A Luna for the Lycan King novel Chapter 58

Chapter 58

To say it was tense was an understatement. We were all in Milo’s forest room, and Darren flat out asked them if my mother, Evette, was a Waiting Lady. I could tell by the way their bodies tensed that she was. Right now, it was a quiet showdown.

“Don’t bother trying to lie.” Finn plucked a leaf from a tree and began to slowly shred it. “I am analyzing you and detecting your body language. For now this will do, but Darren has authorized me to use my elite skills if it becomes necessary.”

“Darren!” Milo gasped.

“The truth, now!” Darren’s hand trembled with rage. I wrapped my hand over his fist and gave him a small smile.

“Anger won’t help us think clearly.” He nodded his head at me but I could feel the menacing aura around him. I think, deep down, he was hoping it wasn’t true, and now it was clear that it

was.

“Evette was a Waiting Lady.” Winifred looked directly at me. “She was a direct threat to the crown, because she was never supposed to be one. It’s a long story.” I watched as Milo placed his arm around her shoulder and then nodded his head.

“Evette saved my life. Back when I was a young boy, I fell in the troll mines. I was trapped for days. It was magically imbued and no one could find me. I remember sitting in the dark, knowing I would die down there. But then I saw a light, and a shiny elven rope was dropped in the hole. I climbed up to see a very

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2/5 I think she was adopted by the elves but she never talked about it. I brought her back to the kingdom with me. As a reward for saving my life, she was made a Waiting Lady. We grew up together … all of us.” Milo glanced over at Winifred. “It was why I recognized you, Allissa. You look so much like Evette. I want you to know that … I loved her. I will admit that, if your mother had not run away, she would have become my queen. I tried not to make my affections too clear. I made sure I dated all of the Waiting Ladies, but Evie had a special place in my heart. She captivated me. But-”

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“But she ruined the order of the Waiting.” Winifred spoke up looking down at the ground. Her face was a bit contorted and I don’t think she liked hearing of Milo’s affection for my mother, which was still very shocking to me. I was waiting to get to the part where they wanted to kill her and my bloodline. “The nobles set up a rotation. We already knew from which line the next Waiting would be chosen. It was my family’s turn. Evette and another Waiting Lady, Paige, wouldn’t back down. Paige knew her role but ignored it. She knew she was supposed to act disinterested so Milo wouldn’t choose her, but she didn’t. She actively flirted and tried to get him to look her way, but I never knew until today that Milo was never interested in her. Had we known … well she went through a very traumatizing ordeal. She was forced into heat and ended up pregnant from her forced encounter.” She looked up at me. I felt my blood begin to boil. This is what Cleo tried to do to me, and now I know where she got the idea.

“What happened to Evette?” I heard Lyle’s voice right next to me. I didn’t even realize he was there until he spoke. His voice was cold and full of malice. It was as if what he always knew to be true was finally revealed to him, and he wasn’t taking it well. He was looking at his mother as if she were pure evil. And

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“Evette liked Milo a lot. I didn’t know if it was love or not, but she looked happy when she was with him. She was not a noble and should never have been a Waiting Lady. Well, we didn’t know who she really was. I didn’t know about the other royal family. We were told there was a rebellious noble family who cursed the crown. These people were actively hunted by Milo’s father and grandfather.” Winifred looked up at Milo. “I never knew that Milo and Evette actually talked about marriage. I found out today that Milo had actually proposed to her and promised to make it public with the next blessed moon. He was going to mark her.” I could hear the pain in her voice.

“After what happened with Paige … Evette was next. I think she suspected we forced Paige into heat, but everyone else just thought she did naturally. I went to see Evette and bring her tea. The tea contained something to make her go into heat. On my way there, I heard Milo speaking with her out on the balcony. I heard her tell him that she was worried about when he became the king. That if being with her would make the curse worse since it was brought about by her family. This was when I found out she was from the noble family who put the curse of the royals. Milo and Evette had figured it out years ago. Evette was never affected by Milo’s aura, and this was something only from that family. Well… now we know it was because they were royals. Anyway, they were keeping this a secret from the King, and I knew this was my chance to get rid of Evette. I told the King, who went after Evette. Milo found out about it first and helped her escape. But this was where it all went bad.” She looked at Milo who nodded his head.

“This has been a secret that only myself and Winifred know about. And now, those in this room. My father hunted Evette down and found her. He was going to kill her until I showed up. I challenged him, and in his rage, he tried to kill us both. Evette

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I brought him back to his room and went to tell everyone that my father was dead. I was now the king. When I came back to her, she was gone. I never knew what happened to her. I never knew why she left. I thought she was afraid of my temper.” Milo looked back at Winifred. “Until now.”

“I threatened her. I had followed Milo and saw them kill the king. I told her I would expose them both, and I would let the kingdom know she was of the noble traitor line and that they would say she had manipulated the crown. And that Milo wasn’t thinking clearly because he was under a spell of hers. I promised if she left and never returned that I would keep who she was a secret. She didn’t seem to care about herself, but she was worried what would happen to Milo if the kingdom found out he killed the king. I left her alone, and it wasn’t long after that I heard Milo was looking for her. I knew she had decided to leave.” She looked up at me. “I am not proud of myself for what I did.”

I held up the gold watch and Milo immediately stepped forward. “May I?” He asked and I nodded my head. I saw him scowl as he read the name on it. “This was Evie’s. It belonged to her family. She said it had a key that could unlock her family box but it was hidden among the elves. I always thought she was teasing. I figured her family stole the watch when they lived here. If you notice, there is a royal insignia on it. I never knew it was because the watch belonged to her family. I see she gave it to your father.” He frowned, handing the watch back to me. “I looked for her, but she didn’t want to be found. I could have searched better, but I wanted to respect her decision to leave. Had I known why she really left, I would have hunted her down.