Page 80 of His Sunshine Baby

“I don’t know. Something is blocking me. Every time I should reach the destination, I get lost, as if I couldn’t find my way, like a maze. I should know the place by heart, but something very, very odd happens. I’m not that old that I wouldforget the way back! Moreover, it’s coming closer. Whatever it is, it’s headed south, our way.”

“… So this is why you don’t want me going north?”

She turns to me, looking very serious. She puts a hand on my knee, whispering.

“Elena, whatever attacked our pack is coming to us. It’s slow, but it is.”

I sigh. Listening to Reagan, even despite her serious tone, I can’t tell how serious she is. An invisible threat, coming after us? And after killing our entire pack too? Is she just trying to keep me distracted with more lies?

“Reagan, are you lying to me again?”

“Elena, I’m serious!”

“But none of this makes sense! Seriously, all I hear are excuses for me not to leave the White Moon! Why do you always lie to me? How old do you think I am to believe in an invisible threat who decimated a full, super-strong pack?”

She growls, seriously angry.

“You think I’m joking?”

“I think you’re lying to me, again!” I yell back. “You never, ever tell me the truth!”

“That was the truth, you brat!”

“How am I supposed to believe this? None of it makes any sense, and it doesn’t answer my questions either! You never tell me what I really want to know, about my parents, where I come from!”

Reagan stands up, grabbing her backpack and leaving money on the counter.

“Enough with your whims, Elena. If you don’t want to listen--”

“I am listening, but you’re just spitting nonsense, Reagan! I don’t know if that pack really existed! If it did, and we were both born there, how could you not even know about my parents?”

She’s glaring at me, but I won’t back down. We are both angry and frustrated. Around us, all our yelling has silenced the rest of the people present, who are watching the scene with curiosity. I couldn’t care less.

Reagan pushes her gray hair away from her face and turns around.

“I am not talking about your parents. This is about our pack, Elena, that’s all you need to know!”

Of course. Once again, she gets to decide what I get to know or not! I can’t believe that old hag! She leaves while we’re still angrily growling at each other. I’m left watching her back as my mentor exits the place, leaving me speechless.

“Elena…?”

Bianca approaches me with a sorry look, but I can’t handle the pity on her face right now. I shake my head, meaning I don’t want to talk, and leave the bar.

Damn, I forgot about the rain. It’s pouring. Reagan is already nowhere to be found, of course. She disappears so easily. She came, said what she had to, and left. That old hag… Was the story made up just because she doesn’t want me to leave the territory? I don’t even know what to believe in that incredible story she told.

Some parts do match with what I thought, but she also lied about my parents, and that so-called attacker or whatever. I don’t know what to believe.

I’m feeling so lonely right now.

Maybe it’s this rain, or because I’m tired, but I feel like crying again.

“Danny.”

“Babe, what’s wrong?”

I reached out to him by reflex, but my thoughts aren’t even clear enough to explain them to him. I can’t think of words to express this feeling of uneasiness I feel piling up inside.

“Bad day?”

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