Enslaved by the Moon

Trying to settle

Calib’s POV:

As the cabin came into view I could see that it hadn’t been occupied for quite some time. The cabin was dishevelled and I wasn’t sure how it was still standing.

I turned to the warrior who brought me to the cabin, expecting him to leave now that his job was done. He whistled through his teeth and turned to me.

“What a dump right, I don’t expect you’ll be staying long, having to live here.”

I squared my shoulders, feeling a little protective over the cabin of “You can leave. Thank you for showing me the way.”

He stepped over some logs and then proceeded to enter the cabin. I followed behind him, wanting him to leave, but when my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I felt almost shocked at the state of the cabin. If the outside was bad inside was worse, there was rubble everywhere. It must have been abandoned for a long time because the dust was thick and stifling.

I turned to the warrior with a now broad smile on his face. “You can leave now.”

His eyes moved up to me and I just hoped he finally got the message.

“Fine, enjoy your stay at El Royal dump”

I watched as he left the cabin and waited until I knew he was quite a ways away from the cabin. I rushed out to finally draw a much needed breath.

I didn’t know how I was going to do it, but I was going to fix the cabin. If that was all I got out of my time here, I just wanted to make this a home for me. The need was so strong that I couldn’t explain it.”

So I decided to make a start by clearing the inside of the cabin.

I basically just threw everything outside of the cabin.

I was going to have to spend a couple more nights sleeping outside, but I didn’t care. For some reason, I felt happy here no not happy content.

Aine’s POV:

The next morning, I ran downstairs and grabbed a basket. I started to fill it with food and water.

My father walked in and I saw a flash of anger cross his face.

I shrugged my shoulders because we both knew what I was doing.

“Aine he specifically asked to be left alone. I gave him my word that he would be”

“He didn’t mean me father, honestly, and he is going to need the supplies I put together for him.”

My father gave me a small indulgent smile, but I could see he was still angry with me. “Okay, what supplies?”

I smiled back at him. “Just some food and clothes and some biscuits and candy.”

He doesn’t look like someone who has a sweet tooth.

“I know but he’s all alone there. How can anybody want to be all alone?”

“I don’t think you should go Aine” my father stared in the direction of the cabin. “He’s not for you little one”

I clicked my tongue at my father. “He saved me, that’s all, I’m not looking for a mate. Some of his anger fizzled away. “Just a friend, I just want a friend.”

My father took me around my shoulders. “I know little one, but he is not the right friend either.”

I inhaled deeply and stared up at my father. “Well, I still want to take him these things.”

“I’ll send Cullen with you, I insist.”

I stared back at my father. “No, I said no, please just try and understand”

My father tried to say something but I stopped him in mid sentence “I’m going and I am going alone.”

He gave me a concerned look but he knew he was defeated. “Fine, just be careful out there.”

I shook my head and started to walk in the direction of the cabin.

I walked in total silence, admiring nature all around me. I came to a clearing and I knew the cabin was just up ahead.

I heard chopping sounds coming from somewhere to my right and I walked in that direction.

My saviour was busy chopping wood. I took a quick breath at the sight before me and he turned his head toward me.

“Shouldn’t you be home, hiding from rogues?”

I walked closer and watched as though mesmerised as he started to chop one of the big trees again”

I stared up at the huge tree. “What are you doing?”

“What does it look like? I’m fixing the cabin”

“You don’t need to do that, I’ll just ask my father to send some of his men to help you with this.”

He growled involuntarily and I turned my head toward him. “No, I need to do this by myself”

“But you’re our guest, at least move to the pack house until the work is done here.”

He stopped chopping and turned toward me. I thought I saw annoyance on his face. “I said no, I want to do this alone. Your father agreed. If this is not acceptable anymore, I will leave.”

“No, no, of course not. You can stay. I just wanted to make you more comfortable.”

He returned to chopping the tree and I felt a little troubled by the way he could just ignore me, so I held out the basket to him.

“I packed you some necessities’”

He looked at my hand holding the basket and gestured for me to put it down.

He most definitely dismissed me, but I wasn’t going to leave until I was good and ready. I took a seat on the ground next to the basket and watched as he kept chopping.

He kept chopping and I kept waiting for him to acknowledge me or at least say thank you for the basket.

At one point, he turned

I must have sat there for hours and I was starting to get hungry. I opened the basket and took some muffins out. I got up and walked towards him. “Here you must be starving.”

He looked at my outstretched hand and I knew he didn’t want to take the muffin from me, but he surprised himself and me and took it.

He basically inhaled the muffin. When he finished with it he eyed me from the side and wiped his mouth. He didn’t say anything, he just returned to chopping the wood.

I sat there in exasperated denial for a couple of seconds. What was his problem?

I jumped up and turned as I was about to leave. “Well thank you for the riveting conversation, I hope to see you soon” I turned sharply and walked back to the pack house, hoping that my annoyance with him was clear.

As I reached the edge of the clearing I couldn’t help but glance back. I saw a small smile on his face and that annoyed me even more.

I stormed off back to the pack house vowing to never see him again. Calib could go to hell, I just wanted a friend and he was acting like I didn’t exist.

Walking away, I had trouble understanding his attitude towards me. I didn’t expect him to worship me but his reaction stung more than the women's pack they at least had a reason to hate me. All these fights, our pack was always in their husbands, sons and mates dying for me or to be more accurate because of me.

I hated this strange power I had over these men. It wasn’t exactly a power, it was like they all became obsessed with me wanting to protect and possess, me the girl without the wolf, but Cale’s attitude towards me scared me more, because he didn’t look at me at all, it was like I annoyed him.