#Chapter 134 – Family is Everything

The ride home that afternoon, with everyone packed into the van is…awkward. I grimace, leaning back against Victor as I survey the variety of emotions that I see on everyone’s faces. Rafe looks just plain ill, leaning his head back against his headrest, gritting his teeth against the pain that runs through his body every time the packed van hits a bump or a pothole. His chest is wrapped tightly with bandages, the Beta medic recommending he be checked immediately for broken ribs. Next to him, Bridgette is anxious, worried, miserable. She stares at Rafe, eager to help his every need, but no knowing, precisely, how. My heart goes out to her, then. I wonder if Rafe chose her as his luna not only for her beauty and simplicity, but because he knew he could control her. As a beta-born girl posing as alpha-born, he would certainly have the upper hand in the relationship. But in moments like this, when Bridgette’s knowledge of the life and rights of a Luna could have helped him, his ch