I Am The Luna

Chapter 62

HUGH. I look across at her. My head is bursting with incessant throbbing. I have drunk far too much, but even then; it was not enough to drown out the suffering within my mind.

The turmoil of the past and present mix into one bubbling stew that is ready to explode. What exactly did I do for the world and the Goddess if she is up there to work against me time and time again? “Dad…”

She brings me from my train of thought, and I suck in a slow breath as I look at her. She is nothing like her mother. I am truly proud of her.

“There’s far too much to share, Zaia.” “I’m ready to hear it. You have been here for me father, let me be here for you.”

I sigh heavily. Never have I felt so tired of carrying these secrets. “The beginning,” I say as I tug free from her hold and stand up. “The beginning…”

I walk towards the window and stare out at the moon. Do I tell her? There is so much that this might change…

“Zaia… there is no turning back from here. If I tell you the truth, then-”

“I’m ready for it,” I say quietly. Am I wrong to tell her? But if something happens to me… she should know the reality.

“Very well then, I swear that everything I say is nothing but the truth. But I want you to remember that regardless of what I tell you, it should not affect the way you see things and… it remains between us.”

“Ok…” She sounds worried and I look up at the moon. It’s glowing brightly, almost soothing

It’s time to share the burden that has been on my mind for years. The mistakes I’ve made, the betrayal I was dealt, the sins I’ve committed… it is all becoming too much.

expect things to change overnight, but

probably don’t know this, since I’m certain you would have mentioned it if your mother had told you… but… I had a brother, he was a few years

and I try to remain emotionless. “No, Mom’s never mentioned that.” She murmurs. “So, she didn’t.” I can’t help but smile

was Adam, and

(FLASHBACK TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO)

are they? I walk through the

the evening with friends? I was away on a business trip and was not set to return

evening with her

not even 10 pm yet. Where is

pause in the archway to the lounge, spotting the two glasses of wine on the

I sniff the air. I can

because he showed up. I take off my jacket and put my small suitcase down, loosening my

wanted to get back quickly. I head upstairs to find her. I’m halfway down the hall to our bedroom when I stop outside the

firstborn, he hasn’t found his mate, nor had he taken a Luna

and I pop my head inside

heart thuds as I slowly step closer, fear clawing at me as a heavy weight

moans getting louder and sickening. I recognise that voice. I’ve heard it far

you don’t see, you don’t

The lamp is on, bathing the

that I will never forget. Melanie is on all fours on our bed as none other than Adam, my brother, is

him to fuck her harder like ‘last time’. I turn away as my entire world crashes down around

me. Silently I make my way back downstairs, I grab my jacket and

(END OF FLASHBACK)

on me with my brother. I was always the one doing the workload… the boring one… of course, they’d all prefer him. She gasps, but now that I’ve

knew… and so I didn’t. I kept it in. I went through grief, regret,

stop when she places a hand on my back, but I can’t

She’s my daughter… regardless…

a doctor, at one of her check-ups I had a small amount of amniotic fluid drawn from her without her knowing and then I had it tested

whispers,

say quietly. Her heart is thumping, and I grip the window ledge. “Knowing I was the

me. I’m causing her additional stress. As her father, I should be the pillar

looks down, and she reminds me of the child that was

asks, her eyes glittering with tears. “Adam.” I sigh before turning

er in her ways and return to me. That this pregnancy would bring us closer. I made sure to give her attention and love. Yet… they didn’t stop

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