Page 37 of His Blue Moon Princess (The Silver City #1)

“I am fine.”

“Stop it, neither you nor your wolf sound fine. Tell me where you are right away!”

“What is it?”

William Blue noticed my expression and can’t understand why I suddenly held in my tears. I wipe them away and shake my head. “My mate is looking for me.”

He frowns. “Damian Black? How can you know if you are not part of his Clan?”

“That is an ability of mine. I can communicate with other Alphas as long as I’ve physically met them before.”

“Or you lied about not belonging to him yet...”

“If I was lying, could I do this?”

I use my wolf’s inner voice, but I don’t bother to hide how annoyed I am, and he subconsciously steps back in surprise as soon as I mind-link him. It takes a few seconds for him to get it, but he regains his composure quite quickly.

“Interesting... This ability must be quite handy, I imagine.”

“You still haven’t said a thing about the Blue Moon Clan!”

He shakes his head. “I don’t trust you just based on a physical resemblance and a name. Even if I do, there is no way I would trust the partner of a man like Damian Black.”

“Damian is not his father.”

“It still doesn’t mean I can trust him. Why would he willingly work with us?”

“Because Damian would do anything to protect me!”

My words echo in the room for a while, leaving a heavy silence after them. I used my inner wolf without noticing, but I don’t care who heard me. I’m running out of the time, and this man is so stubborn!

I try to calm down and ignore Damian’s angry voice in my head to turn to face William.

“If I am right, and if what you said is right, then this witch might be after me. My father gave me the name Bluemoon; he knew who my mother was. I am a child of the Blue Moon Clan. Those twins, Queen Diane’s children, were born fifty years ago, you say. Look at me! I look like her, and I have some of Queen Diane’s abilities! I even have the same wolf form! And I am eighteen, the twin girl must definitely be my mother! My birth mother, my real mother...”

I catch my breath, trying to regain my composure, and step forward as I keep talking to him with a pleading voice, trying to convince him.

“That means I’m probably a descendant of Queen Diane, her grandchild. A blessed child of Moon Goddess. The Witch attacked you because she thought I would naturally be with the Sapphire Moon Clan, but now she knows I’m not. I showed my wolf form in public weeks ago while fighting another Alpha. Right after that, vampires attacked, coming after me. She knew where I was. She won’t go after your pack anymore; you guys are safe. I promise I will make sure Damian doesn’t fight with you, either.”

“Even if everything you said is right, didn’t your mate promise an alliance with the Gold Moon Clan? Forget the Witch, what is their aim, other than ganging up against us? When two powers out of three allies themselves, what do you think happens to the last one?”

I have nothing to answer to that. I know Damian feared an attack from the Sapphire Moon Clan most, but what can I say? The Gold Moon Clan probably sought this alliance first, and now it does seem like the Blood Moon was getting ready to get rid of their pack.

I shake my head. “I don’t trust the Gold Moon Clan. I don’t want to see any fights arise right now.”

“We hate the Black family, but we never started a fight in the first place. I am not my father, either. I’m not one to hold grudges either, and I won’t look for a fight when nothing’s happened since I became the Alpha of this pack. The ones who have been a thorn for months are those annoying puppets of King,” growls William.

Wait, what does that mean? Does William mean to say they are not after Damian’s pack, but after the Gold Moon Clan? How come? I’m lost.

“What do you mean by that? The Gold Moon Clan?”

“We share our Northern border with the Gold Moon. They keep making intrusions into our territory, testing our reactions, and behaving like they own the land. They even hinder our businesses and help the Rising Moon Clan in taking over our shops in the city. We established ourselves after lots of effort, and I don’t like giving up. But if King and Black keep this going on, I will not—”

“What do you mean, King and Black? Damian hasn’t taken any part in this!” I cut him off, annoyed.

William Blue stays silent, but it’s obvious he doesn’t believe me. What is going on? From what he says, it looks like the Gold Moon Clan has been bullying them for months! And why would Damian’s name be associated with this? Gosh, I really hope he is wrong! I try to think of something, but Damian’s voice is echoing like the thunder in my head.

“Nora! Nora tell me where you are right now!”

I see Bobo’s head lowering more and more, and Damian and Neal are probably giving him hell right now. I sigh, and my wolf faintly growls at our mate, a bit annoyed, too.

