THE ALPHA KING'S MATE ( BOOK)

CHAPTER 31

Jillian felt like she was suffocating. Someone had killed her real parents?

And the baby that they thought was her? Who was this person?

Edric sat down by her. "Jillian, take a deep breath love."

She nodded and did as told. "My other parents," she whispered, "I wonder if they know."

"I think we need to have a visit with them," Edric told her.

"But what if they are totally clueless? What if they think I really am theirs?"

"Then we have a lot of explaining to do, but we need to tell them, at least that you aren't their real daughter."

"Do we have too?" Jillian whispered. "It would break their hearts."

"What we need to find out is who switched Jillian, because whoever it was, saved her life," Dr. Hess said.

Edric nodded. "Yes, they did, but who would switch her, especially right after Jillian's mother had her? Did Jillian show tendencies to her gift already? Or did the person know that the gift ran in the family and knew they had to save her?"

Dr. Hess nodded. "I bet it's the latter. I doubt Jillian could heal at such a young age."

"But I could," Jillian whispered. Edric looked at her in surprise. "What do you mean?"

"I remember when I was only about three years old. I fell from a tree and broke my leg. I knew my parents would be extremely upset, especially when they had told me to stay out of the tree. But my leg healed almost instantly. I didn't think anything of it, I was young, and I thought it was normal."

“But it’s not,” Dr. Hess said. “So you never told anyone that you could heal quickly?"

"No, I never did. I just figured that it was normal, like I said, until one day when I was about ten, and my friend Addison fell off her bike and broke her arm. I thought it would heal, just like I did, but it didn't, and she had to go to the hospital and get a cast. I thought it was weird."

"Did you tell your parents?"

"No, I never did, especially when I saw others with broken bones. I figured I was an anomaly, and that if I said anything, I would be teased, and my parents would be angry."

"Interesting," Edric muttered.

"So she has had this gift for many years then," Dr. Hess said, intrigued.

"Maybe since she turned 18 her abilities are showing up more," Edric said. "She can heal now, and she can see the future.”

“But I have been able to do that since I was younger also,” Jillian pointed out.

Edric nodded. "That's right, you did tell me that, plus your powers as a Luna are strengthening.”

"And someone knows that the Luna is powerful and wants to get rid of her.”

"But why?" Jillian asked. "You would think whoever it was would want to save me, not destroy me."

"That is a good question, my love," Edric frowned.

"She is going to need even more protection," Dr. Hess said.

"As are you," Jillian told Edric. “Whoever is after me will eventually come after you also.”

“I can protect myself,” he told Jillian.

“Dr. Hess what about you? If you were getting threats, your life will be in more danger now that you told us what you did,” Jillian said.