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.

will go back to when it all began when everything was perfectly fine. When I was happy and content with my mother. I didn’t expect things to change overnight, but that’s just how

would have mentioned it if your mother had told you… but… I had a brother, he was a few years

gasps, and I try to remain emotionless. “No, Mom’s never mentioned that.” She murmurs. “So,

name was Adam, and

(FLASHBACK TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO)

walk through the silent

away on a business trip and was not set to return until Friday, but after sealing the deal early; I was able to

wait to spend the 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 table and the

party. I sniff the air. I can

in town? Maybe she changed her plans because he showed up. I take off my jacket and put my small suitcase down,

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

hasn’t found his mate, nor had he taken a Luna of choice, preferring his bachelor

is open, and I pop my

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

moans getting louder and sickening. I recognise

away Hugh, what you don’t

The lamp is on, bathing the master bedroom in a warm

Melanie is on all fours on

frozen for a moment as she begs him to fuck her harder like ‘last time’. I

mate is cheating on me. My brother betrayed me. Silently I make my way back downstairs, I grab

(END OF FLASHBACK)

mother cheat 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 begun, I

both looked me in the eye as if nothing was wrong. I couldn’t bring myself to tell them I knew… and so I didn’t. I kept it in. I went

hand on my back, but

She’s my daughter… regardless…

with the help of a doctor, at one of her check-ups I had a small amount of amniotic fluid drawn from her without her knowing and

Zaia whispers,

I grip the window ledge. “Knowing I was the father,

I turn to her, guilt filling me. I’m causing her additional stress. As her father, I should be the

I say quietly, touching her cheek. She looks down, and she

her eyes glittering with tears.

the bond 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 give her

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