#chapter234: A Promise

Raven growled. “What the hell is your problem?” Lucien lowered his hand and just stared at me. His lips twitched into something bittersweet. “Do you truly love him?” he asked. “Candido, right?” “Of course, I do,” I said. His lips twitched, and he chuckled. “You sound like her too… very well.” He shook his head. “There is no helping it. You will not even reconsider what that will mean? Your destiny--” I glared at him. “I’m a werewolf. My destiny is to be with Candido as his luna.” He chuckled at that. “I suppose you are right… She said so, but I had hoped…” He sighed and shook his head. “I suppose hope is what got us all here in the first place, but there is no place for hope any longer.” He sighed again. He looked so much older now. “Where… did I go wrong, I wonder?” Raven’s eyes widened. “G-Grandpa—” He cupped Raven’s face. “You cannot force someone to want that which they do not wish for themselves… Her choice does not change the fact that your mother loved yo