Page 170 of His Sunshine Baby

Daniel hands her the tests he did on Nora’s blood and mine, showing both her name and our results. Reagan is left speechless, staring at the document as if she’s seen a ghost.

“She… she’s really… alive?”

“You know about her?” asks Daniel, surprised.

Reagan shakes her head.

“I… I figured there might have been another, but… I thought…”

“You thought she must have died with everyone else,” I finish for her.

Reagan slowly nods and lets herself fall on one of the stools, still visibly shaken. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her like this. My old mentor’s almost about to cry.

“Reagan. I need to know.”

“No, no, Elena, you don’t know what that means. If she’s alive…”

“The Royal line survived, right?”

She turns to me, shocked again. Then, she frowns, split between anger and defiance.

“How much do you know?”

“A lot. About Queen Diane, and the Blue Moon clan. Nora and I are… her relatives, right? I mean, if you know Nora is a Royal, you know who her… no, who our parents were. I will find the answers, Reagan, I have to know. Clark said you told him of my Royal blood, but I am not a Royal, right? Why am I different from Nora?”

“How do you even know about Queen Diane!” shouts Reagan, furious.

“I had to dig around for the answers, Reagan, since you wouldn’t talk! Why can’t I know about her! She was my family, wasn’t she? What was so secret about Queen Diane that you couldn’t tell me? Because she was a pure Royal?”

Reagan keeps shaking her head, horrified.

“Elena, shut up! Don’t you get it? This is how your parents got killed!”

What? I exchange a look with Daniel, taken by surprise. Reagan is acting like the world is about to end, and that’s really not good coming from her. Danny insists I sit back on the couch, putting me a good distance away from my mentor, and turns to her.

“Reagan, whether you like it or not, Elena has found out most of the truth. So I really, really suggest you start speaking now and let her know if there’s anything else that’s endangering her.”

The old she-wolf turns to me, her eyes suddenly looking very sad. She lets out a long sigh.

“Elena, I… All right, I’ll tell you. Just… just don’t judge me too harshly.”

I frown. Why? Why would I judge her?

“It’s true. The clan we were both born in was called the Blue Moon clan. And Diane was at its head. Queen Diane. She was an incredible woman. Since she was born, we knew she was different from us. Our Alphas had always been powerful, among the oldest, purest werewolf families. But Diane was different. Our people believed she was a reincarnation of the Moon Goddess herself, and honestly, I believed it too. She could do things that were like magic to us. I wonder if she didn’t have witch blood or something. She could communicate with any animal, not just wolves. She knew when disasters would happen, she was a seer… I even saw her heal dying people, and her aura was incredible…”

I keep thinking about Sylviana while Reagan talks, but this is even different from what Danny’s witch friend can do. I’ve never, ever heard about someone as powerful as that, even in our legends. I mean, the Royals were already strong and incredible, but this woman, as Reagan said, was more on the Goddess level!

And from what Sylviana said…

“She was… my grandmother?” I ask, a bit unsure.

Reagan nods.

“Our clan prospered for as long as she was there. When she was very young, Queen Diane gave birth to twins. I have no idea who the father was. Either she didn’t want to say it, or there wasn’t one, I honestly don’t care. If she said there wasn’t, we all believed her and didn’t ask.”

No father? This is crazy! More like she didn’t want to reveal who it was… But now, I’m more interested in the twins than their father. I glance at the blood test. Nora and I are cousins, so those twins must be…

“The twins’ birth was a big deal in the pack. A boy and a girl, born on the full moon. She named them Lilyan and Gabriel… Gabriel was your father.”

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