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Seventeen

Author: Winwrite
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-21 07:42:30

The house was quiet when she entered. It seemed they had already eaten dinner.

She spotted a light on in the kitchen and she went there. It was just Luna Rosa.

"Hey mother" she greeted.

Luna Rosa looked up from the paperwork in front of her.

"Oh my darling, you are back?" she asked.

"Yes, i am, why are you still up?" Rina asked.

"I ... uh ...am planning for the regional meeting"

"Oh! About that, I already discussed with my friends about the plans and they are all on board to help me out. I just need to discuss budgeting with Rafaele" Rina told her.

Luna Rosa looked surprised. "Are you sure dear? I didn't want to disturb you about it, you already have enough on your plate."

"Mother, I promised you I would handle everything and I won't break my promise."

Luna Rosa stood up, tears brimming in her eyes.

"Oh my darling come here." she opened her arms for a hug.

Rina walked closer to her and hugged her.

Luna Rosa stroked her hair affectionately. She had thought grief had taken over her belo
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  • Moonlight Deception    Fifty

    Rina stood in front of Rafaele with her neck outstretched."Be honest, how bad is it?"Rafaele resisted the urge to smile."It's not that bad""Rafaele! How could you leave so many marks?""You are one to talk, you did a number on my back""But it's hidden, mine is open for everyone to see" she complained.He pulled her close. "Just like my love for you.""Don't distract me" she warned."Why don't we go by the house and we get you a scarf to wrap around your neck, hmmm""Okay" she pouted.He kissed her cheek."just my cheek?" she was still pouting.He smiled and then he kissed her forehead."Really?"He kissed her nose."Rafaele!""okay, okay" he kissed her on the lips, a slow, achingly beautiful kiss."Let's go before I keep you here again." he told her.Rina smiled again. He kissed her forehead and they left the treehouse.As they stood looking at it, Rina couldn't help but look in wonder."You mean we are the only ones who can see it.""Yes love, just you and I""It's like our own

  • Moonlight Deception    Fifty

    Rina stood in front of Rafaele with her neck outstretched."Be honest, how bad is it?"Rafaele resisted the urge to smile."It's not that bad""Rafaele! How could you leave so many marks?""You are one to talk, you did a number on my back""But it's hidden, mine is open for everyone to see" she complained.He pulled her close. "Just like my love for you.""Don't distract me" she warned."Why don't we go by the house and we get you a scarf to wrap around your neck, hmmm""Okay" she pouted.He kissed her cheek."just my cheek?" she was still pouting.He smiled and then he kissed her forehead."Really?"He kissed her nose."Rafaele!""okay, okay" he kissed her on the lips, a slow, achingly beautiful kiss."Let's go before I keep you here again." he told her.Rina smiled again. He kissed her forehead and they left the treehouse.As they stood looking at it, Rina couldn't help but look in wonder."You mean we are the only ones who can see it.""Yes love, just you and I""It's like our own

  • Moonlight Deception    Forty nine

    It was morning and Rina's parents hadn't seen her all morning."Where is Rita?" her father asked."She is in her room." her mother said offhandedly."She didn't prepare breakfast today?""No, she is probably still sulking because I told her she would be separating with that fool Rafaele.""Maybe you shouldn't be calling her mate a fool?" he advised kindly."But he is a fool, isn't he? Who else would dare to treat my darling daughter badly?" she scoffed."You should know better than to get in between mates. We may have taken her away from him but eventually she will go back if she wants to""Then what is the use of bringing her back here?" she asked angrily."To give her space to think things through and space to heal. To also give him time to come to terms with what he did."Her mother crossed her arms stubbornly."I never liked that Rafaele for her, she would have been much happier with that Damien, I don't know why they broke up."He sighed helplessly, his mate could be so stubborn.

  • Moonlight Deception    Forty eight

    "I am so sorry" Rafaele pleaded, holding her hand."But why now? I have been waiting for you but you didn't come, why now?" Rina asked."I didn't know how to face you, I..i felt so ashamed.""And now you don't feel ashamed?" she asked, sarcasm coating her words."I still do, I just wanted to make the tree house so I am not apologizing to you empty handed"Rina looked around the tree house, a faint smile on her face."So it's a bribe?" she asked."Not really.""Then what is it?""just a way to show you how much I care. Riri, I am so sorry for the awful things I did. Please come back home, the house feels so empty without you, my life feels so empty. I miss my mate" he told her."but what if separation is what is best for us?" she asked him.He knelt down and held on to her dress, "Please my love, I beg you. Don't leave me, my life is meaningless without you.""But you said I made your life miserable?" she pointed out."I was dumb and didn't know better, please forgive me." he pleaded.

