Chapter 31 - Umiko

“There’s something different about you,” my mother remarks while looking me up and down with narrowed eyes. We’re currently having breakfast together before we start our day, and I’ve been in her presence for less than ten minutes before she said this.

Can people see when you’ve had sex for the first time? Oh, Gods, does she know?!

I play coy and shrug. “I have developed confidence since becoming a Luna, mother. There are people who depend on my council,” I say with my back ramrod straight.

Her brows continue to furrow when she looks at me, then she offers me a tight-lipped smile and reaches for my hand to give it a squeeze.

“It is lovely to hear the confidence in your voice and to actually see it for myself. I feared for your life when your father told me who he wanted to give you to; in fact, I didn’t even expect you to still be alive right now.” She admits, shaking her head.

I expected the same, but I won’t tell her that.

“You do not have to worry, mother, Fenriz treats me w