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Luna Ryley
I met Aspen at the bottom of the stairs by the front door. I know ke told me to stay but this was my
mother and I should be the one dealing with it, not ke. And as much as I wish I didn’t have to face
my past, it was time. It was time for answers.
“Mom?” Aspen grabbed my arm when I walked towards the door.
“It’s okay, sweetie,” I reassured him. He nodded before opening the door and stepping out before me.
He was protecting me and the act brought tears to my eyes. I’m supposed to be protecting him. He’s
my
pup.
My mother was crying as I walked down the stairs and into ke’s arms. It was like looking at a ghost
as I watched her cry and plead with me to talk to her. But when she called me Evelyn something
snapped.
“I haven’t been Evelyn in a very long time.”
“Sweetie, I know you’re upset and you have every right to be but there is so much that you don’t know.
Please just let me exin?” She begged. I looked behind her to see Eli leaning against a car.
“You’re right, you do need to exin. But it all could have waited You didn’t have toe to my house
and make a scene.” I told her.
“This isn’t your home and these wolves aren’t your family. We are. Now, it’s time toe home and
lead our pack “My mother said and ke growled. I stared at my mother, the stranger in front of me.
Connor was doing a good job at keeping her back and I was thankful.
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“Please give Gamma Connor your contact information and I will contact you when I’m ready,” I turned
towards the house with ke’s fingersced with mine. Our boys were watching from the porch.
“Evelyn, you were never his first choice. How can you pick him over your blood? Over the people who
raised you?” She shouted. Rage reced shock as I whipped around and everyone took a step back.
Even without Lily, I could feel my aura thundering out of me.
“I would never expect ke to choose me over his fated mate. He lost her and if there was a way for
me to go back in time to save her I would. Not just for him but for Aspen. Even if I had to give up
everything I have with him now. I still wouldn’t hesitate to give him back his fate. My fated mate might
have been a disaster but his was perfect. And family isn’t always blood. You may be my mother but you
are a stranger. So, no, I’m not leaving my family and home. Now leave.” I growled. My mother gasped
but I refused to care.
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“What do you think your father would say about how you are acting? You are a North.” She retorted.
“My father is dead. And I’m standing up for my family and my pack. I don’t know if you realize this.
Mother but I thought you were dead. For thest eighteen years, I haven’t had a pack. Did none of you
look for me?” I eximed.
“If so many people lived, then why did no onee to find me? Do you have any idea how terrified I
was? I had no one and I believed the person I loved killed everyone I cared about!” I screamed. My
body was trembling as ke wrapped his arms around me. I closed my eyes, breathing in his scent to
calm me.
“Stormy, things didn’t go as nned,” Eli said, stepping beside my
mother.
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“I order you not to say another word, Eli,” my mother growled.
“If you don’t tell her then I will. She should have been included in this from the beginning.” He retorted.
“Eli, what isn’t she telling me?” I asked him, ignoring my mother’s
threat.
“Your father’s alive.” Eli didn’t finish as my knees buckled. ke caught me, holding me tightly against
his chest.
“Stormy, I’m sorry. I didn’t agree with the n but I was ordered not to speak a word.” He rushed out as
tears streamed down my face. He tried to approach, but Connor pushed him back.
“He handed over the pack,” I whispered, trying to put the pieces together.
“Dad, what does that mean?” Aspen asked ke.
“Evelyn, your father did what he did to protect me from my mate and council.”
“You’re his fated mate.” I gasped and she shook her head.
“Being a Luna wolf isn’t always a blessing, baby girl. Alpha wolves are cruel and sometimes it leaves
us no other option.” She defended. My chest constricted painfully as I tried to breathe. There was so
much 1 didn’t know or understand about what happened to my pack that fateful night.
“Baby, look at me,” ke took hold of one of my cheeks so I would look at him. His other arm was
holding me from copsing to the ground.
“Breathe, Baby, you need to breathe. I’m not going anywhere and
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neither are you. I won’t let you go,” he leaned his forehead against mine. His words had me able to
take in a much–needed breath.
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“Alpha, you won’t have a choice if her second chancees knocking. Alpha’s will go mad without
their Lunas.” My mother said. My attention snapped to her.
“Then it’s a good thing she has already found hers,” Channing spoke.
“Evelyn, is this true?” She gasped. My mind was racing with all this new information and I couldn’t think
straight. I needed a moment to figure this out.
“ke is my second chance. And even if he wasn’t, I love him. Nothing you have to say is going to
change the way I feel about him. He and our boys are my home and I’m not going anywhere.” I
proimed.
“Evelyn, please,” she pleaded.
“It’s Rylev, mother. Evelyn died a long time ago. Now, it’ste and our boys have school in the morning.
Gamma Connor will see you and your pack out.” ke scooped me up without another word and
followed our boys into the house. I still had so many questions but mentally, I couldn’t take anymore. I
may never be ready for their answers. I knew this wasn’t over and the thought of seeing my father
again had my stomach twisting painfully.
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