Chapter 62 Girl Talk.
Lily's pov.
“Well, they told me at my sixteen week appointment but I was going to see if Glenda could find out for me. I want absolutely nothing to do with the healers or hospital. If possible I want to have a home birth,” Raya explained, voicing her choice on her pregnancy.
“I would like a home birth as well. I’ll speak to my grandmother, I’m sure she’d love to look after you and the babies,” I say with a smile, squeezing her left shoulder gently.
“That’s a relief, I got bad vibes from the nurses… don’t ask me why because I couldn’t explain. Olivia didn’t feel right either,” she shutters, looking like she’d rather think of anything but that.
“I don’t know why but all of the nurses are super weird, and half of them have tried to sleep with Creed,” Alex says absentmindedly, not realizing how angry she has made Sapphire.
“They what?” Sapphire asks through me, startling Raya and Alex.
“Oh nothing!” Alex chuckles nervously, “don’t worry about it, he never did anything with them, obviously.”
Sapphire calms down slightly, moving back in my mind and giving me control again, “sorry, guys. She’s a little territorial,” I chuckle, shaking my head at my dragon.
“Raya, I want to tell you something…” I say, looking at Raya as a thought pops into my head.
“What is it?” She asks curiously, giving me her attention.
I take a deep breath preparing myself mentally for this conversation, “do you remember an alpha named Alexander? From our hometown?” I say quietly, scrunching my face in horror.
Raya’s eyes widen as the realization washes over her, “yes… I remember him. How do you know him…” she whispers so quietly I almost didn’t hear her.
“Well…” I exhale, “he was my mate…”
Both Raya and Lily gasp slightly, hands covering their mouths.
“He was your what?” Raya whispers, tears gathering in her eyes.
“My mate- he was my first mate… I met him the night before my birthday, when I found out who I am…” I barely got out, tears were also gathering in my eyes, “the thing is- I was Chloe.”
“Chloe…” she mutters, until it all clicks into place and her hand flies to her mouth, “oh goddess no… no, no… Lily- you have to understand, I was in a terrible place that year, a lot of bad things happened to me. Please, give me the chance to explain!”
I smile slightly and nod my head at her, “of course, go on.”
“About a few months before your birthday my moms newest boyfriend had started coming into my room while I was sleeping…” she starts to say, hiccuping on her sobs, “he-he touched me! I told my mom and she tried to kick him out but he- he beat us before he left, saying we were nothing but trash. That nobody would love us like him, if we couldn’t accept what he wanted no one would want us, no one would care about us. I went down the worst road in my life, I got addicted to drugs, I was drinking every day…” she sighs, placing her head in her hands.
“there was even a time I wanted to take my own life… anyone who wanted to sleep with me I would accept instantly, not even thinking about what could happen. Half of the men I’ve slept with I don’t even remember. I thought- I thought maybe if I could become a Luna I’d be special- more important… I never meant to hurt you Lily! If it wasn’t for your mom I don't know where I’d be now, she found me when I was at my worst, you know. When you moved away she helped me, she fought my addictions with me and made me see what I was worth. That’s why you found me, I couldn’t just do nothing while she was captured. I owed her my life, and I’ll never forget that.”
“Raya… why wouldn’t you tell me?” I ask, trying to hold back my tears, “I would’ve done something, anything! I- I could’ve helped you!”
“I know! And I’m sorry, I’ll always regret that part of my life… but there’s nothing we can do about it now. Just know that I’m sorry and I never meant to do something that would’ve hurt you,” she says with a small smile on her face.
“Of course I forgive you,” I sniffle, pulling her into a hug, “just remember, I’ll always be here for you. No matter what.”
“Thank you, you have no idea how much that means to me,” Raya says while pulling away from me, wiping the tears from her eyes.
“Wow,” Alex breathes, “that is-intense.”
Breaking me and Raya out of the moment we were having, I start laughing hard at the fact, Alex basically has no idea what is going on.
“You’ll catch on soon enough, Alex,” I say while chuckling, “our lives are difficult.”
“You don’t say,” she says while also chuckling, making the room feel lighter.
After talking to them a while longer they both decided to head out. Raya was exhausted and Alex was too. I decided to have a bath before bed, something that sounds amazing right about now.
As I step into the water I hear the door creak open before Creed calls out, “Lily?”
“I’m in here!” I shout out, careful not to slip as I lower myself into the tub.
I hear shuffling around before Creed opens the bathroom door, “the door was open, you scared me half to death!” He says, sounding actually concerned.
“Huh, I’m sorry. Alex or Raya must’ve left it open when they left not too long ago. Everything is perfectly fine,” I smile, swishing the bubbles around in the tub.
Creed finally looks down at me in the bath and his eyes darken with want, “you decided to take a bath?”
“Yes… would you like to join me?” I ask with a mischievous smile on my face.
“Of course,” Creed smiles back, taking off his shirt…
I clench my thighs together in anticipation, hardly able to wait for what’s to come next.