I Am The Luna

I Am The Luna by Moonlight Muse Chapter 45

Chapter 45 A Target

ZAIA. Mom and Dad are both silent. Bringing up a painful part of their past wasn’t my intention, but it was necessary.

“Then, if your decision is made, then what do you want from me?” Dad says quietly. This is the moment, the most important part…

“I need you to arrange the meeting with Sebastian. After all, I don’t wish to talk to him.” I say, surprising both Mom and Dad. But with it, I see them both visibly relax…

As planned. I’m sorry to lie to you both… but I need to keep up the façade, so if the enemy is close, they realise that we are not together…

“I see…” Dad says, far calmer than before. He sighs heavily and nods. “I guess I can arrange that.” “Thank you. Just say if he wishes to see the children, that I have agreed to allow that.” I say, thinking I’ll let Sebastian know, we will have to keep the act up.

Dad nods, patting my shoulder. “I may not like it… but I understand where you are coming from.”

I smile slightly and nod. Once he leaves, Mom looks at me, opening her mouth when I shake my head. “I don’t want to discuss it, Mom. Anyway, I need to go.” I say, picking up my briefcase.

“Zaia…”

“Mom, please.” I plead. Leaning over the table, I peck her cheek before I head to the living room, watching the children play. I walk over to them, picking Sia up. I kiss her cheeks tenderly.

“What are you two playing?” I ask as I brush a few strands of her hair back and she rests her head on my shoulder.

“I told you Mommy this morning I made a rocket,” Zion explains as he picks up his Lego rocket and begins zooming around the room with it.

“Oh, that is amazing!” I compliment watching him run around the room before I pick up the Doll Sia is playing with. “She has the same hair colour as Sia.”

“No.” Sia says with a small, Mine cute “Mine is darker. It’s more like Mommy’s.” mile, “Oh, is it?” I say, tickling her lightly, making het giggle before I place her dow” I “King I know I made the right decision.

I needed Mom and Dad to know because I didn’t want the children to meet him and then tell my children it must be kept a secret. I don’t want to instil that into them that if an adult tells you to keep a secret, you have to.

I want them to be open and not taught to keep secrets from such a young age.

I believe in honesty and speaking the truth…and I’m certain they will not be able to contain their excitement once they have met him. Sebastian was never one to mix with children, so I’m curious to see how he is with his own…

“Mommy, Grandad got us these yesterday,” Sia says, pointing at some new toys.

to show

will call him tonight at the same time as usual before I switch it off again. Hide it away and after locking my bedroom door, I head

Harrison to discuss the contract itself.

act so impulsively! The car is ready and waiting outside and I get in, thanking the driver as he shuts the

thinking about last night. My cheeks burn

don’t know how I will face

out of my thoughts, glancing up at the building. He gets out, coming around to open the door for me. “Thank you,” I say as I

Floor number twelve…

motorbike roaring loudly as it approaches makes me glance

is wearing a helmet as he zooms closer at a speed that is way above the limit for this area and he’s headed right

when suddenly the motorbike careens off the road and is now zooming straight

hurt, he’ll die. I

straight into the car that we were in moments ago. The

bodyguards who was in a second car, commands as they form a human

“Get her inside!”

“It’s too risky.”

message to Zaia Toussaint!” The distorted robotic voice from behind the helmet of the biker. I look up sharply, my heart plummeting as I

distorted voice! Is it the person who tried to harm Sebastian on the way back from Atticus’s pack

in front of me falls to the ground, dead. I’m dragged back and pushed into a corner as screams fill the air. Copper, I can

of the

to say something more when the gun goes off and he doubles over dead, several bullets

No…

to come to a meeting and instead, there’s a man with

the urge to protect others overtaking me and I grab one of the guns that

check if it’s loaded, my heart pounding as I step out, grabbing the piece of card from the ground with shaking

stare at it. It’s not a card, but a photograph. Sebastian and I… against the wall

crawl into me. At the bottom of the photograph, in bold

GAVE HIM A WARNING AND HE

WILL BE YOUR BLOOD, ZAIA TOUSSAINT

CHILDREN COVERING

FROM

OR ELSE.

to me. He’s right before me. I need to stop him. I scan the front grounds. There are at least five other bodies that I can see. With a thundering

can’t tell if he’s

wanting to be heard as I slowly stand up and try to get closer. I haven’t used a gun in ages… but I have been trained with

aiming at someone hiding behind the bench and I’m almost close enough when he suddenly

out a menacing growl when the bullet hits his

raising his own gun and I dart for cover behind the smashed car as he lets off a rain of bullets. I’m shaking. The fear of what is happening on this street which is just like

out, come out… oh if only you didn’t disobey me,” he hisses in that same distorted voice that sends a

around at the other buildings. There are people in the windows, people hiding… but no one is

should I do? I flinch as he slams something into the car, making the crunch