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.

I didn’t expect things to change overnight, but that’s just how life deals its blows… When you

have mentioned it if your mother had told

Mom’s never mentioned that.” She murmurs. “So, she

hurt? I nod slowly. “Well… his name was Adam, and he was

(FLASHBACK TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO)

walk through the silent

and was not set to

the evening with her and surprise her, she’ll be happy

even 10 pm yet. Where is

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

the air. I

plans because he showed up. I take off my jacket and

get back quickly. I head upstairs to find her. I’m halfway down the hall to our bedroom when I stop outside the guest room, which Adam

had he taken a Luna

to the guestroom is open, and I pop my head inside but it’s

my ears. My heart thuds as I slowly step closer, fear clawing at me as a heavy weight settles in the pit of my stomach. Maybe

close to my room; the moans getting louder and sickening. I recognise that voice. I’ve heard it far

Hugh, what you don’t

Leave. But no, I have to know. The lamp is on, bathing the master bedroom in a warm glow,

before me is one that I will never forget. Melanie is on all fours on our bed as none other than Adam,

harder like ‘last time’. I

cheating on me. My brother betrayed me. Silently I make my way

(END OF FLASHBACK)

the one doing the workload… the boring one… of course, they’d all

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

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

She’s my daughter… regardless…

expecting that and after what happened I wanted to know if the child was even mine… and so with the help of a doctor, at one of her check-ups I had a small amount of amniotic fluid

whispers, sounding

you are my daughter…” I say quietly. Her heart is thumping, and I grip the window ledge. “Knowing I was the father, I decided to try to give it

I turn to her, guilt filling me. I’m causing her additional stress. As her

quietly, touching her cheek. She looks down, and she reminds me of the child that was constantly pulled between us. I have failed one

is he now?” she asks, her eyes glittering with tears. “Adam.” I sigh before

of fated mates would be beautiful, that she’d soon see the er in her ways and return to me. That this pregnancy would bring us closer. I made sure to

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