“I’m so sorry you were thrown in to such chaos. I wanted to come see you sooner but I was scared really. I didn’t know if you still considered me as your daughter.” I say as my eyes glass over.
My father pulls in me in for a side hug as the tears fall on my cheeks.
“Oh Sabrina..” He says, gently rubbing circles on my arm.
“You are my first child, the oldest of my three children. I don’t care what anyone says, I raised you and for that, you will always be my child. I will forever love you the same.” He says before kissing my forehead.
I pull away to look in to his eyes.
“Oh daddy I’m so happy to hear you say that! I thought I’d lost you and they keep pressuring me to become one of them forgetting that all I’ve known is you and the rest of the family. All I’ve ever been exposed to was this world and now I must just quickly take in all that is thrown at me. I have not even dealt with the fact that Hunter is my biological father or that my mother tricked you into thinking you were her mate and dumped me here, fooling you in to thinking I was your daughter when I was not. I have a twin brother that looks everything like me but I don’t know a thing about and now I must ascend up to the heavens to be with other gods, learn the ways of the gods and become the moon goddess.” I say finally catching my breath.
“Breath Sabrina. I hear you are immortal but let’s stick with the basics okay?” He says and I nod my head, agreeing with him.
“I regret nothing Sabrina. You gave me grandson and grew our family. It breaks my heart to hear you say you are not coping. I raised you to stay calm and void of any emotion on your face but that does not mean you can’t talk about your feelings. Little moon, when you feel upset, voice your concerns. Yes, Hunter is your father but he is still a stranger to you so draw your boundaries until you feel safe around him. The same with your brother, tell them how you feel and that they need to understand that this is all new to you and they need to approach with caution. I’m sure they will understand.” He says to me, pulling me in for another side hug.
“My daughter will not be taking advice from an earthling. We have our ways of doing things and you are no part of it!” Hunter says, I pull away from my father who growled at the intrusion.
My father stands up, looks around the room to see my mother, Hunter and Anthony. Anthony looking at me with sadness in his eyes.
I stand up, standing in front of my father and Hunter, who was only a few feet away.
“You followed me?” I ask and my mother tries to walk up to me but I raise my hand to stop her. She freezes on the spot, clearly confused at my anger.
“Well, we were in the middle of a very serious conversation Sabrina. You have duties that need your immediate attention and the sooner you attend to your teachings, the better for all the wolves.” He says sternly.
“I came to visit my father!” I say as the frustration grows inside me.
“You did not tell us where you went Sabrina.” My mother says and I scoff at her.
“Of course I did not tell you. I am upset with you and Hunter! You say you are my parents, yet you’re not trying to get to know me. All you are doing is shoving my duties down my throat! You are all a bunch of strangers to me and now I must run around trying to prove myself to my own father? I think I’ve done that already. The man behind me reminds me all the time that he is proud of me and that he loves me.” I say walking closer to my mother.
She tries to open her mouth but I shake my head no.
“He has never been an absent father, even after losing his fake mate, he raised me. Take some notes, I trust my father and he trusts me. Something I don’t have with any of you right now.” I say and Hunter growls.
“He is not your father. I AM!” He growls out and I turn to face him.
“He is the only father I’ve ever known, all my life until now. He has only been good to me. Show some appreciation to the man that raised me to who I am today. I am alive and strong willed, best believe I did not get that from you!” I say and my mother walks up to Hunter and grabs his hand to calm him down.
“You all just barged in to my home, his house! Show some respect! This man is not some toy to you. You all better show some respect, I demand it!” I say as my power is released.
“You think your power can force us in to submission?” Hunter asks me smirking.
“Yes.” I say confidently.
I release all of my power, I release the power of the moon and the whole room’s aura changes. My father gently pulls me back to him, he shakes his head no as I look up to him.
I reel in my power and look back at Hunter.
“You might be the man that created me, made me so I can stand here but don’t forget you were not here to raise me. Not you, not mother but this man right here. While you were all in hiding, as if you needed to, I was raised as a simple girl from a beta family, nothing more than that! I grew up thinking I’d just get a mate and have babies but obviously that’s not the case. Does my sanity mean nothing to you?” I say looking at Hunter.
“I am trying to keep it together but I don’t know how to absorb it all! You say you are my father but I feel like you are some chinned up snob who looks down on other people and I feel like my own mother is the world’s worst trickster after finding out she was heartless enough to trick my father in to being mates, robbing him of his chance to ever find his true mate. Anthony, I have nothing against you at all, I just feel overwhelmed by all of this. I feel some abandonment issues too, like why couldn’t you all come sooner!! Why now? After all this time and I am supposed to play happy family with you?” I say, anger rolling over me.
“We couldn’t afford to expose ourselves then Sabrina, you have to understand.” My mother says but I shake my head in disagreement.
“You say you’re the first family. I saw how you all fought Ethia’s army! You killed them as if you were playing some sport, having fun! What was so evil, you could not show yourselves to me, your very own daughter?” I ask as the tears roll down my cheeks.
“How dare you think I’d just accept you as you are with arms wide open? You won’t even leave me alone to think! I’m suffocating here!” I say.
“Okay, time out! Mother and Hunter, leave. You have put Sabrina through a lot. Just stop okay? enough! Anthony, you can stay.” Josey says, walking in to the room and stopping right in front of my mother and Hunter.
Hunter growls but mother looks at me and back at Josey. She nods her head yes and disappears with Hunter.