Chapter 30


    Chapter 30: Words from Mommy Dearest


    Thest thing I expected when I woke up early in the morning was for the smell of bacon to waft in the


    air, and for my stomach to start growling. I wasn’t sure how I felt about everything that I had learned the


    night before. I was


    angry and had every right to be.


    Time to go home.


    Groaning, I rolled over and turned on my phone, letting it power up as I made my way towards the


    ensuite bathroom. As much as I wanted to rx in peace all day, I knew it wasn’t possible.


    I had to face the guys today, and I needed to find the courage to do so.


    Notification after notification my phone chimed in a chorus of tunes as I brushed my teeth, and by the


    time I picked it up. I noticed the number of times people had tried to get a hold of me. The guys, my


    father, Allison… All of them tried to contact me as if something happened.


    Shoving my phone into the back pocket of my jean shorts, I slipped on my shoes and raced downstairs.


    Caleb’s well -toned body stood over the stove as he ved away to making breakfast.


    As much as I wanted to cut out and run, I felt bad about leaving when he worked so hard and decided


    against it. “Good Morning.”


    “Oh, well good morning.” He replied with a smile as he looked over his shoulder, “I hope you’re hungry.”


    “Yes, I am. Thank you for this.”


    “It’s no problem. I figured you would have to leave right away this morning so I decided to make you


    something to eat before you did leave.” Caleb never ceased to amaze me with how sweet he really


    was.


    To think that his mate rejected him broke my heart because it was obvious he had a lot of love to give


    someone. “You’re amazing, Caleb.”


    “Well, 1 like to think so.” He replied, causing us both tough.


    As the morning crept on, breakfast finished withughing and great food, and eventually, I was wishing


    him goodbye. “Thank you so much for everything.”


    “No problem. You are wee here any time.”Content rights belong to N?velDrama.Org.


    Nodding my head, I hugged him tight one more time. The feeling of his arms wrapping around me and


    pulling me in for a tight embrace made me feel like I was hugging a long-lost friend. “I will see you


    later,” I whispered as I pulled away from him. “Time to go walk through the fires of hell.”


    He chuckled, shaking his head as he watched me, “give them hell, tiger.”


    Oh, that’s what I n on doing…4


    Pulling into the driveway, I should have known that there was going to be nothing but chaos, and before


    I barely made it out of my car, James and Hale were at my door,


    “Where have you been!” James yelled, catching me off guard as Hale tried to pull him away,” do you


    understand how worried we have been about you!”


    I figured that Talon or even Damian would be yelling at me, but for James to yell?


    “It’s nice to see you as well,” I replied with sarcasm, mming my car door and making my way


    towards the back door heading for my cottage. If the guys thought I was going to ept them yelling at


    me then they were sadly mistaken.


    I wasn’t in the mood for any of it.


    “Ivy, please… wait.” Hale called after me, “we were just worried.”


    “Worried?!” I scoffed, spinning to face him, “so worried that you kept me blinded about mymitment


    to you instead of exining the truth?”


    Fuck y’all. I mentally responded as I spun back on the path and continued to my home. I knew what


    was expected of me, but at the same time, I wasn’t going to just y by their games. They imed to


    care, but they told me nothing.


    Caleb had to exin it all to me.


    It’s all bullshit.


    “Ivy, please stop…” Hale’s words fell on deaf ears as I opened my cottage door, and mmed it behind


    me, making sure to put the locks in ce.


    I knew I was acting immature, but I had prepared myself on the entire ride over here that I woulde


    home and sit down and talk with them. Then James and Hale had toe out and just piss me off. The


    two out of the four that I figured would never do such a thing.


    “Go away, Hale.” I responded when I heard him call out to me again, “when you guys learn to talk to me


    properly then we discuss more!”


    His groan of protest was met with a victory smile on my behalf. I may have been small and weak in


    some eyes, but I wasn’t. I was a strong individual, and I didn’t have to take crap from them like I did.


    I wish Kate were here to let me vent, but when the semester ended, she took a few weeks to go home


    and I was left without someone else to really talk to.


    There was one person though I had not spoken to in a few days that I wished was with me more than


    anything, and that was my mom. Picking up my phone, Iy on my bed and dialed her number.


    “Hello?” She said softly through the phone. The sound of her pain was evident in her voice and made


    me want toe home to take care of her.


    “Hey, mama. How are you feeling?” I asked, trying to lighten the subject.


    “Oh, my dear. I am doing perfectly. Just tired from work.”


    I wasn’t sure when she was going to stop lying about her situation, but I knew it was because she didn’t


    want me to worry about her while I was at school. She was such a selfless woman in that way, and it


    killed me because if she died, I would regret forever not being able to be there with her on herst


    days.


    “You need to rest, Mom.” I bit out through hidden tears, “how will you ever be ready for a permanent


    vaca when I get my degree if you’re working too hard.”


    The ongoing joke made us bothugh as I used the back of my sleeve to wipe away tears.


    “So how are things with those boys? Are they being nice to you?” I had slowly begun to tell my mom


    about how school was, and the new friends I had made but not about werewolves.


    That just wasn’t something normal.


    “They are okay, I guess. They always like to try and start arguments with me.”


    “Well, if you remember correctly.” she started with a smile, “you were not that easy to live with before”


    I feigned hurt at herment which caused her tough, “I was an angel when I was younger.”


    “Yes, well all Lucifer was once an angel too.”


    My mother had a point, and hearing like this warmed my heart. It was almost like how it had been when


    I was younger. Back before she got diagnosed with cancer. I couldn’t imagine my life without her, but a


    part of me also said that we had to keep up with only the good memories.


    “I just wish they wouldn’t hide things from me. They like to keep too many secrets.” I muttered trying to


    figure out how to fix my current situation.


    “Well, they are werewolves, Ivy. It’s time you ept them as their Luna.”


    Shock and curiosity filled me with my mother’s words.


    How in the hell did she know what they were, and how they were connected to me.


    It was impossible… wasn’t it?