197 A second reunion…

Lyla

She trailed off sniffing back tears. “That was why I was willing to let you call another woman, mother. Because I am nothing, Lyla. I had nothing to me. No parents, no inheritance, I wasn’t affiliated to any pack and oh, your father…” she broke down in tears. “He loved you, Lyla. Everything he did, all the times be mistreated you he did it because he had to appease his mate, but your dad, never hated you!”

“No!” I shook my head as tears filled my eyes again. “Don’t try to defend him because you loved him. I don’t want to hear. I don’t want to hear anything again.

I turned and started walking away.

“Lyla!” she ran after me. “Please you cannot leave like this.”

I turned to face her, my heart breaking over and over. “I never want to see you again, Nanny. Do you hear away from me.”

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Her hands clasped tightly around mine. “Lyla, please. Don’t do this. Don’t shut me out.”

But I had already turned away and continued towards the temple gates, my heart was heavy anger and filled with pain.

with

As I left the courtyard, I heard her crying and it broke my heart. But I didn’t look back. I couldn’t.

After I left the Moon Temple, I turned off my phone, refusing to take calls from Nanny or Nathan. I wanted to be alone. I wandered through Golden Gates Pack, trying to distract my thoughts.

I was still trying to figure out how to leave, perhaps, when I am calm, I could ask Nanny to help me secure passage from here back to the human world. And this time it would be final. I had nothing left here.

I found myself at a quiet café overlooking a mountain and took a space on the tables outside. The wing was tugging at my hair and clothes. The sun was setting, and everything was the same except me.

For the first time since confronting Nanny, I allowed myself to breathe. I sank into the chair and stared out at the horizon.

The tears came again, but this time, they were quiet. I didn’t sob or scream, and I didn’t bother about the strange looks of people passing. I just let them fall.

the wind. “Why did it

everything I had lost and everything I had learned. It felt like i my entire world was crumbling around me, and I

still, watching the sun dip below the towering mountains, as dusk began to set. I made a silent vow to

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how or where, but I would. Because no matter how broke I felt now, I refused to let this

at the ceiling as my mind replayed

found a place where I could set my roots. Now everything was in ruins. My engagement is broken – Nathan should be preparing for his wedding night with

run would help. Usually, I am supposed to shift and let

the Harvest Moon, our bond had gone silent and I wasn’t sure if I wanted

I hadn’t dared to reach out, afraid of what I might or might not –

As I wanted to pull out a pair of leggings, an

from my father – the one Ramsey had handed me during our meeting after his death. I stared at it for

what he would want to say to me in a letter. What if there

that had happened today, did I

to the mix?

a loose sweatshirt, grabbed a pair of dark sunglasses to hide my identity the last thing I needed was to be

a few people jogging or walking around too. I maintained a steady pace, careful not to maintain eye contact with anyone.

had my emotions in one place. When I returned to the hotel room, my legs were sore but my head was clearer. I ordered room service since I’d

only in a towel. I felt a bit refreshed,

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drying off and was reaching for my comb and the hair dryer when the doorbell rang.

one of the hotel robes, discarding the towel as I rushed to the door. My stomach was already grumbling with the anticipation of the food I’d

hair.

the…” The words died in my throat as I saw the person at my door.

white. I tried to remember what the clock had said when I came out of the bathroom. I

The silence was as thick as tension and he looked as though he hadn’t slept in days. His usual blank

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