Page 69 of True Luna: The Unknown Magic

“I know,” I mumbled. “I am scared too.”

My dad kissed the top of my head and rubbed my back gently.

“You can’t do it, Sophia,” Mason said as he started to pace around. “His father could hurt you. He could hurt you. Maybe you are not even his real mate. There are so many things to consider...”

I stopped listening.

My heart felt like it was going to stop.

What did Mason say?

I wasn’t Hunter’s real mate?

What? Why would he say that? I was Hunter’s mate. I felt it all: the connection, the tingles, the sparks. I felt it all. It was there. It wasn’t fake.

I could feel my heartbeat in my throat.

What the hell was Mason talking about?!

“What did you say?” I mumbled as I stepped away from my dad.

Mason stopped talking and looked at me. He furrowed his eyebrows.

“I said a lot,” he mumbled with a confused expression on his face.

“You said that I’m not Hunter’s real mate,” I mumbled, trying to stop my voice from shaking.

A look of guilt flashed across Mason’s face. He looked at my mom.

And then it dawned on me.

They thought that I was his cursed mate.

I felt tears in the corners of my eyes.

“Sophie, honey, he is your Goddess-given mate,” my mom said as she pulled me into her arms. “You are not cursed, princess.”

I hugged my mom and leaned my head on her shoulders.

Warm tears fell on my cheek.

“I am sorry, Soph,” Mason mumbled. “We were talking about the possibility of you having two mates just like your mom, and it just came out. I didn’t mean to hurt you. I am sorry. I am so sorry.”

Stella whined. Her pain overwhelmed me.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. My mom kept kissing the top of my head.

“You are not going to go through that pain, my princess,” my mom said softly. “I promise.”

Was it possible? Did I have two mates just like my mom did? Was Hunter my cursed mate? Was I bonded to another man as well?

‘No!’Stella whined.‘We are his. I know it. I can feel it.’

I didn’t respond. I couldn't. The pain was drowning me.

“Okay, everyone out,” my brother said angrily. “Leave us alone.”

“Alex…,” my uncle spoke, but Alex interrupted him.

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