Their Secret Obsession by Pippa Moon

Chapter 33: Holding Back!

I watched silently in the mirror as my Luna, whom I had grown up attending to and adoring, stood behind me, pinning my hair off my n*eck in a beautiful bun. She had left a few strands of icy white hair to frame my face, but she was adamant my hair was to be off my n*eck. And I wasn’t a fool; I understood why.

“Everyone will say my marks,” I whispered, following her in the mirror.

“Yes, dear, that is the point.” She grinned, twirling a hair around her finger and letting it bounce free.

“But… Tonight is about Lilly, not…”

“You?” She asked, pausing to look at me in the mirror, her brow furrowing. “I have many children, something Lilly needs to remember.” She winked, spinning the chair around so we no longer faced each other in the mirror but spoke face to face.

“I love my daughter like I love all my kids- you included.” Scrunching my nose at her comment, I tried to stifle a giggle because I knew she was trying to be sweet

and share a moment with me.

“What?” She asked, grinning as she spun me back around to look in the mirror.

“Just.. sounds funny when you say that, given that I am sleeping with the twins.. who are also your children..” I watched her close her eyes as she paled slightly.

“You and Knox are made for each other.” She muttered, rolling her eyes playfully, my heart soaring at the compliment she unwittingly had just given me. Smiling at her in the mirror, I turned back to look at her.

“I am grateful, though, for everything you have done for me.. after my mother… I just mean..”

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I do love you like you were my own.” She smiled, touching my face lightly. “Which is why I have no qualms asking you if you are sure this is what you want?” she

deadly when backed into a corner. That can be a lot to manage. Kane does his best to level Knox out and protect him, which has taken its toll on him; I know he

shook my head. “He

arching a brow; she hated foul language, she always

But he is kind, gentle and..” Pausing, I searched my mind for the

she valued. “And Knox, he makes me smile; he keeps me sane and makes me feel special like I am the most beautiful thing he has ever seen.” I gushed, chewing

asked bluntly. My eyes

best friend, and she hates the idea. She

are about to get. She should be excited to have you as a sister.. officially. And she will be when

make everything ok..

fear, it would be her- The pack Luna!… She would be the one to reassure me and talk me around to the idea

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Chapter 33: Holding Back!

opened my mouth to tell her my fears when the door to my room opened, expecting to see Kane or Knox. I sucked in a shaking breath seeing my father standing

my daughter.” He asked, his tone unlike Lauras’s;

my shoulders in the same way Knox had. “I will get you something to eat; I will be back.” She smiled in the mirror at me, clearly picking up on the nerves that were eating at me at the idea of being alone with the man who had fathered me. I watched

with the same level

room with lightning speed, his hand gripping firmly around my n*eck as he hoisted me from the stool I sat on and pushed me

on that deal!” He roared, squeezing tightly. What deal! What had I done? I wanted to

help you! I will kill you myself before you even reach the altar to say your damn vows!” He growled, pushing me back into the glass before

floor where I had landed. My father’s anger only grew, no doubt, because I had dared to question him. Seeing his foot lift too late, I squealed when pain tore through my ribs as my father’s foot slammed down on me

should ask your Fiance! Ask him what price he had agreed to pay