The Luna Legacy - Genesis

Chapter 29 - A Night Of Revelations Part 2

I  crossed my arms staring at him and waiting for him to respond. He looks at me pensively then he begins to speak.

"I came here because I tried calling and you didn't answer your phone all day. Considering everything, surely you can understand why I came here. I was worried McKenzie" he says.

I looked at him as he speaks and although I can tell he was genuinely concerned about our wellbeing I roll my eyes at him.

"Not about that, I don't care why you are here, that's kind of insignificant right now, don't you think? And don't call me McKenzie!" I say irritably.

He looks at me penitently and says, "where do I start" and I respond, "the beginning".

He dramatically wipes his hand over his face, then sits on the chair and says "ok, yes I am a werewolf. I didn't tell you because it was better that way, easier, I guess. I didn't want you to fear me or act differently around me. I never wanted to lose you as a friend McKenzie"

"Easier for whom Alex? Do you think I would have treated you any differently had I known who you truly were?" I say staring at him with visibly hurt eyes. Is that why he didn't reciprocate the feelings I had for him? Because he didn't want me to know who he truly was?

"Is that why you choose Michelle, does she know what you are?" I asked the question that I am positive no matter what his answer was it would still hurt.

If he told her, it means that he trusted a woman he barely knew over me, the woman he has known all her life. If he didn't tell her then it can't be the reason, he didn't want to be with me. I sit anxiously and wait for his response.

"Yes, she knows" he says, and my heart sunk, I have confirmed it, he didn't even trust me. He obviously didn't think much of our friendship, not like I did. To me, Alex was my best friend, he was even more than that, but to him I was just the sister of his dead friend. I am crushed! The tears well up in my eyes as the realization hit, I get up from the chair and walk away.

Alex gets up and holds my hand gently pulling and says "McKenzie!"

I turn around facing him, tears drowning my eyes. I whisper, my voice full of rage and contempt "don't fucking call me that, I am Taylor now! Not McKenzie, the girl who like a fool held on to those useless one-sided feelings for you. I have nothing more to say to you Alex. We are fine, the kids, me, we are all fine, you didn't need to come here, we don't need you, you can fucking leave." I wanted to hurt his feelings, just like he is doing to mine.

I had forgiven him for it all, for choosing her, for giving me hope that we could have been, and not loving me back. I would have forgiven him for keeping me in the dark about him being a wolf, but I can't forgive him for being honest with her and not me.

Did I really mean so little to him? I flash my hand away from his and I begin to walk away again, and he grabs on to me again. I turn to look at him, ready to eat his head off but his eyes golden, stops me in my tracks. His wolf is at the surface, and I hear his voice, deep and intimidating.

"Taylor, Michelle knows about us because she is a wolf, Michelle is a wolf like us. The Moon Goddess chose her for us, if we had a choice, we would have chosen you. We can't hurt Michelle and we never want to hurt you" he says.

Hearing him explain it like that made me feel awful for what I said to Alex. He had no choice, Michelle is his soulmate, just like I am Noah's. I walk up to Alex, and I hug him placing my head on his chest and leaving it there.

He wraps his hand around me and says, "forgive me, please, I couldn't lose your friendship; I was afraid to tell you".

"I forgive you Alex, and I am sorry for being so harsh" I say