His Blue Moon Princess
His Sunshine Baby Chapter 74

I take a while to think about it. With my hands shaking, I undo my necklace, looking at the words engraved again. "To my Sunshine, G."

For some reason, I always thought this memento, and that nickname were meant for me. Yet it never made sense. I am a daughter of Moon Goddess, a werewolf. I never imagined my mother could be any different. "Damn, a lot of things make sense now," says Daniel. "This is what Sylviana meant when she said you were shielding your baby and hiding her power. She..."

"What! Whose baby? What are you talking about?" Asks Reagan.

Oh, right, she hadn't heard yet... She was probably away from the pack, and unsociable as she is, no way she heard the rumors.

"I'm pregnant, Reagan," I simply admit.

She looks at me, completely stunned.

"What...? But I thought..."

"Yeah, we thought it would be hard for Elena to conceive again, but it happened and it's confirmed," explains Daniel.

Reagan looks at him, suspicious, then turns to me.

"Don't tell me you're having a kid with that shrimp."

"What? Ew!!!!" Says Daniel. "Are you crazy, old hag!"

"Of course it's not Daniel's, Reagan," I sigh.

"Then who?"

I exchange a look with Daniel. Well, Clark knows, and it is very likely that the rest of the pack soon will, so... As I said, no more hiding. "Nathaniel Black."

Reagan frowns, but before she asks, I sigh and reply.

"Yes, the King's brother. I met him last summer, we hit it off, kept this relationship going, not seriously until recently, and now I'm pregnant."

"He doesn't know yet," adds Daniel. "Clark asked Elena to... consider her options."

"You are not aborting?" Asked Reagan, suddenly unhappy.

"I have no intention to, and I'm pretty sure it's too late anyway. Moreover, I'm already having a hard time keeping her as it is..."

"What? What do you mean?"

Daniel takes over in explaining her everything again, on how we found out and what followed, including my almost miscarriage recently, how I have to rest. Somehow, he goes on to tell her how we found out about Nora and the Blue Moon Clan, too. To our surprise, Reagan doesn't seem very surprised to hear about Sylviana's existence.

"Queen Diane's friend was a good witch, too... Though she wasn't an earth witch. But I know what kind of woman they are... The werewolves of Silver City aren't used to witches, but the Blue Moon Clan was."

That's a bit surprising to hear, coming from Reagan...

"What about the Dark Witch, then? Do you think it could be..."

Reagan nods.

"From the moment I heard about the Vampire Attack, I thought the same. Water attacking wolves... I don't see what else it could be. What does Sylviana think?"

Daniel frowns a bit as we exchange a look. Sylviana thought the same...

"She said that Dark Witch is most likely after Nora's power... And my Baby."

Reagan sighs, looking at me, shaking her head.

"It's the same thing all over again..."

"You didn't tell us why Nora and Elena were separated from their parents," notes Daniel.

Reagan looks down, looking a bit lost for a while. I try to help her resume her talking.

"You said my mother was among the humans that came to the Clan."

"Her name was Althea. She was a very pretty and bright woman. You look a lot like her, actually. She had honey blonde hair, dark skin, and brown eyes. But you have Gabriel's eyes. Your father's eyes were golden." "Not blue?" I ask, a bit surprised.

For some reason, I figured both twins would have the Royal's blue eyes, but Reagan shakes her head.

"No... Only Lilyan inherited Queen Diane's blue eyes. For some reason, your father's were gold. But Queen Diane's father had gold eyes too, so maybe it's a female thing..."
I take a while to think about it. With my hands shaking, I undo my necklace, looking at the words engraved again. "To my Sunshine, G."

It feels good to finally hear about my parents. What they looked like, what kind of people they were... It's like my own story is being completed, filling those holes I've been feeling my whole life.

"Althea was a dancer... She was young when we met her. Your father felt she was his mate right away. She was human, so she had no idea what that meant, but they fell in love anyway." "My parents were fated mates?"

"Yes," nods Reagan. "And very in love... Your father broke his engagement to be with Althea. She was younger, so they decided to wait a couple of years before getting married. Her family was supposed to leave, too... It took her awhile to make up her mind, but she couldn't leave your father, so she parted with her group and stayed among us. Not too long after, she got pregnant with you."

"What about Nora's mom?"

"I don't really know... She must have met her mate one of those times I was gone. After Althea's pregnancy was announced, I left our Clan more and more often to replace Cynthia's pack. I couldn't..." "You were the fiancee, weren't you?"

Daniel's sudden words surprise both of us. I turn to Reagan. My father's fiancée? She mentioned a warrior she-wolf... Judging from Reagan's reaction, Daniel is right. My gosh... Reagan used to be engaged to my father?? I never paid attention, but generation-wise, Reagan could have been my mom... give or take a few years. And if Althea, I mean my mom, was younger than my dad, it makes sense.