“Stop yelling! I will meet you in fifteen minutes, at the Sapphire Moon Clan border. Bobo is with me, I’m fine.”

“What the hell are you doing there?”

“Just come and get me.”

After that, I ignore him again, turning to William.

“How can I convince you?”

“Convince me?”

“I need you to trust Damian and me. I don’t care about the Gold Moon Clan, I don’t want anything to do with them, but the Blood Moon Clan is not what it used to be. Damian has no desire to fight with others.”

He observes me silently for a while, then tilts his head. Wow, with his curly hair falling on his temples, it makes it so obvious he has some of my features. His skin is darker, though, and he has some differences, like his square jaw and larger chin.

“You are not going to convince me you are our Princess?”

I roll my eyes. “Honestly, I don’t really care about being a Royal or not. I only learned a couple of weeks ago that my birth mother wasn’t the one I thought. All I want to know is where I come from, and what happened to my mother, who she was, and why did she have to give me up. But at the moment, I’m more worried about a fight between the packs, and calming Damian down. I will ask more later.”

“I see... Well, I heard you, but I won’t make any decision yet. So, you’re free to go.”

That’s it? He heard me, and that’s all? Why do I think this is all a bit too easy? William just stands there, composed.

“Thanks...” I say, a bit hesitantly.

With Damian’s voice echoing in our ears, we really have to go. As Bobo and I go to exit the room, I take one last look at the portrait. To think this woman is probably my grandmother... I can’t think too deeply now, though— we have to go. When I open the door, to my surprise, the corridor is empty. Where the hell is Liam! I turn around to William, but he is still nonchalantly leaning on his desk, staring straight at me.

“Oh, I forgot to mention, we are keeping the young boy Black.”

“What! Why?”

“Liam! Liam, where are you?”

“Hi, Nora. Hm, well, you are not going to like it, but I’m pretty sure I’ve just been kidnapped. They gave me some cookies, and well, I got pretty drowsy after that...”

“Liam Black, are you telling me you just let someone poison you?”

“Not poison, sleeping drugs! I still feel drowsy, actually.”

“Where are you?”

“No clue... It’s all dark in here. It smells nice, though.”

Who cares if it smells nice! This idiot just got captured and he doesn’t sound alarmed at all! And we just left him alone for barely twenty minutes or so! How careless can he be?

“Liam, I’m so going to kick your—"

“Wow, language, Princess. Plus, my brother has already been yelling in my head for five minutes straight, and he’s still scarier than you. Hey, are those brownies?”

“Stop eating the damn food, Liam! Damian is coming in ten minutes! You have to come with me!”

“Release Liam. Why would you keep him?” I ask William.

“As a token of goodwill from Black. The oldest brother, I mean.”

A token of goodwill? He just literally captured Liam! This is bad, not funny, and giving me too big of a headache right now. How will I explain this to Damian? The three of us came here secretly, and now Liam is supposed to stay there? I can’t let Liam be captured now!

I unleash my exasperation at William. “What goodwill! We never agreed to this!”

William frowns and walks up to me. When he is close enough, he reaches out his hand to me, and Bobo growls, but there is no animosity in his gesture. I wait to see what he will do, but to my surprise, he just takes one of my curls between his fingers. He stays silent and looks at me eye-to-eye.

I can tell he is detailing me, looking for any facial feature that may betray me. I don’t have anything to hide, I’m not fake. I look like Queen Diane, and that’s not a trick. I even look a bit like William.

After a while, he sighs and whispers, so low only I can hear it, “Consider it an exchange, then. Our princess against his brother.”

I look at him, surprised. So, he acknowledges it? That I am from the Blue Moon Clan? It’s... I don’t know what to think of it now, but this is big. His blue eyes don’t leave me, and I can tell he has made his decision. He really does think the same. That, wherever I came from, I am a descendant of Queen Diane.

I slowly step back and get ready to leave. I’m too choked up by my emotions to add another word right now. I grab Bobo’s fur, pulling him to come with me so he will stop growling at William. We have to leave this place for now, before Damian causes havoc.

“Nora.”

I stop and turn around, surprised. William is standing at the door of his office, his hands in his pockets. He’s staring at me with an indecipherable expression. Gosh, he really does look a bit like me, with his curly dark hair that stops at his shoulders, and his blue eyes. He waits for a few seconds and suddenly blurts it out.

“Lilyan.”

“...What?”

