Longing For My Rejected Luna novel Chapter 32

*****Jace’s POV*****

All my life I’d only known my family — my father and Erika. They were the only people I needed in my life, I was comfortable with them. Father had tried his best to give me the best life had to offer. After my mom had left, I had decided I didn't need any other person in my life. I had decided that father and Erika were enough for me, they gave me love and treated me well.

I was wary of love, after seeing what mom’s leaving had done to dad, I became wary of the opposite sex. And it was not a problem to avoid them especially when dad had always been hard on Erika and I about the opposite sex, he never let us go to any functions or receive random visitors and after a while, it had a become a part of me.

Even when I had realized Kat was my mate, I had been shocked because it had never occurred to me that the Moon Goddess would pair me with Erika's childhood best friend. I didn’t reject the bond but I was yet to accept it either. Kat was a really nice girl and there was this crazy, confident way about her that was overall intriguing because I was wary nonetheless.

She had tried seducing me a lot of times and while I found it appealing, I had to control myself. It made her upset and she sulked a lot, but I knew what I was trying to avoid. I did not want to end up like dad. He was a very strong man, to have lost two women in his life and he did not let it deter him. Though I saw how sad it made him, even though he tried to make me feel like everything was okay, I knew it was not. It might have fooled Erika into believing he was fine but not me. I had seen through him.

“So, you’ll be the one to sign?” The doctor had brought in the transfer agreement form. I took it, read through it and a sad sigh escaped my lips.

I looked at the man who had given me the best life had to offer. The man who had motivated me to start my own business, and not to depend on his own achievement. He had told me to bring my plans to him and he would support me, and he had. Without missing a beat, he had helped me stand on my feet. Whatever wealth I had today, he was the foundation.

And they had poisoned him. They had seen how good he was, and their envy for what he had, they poisoned him. Anger surged through me, they had no right to do what they did. I would find a way to make whoever that might have done this pay! I would make them pay! I just had to find out who had committed this grave crime.

I took the pen the doctor was offering and scrawled my signature where required. “Let no one know of this, doctor. If this gets out, I would hold you responsible, not just for the leak of his transfer but his being poisoned."

The doctor eyes popped In alarm through the wire rimmed glasses that made him look more or less like a nerd.

“Have I made myself clear, doctor?” I kept my expression as serious as possible, he needed to get the point.

“Y-yes, Your Highness.” The man looked kind of nervous.

“Good.” I gave him the signed form. “Get me my own copy. Two copies. One for me, the other for my sister.”

“No problem, Your Highness.” He bowed.

I went to my dad’s bedside and held his hand. I swallowed hard lumps lodged in my throat. “Wake up, dad. Erika and I still need you. And I promise, I will find who did this and I will make them pay.” My voice broke a little as I whispered those words to him. “I promise.”

I left the hospital and was walking towards the mansion when a hand snaked around mine, I groaned in exasperation, I already knew who it was. Tasyra Grigshade, the daughter of one of the prominent men in Iron Claw, her father was also an Elder in the pack. The Elders were the cabinet members, they helped keep the pack organized.