Chapter Eighty Two
Chapter Eighty Two
I knocked on the door to my mother’s apartment but there was no response. I had been here for about five minutes now. Was she avoiding me?. I tried the door; only to discover it was unlocked so I pushed it open, walking into her apartment.
“Mom?”
No response.
“Anyone home?”
No response.
It was very clear that there was nobody in here; maybe she was out working, but her scent seemed a bit… faint, like she hadn’t been in here for a few days, I was slowly getting the hang of my ‘heightened‘ senses now, and I could easily note things like this.
I frowned, bemused. I searched in the fridge for a drink–anything that would keep me busy, I hated the idea of returning back to my room. I felt so trapped back there. But the fridge was completely empty. Strange.
I shrugged off this eerie feeling and walked out of her apartment, shutting the door just as I had found it.
A maid had been walking by, and I called to her.
“Have you seen my mother lately?” I questioned, and her eyes flew wide.
“She is ‘your‘ mother?”
They should all know that by now, right?, but I guess… I and Kate–my mother–are rarely ever seen together.
“Yes, she is,” I answered, wondering if Thane had wanted that a secret and deciding that I wouldn’t go with that, I would never keep the relationship between I and my mother a secret.
“Oh… wow, uhmm, she had been gone for a few days now.“.
“A few days!”
I couldn’t believe she was gone; a sense of dread washed over me. I had felt like something was very wrong earlier but I brushed it all away, thinking I could be wrong, maybe she had spent the nights in a different room.
Where could she have gone?, she had nowhere to go; out there was dangerous. With all she had been through, I wouldn’t expect that she would leave without informing me. Yes, I had been a bit distant these last few days due to the ‘incident.‘ I had been so ashamed of myself; I couldn’t summon the courage to come meet her and finally I did, but she is nowhere to be found. I dismissed the maid, giving her no clue that this news troubled me.
Chapter Eighty Two
I walked down the hallways, lost in thoughts. I didn’t know if to feel disappointed or anxious. Just then I heard the silent sob coming from one of the rooms. I paused; the sounds seemed to be coming from a female, but past experience had taught me that I should try minding my business more often, and I had been about to walk off when I saw the flash of blue hair. Very familiar–looking blue hair. Beatrix. The more reasons I shouldn’t be here, I walked away.
“Riley”
She called my name; she had either sensed or seen me. I inhaled deeply; this was the very same person who had betrayed me; I could clearly remember her walking past me like I was nothing but ‘thin air‘ a few weeks; then she got what she wanted; she had deceived me, and I had lost Thane’s trust once. I shouldn’t care about her; perhaps I should walk right past her just as she did to me,
but then I remembered the woman who had saved my life, she had saved me from those rebels–for whatever twisted reasons she did that and now… she was in pain. Everyone needs someone to talk to, no matter how tough they seem to be; this was what being a Luna
meant. 1
So I walked into the room.
This could be a trap; of course I was well aware; Thane had no clue that I was here, and Axel… well, I hadn’t seen him since the date.
“What’s wrong, Beatrix?” I asked, my voice soft even if I was partly faking it.
“You act like you don’t know,” she said, tears flowing down her eyes. I had never seen Beatrix look this… breakable, this so fragile; she had never let out this other part of herself – at least not in front of me.
“I don’t.” I say taking a seat on a chair opposite her. “But you could talk to me.‘
“So you are doing what? trying to comfort me?” she questioned with a snort.
“I had been on my way; you called for me, but if you don’t need anything from me, then I might as well leave,” I say, some of the bitterness sipping into my words.
“No, I… needed to talk to you.”
“First, would you answer my question? When you ‘helped‘ me out of the pack, I had found someone waiting, someone from my past that I wasn’t very enthusiastic about meeting, and it led me to believe you planned it out; you betrayed me, leading me into a trap, why?.” 1
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