My Fated Human Luna by TheNich29

My Fated Human Luna Chapter 188

41 Old Hurts

Luca POV

To say I’m in shock is an understatement. Jade slaps me on the arm, bringing me out of my shocked state. “Go speak to your father before this gets worse.” She is right, he can’t run away from this. I know Maverick’s mother is human, but I’m sure by now she understands what just happened. He has to talk to her. I stand and leave to speak to my father. As I head outside, I follow his scent around the side of the pack house. The path is littered with flowers. It really is beautiful. I find him seated on a bench halfway up the path. He looks like his thoughts are a million miles away. I take a seat next to him and we sit in silence for a moment. “Why would the goddess do this to me? After everything that happened with Madelena.” He seems to be talking more to himself than me, but I answer anyway. “Dad, I know that Madelena hurt you.” Me not calling her my mother isn’t lost on him. She was never a mother to me and I won’t give her that title. “Fated mates are supposed to love you more than they love themselves. I believe the goddess is giving you a chance to have a mate that will be the one kind of woman you deserve.” “I’m afraid, Luca. Afraid to let someone in, that could turn out to be just like Madelena. I don’t think I could survive that kind of heartache again.” “I have never known you to shy away from something that may be difficult. I was afraid when I found Jade. I was so hurt after Cynthia died, I didn’t want to let her in. Part of it was about Cynthia, but the bigger part was my own fear of being hurt again. I knew this time would be worse since Jade and I are fated mates.” “You are stronger than I ever was, Luca.”

“Bullsh*t” I say and he whips his head in my direction. “Excuse me” he says. “My mate didn’t choose to leave me, she died. You were betrayed by your fated mate. You were left with a pup and a kingdom to run. You could have thrown your hands up and walked away but you didn’t. You were strong and did what you had to do to survive. You made mistakes, but that doesn’t change the fact that you were strong enough to keep going. I know I’ve never said it, dad, but I’m grateful for having you as my father even with your mistakes.” He rests his hand on top of mine but stays quiet. I smell her before I see her. Jade and Maverick are standing next to the woman that is to be my father’s second chance. I squeeze his hand and he nods. I walk over and give her a smile. “I’m Luca, William is my father.” She smiles “I’m Gwen, Maverick’s mother.” “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Gwen. I’m sorry about my dad leaving like that. His reaction isn’t about you, Gwen.” “Do you think he would speak to me” she asks. I see a kindness in her eyes that I’m sure Madelena never had. I nod and she walks past me sitting on a bend across from my father. I take Jade’s hand, heading back to the pack house. I hope he gives her a chance. He deserves this.

Gwen POV

“Maybe we should just wait and see what Luca says.” “If he is my mate, I want to speak to him”, I say without any hint of a question. I love my son and I know he is trying to protect me after everything that happened, but I’m stronger than he thinks I am. Maverick looks nervously at Jade and she smiles. They lead me out of the pack house and into the garden. I take a seat across from William. He is very handsome and when his ice blue

me. We had a life that I thought was perfect. One day I came home and found him screwing a woman my son’s age in our bed.” He growls, but I can tell that his anger isn’t directed at me. “He didn’t even have the decency to act sorry. He left with that woman and served me with divorce papers the next week. What other people did to us doesn’t make us broken. It makes them a**holes.” When I look back at William this time, I can’t decipher what he is thinking. I swear I see a slight smile on the corner of his mouth. “It seems the goddess might not be so cruel after all. Do you know what I am Gwen?” “I know Luca is a dragon, so I assume you are a dragon. Do you know what I am?” He smirks “shifters can scent humans and super naturals. I know that you’re human.” “Is me being a human upsetting to you.” He shakes his head and I see sincerity in his eyes. “I may not be a shifter, but I feel something for you William. I know how scary this is, because I’m scared too. I believe you are nothing Bruce, but honestly, I never thought he would hurt me either. I’m willing to give this a chance if you are. We can take it slow and

Maverick POV

in my mind until we finally scent my mother. I turn to see her and William walking in together. I feel some relief as they rejoin us at the table. Everyone is staring at them waiting for an answer. My mother looks at me and I raise an eyebrow in question. “William and I are going to date if you must know.” The table erupts in laughter and I’m happy to see the smile on my mother’s face. I notice that Ruby is getting a link before her whole body stiffens. “The pack is under attack from vampires and warlocks.” I look at my mother. “Go, I will protect her”, William says. We rush from the pack house and once we are outside, we shift. Ranger