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. 

the truth. I want to know what happened to my mother and why you never reached

some signs with her hand, and her lips quivered with

father is an idiot and a fool for keeping you away from us,” Ummul said and composed herself

trust these people completely. Besides, you do not know. Maybe they still have a vendetta against him. You have to be careful,” Caleb

care if you believe what we are about to tell you, but that is our truth,” She said, and I

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 accepted because the Moon bloodline was the most prestigious. Their union made it possible for

you were named after your grandfather. Alpha Luke was sick around that time and your grandmother had passed

he let them be. The marriage flourished, but Chloe was finding it difficult

never conceived. According to your mother, he was reluctant but soon gave in. They did not want anyone to know what they were doing, so they came to Neev to 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

leave the man, but she refused. She did not want her child to grow up in a broken home. So she stayed on. When she found out she was having a boy, she changed the name on her account and company shares 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

of which was my mother,” she said and

should take you from your father and help you manage the asset until you come of age.

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

I went with her, and we were treated well, but Aesop did not like us. He claimed my mother had come to wreck his marriage.

on, and she only came to care for you. When you were

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