Helanie:
I watched Emt make waffles for us and plate them separately, decorating each like a chef with edible flowers. Everything looked perfect.
We walked out with the waffles in our hands, and as soon as we sat down in the garden, Emt started helping with the food as if I couldn’t eat on my own. Ever since they found out I was pregnant, they’ve been treating like a child who can’t take care of herself.
"So, are you going to talk to about sothing?" I asked after taking a bite of waffle and closing my eyes to enjoy the taste. Emt really knew how to cook, I had to give him that.
He wiped his hands with a napkin. Even when he didn’t need to, he used a fork and knife.
"So, rember when we were talking about my mom and how she said she thought she was cursed?" he said, making nod along with him.
"Yes, I rember we talked about it. Did you find out what kind of curse it was?" I asked Emt, watching him nod. He looked pretty confident in his findings, and since his brothers also let him stay with , I could only guess they already knew what the curse was about.
"So basically, this curse cos from a punishnt the Moon Goddess gives to mates or anyone who don’t listen to her," he explained, making shake my head to show I didn’t understand. "She punishes whoever disobeys her."
"But where does the curse co from? What could your mother have done so wrong that she got cursed?" I asked.
"So, you rember Mate Fullmoon?" he asked, and I nodded.
"Do you know the history of it?" he continued. I shyly shook my head. History was part of our school years, but I usually went to training instead and skipped it. Even when I did take history, I didn’t have my wolf back then, so I couldn’t train. In the end, I barely rembered anything because I wasn’t left with the freedom to study anymore.
"It’s okay. Nobody really knows," he said. He had probably noticed how awkward and out of place I looked.
"Basically, the Mate Fullmoon is a special night that used to be very dear to the Moon Goddess. Her people were supposed to enjoy feasts, especially the mates. But then so rogues used it to their advantage. They lured in young won, raped them on that night, and when the won gave birth, they killed them and took their babies. So the Moon Goddess decided nobody would ever mate on this night again because of how tragic it had beco. Long story short, my mother thought the rules didn’t apply to her."
As soon as he finished, my eyes widened. That was terrible, what happened to those won. As a rape victim myself, I deeply sympathized with them.
"Maybe your mother didn’t know herself. Maybe she didn’t know about the Mate Fullmoon," I said, giving her the benefit of the doubt.
"Actually, that doesn’t seem to be the case."
I hadn’t expected Lord McQuoid to co up and stand behind . I thought he had left for the academy. I turned my head and instantly got up to offer him my seat, but with a gesture, he let know he would take the one next to .
"What were you saying about? Did you know about the Mate Fullmoon?" I questioned. Lord McQuoid nodded.
"I’ve kept it in for so long. But now I feel like this is where I ssed up. I should have told my sons." Lord McQuoid rubbed his face in his hands. I had only ever seen him look this remorseful about his past. Whatever she had done to him was extrely wrong, and he had clearly suffered because of her actions.
"Back when I married their mother, she had fertility issues. We went to doctors everywhere, and they all said she would never conceive. But then, I don’t know what ca over her. On night of Mate Fullmoon celebrations, she made drink a lot, and we ended up sleeping together. That sa ti, we found out she was pregnant. I was deeply disturbed because I knew it would an a lot of trouble."
Lord McQuoid paused and took a deep breath. Emt quickly offered him so water. I could tell repeating it was hard for him.
"What happened then?" I asked.
"Then... I visited the Holy Mother. You must have heard about her. She was the most sacred woman of our ti, a ssenger of the Moon Goddess. She told that if we stopped right there, the Moon Goddess would forgive us. So she began her prayers, apologizing nonstop every day. But my wife— she never followed the rules. The more she was told not to do sothing, the more she did it. And around the sa ti, her father passed away. She decided she needed soone, and she needed more sons, so Norman wouldn’t be alone when he was born." Lord McQuoid paused again, his eyes shifting behind . I turned and saw two cars stop. Maximus, Kaye, and Norman all stepped out and walked toward us.
"I wanted to talk about it in front of all of you," Lord McQuoid said. And in the next five minutes, we were all settled around him, listening to his heartbreaking tale of a terrifying and horrible past.
As we all sat down and Lord McQuoid began telling us everything Darcy had done in her life, it beca clear how terrible it all was. Her actions affected not only her own life but Lord McQuoid’s and my mates’ as well. I couldn’t understand how soone could be so evil and foolish. The fact that she had little regard for anyone else’s future wasn’t even surprising anymore. But every ti Lord McQuoid began with, "And then this one ti," I knew it would be followed by sothing awful Darcy had done.
When he finished, I noticed his sons standing up to hug him. He broke down badly, glancing at them as if to see whether they were angry with him too. I don’t think he could have done much more, aside from telling them early on what their mother had done and what she was capable of. His kindness in letting her stay in their lives only gave her more confidence to interfere against their will. But that was all going to change now. I wasn’t Lord McQuoid, and I wasn’t my mother. I would show Darcy what it feels like to have the world against you.
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