Mated in the Shadow of My Sister novel Chapter 53

Chapter 0053

(Luna Jane POV)

My heart stopped when James asked about Lily’s birthday.

I was honestly relieved when Nick could not remember. In fact, I had to stop myself from reaching out

and hugging him.

But then, when James demanded to see Lily’s pack file, my heart stopped again. I wish I had anticipated

that he might want to look at it.

Randall and I went through Lily’s file two days after James was released from the hospital, so the look on

James’ face when he opened the file did not surprise me; I knew exactly what James was going to find

when he opened it.

My primary hope now is that James does not put the pieces together the same way that his father and I

did. Or at the very least, I hope that he does not put ALL of the pieces together.

If I had to do things all over again, I would. In retrospect, I wish that I had never allowed myself to

become so jealous of Cecilia. I wish I had never acted on my jealousy. I wish I had never asked Margie

to eat those strawberries. And I wish that I had never allowed Margie to convince me that James and

Stephanie were mates.

Unfortunately, I cannot change the past. The only thing that I can do at this point is try to salvage the

future.

still talking

My son now knows my deepest, darkest secret. He is clearly angry and bitter about it, but at least he is

alking to me. As things stand, there is hope that he will forgive me. However, I am scared about. what will happen if James discovers that I unintentionally steered him towards Stephanie and away from

his actual mate. Will he understand and forgive me for that as well? Will he even believe me that I was

blinded by guilt and not acting intentionally?

More importantly, if James figures out the full truth, will he still be willing to play the part of Stephanie’s

grieving mate?

It might seem wrong for me to worry about James continuing to playing that part, but I do worry about it.

I have to.