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.”

look up and raise a brow. “What?”

has entered and

shake my head, massaging my temples. “This

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replies, standing up. He’s upset, because I’m

it is made it clear I couldn’t.

was my life on the line, I wouldn’t care, but she’s the target. She’s

if I

I reply quietly.

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

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alone in my

shut before walking over to the door and locking it.

walking to the large

the centre of his forehead, feeling something buzz and then a faint

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

on the screen and I quickly thumb it in and finally… the key…

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 a slim intricate key–like panel pops out. I remove it and

that awaits it.

faint blue light scans over the entire surface before a faint whirring sound comes from

a metre deep, and it’s filled with money, papers, files and

boxes.

it out. I unlock it with a pin, and flip it open, taking out the yellowed paper that’s been torn from an old book along with a

envelope.

torn paper, reading the italic text at

mark of discord,

Despite how battered it has become over the years, it’s clear. An ancient symbol that does not align