  • Moonlight Deception    Forty seven

    "This is so crazy that something like this happened. Why didn't Rafaele believe you?" Tracy asked."Tracy! Don't be insensitive" Silva reprimanded."I am sorry" Tracy said looking down sheepishly."It's okay, I am not offended" Rina assured her."But he should have believed you." Tracy said unwilling to let it go."He didn't really have a choice at all, he had to answer her to the pack." Rina tried to defend Rafaele.Her friends looked away, they didn't seem to have forgiven Rafaele.Rina couldn't blame them but she couldn't also blame Rafaele. Everything was just a mess.The execution was tomorrow but she didn't think that was something she would like to see.She just wanted everything to be over.The next day.....Her parents informed her that the execution had been done. Lucky and the rogues had been beheaded and their bodies burnt.Rina couldn't help but reflect on the fact that since she came into the pack, people had been exiled and now executed as a result of her.Even though h

  • Moonlight Deception    Forty six

    Rafaele carried Rina home on his back.He couldn't believe how stupid he had being, why had he allowed himself to be deceived.Of course, she would never do such a thing.He had allowed their petty fight to influence how he thought about her.He shuddered as he remembered how he had put his hands on her and how he had yelled at her. What had he been thinking?Was he even thinking at all.As soon as he got to the pack, he gave orders to the sentries to go and bring Lucky from the hideout.Before Rafaele had left, he had tied up Lucky with the same ropes he had used to tie her up.Lucky was unconscious and severely injured so there was no way he was escaping.He took Rina to the healing center and the healers immediately went to work.There was a commotion outside the healing center, Rafaele went outside and saw Jax and his mother.They had found her!"Mother!" he said with emotion as he went to meet her.However, Luna Rosa didn't seem thrilled to see him. She had a frown on her face.A

  • Moonlight Deception    Forty five

    "The pack is already growing restless, they want answers but I can't give them an answer because she isn't saying anything." Rafaele said in frustration.Jax could only pat his friend sympathetically........Rina had stayed for three days in prison. She was only given a meal a day.Rafaele made the security stricter, nobody was allowed to see her.Rina couldn't help but laugh at her predicament. All she had wanted to do was help her sister and somehow here she was, in love with her sister's mate, who currently hated the thought of her.Would revealing the truth and taking the serum be that bad? She wondered.Rafaele would be crushed and would probably never forgive her but at least this torment would be over.Rina laughed again, maybe love wasn't in the cards for her, her first love story had ended badly and now with Rafaele, it had also ended badly........."Rafaele, the families of the deceased have sent a petition to the royal palace, they claim you are being sentimental and have

  • Moonlight Deception    Forty four

    "It has to be some coincidence that you and mother just happened to reconcile and you gave her a scarf before she was taken. You probably didn't think there would be a survivor." Rafaele snarled at her."Rafaele please listen to me" Rina begged."Three pack members dead, one injured and my mother taken just because of your ridiculous pride. Where is mother Rita?" he yelled at her."someone is trying to frame me." Rina pleaded with him, he needed to calm down and listen to her.At that moment Lucky staggered into the room. He looked seriously injured."Lucky what happened?" Rafaele asked.Before he even spoke, Rina had a bad idea that whatever he said would be disastrous."some rogues attacked the house and took Doris away, I tried to stop them but they outnumbered me." he explained.One of the healers rushed to him.Rafaele looked at Rina. "where are they?" he asked."I have no idea please believe me" Rina pleaded with him again."Take her away to the prison, some days there will make

  • Moonlight Deception    Forty four

    Rina laughed despite herself, "you can't say that""I can, if you and Rafaele are separating, I am going with you." Rain insisted."I just don't understand why she would lie to cover him, he hurt her" Rina wondered."Because she loves him or she is afraid of him." Rain suggested. "But I was going to protect her." Rina insisted. "I think so people are so used to the normal that they want to hold on to it even though it hurts them" Rain reasoned. Rina nudged him, "why are you so wise?" "Because someone needs to have the brains in our family and it's obviously not Rafaele" he gave her a wink. Rina laughed again. "Let's go back, you can sleep in my room if you don't want to face Rafaele.""Thanks buddy" Rina smiled at him. He got up and helped her up. They began walking back home. When they were close to the house, they heard voices whispering. "Who could that be?" Rain whispered. "I don't know, let's find out" Rina whispered back. They edged closer, tracing the sound. And the

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