The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 242

I nodded, knowing that Lilith was right. I couldn’t afford to sit here and wallow in self–pity. I needed to buck up and accept that this was my life now, whether I liked it or not, and just be glad to be a part of my son’s life.

“When I was a baby,” I asked, glancing at Lilith, “what did you do? Surely you tried to see me.”

Lilith’s face darkened. “By the time I realized what had happened to me and got my bearings, your father had

already remarried. I recall showing up at his doorstep and begging him for a job, but he and his new wife quite

literally threw me out on my ass.”

Margaret. Just thinking about her made my mood turn sour.

“I didn’t see them at the wake,” I pointed out.

Lilith scoffed. “I didn’t want to say anything unless you brought it up, but they never showed. Apparently, they

got a big insurance settlement when the house burned and went on a vacation.”

“A vacation.” I glanced at Lilith. “Do you think they were the ones who set fire to the estate? For the insurance

payout?”

“I think… That we shouldn’t rule anything out at this point,” Lilith replied cautiously. “Anyone could have done

really was an accident. Either way, our ancestral home is gone and your

too busy galavanting around with his gold–digger wife

The words shot straight through my heart. “Right.

before…”

female Alpha. But fate had other plans.” She sighed wistfully, but then smiled and patted my

be grateful for anything that man had done. He’d been nothing but a user and manipulator his entire life, too driven by greed to think about anyone

to my family crumble under a man who doesn’t know how to manage money and who has no sympathy for his people. Often, I

chewed on the inside of my cheek, considering this for a moment. Surely there had to be

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this curse and find a way to reveal our true identities

then, my lovely bunkmate wandered into the kitchen, yawning and stretching. I watched her through my lashes as she slumped over to the fridge and pulled out a

through me as she took a bite, chewed, then made a sour face and spat

the food?!” she shouted, holding up the container. “Someone put vinegar all

this!”

whispered in my ear. “Was that what I saw you dumping in that container

was.” I resisted

on another servant nearby–a young girl with enormous eyes and curly red ha was you, wasn’t it?” the maid barked. “You’re trying to poison

It

servant’s hair with a feral snarl despite