Chapter 258
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ATTICUS.
It’s hard to stomach, but I also know that it isn’t a lie…
Over a decade ago I once learned that my blood type didn’t match either Dad or Mom’s but when that
niggling thought that perhaps Mom cheated on Dad crept into my mind, I shut the entire situation out
not wanting to be the reason for their marriage to break up by questioning them on it.
But this wasn’t something I ever considered.
lu new
Valerie is my sister. It’s like I’m seeing her in an light.
As she bandages Hugh and tends to his injuries, I notice she has the same eye shape and colour, even
her hair colour is the same as mine.
We’ve just returned and she’s tending to Hugh in the safe house.
He’s been quiet since he asked Zaia if what she said about Melanie was true and if she really is gone.
When Zaia nodded, he simply fell silent… but I wonder how he must be feeling inside.
Zaia is now filling the others in.
“And then.
I shot him.” Zaia turns away and I hate that the pain in her voice crushes
me too.
I’m stunned at her revelation, and so are Valerie and Jai.
Did she shoot Sebastian? How did she manage that? He’s fucking fast and powerful.
Jai looks pale. Obviously, his loyalty is to his alpha and friend. I can’t blame Zaia for losing her patience
with him.
Zaia hugs herself and I hate seeing her in pain and no matter what anyone else says, I move towards
her, placing my arms around her, ignoring Jai’s frown.
I love her, and nothing can change that.
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I give her a gentle squeeze.
“You shot him?” Valerie whispers. Her heart is thundering and there’s fear and horror in her eyes, as if
Zaia has made a mistake.
Why?
“You had no choice,” I say quietly. “What’s done is done.”
“Of course you will say that, you hate the guy, anyway,” Jai says coldly, but I choose to ignore him:
No, I don’t hate Sebastian. I saw him as a rival, but hate is not the right word. But I’m fucking angry at
him for hurting her all over again.
I know that father always said to keep an eye on her and keep her safe, but then I genuinely fell hard…
back when I would sneak into her pack. I wish they told me more, and I wonder if Mom knew my
connection to the Blood Born and all of this.
After all, I have told them about the Sable and Sublime, but not once have I got the impression that
she’s known something.
“Enough Jai,” Zaia says quietly as she steps away and brushes her father’s hair back,
sadness in her eyes. “I don’t know what to think when it comes to Sebastian. As for Gerard, he isn’t
even the true mastermind. I can’t believe we never knew that.”
“Then who?” Valerie asks.
“My grandfather, Lawrence Walton.” Zaia sighs.
Valerie and Jai look stunned as they exchange looks, and Hugh takes over.
He covered everything that happened, leaving out the part about me and Valerie, but
he now looks at me as Zaia helps him put a clean shirt on.
“And I think Atticus can share the final part that we learned on his own terms.” He
says with a nod, and I notice that dullness in his eyes remains.
“Come, I’ll show you to a room,” Zaia says.
“I want to see your mother’s body first… if possible. I need to…” He says quietly.
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“Tomorrow?” She whispers gently.
He seems to debate it before he nods, and she hugs him gently. There’s a pain in his eyes as he hugs
her back, and his eyes are empty as he gazes into the distance.
To lose a mate…
“And what is it that you need to tell us that you need it on your own terms?” Jai asks the moment Zaia
and her father disappear.
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