Page 109 of Let It Snow
"You almost sound proud of helping a crime family. And in the end, you failed him. You ran, and he ended up in prison."
Moon smirks.
"Anzo is exactly where he wants to be, and exactly where he needs to be to find his own happiness."
"I don’t get it."
Moon exhales and glances down at the monitor in his hand, then back at me.
"It doesn’t matter. What matters is this: I want to apologize." His voice softens. "I’m sorry for making choices for you, Summer. I’m sorry you suffered. I know Anzo treated you badly—well, badly doesn’t even begin to cover it." He grimaces as if he realizes he just downplayed what I went through.
"But if it hadn’t happened, your path and Snow’s path never would’ve crossed. Our parents locked you inside that house, cut you off from the world. Without the kidnapping, you would’ve stayed there forever, alone, disappointed, terrified that people would find out about your power, exactly like our parents drilled into you."
Feeling miffed, I snap back, "In a way, they were right! You told Anzo about my power, and look what happened: he took me. Knowledge of my power is dangerous. Spreading it around is reckless. People could get hurt."
Moon is silent for a long beat, his eyes still fixed on the baby monitor. Then he says quietly, "You have every right to hate me.But once I began to really understand my visions, I believed with all my heart this was the path meant to be. We all suffered, but I keep focusing on the chance that our stories can still end well. Yours too."
There’s a long silence between us. He can surely see the sourness on my face, the lingering doubt in my eyes.
He sighs.
"But this time, you have to make your own choices, Summer. I won’t guide you anymore. You’ve seen for yourself how it looks from the outside, like I’m pulling strings in other people’s lives, forcing suffering they might never choose if given the chance. So enough of that."
The monitor in his hand beeps softly.
Moon glances at it and says, "Lux is starting to wake up. I know those little grunts."
He turns to leave, but I grab his hand.
"Are you at least happy, Moon? Was it all worth it?"
His face changes in an instant, softening, glowing with warmth.
"Oh yes. Luca is the best in the world. He’s everything to me. I wouldn’t change a single thing in my life, not one, because meeting him makes it all worth it." His voice burns with passion, and then he turns and walks away.
I stay on the terrace, staring out at the ocean stretching endlessly toward the horizon. Rain drums on the roof and trickles down the stones and garden paths, while my eyes are lost in the gray ocean and the clouds gathering thick above it.
Wow. What a revelation.
I’m a manwithouta True Mate.
Fuck.
Again, I simply can’t be…normal.
That’s just NOT meant to be.
I wanted it so badly, and nothing works. I have these stupid powers that put me in danger, keep me excluded from regular life, and I don’t even have my TM, like every other human on this planet!
My damn luck.
No TM!
I’ve never even heard of anything like this before. No article I’ve ever read mentions it. It’s supposed to be impossible. Everyone has another half of their soul, even betas, though theirs is harder to find.
I lift my fingers to my neck, where my skin is now perfectly smooth. Curiously enough, sex with Snow healed me the same way it does for True Mates. So I’m a bit confused.
Lake’s scars disappeared after he joined with Aiden, and mine healed the same way. So what is my Bond with Snow? How does it work?
