him once a day to know I’m alright,” she almost scoffed. “Apparently even an idiot has some sense,”

“Well we all have our days,” I shrugged.

Lilianna had not only taken me under her wing but she disregarded Graysons wall sneaking me past his borders and helping us grow.

“You need to go and spread some of those little lies and find this rat,” she told me and she stood and continued to unpack.

I headed out to drop the seeds of false intent with our suspects.

I spotted Matt and Arron go into the training house. I wanted them separate so I turned to look for Elizabeth.

She as my guard ended up finding me.

“Luna please call for me when you want to leave your house it’s my job to watch over you,” she scolded me.

“I’m still getting used to it Elizabeth I’m sorry I didn’t call for you,” I smiled at her to placate her a second.

I headed to the field to continue harvest. Tomatoes were abundant and I was not without work despite my secret agenda.

We talked about the harvest, the supplies for winter, the animals,and the trade, eventually making our way to the topic of the war.

I waited for her to broach some question or other about it thinking up a fib to tell her.

“How far do you think their alpha will go?” She looked almost scared.

It threw me off my plan. I hadn’t seen her like this ever.

“I don’t know,” I responded.

“I worry for you and the alpha, he is becoming a beast and you need him not his wolf. Especially..now,” she hinted at what we’d left unsaid.

I felt like a monster for questioning her loyalty. She has been true to Grayson this entire time. Yes she judged me when I first got here but she was following his lead like any wolf would do. Was I going to do the same just because I was scared?

“You said you’d tell me,” she whispered in the faintest voice.

My mind turned back.

“The alpha will not give me a baby until the war is over,” I told her.

She nodded once in shock. “Sounds like something he would do. It makes sense to be safe during this time. Do not hide from him though he’s protecting you “ she told me.

I had been spending a lot of nights “working”. Only because I was nauseous in terms of eating pork.

“You’re right,” I looked down. “I just wish things were so different,” that wasn’t a lie in any way.

**If she isn’t the mole she will never blame you **

I kept my smile off of my face so I could continue this plan.

All of this had to come from me since Grayson had sent such a message to his council, whoever it was knew he was aware by now.

So now I would come in as a kind innocent naive luna who effortlessly trusted people.

Elizabeth traded with her husband as my guard so she could continue training the new warriors.

“Luna,” he nodded to me and kissed his wife on the trade-off.

“I see you are alright after Graysons rampage. He’s very angry that they shot their wolves to stop us from getting any information,” I gave another lie.

“No worries Luna he has every right to be upset and angry. He is just being a good alpha,” he smiled at me.

He followed me around and I was not sure how to get a lie to him. His time as my guard was toiling away.

I then decided that I would call my mother and spout a lie to her for him to overhear.

“Mama how are you?” I lowered my voice hardly enough.

“I’m alright?” My mother questioned my false tone.

“I’ve been better,” I sighed. “We’ve lost out on a shipment of weapons,” I looked over my shoulder.

Aarron was leaning against the wall paying no attention. Or make it look like that.

“Oh that’s horrible do you need us to send you some do you have any backups? What do you need,” my mother rambled.

“We’ll have to work it out,” I continued. “How are you?”

“I’m- im fine you are acting odd pup,”

“Oh that’s fine mama if you’re busy I can call you later,”

“No no Annette what do you think you are doing. What’s wrong!” She huffed.

“Love you too mom. Bye,” I smiled and hung up the phone.

I got some work done and made some plans for the people while the war raged on. They’d need a safe place to go in case of nearby attacks.

The keep had a bunker but it was very close to prison and we didn’t want anyone getting near our captured wolf.

The training house did have a large basement so I was ordering cots, food, blankets, defenses, restrooms, first aid.

I wanted a list of everyone so that a roll call could be called out if it ever needed to be.

I went to the training house and told Aarron that I was going down to the basement to check it for supplies and he could wait at the top of the stairwell.

**The back left corner of the room pushes the wall. **

I walked over and pushed it lightly and I felt the wall shift.

**It doesn’t lead out of the pack but it does lead to the basement of the keep which has one that does. **

I walked back and up the stairs sighing.

“Looks like I miscounted and I’ll have to order some more come on,” I nodded to him.

He nodded and followed.

I don’t think I’ll get to Leon, Matt, or Jessica today but I will tomorrow after that it’s just a waiting game.

I’d been fighting the sluggishness of my body slowing down and the heaviness of my eyelids. I turned towards my house. I would feign the idea of checking the food I’d preserved for Grayson and I so I could take a nap.

My life seemed to be nothing but lies right now, I was spouting them to protect my child, I was spouting them to find liars. I have been raised to be an open, honest person, loyal, dependable. I felt slimy for doing things like this, and every time the guilt crept up on me I saw the image of my son on the screen.

I walked into my house and was greeted by a fabulous scent. I wandered into the kitchen like a zombie.

“Are you hungry?” Lillianna asked me as she stirred a creamy pot of soup.

“I am now,”

“Full of vegetables,” She nodded to my stomach.

I didn’t have much longer until I’d start showing wolves get bigger faster and stay in the womb longer. I’d be showing slightly by next week I’m sure, my pants already felt tighter and the button was pulling.

I’d only look like I had too much to eat but any mothers in the pack would be suspicious.

“Well I did my own research and I bumped into that little wolf Jessica,” She looked at me with a smirk. “And I planted a seed for you,”

My eyebrows raised. “What did you say?”
“That you and Grayson have been fighting about the war and that you want to leave so I came to mediate,” She shrugged as she poured some bowls for us.

“She’ll love that even if she isn’t the mole,” I growled.

Lilianna let out her musical laugh. “Exactly if she is the mole she will not hesitate to whisper it on,”

“Alright,” I nodded.

“She would never have believed it from you anyways anything you’d said she hates you,” She said that as if it was a compliment.

“Well that’s nice thank you,” I gave her a small glare.

“You need to be selfish Annette, you need to be territorial. You have Grayson that much anyone with eyes can see but that doesn’t mean people won’t try and come for the two of you. I'm that much is obvious. If and when they don't ever think about their feelings,” She turned serious and stared at me in the eyes.

“I want to be a good Luna…but I also want her thrown out on her ass,” I whispered.

“You are a good luna, but remember that you have something people would kill for,”

I finished my bowl and headed up to my room to sleep and mull over what Lillianna said. Even if she isn’t the mole I doubt she’ll take this baby of mine in stride. I remember what she’d said to me before my binding. You deserve this life.

This is my life.