Page 126 of His Sunshine Baby

But that was centuries ago! Now, we have mixed our blood with humans for so many generations, the Royals eventually became regular werewolves and just disappeared. But for one to come back, they would have to be a reincarnation of the Moon Goddess, like Queen Diane.

An image comes to my mind, something I couldn’t forget even if I tried.

“Nora’s wolf was white and sapphire-eyed, like the legends,” I whisper, still in shock.

“She could be that woman’s descendant,” says Danny. “Right? Could she be that Queen Diane’s child or…”

“Grand-child,” said Sylviana. “Queen Diane died fifty years ago. If she had a child, it could be Nora’s relative, yes. Possibly.”

“You can’t make sure?” I ask her, febrile.

Sylviana shakes her head.

“My power has its limits. There was no way for me to ignore Queen Diane’s existence, since all witches knew such a woman existed. My mother told me about her, and even I felt the remnants of her power despite her death. But if Nora is linked to her, it is for her to uncover the truth.”

I sigh. Moon Goddess, I thought we were making progress, but it turns out we have even more to uncover.

“So, that Royal family is…”

“Dead, yes. Reagan told the truth.”

“But Nora!”

“Reagan couldn’t have known of a child born after she had left the pack,” suddenly said Danny. “Babe, think about it. The Black brothers said the girl was seventeen, right? If we believe Reagan, she had left the Blue Moon pack before that! If when she got back, someone else had taken Nora or whatever, it could explain why you had no idea about each other! I bet she has no idea another child survived, and you were too young to know. If that’s what happened.”

I stay silent for a while, trying to digest all of this.

The Blue Moon clan, and a Luna Queen, Diane.

Nora Bluemoon, who might be a Royal’s grandchild, and a relative of mine.

My parents, dead for real.

Danny puts an arm around me, trying to soothe me.

“You okay, babe? That was a lot.”

“I just... I really need to talk to Nora again, Danny. She needs to know, and I need to know more.”

“About your pack?”

I turn to Sylviana again, frowning, remembering what Reagan had told me.

“When Reagan mentioned she had found me in the middle of the slaughter, she said something… She didn’t really know what had attacked them. Something she couldn’t understand. I know my mentor, and she’s seen a lot of things. She would recognize a vampire’s doing, or even another werewolf pack. So, what attacked them?”

Sylviana nodded, glancing down.

“That’s another issue to solve, I fear. You should handle one problem at a time, Elena.”

“Right. Thanks, Sylviana, that’s still a lot more than what I had gathered in all these years!”

“Babe, I still think you should talk to Reagan,” says Daniel.

“Why?”

“This is her story as much as yours. And since you know so much now, maybe she’ll talk more. I still don’t get why she was not willing to talk, but…”

“Reagan is trying to protect you, Elena. And she still feels guilty about what happened,” explained Sylviana.

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