I Am The Luna (Moonlight Muse) novel Chapter 222

Chapter 0222 

“What do you mean by that? You know I can’t hide anything from Zaia, I will tell her!” I exclaim as he stands up and I stand up myself, blocking his path as I push him back, but he doesn’t even budge. 

“I mean what I said, If you don’t do as I say, it will only hurt Zala. So keep this between us because I’d rather she be angry than…” 

“Than broken?” I finish, glaring up at him accusingly, my heart thundering with 

anger. 

She’ll break if I don’t! 

“Yes, I will get you the antidote, and you are not to tell Zaia where it came from.” He replies quietly. 

I swallow. 

He’s going to do exactly what I know is Zaia’s deepest fear. 

He’s going to join them… the Sable… 

No. No. “NO!” I shout. 

He glances upwards, clamping a hand over my mouth, his eyes blazing. 

“The children are asleep.” He says coldly. “You have no option. Tell Zaia and she will only become weak. They need to know and believe that I have chosen without an incentive to become one of them… Zaia’s reaction needs to be genuine.” 

There’s an urgency in his voice as if he needed me to understand that. 

“This is for my little girl. She’s barely lived… she deserves to experience life to its fullest. She doesn’t deserve to be pulled away from this world so soon. Do you understand?” 

He releases my mouth, but I’m unable to reply. 

I know what he means… 

She won’t live long… we all know that even if Zaia is trying her best… 

Sia… our little princess…. 

“I can’t lie to her.” I plead once more, but there’s no power behind my words any longer. 

I understand him… 

AREE 

“You will.” His eyes flash as his alpha command rolls off of him. I frown and although I feel strong enough to defy it to an extent, it still weighs upon me. “I’ll leave it to you to decide what you will do… but remember this can cost Sia if anything happens to my little girl…. 

He leaves his threat open, and I know I can’t risk it. 

I too have found nothing. We do need the antidote… 

I’m about to reply when we hear the door open and instantly, we both step away from one another. 

“Anyone there!” Atticus shouts, and 1 quickly rush to the hallway. 

“Valerie!” Zaia’s panicked voice comes just as I round the bend and the sight of both her and Atticus supporting a bloody Jai makes my heart stop. 

Fear washes over me and for a moment, time stands still. 

No. 

“Jai!” I rush to his side, cupping his face. His eyes flutter, sweat coating his forehead as he looks at me through half–closed eye 

eyes. 

Please be ok! 

He’s bleeding a lot, there’s a makeshift bandage around his chest and waist and it’s drenched in blood. 

“Why didn’t you take him to a hospital?” I ask, my heart thumping.. 

“We were followed,” Zaia explains, helplessly. 

“You can do this,” Sebastian says to me and I nod despite the fear inside. I don’t have much here! 

“Bring him to the dining table!” I command. “I need clean water, bandages and I need to stitch him up!”