I Am The Luna

I can hear them talking. There's a window open somewhere, but I remain where I am, smoking my cigarette.

"...joining us?" Zaia's faint voice reaches me.

"No," Valerie's voice comes.

"Oh..." "Sorry," Valerie's quiet voice comes.

"Don't be. He has every right to do what feels best for him," Hugh says.

He could have been the one dead... Jai could have been alive and with Valerie... I push the intruding thought away. Seeing him had brought those memories back with vengeance. What if he had been the one I managed to kill? Not knowing the truth, if I killed him, would I have regretted it? But then again, I have done enough to fuel the demons within my mind.

"Dad, is everything alright?" Zaia asks.

"Yes, however, life is short... and so, with your blessing of course, Atticus... I want to ask Shelby to marry me," Hugh's voice comes. "I mean, I have had this conversation with you, Atticus, a while back, but I hope it still stands, even if her health is not at its best. I still want her to be my wife." There are a few gasps.

"Hot diggedy!" The Menace exclaims as Valerie and Zaia sound excited as they kind of, squeal? Sounds like that anyway.

Women can be weird...

asks, clearly waiting for his

loves to collect sisters anyway, he and Zaia would make amazing siblings," Sebastian

hasn't changed

"Sebastian!" Zaia scolds lightly.

you wouldn't mind being her stepbrother?" "No," Atticus replies. "It's not every day you find the right one. I wish you and Mom all the happiness in the world." He's acting weird. He has been pretty much all day. I pause as I tilt my head up sharply, staring

distracted

Adriana...

in that direction. What the actual fuck? That... posh dude with Adriana? No, that's a bad fucking match. But who am I to question that shit whenand Val are worlds apart? Then why did she leave?

treat my pack

"If things don't go as planned... I think it would be a tyou can all hold on. Memories are precious," Sebastian says quietly. They are... if

do love her, and I would love to make her my wife. Thank you, Atticus." "So, if she accepts, will you marry soon?"

Valerie growls, making Zaia chuckle softly

your issue?" "Daddy has many

small dinner. I don't want her to exhaust herself," Hugh

if she agrees, of course," Atticus

a small thing in the house and make sure she can

and maybe she'll be healed by

you even be part of that conversation? I hear the front