#Chapter 217 – Allegiances

“Please,” Jackson says, snapping his eyes to me before looking around at everyone else in the room, all of whom sit in shocked silence. “Let me explain.” My father narrows his eyes and nods once to my mate as I continue to gape at him, appalled. “My entire life,” Jackson begins, “I have been raised to believe wonderful things about the Community and horrible things about Moon Valley. In the past six or so months I’m coming to realize that I’ve been deeply mislead and that actually the opposite is true – that the Community is a bad place and that Moon Valley is much fairer than I’d ever believed. What I had been taught about you, sir,” Jackson says, lifting a hand towards my father, “has been…directly countered by our personal interactions.” Dad nods slowly, hearing him, but the frown tugging at the edge of his mouth lets me know that he, too, does not yet understand. “I’m inclined to believe that Moon Valley is a good place,” Jackson says, “but if you’re asking me if I love it eno