I Am The Luna

ZAIA. I stare at him trying to process everything he has just told me. My mind and emotions are wreaking havoc within me. How is this possible?

How could Mom do this?

How could she lie to me like this?

Annette is Mom’s sister?

I’m conflicted, but it’s clear he is not lying. There is so much to take in, including the fact that Annalise and I are not sisters but cousins. It’s our moms who are half-sisters, something even Mom doesn’t know.

This is a mess. First, I learn I have a brother, then I learn Dad had a brother, followed by me learning that Annalise is not my sister and that Annette is Mom’s sister.

That’s… confusing. But more than that is the fact that Mom cheated. I am unable to process how she always portrayed herself as the one being cheated on.

She genuinely looked the part too… I had seen her sadness and her struggle so many times. It’s not possible, I mean I believe Dad but is there a possibility it’s a lie? A misconception or maybe even a trick?

I’ve seen the raw pain Mom’s been in…. the sadness at the fact Annette stole her mate. That can’t be faked, can it?

Only a terrifyingly good actress could put up such an act for so many years. There’s got to be more to it!

She told me when I was old enough that it had broken her, realising Dad had cheated on her and wanted to be with his mistress. Why would she do that and break down into tears?

“Dad…” I say softly, we’ve never been close until the last few years, and even now I feel we are still becoming closer.

I don’t know if he’d appreciate my concern, but right now, I can’t hide the pain I feel for him. I love him and I want him to know I will always be here for him. “Look at me.”

He looks up from where he had his head hanging, and I smile gently. “Things will be alright…” I promise. Will it?

How do you recover from betrayal after betrayal?

“Of course.” He replies, reminding me of his usual self. My father is strong, that I know.

she’s always been so heartbroken with you cheating on her. Is there a high chance that maybe… maybe it

it was definitely her, I saw her clearly, unless there is a woman who smells, and looks exactly like

the thought but he seems so sure. “I see…

brought to light.”

“I understand…”

be revealed… but until all this

father,” I say, a sudden thought occurring to me. “I have a plan …I can do

but a part of me also wants to see her reaction when I question her about it.

with this information… something I will open in front of Mom, I want to see her reaction when I show it to her. It’s safe and believable, these people have pictures and things on both Sebastian

and if that’s what you need to do to believe me,

through me at the fact I’m hurting him; and I take his hand. “I believe you Dad, and I am so sorry… All my life I’ve been told by mom that you cheated… you never denied it and I always blamed you for that… but to learn that it was not you but Mom who truly cheated. It’s shocking and I won’t deny that I am struggling to believe it…” I

what happened between us, your mother loves you, that won’t change, Zaia. Are you certain you want to do this now?” he asks. “I don’t want it to cause issues between you.

allow me to do

I promised him whatever he told me will not leave this room, but I am also warmed by his words in defence of Mom. How can your views and respect for a person change

before he nods

tired, and I know he needs a good night’s rest,

to ask him why he’s never liked the Kings and I’m sure there’s more to it than just business rivalry, but he’s been through

let’s go home,

go home, Annette and I have already argued.” He says with a heavy sigh. I frown, sne’s blackmailing Dad…

I brush my tears away and fix my top, hoping I don’t look like I’ve

me. It’s my turn to carry

and I take the reports the guards had written up. Gaspard observes me for a moment and I’m

I make sure Dad enters the mansion with Gordon, who is on duty, anyway. Only when the door shuts,

files in my hand, I flip through

sky out of the window. I need to comb through the guards and pack members and find out if there are others she’s blackmailed

backing. Mom’s family knew about the Blood

she was her sister … is it

and I lean back against the leather seat, mulling over everything Dad had

Mom and Annette’s history…

car halts outside the house, I

that curls around the side of the house, and for a split second, I’m tempted to try

is so, so painful… I felt like I was going to die… but I want to try again. Maybe things

room. Jai is fast asleep on the armchair beside the bed, his head on