The Wolf God's Unwanted Luna

Chapter 127: The Price of Power

I rolled my eyes, but parted my lips anyway. The moment the cake touched my tongue, a surprised moan slipped from my mouth. Rich, decadent, and somehow better cold than warm. My eyes lit up as I bounced lightly in his lap from pure excitement.

"Oh my goddess," I mumbled around the bite, "this is so good."

I didn’t notice until too late that Zaliver had gone completely still beneath me.

"Are you trying to give me blue balls?" he growled through clenched teeth. "Because if you are, congratulations. It’s working."

I froze mid-bounce, laughter bubbling in my throat. I reached for the fork, but he angled it out of my reach, grinning like a predator toying with its prey.

"Nope. I’m feeding you," he said smugly, offering another bite.

I gave in. Honestly, I was too comfortable in his lap to argue, and that cake... It deserved genuine praise.

"This is amazing," I said after another mouthful, leaning back against him. "I think I’m in love with this cake."

I closed my eyes, letting the sweetness linger as I smiled to myself. But when I opened them again, I found Zaliver staring down at me, his gaze intense and unreadable.

He leaned in and brushed his lips softly across the corner of my mouth, then the other, before pressing a tender kiss to my lips. I barely had time to react before he whispered against my skin:

"Only the cake?"

"And what did you say?" Hannah leaned forward, her eyes wide with curiosity.

Courtney and Mila mirrored her exact movement, eagerly waiting for my answer, while Mark just rolled his eyes like this whole conversation was beneath him. Across the room, Luke and Johnson paused mid-card game, both looking over at me expectantly. I guess it wasn’t every day you got to listen in on the awkward love life of someone tied to a godlike supernatural Alpha.

I tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear, then pulled my knees up to my chest and hugged them tightly, trying to make myself as small as humanly possible.

"I didn’t say anything," I muttered.

"What?" Hannah nearly screeched in disbelief.

I heard Mark shift beside her, probably preparing for more secondhand embarrassment.

"His question caught me completely off guard," I mumbled, the memory still fresh and painfully mortifying. "I... choked. On the cake in my mouth."