Dangerous Desires Novel

77 What Happened in Neev 

Luke. 

“Are we family?” was the first question that escaped my lips, and Ummul nodded and looked at her daughter. She sighed and seemed reluctant to speak but then decided to do so. Ummul held my hand tightly and pleaded with me to sit next to her. Mike brought me a chair, and I sat beside her, still holding my hands. 

“My mother is your grandmother’s younger sister. It is your grandfather that is from Eastwood. Your grandmother is from Neev. That is where you get your thick dark hair and beard from,” Amirah said, and I was surprised at her words 

“If we are related, why was your mother my mother’s maid?” I asked, and Amirah got angry. 

“That is a big lie. When your mother gave birth to you, we had to go and care for both of you. It is our tradition in Neev. If her mother was alive, it would be your grandmother that would go instead. My mother isn’t a servant,” Amirah growled, and I was surprised. 

“I can’t believe you are my family,” I said, and she nodded. 

“Then why did you abandon me when my mother died. Did you know the horror I went through in Stacy’s hands ?” I asked Ummul, and tears began to fall from her eyes again. 

“It was beyond our capacity to request for you at the time your mother passed away,” Amirah said, and Ummul shook her head, and she stopped talking. 

know the truth. I want to know what happened to my mother and why you never reached out if we are family,”

signs with her hand, and her

keeping you away from us,” Ummul said and composed

they still have a vendetta against him.

what we are about to tell you, but that is our truth,” She

loved him. We knew the Moons had fallen on hard times financially then, and we suspected Aesop was only after Chloe because she was a Renshaw. Renshaws owned the Eastwood pack, and your mother was the next in line for the Alpha position. She was a powerful one too. She was smitten by Aesop, and they eloped. The Renshaws were angry but soon

after your grandfather. Alpha Luke was sick around that time and your grandmother had passed away,

marriage flourished, but Chloe was finding it difficult to conceive, and Aesop began

find Dome women willing to do the job. They would have gone to Dome, but it wasn’t a safe place and did not have good hospitals. My mother and I lived in Neev then, and when we found out what they had come to do, she kicked against it. Chloe did not want it, but Aesop had mounted so much pressure on her that she had no choice but to suggest it. When they arrived, he used that opportunity to cheat and started sleeping with loose women. They were supposed to get a surrogate, not a mistress. By then, Aesop had lots of women from Dome that he was dating, and he lavished them

to Luke Moon. She said she wanted to name her son after her father so her father’s name would not die. She also wrote a will with a strict clause that banned your father from manipulating the shares, either from sales or transfer. If anything happened to her, he was to only take care of the assets until you were of age,” she said, and I knew she was telling

was my mother,” she said and went to

were clear. She said if anything happened to her, we should take you from your father and help you manage the asset until

If she ever saw the man in person, I am sure she could easily kill him, but he was in the shadows. He called her and left warning notes. She first thought Aesop had hired someone to kill her, but she later found out he had nothing to do with it. When she confronted him about the women he was screwing, he promised her he had ended it before they left Neev. Aesop launched an investigation to find the culprits, but it yielded nothing. By then, Chloe had separated the wealth and Aesop was only entitled to allowances for the work he did for Diamond corp. She said he wouldn’t use her money to cheat on her. Aesop was okay with her decision and never protested. He maintained that he wasn’t seeing anyone, but the trust had been broken. Then she gave birth to you. A strong baby with a Key mark, and all was forgiven. Aesop doted on her, and she was his

to care for you and Chloe. I went with her, and we were treated well, but Aesop did not like us. He claimed my

cheated, we would never know, but he regretted it, and he was always afraid that we were coming to convince her to leave him. That was far from it, of course. My mother was glad they had moved on, and she only came to care for you. When you were two years old, Life in Woodclaw City became tedious for your mother, and she sank into depression. Aesop did all he could to bring her out of