Tattooed Luna novel (Kristen and Alec) novel Chapter 228

Chapter 0228
“Good.” Alec nodded his head. “I will call Penny and Emmy and have them get with Beckham and start the hacking.”
“What’s going on in your mind?” Peter was looking at me with a raised eyebrow.
“At what point do we just take a step back and see how things unfold?” I said with a little frustration. “I’m not new to this and battle doesn’t bother me but at what point do we…. just stop.”
Alec looked at me with confusion. “What do you mean?”
“Rushing into something could make us make mistakes. We already blew up the wrong building. Our next move needs to be calculated, impactful and precise. We know Rip is a threat. What if he is waiting for us to make a mistake? All I’m saying is…. we need to be sure of our next move and make it count. Mistakes is what causes people die.”
Immediately, I started to feel ashamed. Maybe that was something I should have said to Alec privately. No one said a word but looked at their pizza and ate in/silence. It was just that I had a bad feeling about doing something quickly and didn’t want to make another mistake. That would make us look incompetent. Feeling rather exposed and unsure, I stood up to leave and retreat back to our room.
“Where are you going?” Henry asked, quickly.
“Oh, ummm…..” It caught me off guard.
“What does it matter? She is the luna and can do whatever she feels, Henry! You need to learn when to
keep your mouth shut!” Paul chastised Henry. He put his head down in shame.
“Where are you going?” Alec asked, looking at me. “I still have a few questions on what you think is best
for a timeline.”
Shock filled me as Alec gave me a half smile. It was like he knew exactly why I felt the way I did and called me out on it without giving me away to everyone. “The restroom.” It was the first thing that came to my mind.
“I’ll go give Emmy a call then.” Jasper said as he stood up and followed me out. As soon as we were out of the room, Jasper stopped me. “You didn’t need to use the restroom.” It was a statement, not a
question
“I do, too!” I said defensively,
“Not according to Alec.” Jasper gave me a knowing smile
“Fine. No one said a word after I said that last part. Maybe I should have said that privately to Alec.” I was feeling more and more comfortable opening up to Jasper. He was starting to feel like an adopted brother
to me.
“Kris, you said exactly what needed to be said. Their lives matter as much as the next person. No one wants to f uck up like we just did. Just saying that made each man in there respect you more. They know they aren’t expendable to you.” Jasper gave me a reassuring look.
“What, did Alec send you out here so it didn’t look obvious?”
“Partly and because I really do need to call Emmy. Just go back in there and be the amazing luna you are.” Jasper pulled out his phone and walked away from me, leaving me in the hallway.
After taking a few breaths, I walked back in there. They had resumed talking about what it meant to break into the telephone company and how to go about it. Alec glanced over at me as I walked back in but kept going on his conversation. It made it less focused on me, which I was glad for.
“…it can be done remotely. It’s not like we have to go into the wires and create an issue.” Alec said.
“Is that true, Luna?” Henry asked. “We don’t have to sneak onto the telephone company’s business and put something onto a wire?”
“Have you been watching Oceans 11 or something?” I asked, trying to make a joke of it. “No, we can do everything without leaving here.”
“Hopefully, Beckham can.” Alec said.
Which reminded me. “Jasper! Have you got ahold of Emmy?” I mind-linked him quickly.