Chapter 98 – The Moon Wolf

“After all these meetings and talks, I’d like to be holed up in a room with my mate without any interference or disturbance”, Jasmine said in my head. “Me too, Jas./Me too”, I replied to her. “Glad that I’m not the only one that feels that way”, Adrian said in my head and I mentally facepalmed. I forget to put up my block every motherf**king time.

He came in just as I finished up the thoughts in my head. Lyla and Avianca looked at each other but they didn’t say anything and I became slightly red.

“I can move around now, right?” I asked when it was getting a bit awkward in the room. “I feel perfectly fine”, I said. “Yeah, you can move around now. I only used that to get Mom off your back”, Adrian said, the look in his eyes intense and I could feel myself getting heated up.

Jeez, this is not the time for this! I screamed internally. “Exactly, we’ll have enough time later”, his voice rang in my head again. I subtly looked at him but he didn’t seem affected one bit, yet, he was making me lose focus with his words.

“Adrian is here now, you can talk about how you escaped”, Lyla prompted me. Avianca glared at her and she looked away sheepishly. “What if she doesn’t want to relive the trauma?” Avianca chastised her and she started sniffling.

Her pregnancy hormones are definitely all over the place, I said to myself.

I looked at both of their faces before looking towards Adrian. His eyes searched mine and I saw a lot of questions in them before I heard his voice in my head.

“You don’t have to force yourself to talk now, baby. You can take your time and talk to us whenever you’re ready”, he said in my head and I sent him a grateful smile. His soft words and that simple gesture of not forcing me to talk warmed my heart and I was reminded of how Fay must have felt being mistreated by her mate.

“It’s fine, babe. I’ll need to say it at some point, I might as well get it over and done with now”, I said to him. Lyla readjusted on her seat and even Avianca looked so eager to hear what I had to say even though she chastised Lyla earlier.

Adrian came to sit beside me on the bed and held my hand in his to silently show his support. It’s okay, it’s fine. You’re back in Crescent moon now, you don’t have to be scared. You’ve got this. I gave myself a mental pep talk before opening my mouth to speak.

“Fay saved me”, I said and they all looked at me like I had grown another head. Even Adrian looked at me like I had lost it and I sighed internally.

Yeah guys, I didn’t believe it at first either, I thought to myself.

“Fay, as in the Fay that was in this pack?” Lyla asked from where she sat and I nodded. “The same one that tried to take your position? The same one that tried to take your mate? The same one that almost killed Adrian while trying to harm you?” Avianca asked rapidly, her voice rising with every question and I nodded.

“Yes guys, that Fay. She sacrificed herself to allow me escape that hellhole”, I said, my voice breaking slightly when I remembered how I had cowardly ran away instead of making sure we both left there alive.

“You know that’s not true, Lola”, Jasmine said in my head. “It wasn’t a cowardly move. We wouldn’t have been able to survive together. She knew that and she still went ahead to lay down her life for us”, she said but it did not make me feel any better.

“What exactly happened, baby? Adrian said from beside me and I took a deep breath before I started speaking.

“Damon is Fay’s mate”, I said and they all looked at me confused. “Who’s Damon?” Lyla asked. “The rogue king”, I replied and Lyla shrugged. “They deserve each other”, Avianca piped up but I shook head in disagreement.

my “No woman deserves that kind of bastard”, I seethed as I remembered how they paraded girls in exchange for money. How he’s willing to go to any length just to have a taste of powers that will not last him forever.

“Serena! I need Serena here. There’s something I must ask her, there’s something I need to confirm”, I turned to Adrian and he must have seen the urgency in my eyes because he picked his phone and dialed her number immediately.

“Hello, Alpha. I was wondering when the Luna would summon me”, she said immediately she picked up. “I’d be there in a minute”, she hung up after that and a knock was heard outside the door a moment later.

Serena entered and bowed before us. I detached myself from Adrian and stood up to meet her. Even though the aura of the person before me was different, I still had doubts that she was fooling me.

“Welcome back, Luna”, she bowed slightly before me. “Something tells me that you have important news for me, may I know what it is?” She asked.

“Alysia”, I said and her eyes widened in shock before she moved away from me slightly. “What about Aly “No, no, no”, she kept chanting while I looked at her in amazement. I’ve never seen Serena lose her cool before so it was new territory for me and everyone else that was in the room.

“She can’t be alive”, she said while shaking her head, “I killed her myself”. The whole room went silent after her declaration.

Lola’s POV

Serena’s breathing quickened as we all stared at her in shock. I had never seen the stoic witch get shocked, not to talk to her getting into a panic mode. Adrian was the first one to break out of the trance and he stood up from where he was sitting to lead Serena into a chair.

As he led her from me, I followed their movement with my eyes and I couldn’t shake off the green eyed monster that reared its ugly head at the sight of my mate touching another woman that is not me.

Get a f**king grip, Lola. I chastised myself and had a mini pep talk with Jasmine about my mate being mine and mine alone. “I promise you that you’re the only one I ever want to touch in an intimate way”, Adrian’s voice rang in my head and I was able to anchor myself back into the present.

I chalked my mini episode to the encounter I had with Serena’s alleged sister and assured myself that no one is taking my man from me before I went over to where Serena was seated, still hyperventilating.

“You need to take deep breaths”, I told her as I held her hands in mine and gently rubbed reassuring circles over them, “it’s fine, it’s fine. You’re fine”, I kept whispering to her till the tremors racking her b*dy finally stopped and she was breathing normally.

“Are you sure that you saw Alysia?” She asked me with urgency in her voice and I slowly nodded my head, wondering what is actually happening and why she seemed so shocked to hear about her sister.

“We’re fucked”, she whispered but we all heard her anyways. I looked around the room and Lyla and Avianca wore matching looks of shock on their faces. If we were not discussing a serious matter, I’d have laughed.

“You need to tell us what’s going on, Serena”, Adrian said to her gently. She looked at me and I nodded at her. “Before I can actually go on with my own side of the story. We need to know exactly who Alysia is”.

At my words, she nodded before she spoke again, “you’re right. You’re right. I need to know where I went wrong”, she said while nodding her head. It was like she was trying to comfort herself.

A cup of water was passed to her and I sent Avianca a grateful smile which she returned with one of her own: Serena downed the water in a go and took a deep breath before she started speaking.

“Alysia was my twin before I took her life”, she said and I became light headed. “But I saw her and she did not look dead to me at all”, I said.

“Let me start from the beginning”, she said and her eyes glazed over like she was in a trance.

“Alysia and I were born to our mother, Leticia, who happened to be the most powerful witch in our coven. We were pampered and highly respected as twins were very revered and regarded the highest gifts that can be bestowed onto a coven by the gods. Mother would tell us that we were going to be great witches and that we’d be the best in the whole of the kingdom”, she said.

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