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

accident. Either way, our ancestral

busy galavanting around with his gold–digger wife

words shot straight through my heart.

before…”

I had stayed unmarried, I would have inherited the pack and become the female Alpha. But fate had other plans.” She sighed wistfully, but then smiled and patted

had done. He’d been nothing but a user and manipulator his entire life,

manage money and who has no sympathy for his people. Often, I do wish I could take my rightful place as Alpha. But…” She gestured to herself, indicating

the inside of my cheek, considering this for

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only we could break this curse and find a way to reveal our

her through my lashes as she slumped over to

then made a sour face and spat the

the food?!” she shouted, holding

this!”

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

was.” I resisted

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 me,

It

a feral snarl despite the girl’s protests. She began to