Page 133 of His Sunshine Baby

I nod, but Nora is still very confused. Behind her, Boyan frowns too.

“There is no Blue Moon clan in Silver City.”

“To be exact, there is no Blue Moon clan at all,” I explain. “Not anymore. But from what I’ve discovered, there used to be one, far up in the north. I don’t know why or how, but they were all… killed. The entire pack, about eighteen years ago.”

Nora stays silent again for a few seconds, making me even more nervous. She seems so surprised, yet I know a part of her sort of believes me…

“Killed? An entire pack? But... how?” she asks.

I shake my head. I wish I knew!

“I still don’t know yet. But you and I are proof that some people from this clan survived.”

She suddenly turns to me.

“Wait, you are… I mean, you think you are from this Blue Moon clan too? Did you grow up in this clan then?”

“No, no, someone saved me when I was an infant, and brought me to a childless couple of the Opal Moon clan here, in Silver City.”

She looks at me a bit more intensely, like she’s scanning me. Is she looking for something that would link us together? A resemblance or something? Or is she doubting me? I keep talking, telling her all I know.

Moon Goddess, I hope she believes me.

“The woman who saved me said that a Royal family had been killed and that she had found me alone in the middle of the... slaughter.”

Nora is completely shocked when I mention the Royals. I know, it’s big. Royals are more of a legend than a real thing, but…

“Royals? Are you sure?” asks Bobo.

“For now, I am not sure of anything! I have no memories of surviving a massacre either. I just got pieces of information from the woman who saved me... But I’ve seen Nora’s wolf, and you did too.”

Bobo nods slowly, and turns to Nora, thinking deeply. I know he’s having doubts too, but Nora’s wolf form is legendary! A white wolf with blue eyes, I didn’t even think that was possible! Between us, Nora seems confused by my words.

“What do you mean?”

“You are a pure wolf, Nora. Dark blue eyes and perfectly white fur. Do you have any idea how rare that combination is amongst werewolves? It’s almost legendary! And you even have a clan’s name as your last name!”

She looks at me, speechless again, before shaking her head vigorously. I know it’s hard to conceive, being a Royal, but I’m really starting to believe in that theory strongly as well. And if Nora really is such a werewolf, then…

“No, no, you said yourself, it is probably only the clan’s name,” she says, still shaking her head. “Even if I am from this Blue Moon clan, it could just be—”

“Royal families do take their clan’s names as a symbol of power, Nora,” says Boyan. “They carry it for generations until there are no more descendants, and usually a new Alpha from a dominant but non-Royal family takes over. Any clan’s name can be old or newly made up, but only the Royals are entitled to carry it. And your father knew who your mother was. Why would he have told you this was your last name otherwise?”

Wow, since when did Boyan know so much about Royals? Is it because he’s close to the King?

“One does not simply give a clan’s name to their child!” I add.

Nora looks at us, completely stunned. Seems like she has a hard time believing any of this, and truthfully, I can’t blame her. She just went from being an orphan to a potential Royal!

“Then why wouldn’t that make you a Royal’s child too? Aren’t we related?” she suddenly asks me.

Wow, no way. I may be stronger than the usual wolf, but I’m far from being a potential Royal… though Nora’s question is something I hadn’t thought of. Could I be related to the Royals? I don’t look like Nora, but if we were from the same packoriginally, there’s a chance that we are related. Remotely related, I’d say.

“We are related indeed, but I don’t believe I am the child of a Royal. Not directly, at least. I have golden eyes, and my fur isn’t completely white like yours. One of my parents probably wasn’t a pure werewolf.”

Nora frowns and shakes her head. I guess she wished I knew more than that, but I’m guessing here too.

“So, you think my birth mother was…”

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