The Hunted Wolf – Chapter 22
ADIRA
“Baylee,” I said when she opened the door. Baylee was the luna’s assistant, and she was always around when I was younger. I always liked her. She was kind to me, even when my mother asked her to scold me.
Baylee’s eyes were wide with shock. “Adira. What are you doing here?”
s after all.
panicked look in her eyes. “Um, but you’re not supposed-”
I said, cutting her off before she said the words I dreaded. “I need to see my mother. Please tell her I’m here.”
pulled her lips as she decided what to do. “I can’t promise she’ll agree to see you.”
time to face my mother, and I wasn’t going to run.
tay here. I’ll be back.” She shut the door, leaving Mark and I on the porch by ourselves.
is fingers into mi
l my nerves buzzing beneath the surface, and it was taking all of my focus to stop that energy from surfacing.
t now.
f.
he’ll-”
me out when I was sixteen. Cain, on the other hand, is my father, and I need to talk to you about him.”
came out. She closed her mouth and swallowed hard. Finally, she said, “Follow me. Quickly.”
uch, but the smallest things were different. There were more plants here than before, and some of the paintings on the walls were new. It made it feel like I no longer belonged in the memory, because it was no longer mine.
asn’t ready to sit.
omeone seeing us.
for us to join her.
her, wondering how someone who looked so much like me could be nothing like me.
d you come here?” my mother prompted when I didn’t say anythin
am,” I said. “Cain told me about how you two were a couple until you got pregnant. I know I’m not a pureblooded werewolf.”
d. “Why would he tell you th
bubble up.
ying to protect you,” she defended.
y sixteen protecting me?”
of the truth. He doesn’t know that you are part sorcerer, but I told him that you weren’t his daughter.
really were.”
t all I heard was fear and excuses.
im to kick me out,” I whispered as that statement truly settled in. “It was you who convinced him to tell your own daughter to leave and never come back or she’d be killed. That’s not the
ain my composure just a little.
e about me.”
. You’re just a child,” my mother
mother said to me right now would fix the way she treated me.
ely find my voice. “If you loved him so much, then why did you choose to protect me? It would have been be
t that simple. That prophecy about you, if it was true, then that would mean the world was in danger if your true nature came out. If you really are the Daughter of Moon and Magic, then we ha
story, and I finally understood why she treated me the way she did al
as found me, no thanks to you.” I turned to Mark. “Come on. Let’s go. I think we’re done here.”
. “What do you mean he found
door, but when I heard Mark sp
. I can’t even imagine how she turned out the way she did with you raising her, because she is not only strong and independent, but she also cares about those around her deeply. I hope you regret your decisions.”
heading straight for the front door. I was in complete shock at what he said
time I saw Luna Freya, and while part of me was sad at the thought, I didn’t care at the moment. I hadn’t had a relationship with my mother in a long time, and she made her decisions clear today.
ding on the other side, looking shocked that the door opened so suddenly. His hair was a ligh
ng against my chest.