Chapter 31

“Listen Josh, no one else is going to control my fucking life, do you understand? Neither you nor Petros! If you two don't get away from me, I swear I'll rip your heads off!"

“Olivia…”

He said holding my arm

I tugged at once, so he'd understand I wasn't kidding. It wasn't an outbreak, it was an awakening. I threw him a look before leaving, showing all my indignation, I shouted loudly calling for Jade, that story would end there. I lost patience.

“I'm here Olivia...”

I heard a voice echo down the hall, I looked and there she was in a private library, several books around her, photos and fragments of my sister's life that I didn't even know about.

One photo in particular caught my attention.

There she was, smiling next to a tall man, his tanned skin betrayed that he wasn't an Aaryn, he held her by the waist and smiled too. She looked so carefree, it had absolutely nothing to do with the stiff posture she maintained in our castle, when we were under my father's eye.

“Oh my God, who is that with her?”

“It's the key to everything Olivia, are you ready to know the truth?”

I took a deep breath at that moment, why would he completely change the course of things, it was the information I had to face, it was the reality hidden within a parallel life that I couldn't see, it was the secrets falling over me like rocks, was the result of a lifetime walking on eggshells, avoiding speaking her mind, my mother lived and died like this, leaving behind only the trace of a happy life.

Jade took a deep breath, she was hesitant I could feel it. When she looked at me it was as if she were about to unravel the greatest of humanity's mysteries, when I realized there they were all... Hannah, Josh and even Petros, to observe my reaction to what she was going to say.

“Jade, tell me what I need to know, I'm ready!”

I said after taking a deep breath too, it was a lie, it was obvious, but a lie told many times becomes the truth, and everyone knows it.

“Olivia... This one in the picture is our uncle... Adam... - She would rub her hand over her face and blink non-stop, I never noticed if she had that tic, but it didn't seem to be something normal.”

He and Vivian were in love.

My world fell apart, she had committed that sin before me, I wasn't the only one then! I wasn't a handicap of the mutation, so was she... Mistress Perfect wasn't so perfect after all. I could feel Josh's eyes on me. As if he was saying "See, I said it would be a shock... And it would make sense to you"

“My mother, with the Lycan? Right... A little shocking, the mother I knew was completely against it, telling stories about your people, with disdain and a certain revulsion....”

“I knew you would be shocked, they met crookedly too, fighting over territory they met in the woods, but they fell in love as it should be.”

“Right, and what does that have to do with her death? This Adam, did he kill her?”

“No Olivia, it's like I told you… We loved your mother, no Lycan ever hurt her. This I can guarantee you! Adam loved her, deeply! So he would never be the cause of her death.”

“Then tell me, why the hell did My mother die? That's what I want to know!”

“Olivia... before I tell you I need to tell you an even more shocking fact than that, I just don't know how your reaction will be... - She was hesitant again, I could see Josh's head lowering so he wouldn't face me, what would she say that was so terrible?”

“Damn it, tell me soon! Please Jade”

I pleaded, my gaze urgently on her, Petros walked over to me and held my hand.

“Olivia, from the love of Vivian and Adam came a... fruit. And when her father found out that she was planning to run away with the baby still in her womb… I can't even speak.”

Oh my God I would have a sister or a brother.

“What are you saying, my father killed my mother? A baby?"

My world fell apart, I felt like I was going to die right there, the mixed emotions inside me made me gasp. I felt so bad that I sat on the floor, to recover from what she had said, was it a lie? Something to unsettle me? If so, she was being perfect in her role. Because her expression was one of horror, Josh's expression was downcast, the look sad. The same look from Hannah that seemed to sympathize with my pain.

Benjamin was staring at me too. - Oh my God, it all makes sense now... He killed her. My God I wanted to scream, I wanted to explode, my reaction was appropriate. How was he able?

I got up from the floor and ran to the room I was staying in, nobody understood anything, but nobody tried to stop me, they couldn't! I went through my purse, and then I found what I myself had hidden, I knew that letter was something special. Never delivered and never opened. When I opened the desperate letter, Josh and Petros appeared at the bedroom door, just watching me, the fragile link in those troubled relationships.

“Olivia..”

Said Petros approaching me

“Are you sure you want to read this letter now? You're still shaken...”

“Shut up Petros! Did you know? Did your father mention this to you? That my father killed my mother because she was expecting a baby that would have the blood of both clans? Speak the fuck! I want answers!”

“I didn't know, I swear to you… None of that! If I had known I would have stopped it. And what's more, do you think this could actually be true?"

“Hey, My mom doesn't lie! She spoke the truth about everything... That's what happened, we can even confirm with Adam.”

I widened my eyes with the letter in my hands.

“Josh…is he alive? Where is he? Can you take me to him?”

- He became a wanderer Olivia, he couldn't stand it, you know? Living without your mother, it tore our family apart. My father considered him weak for the succession. But I can try to get his attention to come back, but I can't guarantee it.”

“Do it, please… I need to talk to him. I'll open the letter... I just don't have the courage to do it!”

"Open Olivia, I'm here with you!"

Petros said.

“WE ARE HERE FOR YOU”

Said Sam

Yeah, even more so!

When I opened the damn letter, I already realized that it had really been written by my mother, it was her spelling.

Adam my love, I don't know which sentence I will be subjected to, I would like to believe that our love will win and our baby will come into the world! But I can't, I have little time and my hopes are not so high anymore. If I could just see you again, feel the warmth of your skin again, I would already be grateful, I would die happy and accept my fate fairly and honestly. I don't regret for a second what we've been through, youIt isit was without a doubt the ray of sunshine that hit my dark days, took me out of the void in which I lived! I love you so much, but so much Adam that it hurts! I hope from allmy heart that one day you can read this, and I hope to meet you in another life. I'm sure I'll love you as much as I love you today, I just hope everything is less complicated.

With love, Viv.

By the time I finished reading it, I was still in tremendous shock. I didn't know how I was going to react to all that! But it was true, my mother had been murdered by her own blood, taking with her the fruit of her love with a Lycan. And nothing could get worse than that moment! At least... I believed that!