I look at him, confused. What is he talking about?

He sighs. “Your birth mother, Queen Diane’s daughter. Her name was Lilyan.”

I’m speechless.

Lilyan. My mother’s name was named Lilyan. I finally know who she was! At least... I think I do. If this woman really was my mother. I suddenly remember Elena— Daniel said our parents had to be siblings! Which means... I turn to William.

“What about the boy? Her twin?”

“Gabriel. Lilyan and Gabriel Blue Moon.”

So, I have Elena’s father’s name, too. Our parents. Lilyan and Gabriel Blue Moon, Queen Diane’s miraculous children. Did they really have no father? It’s so hard to believe... I nod. I’m too shaken up to even utter some thanks. Bobo pushes me, and we leave this place in a hurry.

As we exit the mansion, I try to calm down and think of what to do next. We are supposed to leave the Sapphire Moon territory to find Damian, but what about Liam?

“Don’t worry about me, Princess, I’m pretty sure I can escape just fine on my own. I’ll catch up with you guys later. Just let me know when Damian’s done with the yelling.”

“You really shouldn’t be so relaxed, Liam. And stop eating whatever they give you!”

“Yeah, yeah...”

Sometimes he is so childish, I can’t believe him. I’m pretty sure he is staying here on purpose just to avoid Damian’s scolding. It’s not like I can do anything about it for now, anyway. Moreover, if Liam says he can get out of here on his own, I trust he can. After all, he already is an expert at avoiding his brothers and sneaking into other packs’ territories.

Bobo and I run back to where we left the car, and no one stops us on the way, though a lot of eyes are following us. Did William order them to leave us alone? Thanks to that, we reach the border without any issues a few minutes later.

Once we get there, however, there is an unusual assembly of wolves. A lot of them I don’t recognize, but two groups face each other, and Damian is leading one of them. Nathaniel is in his wolf form right beside him. Oh, Moon Goddess, I can hear people yelling from here, and that doesn’t sound good. Furious growling and insults are flying from both sides, both Clans’ wolves are on edge.

I try to sneak in, and thankfully, the Sapphire Moon Clan wolves let Bobo and me through as soon as they notice me. When he finally sees me, Damian runs to me without consideration for the border or the bunch of wolves furiously growling at him. His large hands catch my waist first, and my feet leave the ground right away.

“Nora!”

As soon as they hear him, a few of the wolves stop growling to stare at me with curious eyes. Some of them still in their human forms whisper among themselves, but I can’t hear what they say.

“Nora! What the hell are you doing here? You—”

He stops and turns his head around. A young werewolf that was still growling at him a bit too closely is suddenly faced with my annoyed mate. Damian growls at him twice as loud and without holding his Alpha power back. There is no way to compare. The Black Alpha’s anger can be felt all around, and every wolf steps back in fear, including a few of the Blood Moon Clan. And he is not even in his wolf form.

“Truly impressive.”

All heads turn. To my surprise, William is standing there, among the Sapphire Moon wolves, hands in his pocket, looking very calm. Did he follow us all the way here? Damian frowns and puts me down, but his hand is still around me, keeping me close.

The two Alphas stare at each other, and all eyes are on them. I notice some wolves are going back and forth between William and me, noticing our physical resemblance. Damian doesn’t seem to care, though; he is just glaring at William.

“William Blue...”

“Mr. Black. I believe this is our first time meeting.”

Is it, really? It seems unreal those two Alphas would have never met before. They exude the very same kind of aura, powerful and fearsome. It’s like seeing a confrontation between fire and ice, or a tiger and a snake. Everyone around us is feeling the tension, too.

“I see you really did come to retrieve Nora. How surprising.”

“I don’t see my brother, however,” growls Damian.

“Right. He’s staying with us for now.”

Despite William’s calm, Damian and the rest of the pack immediately start growling furiously at him. The Sapphire Moon Alpha doesn’t flinch.

“You better hand him over right away.” Damian’s eyes have turned ice-cold, and he is speaking with that terrifying, low voice of his. I see a couple of Sapphire Moon wolves’ step back a little, frightened.

William shakes his head and points his finger to me. “No. As long as you have her, I’m keeping him here. Safe and unharmed, but on my territory.”

Damian frowns, and addresses me, still glaring at William. “Nora, what is going on?”

“Damian, the Sapphire Moon Clan is—”

“Her rightful pack.”