Chapter 85: To Reject or Not to Reject
*Zariah*
“Honey, you seem upset,” Mom says as I tear through the chicken she made me while I was in the shower. “What is going on? I mean, I understand that it was no picnic being kidnapped and having to fight your way out, but this seems different. You seem distraught, not just exhausted.”
I want to tell her everything, but it’s all stuck on the tip of my tongue. Granted, the idea that she will find out anyway is playing over and over in my mind. Micah called me his mate in front of everyone, so there’s no way that my parents won’t know soon enough. I’m surprised none of my mother’s gossipy friends have come over and asked her about it or used the mind-link to ask how she feels about knowing her daughter is going to be the next Luna.
But I’m not sure that’s the case.
“I’m okay, Mom, but there’s something I haven’t told either one of you, and I’m not sure how to say it,” I admit.