I Am The Luna

Chapter 0003

ZAIA.

Once back home, everywhere I look I see him, see the life we built together here. Crippling pain consumes me at what I’m leaving behind, but I won’t allow him to

take more from me.

I won’t let him hurt the life growing inside me. These babies are as much mine as they are his and I will do my best for them.

I begin packing, taking only the bare essentials, and dumping them into a suitcase.

The quicker I am out of here, the better.

I write a quick note to Emma, thanking her for her services.

Picking up the divorce agreement, I sit down at the dining table. The silence in the

house is deafening.

Emma must have finished her work by now and left. With shaking hands, I sign the

papers and close the file and with it, the door to that chapter of my life.

Plucking up my phone, I stare at my mother’s number. I haven’t called her in a while. … Although she and my father are separated, she too had been against me marrying

Sebastian.

However, I know she’ll understand me better than anyone… After all, my father left.

her for none other than Annalise’s mother.

My parents were destined mates, but my father had an affair with another woman,

hence Annalise was born, mere days apart from me.

My stepmother didn’t only take away my Mom’s mate, she took my dad from me

too.

When I was little, we were close, but my stepmother didn’t like it and always instigated him against me and tried to cause a rift between us. In the end, she

succeeded.

Even though I was raised with luxuries and given the best education, our

relationship simply became a formality to him. A responsibility he no longer wanted.

As I grew up, my father kept in contact. Of course, he’d even drop by on my birthdays, but the moment I refused to give up Sebastian for Annalise, he had

disowned me too.

I will go to Mom’s home and ask if I can stay there for a few days. Just long enough for me to sort things out with myself.

Tears trek down my face as I slip my wedding band from my finger and place it on top of the divorce file. Grabbing the handle of my suitcase, I pull it along,telling

Ethan to bring the car.

With a last, lingering glance down the hall, I take my leave.

from last night still echoes in my ears. The anger in his voice

should have known he would never believe me over her, when once

welcoming me with open arms, but I can’t appreciate its beauty, not today. The weight on my shoulders is heavy, the pain already

almost brings me to my knees, my vision blurring.

a car door banging shut

Bastien?

you alright?”

Ethan…

to remain strong. “Yes. Please take

course,

assists me into the car, placing my suitcase in

gets in the driver’s seat.

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able to hold back my tears. as I stare at

surprisingly. gentle. His eyes meet mine in the rear–view mirror, filled

foreign to me.

the window as we drive

a blur.

my Mother’s street after a good twenty–minute drive and I point out her pale green door. The paint is peeling, and it looks more worn than I remember it, but it brings back a surge of nostalgia from my childhood.

time I visited her here?”

been far too

door for me, before he quickly goes to grab

he places my suitcase down, I

this, Ma’am?”

my gratitude for all you have done.”

“Luna…”

I say. He hesitates but nods and takes his

the curtains twitch in a few of the windows. In this

curious when an unfamiliar face shows

which doesn’t

taking a deep breath and knock

are playing up and I’m beginning to doubt my decision. Maybe

a hotel. I shouldn’t have

is pulled open and I find myself staring into my Mom’s

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“Mom…”

the suitcase before she

beckons me inside, closing the door on the prying eyes that may

the small living room. Blowing my nose on a tissue as I

you are pregnant?” Mom asks as she rubs

frowning deeply.

with Annalise now that she’s back. I don’t think I should use these babies to trap him in

wants no part in.” a

sighs and nods

dropped Annalise for you, even if he remains with you. temporarily

now.” 1

think he’d do this.” I protest. It’s not like I

arm. “Yes dear, I do, but only relying on the mate bond is not enough to keep a couple together. You knew this, but you had fallen

that she still thinks that, after all, Sebastian had treated me well… up until now,

you yet?” Mom asks when I’m a little calmer.

but I’m sure he

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