In public, she was the noble daughter of the Muller family and the enviable young mistress of the Carrell family. But behind the scenes, she was a poor maid who had to wear a mask all day long and struggled for her livelihood.

Due to a conspiracy, she was forced to marry Ralph Carrell, son of the most powerful family in Northfield, in the name of Rayna Muller.

After the wedding, Ralph doted on her.

When Rayna showed up and claimed the place, she shed all her glory and left. She thought she would never see Ralph again, but Ralph took her into his arms and said, "Mrs. Carrell, you are not running away from me."

The Odd Luna Series

It took about thirty minutes of silence for me to process the situation. Out of nowhere, my pack was killed and I was brought here, only to be told that the man who raised me and whom I looked up to was not my father. It was certainly a lot to process. I finally had the family I've longed for. I had thought that I was left completely alone, but I guess not. Even if I wanted to be alone, I was sure that they wouldn't let me. They finally had their daughter/sister back after so long; and I finally had my family that I didn't even know I had back.

"So what now?" I ask after composing myself back up.

"Can I hug you?" The question hit me quite hard. If he had asked this last night, I would've thought it was creepy.

Chapter 16