His Blue Moon Princess
His Sunshine Baby Chapter 41

I look at my mentor, suspicious. What is she doing here? Her leather jacket is still dripping... Did she come all the way here despite the rain? The way she took the seat next to mine, too. Usually, Reagan avoids me, so what now?

I take my beer and drink a sip, waiting to see what the old woman has to say. She sighs.

"What's your idea?"

"About what?"

"Your ex, Elena. You know that's a problem," she says, typing her finger on the counter.

"Of course I know..."

But I haven't figured anything yet. All I've done all day is be angry about it and wondering about what to do next... The idea of Diego coming back is just driving me nuts. It brings back way to many dark memories that I can't handle. Reagan growls. "That dog... I should have killed him while he was still out."

"What for, Reagan? And Diego is not weak either... You probably would have been killed instead."

"Doesn't matter. As long as I keep that mutt away."

I frown. What is that supposed to mean... I'm not overestimating him. Aside from myself, five years ago Diego was undoubtedly one of the strongest Alphas of our packs. Now I wonder if he's gotten any stronger. Well, probably... So many years spent as a rogue would do that, right? I drink some of my beer again.

"Let him come," suddenly says Reagan.

I almost spit out my beer before turning to her. Is this old hag going nuts?

"You've got to be kidding me, Reagan."

"No."

She puts her beer down and looks me right in the eye, resolute.

"Look at me, Elena. I did not train you to be a she-wolf that runs away. You were born and raised as an Alpha, and you're going to act like one."

How did she know that was my first idea... And why is she all about my Alpha condition all of a sudden? It is true she raised me, trained me to be a strong woman, but I don't think this is going to help at all!

"But Xavier..."

"I don't care what your uncle says, kid. Stop using him or Clark as excuses. You know what you are, and you should not submit to them, or your ex, or anyone."

"I am not using them as excuses! I..."

"Oh yes, you do," says Reagan, angry. "Look at you. Why are you even here? You don't meddle with the pack's affairs. You never fight. You leave the furthest you can from the rest of your pack. You only train those kids half-heartedly."

I glare at her, angry. How dare she judges me! I've only been trying to do what I'm supposed to do ever since I was raised here. What does she know about my childhood, what it was like to be the outcast of the pack while she was gone Moon Goddess knows where! "You're the one who never gave me any answers!" I growl back.

"You don't need that to know who you are! You have an inner wolf! You have your Alpha aura, even if you never use it! Stop acting like a coward, Elena! If your ex comes back, do what you must, but don't you dare lower your head to anyone."

I'm speechless. Since when is Reagan pushing me for this? She is the one who's never around, and when she is, she eludes me! I'm remembering her conversation with Clark, the one Levi recorded. Reagan always denied it, but she knows who my mother is and where I came from. But if I ask her about that, she might run away again from the White Moon again...

I grab my sun necklace between my fingers, trying to calm down with the cold metal under my fingers, and take a deep breath.

"I always wondered why I had this... Why I was different. I tried so hard to be like the other pups of this pack, Reagan. But I couldn't. I was too strong, too fast. The only ones whom I could fit with were the other misfits. Daniel and Diego. They became my whole world... My only friends in this pack."

"Elena..."

I shake my head. I need to finish speaking, let her know what I've been carrying around all those years.

"When I stopped trying to blend in, I thought I finally had found my place. But that's when everything changed, again. You left, and Clark made me his goddaughter. I was put a step higher than the others, again. And I couldn't know the reason why. I thought Clark had chosen me because I was the strongest, but neither Eric or Orpheus is anywhere near as strong as Diego or myself. I wasn't Leader material either, I was just a wild, rebellious teenager she-wolf. So I knew it had to be something else." Reagan ignores me, her eyes wandering on the foam of her pint.

"There is something about me, something that you and Clark know and are desperate to hide. Something that goes with me being so strong..."

That old woman sighs. She turns to me, whispering in a very low voice so that no one but me can hear her, even with werewolf ears.

"All right, I will tell you more."

I stare, shocked. Is she for real? She never agreed to say anything no matter how long I begged for it before!

"What, really? Are you serious?"

"Yes, yes. But you have to promise me two things, Elena."

I frown. Why are we bargaining now? It's never easy with that woman! After a while, she looks around us and murmurs again.

"First, I want you to promise me you will not leave Silver City once I tell you this. I don't even want you to leave the White Moon or Opale Moon territories, you hear me?"

