Chapter 84

Eva

The new place was dusty and impossible to live in.

Before we settled, we had to clean. Everyone got their hands dirty and helped make the space beneath the ground more hospitable.

I was dead exhausted by the time we were done. I couldn’t even move my legs as soon as I collapsed on top of the mattress we placed in the office space, which was the space Nox and I would be occupying for the time being.

It wasn’t fair to the others that we got to get some privacy and they didn’t, but he was the Alpha of Ghost Moon, and technically, I was the Luna.

If we couldn’t get a few privileges, then what was the point?

I waited for him in the dark. He showed a few hours later, exhaling sharply as he closed the door. He sank onto the mattress next to me, a groan leaving his lips.

“Nox?” I said.

He turned his head to face me. “You’re awake?”

“I was waiting for you,” I told him.

I felt his warm hand on my cheek and sighed contentedly. These were the moments that made all of this worth it. I h