Revenge of the Broken Luna novel Chapter 7

ELIOT

I went to the daycare center right away and was stunned as soon as I stepped inside the room.

I saw her.

She was like a goddess. A goddess with a pup in her arms.

I wasn't sure if this kind of goddess ever existed, but she was the one. Hannah was a genuine beauty with a pup in her lap. She looked so different from the best friend I used to know. Happiness radiated from her face was in a different level. I felt like seeing a mother now.

Images of a happy family instantly came into my mind. I pictured my life, her, and our future pups in my head, and it warmed my heart and caused a smile to tug on my lips. A happy and contented smile like the one she had on her face.

Yes. We would have a happy life, and I would ensure that happened.

Only if we accepted each other.

"You are a monster."

I couldn't help but furrow at her words. Since this morning, she kept saying I hurt her—which I had never done—and now she was calling me a monster. Where did the term come from?

"Explain," I ordered her but tried not to demand her. I didn't want her attaching more awful names to me.

"Make me understand, Hannah." I really begged her this time. I missed the Hannah I knew.

However, she was cruel enough to let me hang with her words. No explanation as she kept silent afterward, and it frustrated me because I couldn't do anything about that.

This situation continued until night.

I sipped whiskey from my glass while glancing at the clock from time to time. It was half-past eleven, thirty minutes before midnight. Half an hour to Hannah's birthday. And I was just sitting in my room.

I looked at the box on my bed and heaved a sigh after. It was supposed to be Hannah's gift when I threw a simple party with a cake and bouquet for her. And after making a wish, she would blow out her eighteen candles.

And one more thing. I could confirm Hannah's identity. Was she my mate or not?

But I couldn't do that after she refused to talk to me. Even her family didn't know why she acted that way. Who should I ask for, then?

I took another sip and then glanced at the clock. I did that continuously until I couldn't count it anymore, and the second glass was empty. Still, I didn't have an answer yet. What should I do?

I was contemplating between having a third glass or not. I wanted to be drunk but didn't want it either because maybe I would go to Hannah, and she hated seeing me drunk. But was the choice still possible?

But no one knew the result without trying it, right?

So I opted for a tiny viable option and immediately went to her room before I could refill my glass. With the box and bouquet in my hand, I stood in front of her bedroom. I knocked on it three times and waited outside like the obedient boy she might want me to be.

"Hannah, it's me, Eliot. I know you're not sleeping yet. I'm here just to give you a present. Please open the door for me." I said it low but loud enough to be heard by someone inside the room, which I believed was still awake.

No response.

I could only hear eerie silence along this third-floor aisle. My wolf's hearing also didn't get any movement from inside her room.

Was she sleeping?

No way. Hannah was always excited to wait for her birthday, so she would stay awake until midnight.

Or was she going to ignore me again?

"Hannah, please. I just want to give these. And I promise I will go right away."

Nothing.