Chapter 234
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Standing up, I’strip out of several layers of clothes and ready the gun I’ve brought. Just in case.
I need to get Mom out of here, but I don’t trust using my phone not knowing who I can call. Who is
close enough to come to my help?
Dad’s strange message is now making me worry about him, too. What if they got
him, too?
“Mom, calm down. Tell me, my brother- Zade, he is part of the Sable… What does he
look like?” I ask, brushing her hair back gently. She flinches and I feel the matted.
blood.
How could they do this?!
“Auburn hair, grey eyes, but one- one eye changes.” She says, her eyes widening
with horror.
I nod. “And who else, do you know anyone else that you can tell me about? Who did
this?” I ask gently, knowing she couldn’t tell me those who attacked us back when
we were newborns.
She tenses. “It was Zade… he did this…” She closes her eyes as another wave of tears.
seeps from her eyes.
How could he…
“You need to know. I have to tell you where the dust is,” she whispers, suddenly
looking at me with sharp eyes.
Moon Dust.
“You mean Moon Dust, right?” I whisper.
She nods, her heart thundering violently.
“The Dust… it will lead you. Look Zaia, you need to leave, they are out blood. The Dust my old home,
under the stairs. In the closet, at the back, there is a floorboard.
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Under there.” Her words become incoherent, and her eyes become glassy.
I’m listening to everything carefully. Making sure I don’t miss anything she is
saying.
The Moon Dust, mom has some?
“Are you- listen to me. Tell no one. We have to keep it secret.” Her eyes sharpen as
she stares at me imploringly.
“I will, I promise,” I say gently.
She nods, and suddenly she seems to still. She looks at me seriously and smiles softly. “I’m glad I got
to see you one more time… you know… I didn’t tell them, no
matter what they did.”
that Mom
“Don’t say this is not the last time,” I say. She’s scaring me.
“I did my best.” Tears stream down her cheeks, and I tilt my head, caressing her face.
“You did well Mom, I’m so proud of you.
“I want to fix things between us… I… I did your father wrong. I was an awful mate, an awful wife… but I
have always loved him and you… I… I want you safe, don’t trust them. There’s more of them…. That
boy who used to play in the woods… he is one of them… M–My father too… He… He was the one who
took him.”
She flinches and I frown. What boy?
“Grandfather?”
As far as I knew, my grandfather was not in touch with Mom…
“He is one of them and that pathetic woman who thinks she-” she coughs “Don’t
trust A-”
She coughs again, and I see a trickle of blood run down her cheek.
“Who Mom?”
“She was… she is on their side. A- A.” She’s struggling, and I can tell she’s trying her best. She opens
her mouth, but no sound comes out as her eyes roll shut. “Ah…”
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“Mom!” I say, my heart thumping as I hear hers beginning to fade. “No… no!”
I’m losing her…
Her mouth moves but no sound comes out and over my thundering heart, I’m unable to make out what
she’s saying.
My stomach twists as I remember back then she said she couldn’t say or something
would happen.
Is this some kind of magic?
Would it kill her?
No, please no!
I need to get help! I take out my phone, dropping the gun onto the bed, but I freeze
when I realise her heartbeat is gone.
Mom is gone….
I stare at the bruised, battered body before me, realising I failed her… and now, I’ve
lost her.
Tears sting my eyes, blurring my vision as I stare down at the body before me.
Lifeless…
The phone slips from my hand, my thundering heart loud in my ears and my breath.
shaky.
I’m about to touch her when I see the faint shadow fall over me.
The shadow of someone silently approaching me from behind…
Moonlight Muse
Author
I wonder who that might be. hehe
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ZAIA.