His Reluctant Luna novel Chapter 86

Alice

"If my questions are uncomfortable, you can choose not to answer," I said, trying to be pleasant.

Zaiden smiled back at me, looking curious.

"I lost my dad about 15 years ago in the were war. Many people were involved in it. Most of them are dead now. But the war happened because of me. I never stopped blaming myself for it." I paused.

"I guess I am rambling, what I mean is, you don't feel a shred of resentment towards Lucian for executing your parents?" I said quickly in one breath.

"Some things can't be helped, they went against the pack, got punished. I was lucky that I was spared. Not all Alphas are so benevolent to keep a traitor's son alive." he replied, with a loose roll of his shoulders. "What do you expect me to do?"

Take revenge, I thought but thought better of voicing it aloud. I couldn't even tell if Zaiden was being serious. Despite my kindness towards him, I was not going to ignore my sixth sense as I did for Savannah. Though my sixth sense was saying the opposite. It was asking me to believe him.

"I hope you won't do anything rash," I said.

"Do you miss your dad?" He suddenly asked.

I nodded.

"What do you miss about him?"

"Just him being with me, him comforting me when I used to be sad. Playing football, me Rick and I. Just doing dad things." I replied.

"So, you miss him because you have good memories of him?"

"Yes, I do... I have some excellent memories of him and my mother." I was tearing up now.

"Well, I don't have any good memories of my parents, so I don't miss them. " He said flatly. "They were too busy, in their power struggles. Running after the Obsidian prophecy......"

"Sorry what? What prophesy?" I interrupted.

"The obsidian prophecy, I had heard them discussing that a thousand times! It is about an Alpha mating with a witch's daughter. Their baby would be mighty and bring peace to the werewolf world. Something like that."

I stared at him for a few moments. This was unexpected and made absolutely no sense. This had to be a coincidence.

"Okay, can you tell me more about this prophecy? And why were your parents obsessed with it?"

"The obsidian prophecy, you have never heard of it? Many Alphas were obsessed with in back in those days. Some wanted to mate with that girl, others wanted to use her as a source for blood magic. My parents were part of that group. So, I heard things."

My head was reeling now.

"Do you remember who all were part of that group?"

"Most of them are dead presently, but Lucian's father was one of them. He was convinced by my dad." He said wryly.

I had heard enough. I stood up, I needed time to process all this.

"Thank you, Zaiden, you should go back to your training now," I said quickly.

He bowed and left. I was left pondering about what he told me. Wolves have their myths and prophecies, I never paid much attention to them. But, Zaiden's words were rather intriguing.

"Madam Luna," Rain's voice interrupted my train of thoughts.

"Yes?" I raised an eyebrow as she arrived in the room.

"The girl, in the hospital. She is awake, but she is not talking to anyone. The doctors had to move out all the male guards around her. She gets hysterical."

"She's the one they found in the shipyard, right? Is she fit enough to talk?"

"Yeah, she has healed pretty quickly, but it would take a long time for her to get over her trauma." Rain said sympathetically.

"I will visit her soon, don't worry." Assuring Rain, I walked towards the hospital.

'Hey,' I called Lucian through our mind link.

'Hey, dear,' he replied. Though he seemed distracted.

'I am going to visit that girl. I am not sure if I would be able to make her talk, but I will keep the link open so that you can listen.'

'Take Peter and Rory with you.'

'She gets agitated by the guards.'

'That's why you must take guards with you. She had been turned through genetic manipulation. She might be unstable and dangerous.'

'Oh come on! She is a mere girl. I can take care of myself. Don't worry. ' I protested.

"Olivia..." She said quietly, "my name is Olivia."

"That's a lovely name, so are you comfortable here?" I kept my tone as mild and soothing as I could.

I had no experience in dealing with traumatized people. But I knew was that their experiences would leave them broken and fearful for some time.

I had read somewhere that it helped some victims to share their painful experiences. It would be painful for sure, but ultimately helpful in healing her. Hoping that presenting myself as an ally and friend would encourage the young woman to open up.

"You are also like them?" The girl finally asked. Her voice seemed calmer now.

"Like them? Do you mean shape-shifter? Yes, I am also a shifter. We are all shapeshifting wolves."

"I know, I was kidnapped by them." She said quietly.

"I am sorry for what happened to you. Would you like to discuss it?"

The fear was back and tears flowed from her eyes.

"Why are you being nice to me? Why not just kill me or experiment on me?"

I had no idea how to respond to that.

"We don't do all that here. If you can tell me what happened to you. We will be able to catch them, punished them."

She looked at me with a slight distrust.

"Why?"

"Because they are bad people, doing terrible things to innocent humans like you. You can stop it if you can help us in finding them. I won't force you to talk. We can talk again later when you are ready. Is that fine?" I said calmly.

She didn't reply but looked thoughtful. I stood up, ready to leave.

"No stop! Please don't go," she said, almost panicked.

"Ok, I will stay."

"I will tell you whatever I know...." Olivia said.