Filed To Story: In the Shadow of the Past Luna (Lily & James)
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“Fine. Have it your way. Tell them whatever the f&&k you want, but you will have to wait until your tria am sure that Dr. Hyder and Alpha Brady will agree with me that you should not be allowed visitors or communication in or out until then.”
“You have no basis to restrict my communications with the outside world. It is inhumane.”
“Oh, you are wrong, Big Daddy. I have every basis in the world.”
I turned to Dr. Hyder. “Can your guards take him to the dungeons now? I got everything we needed from him “
Only moments later, guards came into the office and escorted Andrew out. As they did so, I quickly jotted down the names of the guards and other traitors that Andrew had been working with. I handed the list to
Dr. Hyder. His eyes got a little wider when he recognized some of the names.
After Andrew was escorted out of the office, and after Dr. Hyder and Brady made arrangements to secure the other traitors, Lily turned to me.
“What did you see?”
she asked.
“Why don’t you sit down, Lily.”
“Was it that bad?”
I frowned. “Sit down, okay, sweetheart? I will tell you everything.”
“You are scaring me, James. Does this have to do with Stephanie?”
“Yes, in part. Stephanie is Andrew’s fated mate.”
“What?!?! How does he know that? Does she know that?”
“Please, Lily, sit.”
It took some more prompting, but finally, she did. I kneeled in front of her and took her hand. I knew what
I had to tell her was not going to be easy for her to hear.
“Alex described how they found out about Stephanie being their mate, and why Andrew became obsessed with Evelyn and then you. From the way that Alex described everything, Luke and I are pretty sure they discovered that Stephanie was Andrew’s mate because of the wrinkle or wave that the Moon
Goddess created when she started making changes.
Then, a later wrinkle allowed Alex-but somehow not Andrew- to find out that the Moon Goddess had selected Stephanie’s sister as the new chosen one. Alex also received a visual of what you looked like. Alex shared the details about you with Andrew on the day that they saw Evelyn at the ski lodge, and he has regretted it ever since.”
“Wait… back up… what do you mean by the Moon Goddess making changes?”
Dr. Hyder asked.
I turned to him, realizing that we had not told Dr. Hyder about that part of our meeting with the Moont Goddess. “It is a long story, but basically the Moon Goddess originally planned for Stephanie to be the chosen one. She changed her mind when Stephanie started to make some of the choices that she made. But changing things lead to consequences, and one of those consequences was apparently Andrew finding out much more than he was supposed to know.”
“I am confused. If Alex told Andrew that the new chosen one was Stephanie’s sister, then he knew that the chosen one was me. But Evelyn made it sound like Andrew got her and I confused.”
I squeezed Lily’s hand. This was going to be the hard part.
*Andrew confused you and Evelyn because Stephanie has two sisters.”
Lily jumped up. “What… what are you saying, James?”
“Evelyn is your half-sister,”
I said softly.
(James POV)
“Evelyn is your half-sister,”
I said softly.
Lily stared at me silently for what felt like forever…. and then she sat down in the chair again… and started laughing.
“I did not know that I could laugh so hard at a time like this. Thank you, James.”
“Lily?”
“That was a really good joke. I almost believed you.”
“Lily, my love, I am not joking,”
I said seriously.
Lily rolled her eyes. “Of course, you are. Evelyn and I look a lot alike. I look just like my mother. There is no way that my mother had another pup and did not tell us. She worshipped Stephanie largely because she was having so much trouble having a pup back then.”
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I took both of Lily’s hands in my own. “Sweetheart, you do look a lot like Margie. I agree with you on that.
But you also look a lot like your dad, too.”
Lily stopped laughing.
“You aren’t seriously suggesting what I think that you are suggesting, are you?”
I frowned. “I am so sorry, Lily. I know this is hard to hear.”
“James, I love you and I trust you… but seriously. This isn’t funny. You must have misinterpreted what you saw.”
“I don’t think that I did.”
“Okay, well then maybe Andrew just assumed that Evelyn and I were sisters because we are doppelgangers.”
“Haven’t you wondered why you and Evelyn look so much alike?”
“No. Doppelgangers are a thing. You do not have to be related to someone to look like them.”
“Lily”
She turned and looked at Brady and Dr. Hyder. “Dr. Hyder, Brady… back me up here. Evelyn grew up in your pack. Brady dated her for years. You would have known if she was my sister, and you would have told
Dr. Hyder came closer, knelt on the other side of Lily, and put his hand on her shoulder in a comforting way.
“Evelyn and her parents did not move to Black Moon until she was eight years old. They moved here from Andrew’s pack. Evelyn’s birth certificate listed her parents as her parents and I did not question it further.”
Lily smiled and looked at me triumphantly. “See? Evelyn is not my
“I think she is,”
Dr. Hyder interjected.
“WHAT?!?!?”
sister.”
“I am sorry, Lily. I know how hard it is for you to accept this. Even after everything that you have learned and everything that has come to light, I know you have continued to adore him and put him on a pedestal,”
I said softly.
I watched Lily’s face. She was continuing to struggle to come to terms with this latest revelation.
“So what are you saying? That my mother didn’t really miscarry Tyler? That she somehow secretly carried that pregnancy to term and gave birth to a girl?”
I took a deep breath.
“No, Sweetheart. I am saying that your father cheated on your mother, and that Evelyn was born as a result of that affair.”
Lily jumped out of her chair. “No, he would never do that. My father loved mun
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