Chapter 28: Close Call
Dinnertime was awkward. The Luna did not miss the fact that all three of her darling sons were sporting my mark but she did seem to miss the fact that I was sporting a huge bruise. She had not said anything when I had marked Alex. She had just gazed at the silvery permanent mark on his neck distastefully. Today I had marked Calix in the morning time and Felix in the afternoon so she came home to find all three spoken for including her favourite, the youngest, Calix. He usually made animated conversation with her at every dinnertime but it was slightly stunted tonight.
Calix was retelling the dramatic tale of picking me up at school and “handling” my bully. Alex seemed to agree with not killing Parker.
“We don’t want to seem too blood thirsty!” Said Alex. “You sent
