Chapter 98


    Chapter 98


    Reyna Cruz:


    I’ve spent the whole day getting ready for the event and looking after Hunter too. Luckily, Mrs.


    Sparrow took good care of Turner, so at least I was free from that responsibility. But then Tara


    returned and started bothering us.


    “Where’s Hunter off to?” She found me as I left my bedroom, blocking my way. We were both


    dressed up: I was in a ck dress while she was wearing a blue one for the event.


    I didn’t want her around but I knew if I told her, she would purposely stick around more and make


    everything difficult for us


    even more.


    “He’s gone off on some secret mission,” I didn’t know what else to say, and I didn’t feel obliged to


    give her any exnations


    either.


    “I need more than that,” she hissed, crossing her arms over her chest and ring at me.


    “If he didn’t tell you himself, then maybe he didn’t want you to know, I watched her shake her head


    arrogantly.


    “You think you’re important because he told you where he went? She hissed but before I could even


    ask her to leave me alone, she continued, “it is because he doesn’t care if you take stress from his


    secret mission. But he cares and doesn’t want me to worry about it by telling me about it.”


    As soon as she finished babbling. I began tough and it narrowed her eyes in my face.


    “That’s so rude,” she hissed.


    “What? I am pretty sure that’s why he didn’t tell you anything. I gave her a smirk, making her even


    more upset by doubting her and Hunter’s love for her. At this point, I have found out that Hunter


    hadn’t even touched her unless it was to drag her out of his bedroom or make her leave him alone


    whenever she tried to force herself on him.


    “Now please, step aside. I have guests to attend to,” I rolled my eyes at her and started walking


    past her when suddenly she overtook me and hurriedly made her way downstairs.


    I need to meet guests too,” she whined like a spoiled child, rushing until her ankle twisted, and the


    next thing I knew, she was tumbling downstairs.


    “Ahhh!” she screamed, and no matter how hard I tried to follow her, she had already reached the


    ground floor.


    “Tara!” Jaffery, who hade with the guests, saw her, yelled, and rushed to pick her up.


    The guests must have seen her run downstairs; otherwise, I’m sure the council would use me of


    pushing her..


    “I’m in so much pain,” Tara whined and cried, raising her voice until the entire royal hall was filled


    with her screams.


    I watched my son move closer to Mrs. Sparrow and hug her. So, I dodged Tara on the ground and


    ran to my son to reassure him that she would be fine.


    “She should go through a transition ande back after she’s healed. I was stunned to hear Mrs.


    Sparrow raise her voice and give Tara orders for the first time.


    Ever since I returned, I noticed that Mrs. Sparrow no longer spoke with the same confidence. But


    tonight, it was different. This evening. I got to see the same Mrs. Sparrow who used to talle care of


    the pack’s matters.


    Tara turned her neck to stare at her in disbelief before she started sobbing more dramatically.


    “She doesn’t even care, nobody does. That’s why I miss Hunter so much, he would have swept me


    off my feet, she began


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    fabricating tales. The fact that she didn’t even mind the grown adults watching her cry and whine


    like a child, yet she persisted, exined how unbearable she was.


    “When has my son ever scooped you up in his arms?” Mrs. Sparrow continued to counter, even


    when Tara looked shocked and embarrassed. ConTEent bel0ngs to N?v(e)lD/rama(.)Org .


    “Jeffery! Pick her up and take her to the woods,” she thenmanded Jeffery, who understood that


    if he didn’t heed Mrs. Sparrow now, he would face the consequences along with Tara.


    I could tell Tara was shocked by Mrs. Sparrow’s behavior. Well, it was about time that Mrs. Sparrow


    stood up for herself. I heard from the others that after I left, Tara took over since Hunter no longer


    showed interest in any mansion matters. That’s when Tara began to torment Mrs. Sparrow, even


    leaving her in tears for days.


    “She is sending me away as if my pain is nothing? Shouldn’t everyone should be worried for me?”


    Tara whispered under her breath, not too vocal anymore.


    Jeffery signaled to Tara not to make a scene and assisted her in getting up instead of carrying her in


    his arms. I noticed Tara was disappointed. Perhaps she expected him to carry her, as she did raise


    her arms as if to be lifted.


    “I’ll be back once she’s settled, Jeffery announced, casting a fleeting nce at me before heading


    towards the exit with Tara.


    I bet he noticed that I was looking at him a bit differently this time.


    And he wasn’t wrong. I was actually suspicious of him. I needed to ask him a few questions. I


    wasn’t surprised anymore that he lied; maybe he did it to divert my suspicions of him spying on me.


    But the data was collected by him. That bothered me.


    “Now that everyone is here,” Mrs. Sparrow’s loud voice brought me back to reality as I watched her


    hold a ss of wine and stand in the middle of the crowd. “I would like to raise a toast to wee


    our Lama queen and our future alpha king of the pack, Reyna and Turner!” She smiled widely and


    cheered. My son shrugged yfully and took a sip from his fresh orange juice, while I noticed the


    council looking shady and upset.


    Before I could approach them and greet them, I felt a tap on my shoulder from behind. Upon turning


    around, I froze for a moment because the sight before my eyes was something I had long forgotten


    about. I didn’t expect these people toe back into my life, let alone be courageous enough to get


    my attention.


    “My daughter!” my so-called mother, who had shattered me when I reached out to her from the


    roguemunity, spread her arms to hug me.


    I remembered that she was the first person I had contacted when I was able to. I wanted to let her


    know that I was fine and that she shouldn’t worry too much about me. But it all came crashing back


    when she started yelling at me and warning me to never call them again. After that, they didn’t even


    bother to ask anyone what happened to their daughter.


    So, I did what I thought was the best thing to do; I pulled back and raised my palms slightly to


    indicate she should step away


    from me.


    “Who are you?” I asked, watching her gasp. My father smiled weakly as he stepped forward.


    “We are your parents, my child. I know you are upset with us. But you need to understand that we


    were extremely miserable, and we didn’t have any other choice but to ask you to leave us alone.


    We couldn’t have survived in the roguemunity,” the audacity of him trying to justify himself was


    beyond me.


    “Really? When you could have told me this nicely, you yelled at me and called me names. This is


    not how children are brought up. I might have even forgiven you if I didn’t have a child of my own


    and if I hadn’t done everything in my power


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    keep him safe. So forgive me if I am being mean, but I don’t want to see your faces ever again,” I


    had tears in my eyes as I exined that I didn’t want anything to do with them.


    you are our daughter, and we have-,” my mother began to cry silently while uttering the words softly


    when my head


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    shake silenced her.


    “Your daughter died the day you cut ties with her. I hissed, but their reaction was surprising. They


    looked upset and hurt, as if they weren’t the ones who told me first that I am no longer their


    daughter.


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