55.

Aria's POV

"Please save our parents, Aria. I begged you."

It was Mysha's first text message to me in six months. She seems to have no option but to humble herself to save the person she has worked so hard to protect.

I was torn.

I am not just my parent's daughter but also the Pack's Luna. My choice should be free of bias. It must always be logical. Even though I know Nicholas is only using me, I have accepted the position, and it would be a betrayal to abandon Red Moonians to save my parents, who are the source of their misery. They have suffered as a result of my parent's pride, and they deserve justice.

"I told you your parents aren't here, unlike what your sister claimed," Nicholas shouts angrily.

"Mysha won't come here to presume anything," I say gently.

I'm familiar with my sister. She is not like me, who acts irrationally most of the time. She must have had a reason for coming here earlier; it cannot have been merely a simple assumption that Nicholas had taken our parents into