I Am The Luna

Chapter 0018

That’s when things got darker and the beginning of my worries started.

“Sebastian?”

I look up to see Jai’s eyes filled with concern.

“You spaced.”

“Sorry, I was thinking…”

A tense silence falls between us, and he looks at me. “I am your friend before I am

your Beta Sebastian. If something is troubling you, tell me. You know you can trust

me.”

”

“It’s nothing.” I brush it off, not wanting to discuss it.

Dad is already pushing me into a corner, forcing my hand when it comes to the business, Mom is angry at me. Goddess knows where Zaia is and how she’s doing.

The thoughts given birth by fear are clawing to the forefront of my mind.

What if in my attempts to protect her I have put her in worse danger? 14

“I’ll find out as fast as possible.”

a brow. “What?”

who has entered

head, massaging my temples. “This hangover

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replies, standing up. He’s upset, because

is made it

line, I wouldn’t care,

if I

sorry…” I reply

you’re ready to share, you know where I am.” The door

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me alone in my

I draw the blinds shut before walking over to the door and locking it.

push my desk back, pulling the rug up and move the chair away, before turning and walking to the large 3D artwork that hangs behind my desk, depicting a wolf. His eyes filled with rage and his

I place my finger on the centre of his forehead, feeling something

ground where my desk usually stands, watching as the panels move back, revealing a metre square area. There’s a panel on it and crouching down,

I quickly thumb it in and finally…

pull out the chain from around my neck that has a metal tag at the end that I always wear underneath my clothes. Clicking on the small indent, it clicks and

that awaits it.

surface before a faint whirring sound comes from it and the door

it’s filled with money, papers,

boxes.

specific box, and take it out. I unlock it with a pin, and flip it open, taking out the yellowed

envelope.

italic text at the

one that wears the mark of discord, mischief and death.‘

how battered it has become over the years, it’s clear. An ancient symbol that does not align with any language, but what gets to me is that it’s identical to Zaia’s birthmark that sits on the side of her