Page 78 of His Sunshine Baby

“Just make sure he doesn’t talk about this to anyone, Elena. This is very serious.”

“I get it.”

“No, you don’t get it. It’s your life that’s hanging in the balance, kid.”

Reagan’s serious tone is giving me chills. What could be so big that it impacts my whole life?

Behind us, the group of teenagers is paying no attention to us, rehearsing their songs and joking around. They wouldn’t think of getting involved with someone as odd as Reagan anyway. And the barman is busy wiping glasses while eyeing them too, not paying any attention to us.

“I get it, Reagan. This is serious, I can’t tell anyone but Danny, and I can’t leave the territory recklessly. Will you talk now?”

I’m seriously on edge. I want to know, I’m dying to know. Reagan brushes her gray hair back, taking a big breath before she starts talking.

“First, I lied to you. I never belonged to the White Moon clan in the first place.”

What? She and Clark had always told me that she was just an omega that had left the pack many years ago and came back when she found me! I did find it weird that she was allowed to come and go as she pleased, though.

“I was born in a much, much older pack than this one. Far in the north, a clan so big it had over a thousand members.”

A thousand! That is at least twice the size of any of the big packs.

“We had a Luna Queen, a very powerful woman. She was as strong as she was gentle. We all loved her and worshiped her. She was special.”

It is unusual for a Luna to rule a pack by herself indeed. What about her mate? Didn’t she have one?

“Once, I had a big fight with her. We couldn’t agree on something and argued a lot.”

“About what?” I ask, curious.

Reagan growls.

“You don’t need to know that! Anyway, since I was being stubborn, she decided to send me to the south. She asked me to go find a smaller group that belonged to our pack. Her younger sister was leading it, but they had been gone for a long time, and we didn’t have any news. She asked me to return once I had found her younger sister.”

“Did you find the group?”

Reagan shook her head, looking very sad.

“No. Many years had passed since that sister of hers had left, and we had no idea how far south she had gone. I kept going, but after a few months, I decided to turn back.”

“Wait, you were gone not for days, but for months?”

Reagan nodded.

“I’ve always been very stubborn, okay? I just didn’t want to go back until I had found them, and I was still mad about the reason I left in the first place. But… when I got back…”

“What?”

She suddenly looks very sullen, frowning, and staring at her beer with a mix of anger and sadness in her eyes. I wait for a while and see her fist clenching.

“Reagan, what happened to your pack?”

“They were killed. All of them.”

… What? It can’t be… Such a huge pack? How could that happen? I’ve heard of big fights between packs, but never a full clan being killed! And from what she had said, their Luna wasn’t weak either.

“B… But how?” I ask, restless.

“I don’t know. Whatever it was, it slaughtered all of them, Elena. This is why I’m telling you this is very, very serious. Something was strong enough to annihilate a full pack of werewolves.”

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