The Alpha and His Contract Luna (Lauren) novel Chapter 88

Sebastian helps and leads me downstairs. I was nervous and curious at the same time. I didn’t know what to expect or how to even react.

It has been a rollercoaster of emotions since I got here. I am still reeling from all that I have found out about my and Claire’s background and also from my own aunt trying to kill me.

Despite everything that has happened there is now no doubt that Claire is John’s and Olivia’s daughter. Claire will probably ask for a paternity test, but from everything Valery confessed, I was sure that the results would be positive.

We get down stairs and everyone turns to look at us. Both sets of grandparents are present and so are Lilly and Luke. Hailey and Lucas sit on the opposite side of each other. Also present was Micah. He probably got here when I was still unconscious.

The moment she notices me, Lilly stands up and comes to me. Her eyes swimming in tears. She hugs me and cries on my shoulder.

“I’m really sorry Ren…I didn’t know, I had no clue that she wanted you dead” she sobs. “I brought you here so that we could have fun without knowing that I had played right into her plans”

I feel her heartbreak . She was devastated, but who wouldn’t be when they find out their mother was a killer?

“It’s okay Lilly, I don’t blame you” I soothe her softly. “None of this is your fault. It’s all on her not you”

She calms down a little but doesn’t stop crying. Micah comes and gently pulls her from me. He whispers comforting words before leading back to the seat.

“You ready for this” Bash whispers through the bond.

I take a deep breath. “As ready as I’ll ever be”

“If it gets too much let me know and we’ll leave, okay?” he asks.

“Yeah”

We cut off the link and take our seats. I face Hailey just as Benson speaks.

“We’ve waited long enough to hear what you have to say Hailey. I can’t believe you, we mourned you, cried over you for years and yet you were alive and you didn’t tell anyone. You let us suffer by believing that you were dead…How could you?” His voice was low and full of pain.

I didn’t understand what they felt but I could only guess. I couldn’t imagine believing that Krystal was dead only to find out more than twenty five years later that she wasn’t.

Hailey takes a deep breath before beginning. “How could I have let anyone know when I knew the lengths Valery would go to just to get rid of me?”

“Being told that my mate was having an affair broke me. For months I struggled with that information. I was hurting and I just didn’t understand how Lucas could do that to me. The maid, her name was Mary, she started giving me small pieces of information about how the woman looked, at first I didn’t want to believe it but when I confided in Valery and she admitted she was the other woman I was destroyed”

“I never cheated on you, never looked at another woman, let alone your sister” Lucas growled.

“True, but you still slept with her, Luke and Lilly are proof of that” she retorted, throwing daggers at him.

“Don’t get me wrong I love Luke and Lilly but I was really hammered when they were both conceived” he yelled throwing his hands up in their air.

I don’t know about you but I would rather not listen to them arguing about his sex life and how my siblings came to be.

“So I wasn't a love child?” Lilly asks brokenly.

I feel bad for her and Luke. Knowing that you’re a result of a drunken mistake.

“Can you two stop it!” Kristine all but yells.

Hailey sighs then continues. “Anyway, at that time I didn’t know that you never cheated on me. Valery was my sister and she had never given any inclination that she detested me so I had no reason not to believe she had ulterior motives. When she broke the news I didn’t have time to dwell on it because I went into labor.”

“During the entire labor all I thought about was what Valery told me and I hated you. Hated that you were pretending to be the caring mate when you were sleeping with my sister behind my back and you were planning to leave me and break the bond. I made the decision that I would file for a separation once I was out of the hospital. I couldn’t stand the thought of staying with a man that was unfaithfull” she says looking at Lucas.

Lucas interrupts her. “That’s why you didn’t want me in the labor room with you? If it wasn’t for me insisting they would have thrown me out” he says brokenly.

I watch them. Study them. The pain was still there from all those years ago. It’s hard to accept all the damage that Valery did in a quest to get a man that wasn’t hers.

“Yes. I felt that you were a hypocrite…when you left I kept falling in and out of consciousness from the fatigue and stressful labor. I don’t know how long it was after you left but a doctor came to my room. He injected me with something. At first I thought it was protocol but her next words made me realize that it wasn’t”

“I was waiting for the perfect opportunity to get you alone, to tell you that I was alive. I would say it was a coincidence but I believe it’s the moon goddess doing, I was in the right place at the right time."

"I was running through the forest on my way to the pack when I noticed the car crash. I saw Valery and her men who were dragging you into the car. I followed behind in wolf form till I got to their hideout. I had already taken out her men when I heard her confess to everything. It still comes as a shock that everything I believed was a lie. That I played right into her plan and lost twenty plus years”

Lucas looks at her. I know that what he is about to ask her is hard on him.

“Did you ever get mated again?” he asks in a low voice.

Hailey avoids his eyes when she answers. “Yes, about six years after everything happened. He was my neurologist. We were together for fifteen years before he died. I didn’t mate again”

Lucas looks pained at her answer. He had hoped that she'd stayed single which is twisted in a way

“Do you have other children?” I questioned her.

She shakes her head in sadness. “Unfortunately no…the poison I was injected with not only left me paralyzed but it also took my ability to have anymore children”

I was reeling from all that Valery had done to Hailey. All that she had taken from her sister. My hate burned for her because I couldn’t understand how someone could be so heartless.

Luke stands up and walks towards Hailey. He shocks us when he falls on his knees before her and then places his head on her lap.

“I’m sorry. For everything my mother put you through, for the pain, for the shattered pieces and for everything she has stolen from you. I know sorry is just a word but it’s all I can give you. If there was a way to give you what you lost, I swear with everything I am I would” he says silently crying. His heartbreak clear in his voice.

Hailey’s eyes fill with tears. She kisses his forehead before wiping his tears.

“This isn’t your fault Luke, and I would never blame you for the sins of your mother. You’re not her and you’ll never be” she gives him a teary smile.

I see a bond form right there before my eyes and I jump for joy inside. This was how it was supposed to be and now Hailey and I or rather my mother and I can now finally have our justice.