Second Chance Luna (Phoebe and Jason) novel Chapter 87

“That b*tch. That unbelievable b*tch,” Norah muttered as Phoebe guided her back to the packhouse and up to her suite.

Lucille followed a step behind. Though she had been shielded from the worst of her father’s indiscretions she still knew about the she-wolves he used to keep prior to meeting her mother. She knew some of those she-wolves had attacked her mother while her father was away. Yet her father always proclaimed he dealt with them and they were no longer a threat. Some paragraphs are incomplete if you are not reading this novel on Jobnib.com. Visit Jobnib.com to read the complete chapters for free. So who was that she-wolf they left in the cells? She assumed dealt with meant death but did her father not execute them for their crimes after all? Her brother seemed strangely calm. Did he know about the she-wolves’ real fates this entire time? And her mother…

Lucille watched as Phoebe guided Norah to the bed and made her lie down.

“How could she?” Norah muttered. “How dare she target Jackson’s flesh and blood? As much as she hated me I know she respected him at least. Has she no conscience?”

Phoebe retrieved a cool compress and soothing Norah the best she could. Lucille stood off to the side watching and trying to contemplate what her father had been thinking in letting such a she-wolf roam free.

“Mom, did you know?” Lucille finally spoke when her mother grew quiet.

Norah looked at her with a frown before saying, “That he let her go? Yes. He let all of them go after forcing them to swear loyalty to me as their Luna. He thought that would be enough to protect me.”

“But?” Lucille prompted.

“But when I became pregnant with Jason one of them attacked me again and nearly killed me with Jason in my womb,” Norah admitted. “Jackson executed her but didn’t touch the others since they weren’t involved in the second attack.” “Why would he let any of them live?!” Lucille demanded. “After what they did? They could have killed you!”

“They were members of the pack, some of them were childhood friends,” Norah said. “He…didn’t feel like he could kill them or banish them.”

Lucille frowned. Childhood friends? That’s why her father allowed them to live?

“Two of them met their fated mates,” Norah said with a sigh.

“Only two of them?” Lucille repeated.

“Delilah left the pack to travel,” Norah said. “I have no proof but I think she rejected her fated mate in hopes Jackson would claim her.”

“She did,” Phoebe agreed. “I sensed it in the cell. Though, I don’t know who her mate might have been. I haven’t sensed any lost connections that would lead back to her. He might have left the pack, or he might not have been able to tolerate the bond breaking.”

“In other words he killed himself,” Lucille said.

Phoebe nodded.

Normally a wolf spirit wouldn’t even consider suicide and would protect their vessel should their human half attempt it. However, after a mating bond was forcibly broken wolf spirits were greatly weakened and some even longed for the pain to end anyway it could, including hurting themselves or even death.

Garrison sought death in taking dangerous missions. Perhaps it wasn’t exactly the same as suicide but he certainly wasn’t fighting death and would have welcomed it. Fortunately it had not come to that and meeting his second chance mate eased his suffering. Others were not so fortunate. Phoebe had the feeling Delilah’s mate was in the latter category.

“So, he let her just leave?” Lucille scoffed.

“I don’t think he knew she rejected her fated mate, at least not at first,” Norah said. “Whatever your father’s faults he did respect and cherish the bond. He never would have wanted any wolf to reject their bond. It pained him greatly to know she rejected her bond for him. That’s not what he wanted.”

“Why didn’t you tell me this before?” Lucille asked. “Does Jason know? He does, doesn’t he? That’s why he refused to see dad even when he was… Why tell him and not me?”

“Because I didn’t want to ruin your relationship with your father like I did with Jason,” Norah sighed. “After the second attack I was so paranoid about protecting Jason from future threats and I was so angry with Jackson for allowing it to happen, I thought I was doing Jason a favor by telling him. But it only put up a wall between them.

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