What the heck? I thought she would ask me to keep it all a secret, but...

"Why?"

"Because once I start talking, you will want more and I don't need you to be in danger recklessly."

"All right... What is the second condition?"

"Everything has to stay between us. Only Clark and Xavier know what I'm about to tell you. Well, your uncle Xavier knows the big lines. But aside from them, you have to promise me you won't tell anyone else."

"I'll tell Danny," I answer honestly.

Whether she likes it or not, Reagan knows how close I am to him. There isn't anything about myself I haven't told Daniel, and I'm pretty sure he's the same. So, I know my mentor has to be aware that anything she has to say will go through Danny's ears as well. Indeed, she sighs.

"All right, I guess that kid is part of the deal. Are you sure you can trust him? He is not going to talk?"

"With my Life, Reagan. And you know already how important Daniel is too me."

She can't ignore he was my only friend after everything that happened. There really isn't anyone else I would think of sharing my secrets with. Even Nathaniel, only knows very little about myself, despite the fact that we have been seeing each other for two months

now.

"Just make sure he doesn't talk about this, to anyone, Elena. This is very serious."

"I get it..."

"No, you don't get it. It's your life that's hanging in the balance, kid."

Reagan's serious tone is giving me chills. What could be so big that it impacts my whole life...?

Behind us, the group of teenagers is paying no attention to us, rehearsing their songs and joking around. They wouldn't think of getting involved with someone as odd as Reagan anyway. And the Barman is busy wiping glasses while eyeing them, too, not paying any attention to us.

"I get it, Reagan. This is serious, I can't tell anyone but Danny and not leaving the territory recklessly. Will you talk now?"

I'm seriously on edge. I want to know, I'm dying to know. Reagan pulls her grey hair back, taking a big breathe before she starts talking.

"First, I lied to you. I never belonged to the White Moon Clan in the first place."

What? She and Clark had always told me that she was just an omega that had left the Pack many years ago and come back when she found me! I did replace it weird that she would be allowed back in and came and went as she pleased, but...

"I was born in a much, much older pack than this one. Far in the North, a Clan so big it had over a thousand members."

A thousand! That is at least twice the size of any big pack...

"We had a Luna Queen, a very powerful woman. She was as strong as she was gentle. We all loved her and worshipped her. She was... special."

It is unusual for a Luna to rule a Pack by herself indeed... What about her pair? Didn't she have one?

"Once, I... I had a big fight with her. We couldn't agree on something, and argued a lot."

"About what?" I ask, curious.

Reagan growls.

"You don't need to know that! Anyway, since I was being stubborn, she decided to send me to the South. She asked me to go replace a smaller group that belonged to our pack. Her younger sister was leading it, but they had been gone for a long time, and we didn't have any news. She asked me to return once I would have found her younger sister."

"Did you replace the group?"

But Reagan shook her head, looking very sad.

"No... Many years had passed since that sister of hers was gone, and we had no idea how far in the south she had gone. I kept running, but after a few months, I decided to turn back." "Wait, you were gone not for days, but for months?"

Reagan nodded.

"I've always been very stubborn, okay? I just didn't want to come back until I had found them, and I was still mad about... Whatever reason I left in the first place. But... When I got back..." "What?"

She suddenly looks very dark, frowning and staring at her beer with a mix of anger and sadness in her eyes. I wait for a while and see her fist clenching.

"Reagan, what happened to your pack?"

"They were killed. All of them."

....What?

It can't be... Such a huge pack? How could that happen! I've heard of big fights between packs, but never of a full Clan being killed! And from what she had said, their Luna wasn't weak either. So how! "B... But how?" I ask, restless.

"I don't know. Whatever it is, it slaughtered all of them, Elena. This is why I'm telling you this is very, very serious. Something strong enough to annihilate a full pack of werewolves did all that." "...Then, what about me?"

I remember a bit of her conversation with Clark that Levi recorded, and try to pair it all up with what she said so far. That would mean...

"I..."

Reagan looks at me and seems to hesitate a bit. What is it that she can't tell me? She turns her eyes away, staring in front of her as if she couldn't face me.

"I found you in the middle of the m******e. Alone."

So what we heard was true...

"What about my parents?"

Reagan suddenly frowns and shakes her head, contraried.

"Dead. Both of them."

... Why is that old hag feeding me more lies again!