The Shadow of a Luna (Tessa and Tyler) novel Chapter 26

Chapter 26: Chapter 26

TESSA POV

As soon as I got to New Orleans I caught a cab to a cemetery that was actually a public attraction in this city.

I went to the Andres Tomb which was out of the way from the tours going through and I sat inside it waiting until the sun went down.

"Is there something I can do for you?" A British accent asked from behind me. So I turned around quickly and he looked at me weird and actually stumbled back a few steps once he saw me.

"No. This isn’t possible." He says.

"I thought you’d be happy." I say.

"I found your shirt. It had your blood on it. Addison’s blood on it." He says.

"Daniel planted that shirt for you to find. He found out that mom was planning on taking me and running away with you. He had people watching her at all time." I explained.

"Where is Daniel now?" He asked.

"Dead." I say.

"Who had the honors of doing that?" Angelo asked.

"I did. With a hell of a lot of pleasure." I say.

"You are a beast." He chuckles.

"I thought you just abandoned me. That you didn’t want me because my mother wasn’t here." I say.

"I never would have done that. I would have come for you if I thought you were alive. Did he treat you right?" He asked.

"Hell no." I chuckle.

"I guess not. Otherwise you wouldn’t have killed him. I can’t believe that you’re actually here." He says.

"I heard that you were a heartless monster." I say.

"You’re my daughter. I met you when you were 6 and loved you straight away." He says.

"I think I did too. It was a long time ago. I don’t know. I can’t remember." I say.

"Are you still in that same pack?" He asked.

"No. I found my mate. I moved to his pack." I say.

"Does he treat you well?" He asked.

"Very. He loves me. I love him. He’s a good man. A good werewolf." I say.

"Yeah. The werewolves around here can be assholes." He says.

"Okay then. I’m glad I didn’t track them down then." I say.

"How did you know to look for me here?" He asked.

"I don’t know. I took a wild stab at it. I did a little research." I say.

"You’re smart. Just like your mother." He says. He finally took a seat next to me and I was looking at the names on the walls.

"Are they all relatives?" I asked.

"Obviously. That’s why they are all in here." He says.

"I guess so. I didn’t think of that. I know that you have a lot of brothers and sisters. Are they all still around here." I asked.

"Not really in New Orleans. But their around. We don’t get along too well. We’re all vampires after all." He says.

"I need to know one thing." I say and he looked at me expectantly. " Did you really love my mother or were you just playing with her?" I asked.

"I wasn’t playing with her. She’s the first women I had loved in so many years. I didn’t actually know how she died. But I always thought that maybe it was Daniel." He says.

"It was. I found her. It was the next day after we saw you. She was actually brave enough to tell Daniel that she was leaving. That she was taking me. That’s why he lost his shit and killed her." I explained.

"Did she suffer?" He asked hesitantly. And I slowly nodded my head yes. And he hung his head hearing that.

"I really wish she didn’t. But I held her hand while she died." I explained.

"You were 6. You shouldn’t have had to do that." He says in complete shock.

"I was the only one there. It’s fine. She died next to someone who did love her. Instead of Daniel." I say.

"What have I missed? There must be a lot in your life that I’ve missed." He says. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"There’s my whole life. But I don’t really think there’s much to say about it. Nothing that my biological father would want to hear." I say.

"You mean the abuse?" He asked.

"Yeah. I guess so. It got really bad for a while there. But things are finally going good. Except that I didn’t tell my mate that I was coming here and I know that he was going to kill me when he finds me. Not literally, he’ll probably lock me in the packhouse for the rest of my life." I laughed.

"Yeah. Werewolves are pretty possessive." He says.

"Yeah. Especially Alpha’s." I say.

"Wow. You’re mated to an Alpha." He says.

"Yeah. Up there in Maine. At the Blue Moon pack." I say.

"Isn’t that the Peterson family?" He asked.

"It is. Do you remember them?" I asked.

"Yeah. I had a run in with the Alpha 11 years ago." He says. And I side eyed him when he said that.

"That would have been my Alpha’s father. But don’t worry, I haven’t met him yet. Only his brother. His brother’s a douche." I say.

"Yeah. That was a big family too." He says.

We stayed in that tomb talking for the rest of the night and then we weren’t able to leave for the entire day. But Angelo needed to get some sleep and I got some sleep on a concrete bench against the side of the tomb while Angelo got out of the sun as much as possible. Luckily it was pretty dark in there even during the day.

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