However, that’s how she met Richard. He was her first client thanks to his eager swimmers; he knocked her up. I don’t know if getting pregnant we Moon Goddess’s way of punishing her for running away, but she was only 16. Regardless of what she had done, she was still a kid. Both das scared i knew you’d get the life she had run away from. Not that it was a bad life, she just didn’t want it. Not even for your After you were born, the burezke wasi sa me. She begged me to suppress your wolf because it would get you killed one day. You were a pure breed with a powerful birthright. Beth was way an about her reasons, but I told her she couldn’t mess with the balance of life. If the Moon Goddess wanted it to happen, it would happen.
“But Beth was very stubborn and said if I didn’t help het, she would find someone else that would. I didn’t want her getting herself into any more trouble, so I agreed. I knew at some point the Moon Goddess would intervene and claim what was meant to create the balance. So we kept an eye on you after I had cast the spell. If ever there was any sign the spell was wearing off, I re–did the spell. Once Beth saw you with Blake, she knew it wasn’t long before your tree identity came to light, and when it did, Beth didn’t want you finding out she was behind all this.”
Richard was never going to reveal to you that he was your father. But the closer you got to Blake, the more Beth panicked. She wasn’t sure what all you knew about the werewolf world, but she didn’t want to wait to find out. Somehow Beth convinced Richard to tell you who he was so that when the time was right, your heritage would be traced back to Richard and his curse, not Beth. They had talked about Richard trying to convince you to leave Blake, but you two were more involved than they had anticipated. Whatever it was, Beth was really trying to hide; she was terrified of it coming out and went to great lengths to keep it a secret. She hadn’t planned on staying a stripper for long, but once she started that life, her pimp made it difficult for her to leave by getting her hooked on drugs and alcohol. So she used her life in the hell hole you grew up in as her way of keeping you both safe.
“I know she was a horrible mother, but there was a secret in her life that was more important to her than being a mother. Especially to a child she never wanted. She even used Novo to kidnap you and defame you enough so that Blake would lose interest and leave you alone. But Blake ended up saving you before anything could happen. That’s when she decided to run. She knew it wasn’t long before her past caught up to her looking for the two of you, and if she couldn’t get rid of Blake, she was just going to leave you behind. But I guess she didn’t get very far.” Evelyn stared into the distance, letting out a loud sigh.
By the end of Evelyn’s story, I couldn’t breathe. It felt like someone had punched a hole in my chest and ripped out my heart.
My mother had lied to me my whole life. Every small detail was laced with a thick coat of lies. Not knowing who my father was, not knowing who her family was, not having another option but to take off her clothes for a living. It was all a lie. All these lies just so she could keep us hidden? Hidden from what, though?
She left me behind to deal with the mess she created? A mess I don’t even know about?” my words came out as a whisper. I knew I wasn’t asking the question out loud but more trying to confirm to myself that I understood Evelyn’s underlying message.
“Angel….” Blake’s voice interrupted my thoughts. I looked up at him, my eyes burning from the tears that were forming.
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