Fighting (To Be Yours)

Chapter 20

"Luna!!" I shot up, my heart beating fast and fire blazing from my fists.

"We've got a problem." Alissa said, breathing heavy. She took in my appearance and calmed down slightly. I sat up straighter and scooted out of the now deserted bed and stood. I walked past her, not wanting to shine light on the fact that I slept with my parents like I was still a pup.

"And what's wrong?" I asked, trying to blink the grogginess out of my eyes and setting my mind to a place where I was still asleep and nothing was wrong.... so basically, to another life.

"Isabel and her family is here." I stopped in my tracks, dread and fear flooding me.

"What?" My voice was hollow as my mind raced. Was it a joke, something to wake me up. Was she finally getting me back for putting hot sauc in her cheerios.

"She snuck in through the portal somehow, one of them that were located in another ghetto. There's about to be a bloodshed on the main level and she's in the middle of it."

"And you didn't think to wake me up earlier?!" I yelled and bolted, running fast and hard cursing whatever god and goddess that brought her here.

Yelling and screaming greeted me as I skidded onto the main level, Izzy held her siblings close to her but she kept her stature strong. I cursed mentally and brought air to me, I flew above them and moved to stand in front of Izzy.

"Back. Off!" Most quieted but still glared at Izzy through me. They were scared, mothers held their childre and males held their mates.

"I can handle it." Izzy mumbled, but I ignored her and took a step forward.

"I understand the fear, it's both reasonable and perfectly acceptable. But she... she's safe. Been with me since birth. She's not like the others-"

"They'll find her!" A mother hissed, cradling her baby close to her chest, her eyes bright with fear and loathing. "They'll find her, then find us and all of this is for what?"

"If you claim this is for our safety, if this is meant to save us... give her up." I stared at them all and crossed my arms.

"Never, have I ever had more faith in the humans than I had in you. We always kept our humanity intact. So, tell me, how do you propose that I give her up. I'm sure you don't mean that I pop her back up there? No, you all want to kill her and her family. You all want to rip her open and tear her apart, limb from limb, just like she shredded your lives apart. You want revenge, and you'll take that from her and her family.... And what does that say about you all? How much of your humanity will you have left after that? How much better will you be? In this moment, in this exact instant you all disgust me. She stays, her family stays. And if any of you lay one finger, spell, or element at her family you'll be met by me." I turned to face Izzy and glared, she looked down. I looked to her oungest sibling, Zena nd winked.

"Stay out of trouble." I walked through the crowd and sniffed my way to the main food hall.

Izzy ran after grabbing my arm and spinning me around, I kept my temper down and crossed my arms.

"It's not my fault, they wanted us to come here. They felt like we would be safer with you guys than with them."

"Your parents sent you here, and you came willingly? Are you fucking crazy!?"

"It gave us a chance, Luna. You see that, right? Please don't be mad."

"You want me to just take this sitting down? You were about to create an uprising, they need to be united now more than ever. You coming here, all of you coming here.... you're stirring things up and everything is pretty stirred up already."