Chapter 10

Neriah

My legs were fixed in the entrance, I could not move forward, my fingers were on the hem of my clothes, shaking a little.

I do not even know how to feel about it. I am not sure that I can really go in and touch anything because he said it is my room. It sounds like a mesh for me, as if I will not be able to come out again after going in. 

Again again, I thought if it was possible that her luna was not kidnapped as she claimed that she is doing so because she knows that I have no option. Because he knows I can’t leave when I'm still sick. He might have midlinked his pack member, telling them to play along just to make me believe him. Everything came rushing because It’s really hard to trust again after my experience with Alina and Lorelei. 

Knowing that I was not going to stay there all night, and that my foot would cheat me, even if I don't want to enter, I finally open the door slowly and stepped inside. I stood at the entrance, my eyes used to move around the room like a careful intruder, studying each corner to ensure that it is not being watch. 

Everything in the room was filled with the kind of rich I never thought I could be in my life. Everywhere the wall was cleaned and well designed with gold designs. It was a luxurious, comfortable bed, a modern table and chair, a wardrobe that extended to the distant end and more than anything, the room felt hot despite the cold outside the cold. 

For half my life, my father subjected me to pain and when I thought my suffering was over and could finally trust someone, I realized they have not always hated me, but also got to know everything they;ve ever given me or shown me was fake. 

And even when I didn’t know who Alina really was, her bedroom was still far more luxurious than mine. She only decorated my room with basic things I needed, nothing about me was really proof enough that I belong to the family. Lorelei makes it seem like a woman's duty to do house chores, but only later did I realize I was the only one doing it. And my father limits everything I have access to, which made me feel satisfied with the little I have. The only place I thought I was free was at Callen’s house, and I never really enjoyed anything beyond the confinement of his room.

So what I’m I supposed to do? Just take Jasper’s kindness without questioning it or doing anything. 

Finally, I decided to push the idea aside and focus on the reason that I agreed to do it instead of finding a mistake in what I had given me.

I continued to look at the room, but the more I looked around, the strange it become. 

There was nothing that proves that a person lived here. Not even a single piece of cloth or picture shows someone once lived in this room before. The wardrobes were empty, just like my life felt empty. 

Once again, I found my heart beating faster for fear of what was really happening. 

Did Jasper lie to me like I think? If not, why is there not a thing I could use to point out that his Luna was really kidnaped like he said. 

My eyes draw towards the doors in the room. It wasn’t one, but two. I know one would be the bathroom, but what will the second one be? 

Without wasting time, I stepped towards the one on my left side. I opened it to see that it’s a bathroom like I thought, and it looked like it’s from a fairy tale. The walls and taps are shiny, the place smells like lavender. 

There was a big tub – a jacuzzi, which had warm water that looked inviting, like my worries will disappear if I bathe in it. I couldn’t help but sigh as I thought about whether I would owe Jasper something if I enter the jacuzzi, sleep on the bed or use any of the things he provided. 

slowly, I removed my cloth and put one leg into the jacuzzi, then my body. I allowed the warm water soaked around my body like a hug, the bubbles tickling my skin as I leaned back and closed my eyes. The water felt so good that I forgot where I was for a moment –  it was like I was floating in a dream, safe, warm and calm and I stayed there till I felt exhausted and stepped out.

I cleaned my body and wore the same gown Jasper gave me at the hospital since there was no other cloth and I couldn’t sleep naked. Next, I moved close to the bed, I hesitated for a while before I finally climbed up and sleep there. 

I tossed and tossed on the bed for long, thinking about how my life has gone from being in Redmoon just days ago to who I’m supposed to be in Moonveil. I didn’t know If I should thank the goddess for bringing me here yet, but I felt like I would really know this in a few weeks time. 

Despite how much luxury I was thrown into, I couldn’t sleep after one hour. I remember that I didn’t open the second door. Maybe that’s where the former Luna's things were kept. I thought. 

 My curiosity got the best part of me and I found myself walking towards the door. 

I didn’t hesitate before I opened the door and I froze. It was another room and just peeping at it, I could tell the room looks three times bigger than my own. If my room was big, then this one is like a palace.  

Despite how wrong this felt, I couldn’t stop the urge to look around. 

Just as I made a turn, I found a picture placed on the wardrobe – it was a picture of Jasper and a woman that looked exactly like me. someone would think Luna and I are twins, but I haven't met her before nor have I heard stories that I was a twin. 

After a long time of looking around, I feel tempted to sleep on the big comfy bed that is far bigger than the one in my room. Without giving much thought to it, I climbed the bed and in no time, I slept off.