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“You are my daughter. Never apologise for something you had no hand in.”
I say quietly, touching her cheek. She looks down, and she reminds me of the child that was constantly pulled between us. I have failed one child already.
“Then what happened? Where is he now?”
she asks, her eyes glittering with tears. “Adam.”
I sigh before turning back to the moon.
“I thought the bond of fated mates would be beautiful, that she’d soon see the er in her ways and return to me. That this pregnancy would bring us closer. I made sure to give her attention and love. Yet… they didn’t stop their relationship. I kept an eye on them, and it continued.”
“How could she… and then calling Annette…”
She huffs and I can sense her disappointment.
“Melanie was in her last trimester when Adam was telling me about a woman who he is seeing but luckily she’s in a relationship so he doesn’t need to worry about committing… How her mate is an idiot who didn’t notice what was right beneath his nose.
That’s when I lost it. In my rage, I killed him.”
I say closing my eyes, remembering pulling out that gun and shooting him square in the chest.
“Oh, my goddess…”
Zaia murmurs, shocked. He died with that smirk on his face…
“And that’s when Annette came into the picture.”
My eyes glimmer with rage as I remember her words from back then.
“What, so you two weren’t together by then?”
she asks, confused. “But she was pregnant at the same time as Mom.”
I turn and look at her sharply. “I don’t think you understand, Zaia. I have never been with another woman since I met your mother. I never cheated on her.”
I say quietly. Her eyes widen as she stares at me, and I frown.
“Annette gave me an ultimatum, accept her and her child, make her Luna, and she will never tell anyone what I did. I killed the future Alpha… that could have cost me life in prison or death. So, I accepted. I was already angry at your mother and wanted to hurt her the way she hurt me; I fabricated the story that I had an affair. I thought she’d tell me the truth. Seeing her so devastated over Adam’s death only strengthened my resolution that this was the perfect revenge.”
I walk to the chair and sit down again, feeling tired. Slumping forward in the seat, I stare at the hardwood floor.
“In my rage, I made more than one mistake and let her blackmail me. After that, anytime I didn’t do what Annette wanted, she would threaten me with exposing my truth. And so, I did as she asked – every time, evendistancing myself from you. She never knew about what happened between Adam and Melanie, I kept that a secret, wanting to take it to the grave… After Dad passed away, I was made Alpha and I continued with my life, trying to let go of the past.”
There… it’s all on the table. She kneels on the floor in front of me, sitting with her legs tucked under her, her hands in her lap. Tears stream down her cheek as she looks back at me.
I didn’t tell her for fear she’d deem me a weak father, but she was the strength that helped me carry on. “You… you were always in the right and all those hurtful things I said to you…”
she whispers.
I look at her. “There’s no satisfaction in proving someone wrong or right… I committed a crime by killing him too… I should have owned up to it but I didn’t want to throw away my life,”
“And until this day, Mom doesn’t know? She’s always acted like she’s innocent after what she did…”
she says. There’s confusion in her eyes as she looks up at me. I sit back, feeling the weight of carrying that secret ease slightly.
“Of course, Adam was gone. She knew, or so she thought anyway, that no one else knew her dirty secret. We were still fated, and she thought I cheated on her. Seeing her feel betrayed was satisfying.”
I scoff humourlessly.
“I was often tempted to ask her why… but with Adam dead, I didn’t want anything pointing in my direction. His death was written off as an accident and no proof was ever found. Something that devastated our parents.”
There is still a part of me that is attached to her… a part that yearns for her, but that is just this wretched bond. “I’m sorry, Dad,”
Zaia whispers, looking up at me. “I’m so sorry.”
I don’t respond, knowing if I did, it would only hurt more. We remain in silence and it’s comforting as she rests her head on my knee.
“But… Annalise… she’s not your daughter then?”
she asks after a few moments, raising her head. I shake my head slowly in confirmation as she ponders over it.
“I’ve never slept with Annette. That woman is with me only for the status and image of being a woman in a position of power.”
“But Annalise does look a little like me ..”
she says.
I smile bitterly; ah… the icing on the cake.
“Of course she does. She also looks like her mother. You can call it some form of twisted solace, but when I learned of Annette’s identity, I realised that it was indeed karma. After all, Melanie may not know it, but Annette is her half-sister.”
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ZAIA. I stare at him trying to process everything he has just told me. My mind and emotions are wreaking havoc within me. How is this possible?
How could Mom do this?
How could she lie to me like this?
Annette is Mom’s sister?
I’m conflicted, but it’s clear he is not lying. There is so much to take in, including the fact that Annalise and I are not sisters but cousins. It’s our moms who are half-sisters, something even Mom doesn’t know.
This is a mess. First, I learn I have a brother, then I learn Dad had a brother, followed by me learning that Annalise is not my sister and that Annette is Mom’s sister.
That’s… confusing. But more than that is the fact that Mom cheated. I am unable to process how she always portrayed herself as the one being cheated on.
She genuinely looked the part too… I had seen her sadness and her struggle so many times. It’s not possible, I mean I believe Dad but is there a possibility it’s a lie? A misconception or maybe even a trick?
I’ve seen the raw pain Mom’s been in…. the sadness at the fact Annette stole her mate. That can’t be faked, can it?
Only a terrifyingly good actress could put up such an act for so many years. There’s got to be more to it!
She told me when I was old enough that it had broken her, realising Dad had cheated on her and wanted to be with his mistress. Why would she do that and break down into tears?
“Dad…”
I say softly, we’ve never been close until the last few years, and even now I feel we are still becoming closer.
I don’t know if he’d appreciate my concern, but right now, I can’t hide the pain I feel for him. I love him and I want him to know I will always be here for him. “Look at me.”
He looks up from where he had his head hanging, and I smile gently. “Things will be alright…”
I promise. Will it?
How do you recover from betrayal after betrayal?
“Of course.”
He replies, reminding me of his usual self. My father is strong, that I know.
“Good, but if it’s alright with you… can I ask Mom about this? I mean, she’s always been so heartbroken with you cheating on her. Is there a high chance that maybe… maybe it wasn’t her? Of course I won’t mention the truth about you, Adam or your relationship with Annette.
He looks sad as he shrugs slightly. “
Maybe there’s a misunderstanding?”
“No, it was definitely her, I saw her clearly, unless there is a woman who smells, and looks exactly like her then, maybe. It was my mate in that room that night.”
he says quietly.
I feel disgusted at the thought but he seems so sure. “I see… then, may I confront her? It’s just that… I need to know.”
“If Annette finds out, it could mean the truth of Adam being brought to light.”
He says quietly. I get it… that could put Dad in trouble….
“I understand…”
“I am fine with that. At some point the truth must be revealed… but until all this mess with the Blood Born and these attacks is sorted out, I can’t be locked away.”
“No. It won’t. I won’t let it. You are not going to prison father,”
I say, a sudden thought occurring to me. “I have a plan …I can do this without mentioning you. “Zaia, what are you planning?”
I smile slightly. I need the truth from her… a part of me doesn’t want to believe this… but a part of me also wants to see her reaction when I question her about it. If there’s even a ray of hope that maybe, just maybe, something is untrue in this entire situation – something that was perhaps overlooked – then I want to find it.
“I will send a note to myself… with this information… something I will open in front of Mom, I want to see her reaction when I show it to her. It’s safe and believable, these people have pictures and things on both Sebastian and I, it will be believable.”
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