Let Me Go My Mafia Husband (Aria and Alessandro) novel Chapter 567

Chapter 567 First Shift
*Selena*

Underneath the silver glow of the moon, Zander and I stood at the entrance of the Moon Goddess Temple. He was willing to join me when I told him about my dream. However, he received an urgent message from his pack office and had to leave. However, he assured me to wait for him, promising that we would go together. And now, here we were. As we stepped inside, his hand holding mine, the temple's interior mirrored my dream.

The familiar architecture triggered memories of the vivid dream, each detail unfolding before my eyes. The air within the temple felt charged with anticipation as if the walls held secrets waiting to be unveiled.

Suddenly, a figure emerged from the shadows – the High Priestess.

"Selena and Alpha king! I was waiting for you," she announced, her voice resonating in the sacred space.

A surge of skepticism overcame me, and I confronted her with a challenging question. "How do you know that we were coming?"

The high priestess met my inquiry with a mysterious smile that told me everything. The dream was not a mere illusion. The high priestess, standing before us, was a living embodiment of the mystical vision. My heart raced as the pieces of the puzzle fell into place. If the dream was real, then the words she spoke in that dream were true as well and she was my mother.

"Yes, Selena. You are thinking correctly. I am your mother, and what I told you was all true," she affirmed, her words resonating with a mystical certainty that left no room for doubt.

However, instead of solace, the confirmation of my lineage fueled the flames of anger and pain within me. The questions that had lingered in the depths of my soul erupted like a tempest, and I couldn't contain the torrent of emotions.

"If I was your daughter, why did you never come to see me in those years?" I poured out my grievances, the accusatory tone in my eyes reflecting the years of abandonment that had festered in my heart.

"Tell me, why?" I demanded, my voice rising to a yell, echoing through the hallowed halls of the Moon Goddess Temple. Zander, standing steadfast beside me, held me in his arms. His eyes mirrored the concern etched on his face, watching as the floodgates of my long-suppressed emotions burst open.

The high priestess took a deep breath, her eyes revealing the scars of a painful past. "When your father took you away from me and rejected me, I was in pain and extremely hurt. I needed time at that moment to recover from the heartbreak and trauma," she confessed, her voice carrying the weight of years of suffering. "The Goddess took me under her wing, and slowly, I began to heal. I immersed myself in serving the people and caring for the Moon Goddess temple, but deep down, I was running away from the truth and from you."

The pain in her voice mirrored the depth of the scars left by a tumultuous past. "You were a child born from forceful mating, and it reminded me of all the torture I had gone through while Albert kept me as a prisoner."

Her confession struck me with a profound sense of shame for what my father had done to my mother. I had never imagined that he could be such a monstrous figure, especially towards his own mate.

"So, what happened now? Why did you appear before me, revealing your true identity?" I couldn't help but sound accusatory, the weight of years of abandonment and unanswered questions fueling the frustration in my voice.

"Because now you need your wolf and your powers," my mother revealed, her gaze shifting between Zander and me.