Chapter 42
Luara's POV
Thankfully, Lopez walked through the door stopping an argument from starting.
"Would you like to stay for dinner? There's plenty of food. I decided on making a variety; spaghetti, steak, chicken, etc." She offered while looking at my mother.
"No-"My father started.
"We would love to, wouldn't we Torey." My mother said a little forcibly. I laughed quietly to myself after hearing my father's reply.
"Would love to honey." He replied in a high voice sarcastically while Bryan grumbled agitatedly.
After being cleared by Greg, we were allowed to leave. Lopez was directing us to the main dining hall while introducing herself properly to my mother. She also explained that both the Black Moon and Dark Apollo pack members were currently sitting in the dining hall waiting for our arrival.
We walked into the room and every set of eyes landed on us, I could feel them looking at me from head to toe analyzing if I was okay. Bryan's pack especially since I'm now their Luna.
Packs are extremely protective of their Luna as they help hold the pack together. If their Alpha female was upset, then they would feel it.
We made our way to our seats on the same side as our packs. My mother and father were standing on the opposite side of the table with my dad facing Bryan and my mom facing me.
Both men's eyes didn't move from the others; their glares were harsh as they waited for Lopez to give us the okay to sit down.
"Please sit." Lopez smiled as she walked into the huge dining hall.
The tension in the room was awkward and everyone was tense. It was clear that both my father and Bryan hadn't finished their fight and wanted more. I knew this was going to be an intense dinner.
Both mom and I sat down including Bryan and my dad's pack members who were also attempting to tempt the other pack into a fight.
"Sit." Lopez said forcibly as Bryan and my dad still stood, almost daring each other to sit down first. A sickly smirk appeared on my mate's face as he gestured for my dad to sit down.
A low growl left my mouth and I rolled my eyes irritated that they were still continuing to act like children.
They sat down at the sound of my annoyed growl, but they continued to grumble with their eyes narrowed on one another.
Some of Bryan's pack maids came out handing everyone their plates. No one spoke except for saying thank you; we all just sat in silence as they walked in and out of the dining hall bringing in our food.
Once everyone had their food placed in front of them, we began eating.
It was silent for a while; you could only hear the conversation between my mother and Lopez as they talked about pack life and their children.
It was awkward and I just sat there silently hoping this would end soon so I could leave as the tension was killing me.
But of course, my father and Bryan had to continue to make snide comments to one another throughout dinner.
Bryan didn't like one of my father's comments and what he was insinuating as Bryan began firmly gripping a glass in his hand; his grip was getting tighter and tighter as he stared at my father.
"Bryan." I called, trying to catch his focus but it didn't work as his grip tightened.
The sound of a glass smashing caught everyone's attention as they looked at Bryan who had blood dripping down his arm from the cuts on his hand.
Bryan still had a large piece of sharp glass in his palm and he continued to crush it while staring at my father, with a deadly look in his eye.
He abruptly stood up, sending his chair flying backward. He collided his fist with the table, crushing his hand into the pieces of broken glass.
He was breathing heavily and looked like he was in the middle of trying to shift. I went to place my hand on his arm but he pulled away before stalking down the hall.
A rush of hurt and sadness rushed through my body making my heart hurt. I was furious at my father, it was my decision for me to forgive and it was up to me on what I wanted to do. Bryan may have marked me by force but I still wanted him, he was my soul mate after all.
I sent my father a harsh glare before getting up from my chair, thanking Lopez for the food and following Bryan's scent, leading me to two double doors which I assumed were his office. I knocked and walked in, knowing that Bryan would ignore me if I didn't.
He was sitting behind a large desk, roughly pulling out pieces of glass from his palm.
I quietly walked over to him, he knew I was there as he looked at me for a second before continuing to pull the glass out of his hand.
I carefully grabbed his arms, stopping him. He looked at me questionably and I sighed sadly.
"Can I look?" I received a nod in reply.
I scanned my eyes over the skin and saw many small wounds and pieces of glass stuck deep in his palm.
"Do you have any tweezers?"
"There's some in the medical aid box in the bathroom under the sink."
Quickly searching for the tweezers, I made my way back to Bryan and sat on his lap, startling him slightly by catching him off guard. But he pulled me closer and wrapped his uninjured arm around my waist and allowed me to tend to his wounds.
When I was finished I got up and grabbed his arm which he willingly let me pull and guided him to the bathroom in his office.
He didn't flinch or even make a sound as I carefully ran his hand under the cold water even though I knew it was stinging, we just stayed there in silence.
I could feel the piercing gaze he had on the side of my face before speaking in a deadly tone.
"If he's not off my territory in the next 10 minutes then I'm going to kill him; your father or not."
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