THE MOON CHILD

Chapter 19- The Revelation

We arrived back to the packhouse and I raced directly to my room, I had no intentions to have dinner or rather no plans to eat until I finish that book.

I changed int my pajamas and slid into my blanket, diving deep into the book.

The curiosity was killing me. I opened the diary and saw the quote on the first page which said “The bond that keeps the family together is not made of blood but out of love and respect.- Richard Bach."

that's it, nothing more, I flipped the page, there was an elaborate portrait sketch of me and my mother laughing, it was surreal, I had no idea my dad was an artist. The way he sketched us showed me his perspective of us and it was beautiful.

The next page was blank so I flipped through it and there it was

"A family is a little word created by love, and you both were the little world I created" I almost immediately felt a lump in my throat.

"let's start from the beginning, how someone like me could make something like you,

I first saw your mother near in ember city, she was at the flower shop buying white lilies, that was the first time in my entire existence that I felt my heartbeat so fast, unknowingly I started to walk towards her but before I could reach out for her she was gone, leaving behind a fresh fragrance, it was mesmerizing, I did not once in my life felt something like that. " I smiled thinking about him being attracted to mother and not understanding about the strength of mate bond something I had not understood properly till I met Sam.

"I made it my mission to get her attention, I saw your mother entering the central library twice and understood she was one of those who wanted to know it all and hence decided to enroll myself in that library in order to grab her attention."

" Before I tell you anything further I want to  tell you something that I could not gather the courage to tell your mother too, when your mother first met me, she thought I was a human, and I let her believe that I took that human persona, but the truth is that your father is not a human, there are a lot of creatures and realms that not everybody is aware of, neither was she and I never once wanted  to scare her away by telling about it."

His words were creating confusion in my mind. Perhaps what that lady in the library told us about my father not being a human was true, my father was not a human, something all of us believed till this point, I looked down to continue reading when I felt sam slide into the blanket.

He kissed me on my shoulder and said "I guess food is not even going to cross your mind tonight"

" Not until I finish this, then I will make something to eat" I replied turning towards him.

" Then make it for me too, till then il will just make myself comfortable here" he murmured before covering his face with the blanket.

" Are you not going to eat ? " I asked him.

" not until you finish reading" he replied

" but that will take some time sam " I gasped.

" and till then I will take my power nap here, beside you, don't worry I will seal my lips and I will not disturb you," he said finding his way under the blanket.

I knew he was not going to listen so I gave up and started reading the diary.

" Your father has no glorious past to brag about In front of you, but I do know that I have to tell you about it, and answer all your questions," sam placed his arms around me and hugged me while sleeping beside me 

"that your father is no human but an angel, a guardian angel to be specific or rather was. As a guardian angel, we had a set of responsibilities to follow to help maintain the balance,  one mistake, and the balance will be shaken leading to circumstances that we may or may not be able to control, our duties towards humans were supposed to be done at any cost, but my mistake lead to circumstances that I couldn't control, the truth is that the balance between the death and life is crucial and should not be tampered with, I was supposed to save a human from a fatal accident but didn't, if I would have saved him, that car would have crashed your mother and I was not on board with it, but hindering in anything beyond our circle of power was forbidden causing a butterfly effect which we couldn't control.

Looking at my obsession with your mother and my negligence towards my duties I was already prewarned about the consequences but I ignored them.

The accident in which I saved your, mother, leading to a chain of events resulting in the death of more people than I could have anticipated, as death is the opposite of life, each mistaken death caused by an angel leads to an increase in strength of the dark.

The ripples caused by my action were bigger than I thought and as a result, I was thrown out and fell from my realm to the human world, ripped of all my powers.

and as they said that a devil is merely a fallen angel, that created a void within me, I didn't want to go to your mother but I couldn't help but give in to my temptation towards her, a lot of days passed after that, I used to look at your mother every single day and get confused about the pull, I knew i was supposed to be guilty about my mistake, but one sight of you mother made me forget everything,"

 I remembered mother telling me about his reaction to her spilling out being a werewolf but it was not mentioned here was that a facade too, I continued reading

" but your mother made me realize that my attraction was something more towards her, one day she came to me and babbled something like "its a little different today, I think you look more handsome than yesterday and I cannot control it anymore," she paused for few seconds and continued with " you are my mate and I am a werewolf exactly like they show in fantasy dramas," and stood there giving me a mixed sort of expressions, I couldn't figure out exactly what she was thinking but I felt like a mix of relief, fear, excitement, and confusion, it was then when it all clicked in my mind, she was a werewolf,I was her mate and hence the strong pull that I felt towards her, i took her hands and pulled her out of the library processing in my mind what to say and the first thing that came out was " you are stupider than i thought , why will you scream that in front of every one, isnt it a rule in your community to keeo it hidden from outsiders" she looked at me like a was a ghost or something, it was then i decided wherever she goes i go with her,and that she was not mere attraction but my destiny."

I looked at the time it was  1: 30 in the night, I looked down at Sam, he was sleeping peacefully, and it crossed my mind too, he is my destiny, I leaned in and kissed his forehead, he moved a little before opening his eyes and giving me a confused expression," what time is it ?" he whispered.

" am somewhere around 1:30 " I replied.

he turned around to be on his back and mumbled " You are a difficult person Hope," he jumped out of the bed and said " that's it lets go and eat something, and then you can continue reading," he extended his hands towards me.

I gave him a puppy face implying that I was not in a mood to go and pointed towards the diary.

He threw his hands in the air and said " fine I will get something to eat, but then I will hear no excuse," and left the room.

I dove in the diary again " every second I spent with your mother made me realize the love that I had for her, but the day she marked me was when I was sure that it was meant to happen, it was a surreal feeling, it completed us, it made me whole with her and helped me get over the guilt I harbored within me. and then you were born, it was when decided I would do anything and everything to protect you, it was when I decided to know everything that I could about a werewolf and hence started my research,".

I looked up and saw Sam standing with a tray, it had an omelet and orange juice, and a chocolate cake pastry, I gave him a confused look to which he responded by saying " that was all I could make with whatever I could find, and I didn't want to disturb anyone" he removed the blanket over me and placed the tray in front of me "let's eat," and smiled.

 It kept ringing in my mind 'destiny', he was mine, he was the other half, my mate. I felt teardrop travel down my cheek. he saw that and kept looking at me puzzled. He reached out and wiped my tear placing a kiss on my cheek

" you sometimes are a mystery to me he said," picking up the tray in which he brought food and placed it on the table beside. he leaned in and placed a kiss on my forehead and moved to get to his side of the bed " are you going to read further or you want to sleep," he asked getting inside the blanket.

He was sitting up, with his back aligned to the headrest, I guess my expressions were confusing him a bit, finally, I opened my mouth and said "I love you, Sam," and a smile appeared on his lips.

"I know that and I love you too" he touched my cheeks softly and then pulled my face towards his and gave me a deep kiss " I know," he said again breaking the kiss.

 I got up and placed myself on top of him, facing him and whispered " mark me ".

I could see his eyes widen and his pupil turning dark in color. Before he could say anything I leaned in to give him a kiss on his lips, but this time I was desperate to express to him the love I felt towards him.