The Tale Of A Luna

Chapter Four

It continued for the next few days. Her father never came to knock on her door but each time she opened it, there was a tray of food sitting on the carpet at the entrance of her room.Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner.

Nearly a week later, she opened her door as usual, an hour after the usual time she ate breakfast with her father and there at the door, instead of her food on the carpet, it was held by the man she hadn’t set her eyes on in days.

Tears welled her eyes at the sight of him.

He seemed to have aged a few years and looked tired. her tears fell down her cheeks at the sight. He was good to her and endured her tantrums but yet, she had the guts to do that to him. She wasn’t an ungrateful child. She wasn’t a wicked person either.

“Tell me,” He finally spoke after watching her cry for a few minutes. “How much longer are we supposed to continue like this?”

His question brought more tears to her eyes. She broke into loud sobs, unable to hold back the stream of tears that fell. “I am sorry, father. I was selfish and unreasonable. I should have considered your feeling too!” Her shoulders shook as she sobbed, her heart promising never to shut him out again. Never!

Andrew looked at his sobbing daughter without a single word. On his way to her room, he had planned so much to say to her but the sight of her sobbing figure made the words stick in his throat. He had missed her too, no doubt and her silent treatment for the past few days had made him think about a lot of things.

She was right. No matter how much he wanted to protect her, he couldn’t hide her; not forever. When he had made the plan to hide her from the world, he never imagined a day would come when she would grow to be rebellious. He couldn’t blame her either. she was an adult now he could not continue keeping her against her will.

With a sigh, he walked into the room, dropping the tray in his hand by her bedside table before helping himself on the edge of the bed. “Come here.” He beckoned.

May’s eyes were red and swollen as she approached him, sitting right beside him.

“I love you, May. You know that right?”

She nodded, hiccupping quietly from crying too much. It was not the first time he was reminding her that. He told her very often; every chance got. But no matter now many times he said it, she could never get bored of hearing it. It was one of the soothing pills to her aching heart.

“And you know I want the best; nothing but the very best; for you.” He continued.

She nodded again, patiently waiting for him to speak. Although he had never told her the reason why she was never allowed to go out, she had never questioned him. Whatever was the reason, she knew it was for her good.

“I am sorry too.” A sigh escaped his lips. “I never plan to be so stubborn or to restrict you for the rest of your life.” He lifted his face to look at her and for the very first time, she saw fear boldly written in them. what was he afraid of?

Was it an enemy?

He didn’t say it, neither did she ask. He only took out an envelope from the tray he was carrying earlier. May wondered why she had not seen the envelope earlier. Perhaps, she had been too wrapped up in her emotions that she had missed it. He didn’t open the envelope. He handed it to her instead.

May looked up with curiosity in her eyes, silently asking him what it was.

He chuckled at her innocence. “Go ahead and open it.”

She did open it and after a minute of silence, her scream broke through the quiet atmosphere. She jumped on him, hugging him tight but pulled away immediately before he could put his arms around her.

It wasn’t a prank, was it?

She searched his eyes, looking out for a naughty laughter but found none. The paper was real!

She was going to school!

Once again, her eyes welled as she hugged him. “Thank you, Dad.” Now that she thought of it. All her life, she had had everything she asked for; even the ones she nagged and threw tantrums for. She didn’t know what her father did for a living but their bungalow was enough to tell her that he was working hard to make ends meet and she had been very difficult to take care of.

“Don’t thank me yet.” He cut her train of thoughts. “There are conditions attached to it.”

She swallowed, nodding her head. Anything! She was willing to do anything to make her father allow her go to school.

“My rules. You must obey every single word I tell you.”

She was quick to nod. It was simple. She could deal with that.

“I will drive you to school and back every day. You are not allowed to take the subway or the school bus.”

She frowned. wouldn’t that be too stressful on him? Anyways, since he wanted to do it, he could go ahead to. Her entire being couldn’t stop dancing in excitement.

Raphael cursed under his breath as Ronan’s secretary entered his office. Of course, he knew what the young lady had to tell him. Thanks to his super hearing, he had heard everything even before she came. However, she was not aware of that fact.

“Some of the stakeholders are here, sir. They asked to see you immediately.”

He sighed and nodded at her, dismissing her silently. Left to him, he didn’t want to face those old men. There had nothing good to tell him. However, he couldn’t reject them either. looking at the small mountain of files on his desk, he pinched his brows before exiting his office for the conference room.

“Good afternoon, gentlemen.” He greeted five of them seated comfortably on their seats while sipping coffee. His wolf sneered inside of him. He was more than a century older than these men but he still had to show them respect because in the human world, he was the twenty-seven years old personal assistant to Ronan Cuff, one of the wealthiest men on the planet.His Alpha.

“Raphael, where is Ronan?” They didn’t bother to mince their words this time.

Raphael swallowed his urge to sneer again, if the Alpha was there, those men would not dare to be this arrogant. “Busy, as usual.”

“You have used that same excuse for more than six months now. Tell us the truth. Is he dead?”

The young PA snickered. “Are you wishing his death?”

The man who had spoken banged the table with his hand. “Don’t you dare turn my words!”

Raphael sighed loudly to keep his raging wolf in check. Nobody in the Blood Moon Pack would dare to raise their voice at him like that. They head would have been rolling on the floor if there did. If it wasn’t for the stupid law binding werewolves and keeping them from harming humans, he would have had the head of the man who yelled at him.

“What Mr. Watson is trying to say,” A woman in her late fifties spoke next, “Is that this company needs its CEO to survive. It’s been six whole months since Ronan disappeared without a trace. The tabloids won’t stop talking about it. Even if they did stop, why do we have to spend so much money to keep the eyes of the public away from this matter?”

Raphael swallowed. He couldn’t tell these people that the company meant nothing to the Alpha. It was just a plaything and if he wanted, he could pull it down and build another from scratch. After all, he had been doing the same thing all these years, even before they were born.

Only that, he never stayed in a city for too long to avoid being suspected of not aging. Indeed, he was aging; however, the aging systems of Lycans and humans weren’t the same. Unlike humans who could age fast, Lycans and werewolves lived much longer; even up to half a millennium.

“I will convey your messages to Mr. Cuff. However, I should also remind you that this company have been running fine without him in the picture for the past few months. Your profits have never been affected, have it?”

They were tongue-tied. He was right. They had still been making the same profits and even more over the months, even without Ronan in the picture.

“If I were you, I wouldn’t try to bite more than I can chew.” He straightened. “Now, if you would excuse me, I have to get back to work. I shouldn’t allow your profits to suffer, should I?”

Then, he walked out on them, leaving them stumped for words. Did he just threaten them with money?