The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

Chapter 235

Grayson’s POV

There weren’t many things that shocked me. I had been raised in a world where betrayals were expected, where death was an everyday occurrence, and where the supernatural wasn’t just a myth but a reality I had lived through

But this? This stopped me cold.

Daughter?

The High Priestess was Evelyn Pierce’s

Evelyn’s entire body went rigid beside me. She didn’t react immediately, but when she did, her response was colder than ice. She turned, locking eyes with the older woman, her expression hardening in a way that suggested she had done this before. Many times.

“You didn’t raise me to be a liar,” Evelyn said, her voice void of warmth, “So I can’t say I feel the same.”

The woman didn’t flinch. Instead, she smiled, as if she had expected nothing less. Then, as if Evelyn weren’t standing right there, she turned to me.

“The infamous Grayson Blackwood,” She said, her voice laced with amusement.

My jaw tightened, What the hell is going on right now?

And more importantly–who the hell is Lily?

“Raina,” The woman introduced herself, stepping forward and extending her hand like this was a formal meeting and not the single most confusing encounter of my life, “Raina Waters. And I see after all these years, my daughter is still embarrassed of me if she didn’t tell you that the High Priestess you’re looking for…”

She trailed off, letting the weight of her words settle.

I just–I wasn’t understanding.

Evelyn Pierce was known for many things. Being secretive. Ruthless. Unshakable. But now, watching her stand there, rigid and silent, I was seeing something I never thought I’d see from her.

Discomfort.

Raina must have noticed it too, because her knowing gaze shifted back to me, like she could read every thought I was trying to piece together.

“Why don’t I save you the trouble, Grayson Blackwood?” She said, a teasing lilt to her tone, though there was an underlying gravity to it, “I’ve always been free–spirited, you see. And so, a very long time ago, when I was just a little girl, I wandered. Some would say it was the wrong place, but something happened that night. I saw the Moon Goddess.”

was recalling something she hadn’t spoken

the ability to be more than just a werewolf. I discovered years later that I could practice magic. Then, like all good stories, I

out a scoff of disbelief,

he left me. And so I found my way to the Pierce pack, where I met another man and had my beautiful Lily. But even as a

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especially after I had another

posture stiffened, her fingers curling into

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with long held resentment. I was eleven, and I had to introduce you to the concept of birth control. You made Rosaline

attention back to Evelyn, her

voice smooth, “that you had to get off that high horse you’ve always put yourself on to come all the way to Italy to ask for your sister’s

out a sharp breath, her jaw clenching.

come to ask for your help.” She shot back. “I came to make sure you didn’t do something stupid–because you never

bouncing between the two of them as realization slowly started sinking

wasn’t just angry. She wasn’t just irritated by her mother’s presence.

She was afraid.

Evelyn Pierce feared

Ava becoming her.

caged Ava in. The way she had controlled every aspect of her life, stripped her of freedom under the pretense of protection. She had spent her entire existence making sure Ava wouldn’t become this

she had mirrored her in an entirely

And now?

the friend Evelyn had come to see–the person she had traveled across the

many secrets did Evelyn Pierce

me, and her smile returned, light and

from all that’s

added, “I wasn’t

coming,”

smirked, then turned and began walking without another word. I turned to

warn me.

She didn’t.