"Yes... Gabriel was a wonderful man, and I admired his strength. We were childhood friends, and started dating... I won't get into the details. But yes, I was engaged and loved your father. When your mother came, and I understood he was leaving me, I was heartbroken. I didn't understand what a fated mate bound was, even less with a human..."

Moon Goddess... I'm feeling so sorry for Reagan right now.

I still vividly remember the pain I was in just when Nathaniel mentioned he had met his fated mate. I can't imagine what Reagan went through. Falling in love, your happiness close to perfect when you're engaged, and all of a sudden, a woman appears and everything collapses. I know the said woman was my mom and wasn't to blame, but...

"I kept leaving the Clan, under the pretense of looking for Cynthia. Truth is, I was running away from the pain. Seeing your parents happy together made it feel worse every time I came back. I left for longer and longer periods of time... I would go further, trying to forget my pain and focus on something else. Even Queen Diane asked me to stop and relax, but I couldn't. I just... wanted the whole pack to forget me. I was the poor girl Gabriel had thrown away for a human... Lylian was nice to me, though, she kept trying to console me, even introduced me to other men. I never really listened to her. I probably should have..."

I can't help but feel so, so sad when listening to her.

No wonder Reagan became so lonely and bitter... I see my mentor under a different light now. She was always that strong, fighting woman to me. I never realized she carried her own emotional baggage and some scars. This explains why she never wanted to talk about this past to me... I probably wouldn't feel like sharing my story with a child my ex conceived after leaving me for another, either. "What happened, then? You made it sound like the attack was your fault," says Daniel.

"It was more complicated than that. We knew vampires clans were watching us, but the barrier always kept them at bay. We thought they wouldn't attack our Clan, big and powerful as it was. And we had a witch on our side, just that was enough to keep them at bay. Until, one day, I couldn't cross the barrier anymore."

"What?"

Reagan nods, frowning.

"I don't know what changed... It just became impossible, it kept rejecting me. I thought... Maybe I had come to hate your mother too much, and that was why."

Something just doesn't feel right about this. It was her own pack, they shouldn't have shut her out... What kind of barrier was it? Reagan said it kept people with bad intentions out, but it doesn't seem like she fitted into that category...

"So you were shut out?"

"It lasted for days and weeks. I didn't know what I had done wrong. I even left a few times, thinking it would be better if I calmed down. At some point, Lilyan talked to her mother, asking her to put the barrier down and let me in. Queen Diane and Danica, the witch, were reluctant, though. That barrier had protected us for years..."

"But they did, didn't they?"

"Yes... Anytime I came back, they would temporarily take down the barrier for me."

"Is that how they were attacked, then?" I ask.

Now it makes sense... If they took the barrier down, that explains how the Clan was wiped out even despite the Queen's efforts. Reagan sighs and nods.

"I believe so. It happened right after I had left, again. I had a big fight with Queen Diane, who was reluctant on letting me go. Once again, Lilyan helped me convince her. They lifted the barrier for me to leave, and that was the last time I saw the Clan alive... When I got back, the barrier was gone. And they were..."

She doesn't need to finish her sentence. I sigh.

Reagan wasn't responsible, she just... Triggered things up, I guess. Whoever attacked them was probably lurking and waiting for a long time.

"So you don't know who did it?"

"At first I thought it was vampires. From the fighting, many vampire bodies were left. But there was something odd."

"My mother was alive," I suddenly realize.

Right. If it was a vampire attack, why would have my mom survived? Of all people, she was the only human! It doesn't make any sense.

"Exactly. As soon as I saw the first bodies, I aimed for the Castle, where your family and Queen Diane should have been. The only person left was your mother's... and you. You were both alive, but your mom was badly injured. She managed to hide somehow, but she had been injured by some debris. She begged me to take you away... She made me swear to protect you and leave. She died right after I did."

"What about the others?" Asks Danny

"I never found their bodies. My guess is... They might have been burned."

"Burned?"

"The Good Witch that was on our side was a Fire Witch. There were burnt corpses in the castle when I got there, some of them that could very well have been your father, aunt, and grandmother. I spent a long time thinking about it. If the attack wasn't really the doing of vampires..."

"A dark witch might have been behind it. Like the one we had here in Silver City."

"Exactly. And if she was after the Royals, Danica, our witch, might have burned their bodies to keep her from using them against others. Danica's body was the only one I found."

"And if she didn't replace what she wanted back then, because Danica burnt the Royal's bodies..."

"She might try somewhere else. Like Silver City," I whisper.

That's why we were attacked.

Nora is slowly unveiling her wolf's power, and that Dark Witch was probably waiting for such a thing to happen. If she is still looking for the Royals, Nora's power must be attracting her to Silver City like a firework in the night sky. This Vampire attack was probably only the beginning. Moon Goddess... and I am pregnant with another possible Royal baby...