Page 155 of His Blue Moon Princess

His eyes run to the portrait and back to me several times. He doesn’t hide his confusion but stays silent for a while.

So, I speak first, trying to get to him as I did with the man earlier. “Please. I came here to talk about your grievances against the Blood Moon Clan. I thought that man earlier was the Alpha, I—”

“He is the former Alpha. That man is my father, Alcott Blue. He’s no longer the head of this Clan, I am. Are you saying you are from Black’s pack?”

This guy is younger than I thought, maybe around Damian’s age, no more than thirty. I hope he will be more reasonable and listen to me.

“Not exactly. I am his fated mate. I came to—”

“His fated mate? Isn’t this guy engaged to that slut from the Gold Moon Clan!”

I can’t help but roll my eyes. I wish he hadn’t brought that very annoying detail up...

“He will no longer be! That is what I came to talk about. An Oath of Peace with the Sapphire Moon Clan.”

He raises an eyebrow and crosses his arms, surprised. Even I am a bit surprised by my own words, but it just came out on its own. What am I thinking? An Oath of Peace? TheSapphire Moon Alpha seems to take it rather seriously, as he observes me very intensely.

“Why would his fated mate come to seek peace with us? Why should I trust you, or that man?”

For a few seconds, I was feeling better seeing that he was willing to listen, but now, I have no idea what to answer to that. He is right. I came here totally empty-handed, with nothing but my thoughts and no way to prove my good intents. I sigh. Why does all of this as to be so complicated? Come on, Nora, think of something. This man doesn’t seem as harsh as his father earlier.

“I’m concerned. Not only about the Blood Moon Clan, but about everyone in Silver City. A Witch is threatening all of our packs. This is all linked to the attack. We have confirmed that those vampires were controlled by a Witch, and she will try again. I came here because if inner conflicts arise within the packs, we might be too weak to defend ourselves next time, and that is something no one wants.”

He stays silent for a while, and leans on the desk, staring straight at me. I can’t decipher what he is thinking or if he believes me or not. I want to ask him about many things. Why does he have the same eyes as me? Who is this woman? Yet I can’t, for now. This is more important.

After a while, he sighs. “We already know a Witch was behind the attacks. She was nice enough to send us multiple threats over the past few years.”

What? The Sapphire Moon Clan received direct threats? This is totally new!

“What kind of threats?” I ask.

“Dead birds, mostly, and some of our sources of water were poisoned. It started a few years ago when I was not even ten. We handled it as we could, so far, but the vampire attack was a first.”

“Why didn’t you tell the other packs? They could have—”

“Helped us? Should I tell you how the Sapphire Moon Clan was treated for years?”

Right... Back then, Damian’s father was still the Alpha King, and the other packs were all struggling for survival. None of the neighboring clans, even if they had been willing, would have helped. This is sad, but he is right. They were on their own until now.

“So, this is why you didn’t help when the vampires attacked?”

“Not exactly. My father forbids our warriors to go help the other packs, but I was mostly concerned about the vampires’ aim. See, all these years, that Witch tried to steal something we never had in the first place, attacking our territory only. Yet now, she suddenly sent vampires on several turfs away from ours. I was curious to see what her aim really was, so I let it be.”

“Wait, so you already know what she was after?”

He slowly nods, looking serious.

“We knew it, but we never believed it. For years, we thought she just wanted something she thought we had. Turns out, what she wanted was really there, but she was looking in the wrong pack all these years.”

My head is buzzing as I start to understand what this all means. Pieces are falling together, and I look at the portrait once again. I remember the attack, what those vampires said. What the Witch wanted, she thought the Sapphire Moon Clan had it. Why would she have thought that in the first place? And as to know why she suddenly understood she was wrong, the past few weeks made it all too clear, too.

I feel my legs going numb, and for a while, I need to lean on Bobo to support myself. William is watching my reactions,too, and we both already grasp what is going on. However, we are still missing some clues.

A silence of a few seconds follows, but the thoughts are too loud in my head. He sighs, and his eyes go to the portrait as he starts talking again. “You said you were the Blood Moon Alpha’s fated mate, right? Is this the truth? The Moon Goddess paired you with Damian Black?”

“Yes. Damian knew of our bond ten years ago, but I only learned it very recently when we found each other again. I have been staying with his pack ever since.”

“You are not mated or marked yet.”

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