Chapter 38

NATALIE.

“What? What is it?” I ask them both.

“Um, it's nothing. It is just…” Lucas starts.

“Just what?” I ask. “Why did you decide to host a conference? It is not a difficult question, is it?”

“No, it is not,” Damien says. “I just don't want you to be upset, when I tell you the answer. Can you promise that?” he asks as he takes my hands.

“I promise,” I tell him.

“Well, you see,” he starts. “When I had decided to have the mating ritual with Maya, we thought it would be a good idea to introduce her as the Luna through a conference.”

“Ah, I see.”

“Are you angry?” he asks.

“No, no I am not.”

And it is true. I am really not angry. Or sad. It is an understandable situation.

“But what about now?” I ask. “The ritual didn't hold, you do not have a recognized Luna, what are you going to tell them?”

“Well, we can still have that,” Lucas says. “The ritual. You are here now, the ritual can still hold.”

Damien throws a quick glance my way at the statement. I don't know what he sees, but he turns