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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it’s ok. Your mother can never be replaced Charlotte, but 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

wears his heart on his sleeve, but he is impulsive, reckless at times and 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

my head. “He is

hated foul language, she always had,

gentle and..” Pausing, I searched my mind for the

“And Knox, he makes me smile; he keeps me sane and

back?” She asked bluntly. My eyes burning with the hot tears I felt raining down

is my best friend, and she hates the

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

make everything ok..

deep breath and decided if anyone would understand my fear, it would be her- The pack Luna!… She would be the one to reassure me and talk me

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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 in the door frame, his

you give me a moment with my daughter.” He asked, his tone unlike Lauras’s;

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

nodded with the same level of respect Luna had

room with lightning speed, his hand gripping firmly around my n*eck as he hoisted

He roared, squeezing tightly. What deal! What had I done? I wanted to ask, but he pressed firmly, cutting off any

before you even reach the altar to say your damn vows!” He growled, pushing me back into the glass before letting go. As air raced

through a hoarse throat from the floor where I had landed. My father’s anger only grew, no doubt, because I had dared to question

ask your Fiance! Ask him what price