A Broken Luna novel Chapter 4

He led me outside which was a back garden where most of the kids played. It was a big and spacious garden. Most of the kids who were playing outside looked at us. They waved to Kaden, in which he waved back. Something told me that nothing in this house was small. Everything seemed to indicate that this was a mansion. He showed me a bathroom too, which wasn't huge but wasn't small. We headed up onto the first floor which had many bedrooms which held the children's and teenagers' bedrooms and two bathrooms. None of the rooms had a built in bathroom, unlike the huge room I stayed in. The first floor also had a playroom for the kids. The second floor was where the adults' rooms were. Their rooms had built in bathrooms. Well, a couple. Not all of them did. There was also two bathrooms on this floor too.

We reached the third floor. "Now this? This is all ours, and that's our room," he says, as we walk into the room. I recognise it as the one I've been ending up in. Woah. I've been staying in his bed. "Do you like it?"

"It's beautiful," I say, not being able to lie. The room was truly beautiful, and definitely magnificent. Too bad I'm leaving.

"If you're not comfortable, we don't have to stay in the same bed. I can sleep on the couch," he suggests, pointing to it. "Oh! My office is also on this floor too. No one is allowed on this floor unless it's you or I, and unless they have permission from you or I. Alright?"

"Okay, but why?"

"This is our private floor. Always been like that I suppose. Oh, there's also somewhere else I have to show you." He opens the door and I walk out, waiting for him so I could follow him. He led us downstairs and en to the basement. "This is the basement and it's where we keep prisoners." We got to a steel door which had a number pad. "Strictly speaking, you're allowed in here but o don't want you in here. These prisoners are vicious, and I don't want you getting hurt. So, I won't be telling you the code."

"Oh," I didn't know why, but I felt slightly upset.

"Don't look upset," he says, lifting up my chin. "You're fragile, and you need protecting. I'm just protecting you from the monsters in there."

"But aren't we monsters too?"

"Yes, but they're the monstrous of the monsters," he replies with, turning me around by my shoulders and placing a hand on my back. "Now come on, let's go." He pushes me slightly with his hand, making me move up the stairs. He then locks the basement and smiles to me. "Now, care to tell me about yourself, love?"

Yikes, not really.

"Is that a problem?" I shook my head, I'm leaving anyway. "My parents are dead, hence why I've taken over. My father was killed four years ago and then my mother died because of heartbreak. I took over when my father died, as my mother wasn't in the right state of mind to run a pack. I grew up an only child and-"

"I was an only child too," I find myself telling him.

"See, we've got something in common," he happily says. "Tell me more about yourself. What was it like being in your pack?"

Horrible. "Great." I hated it there. "I loved it there." He looked at me weirdly and narrowed his eyes slightly like he was trying to decipher something. He opened his mouth to say something but refrained, making me frown. "Say it," I demand.

He sighs before opening his mouth to speak. "If you loved your pack, why are you a rogue?" Oh yeah. I felt myself starting to sweat from the nerves. I felt like one of those people who are sitting in a chair with a spotlight on them whilst being questioned. It's a horrible feeling. My palms were starting to get clammy too and I kept rubbing them together. I didn't like this. It was one question, kind of, and I was already freaking out.