Eclipse 83

Chapter 83 

Freda’s POV 

I said loudly, making him turn to face me. His eyes had changed. The 

fierceness I’d seen in them when he’d slammed Lily to the wall was 

back. He looked nothing like the Damien I knew. His eyes glowed red, 

and he bared his teeth. 

“Drop him, please. He’s not worthy of your time. Just let him go.” I 

was almost crying. 

My father watched the interaction, and I didn’t understand why he 

didn’t try to separate them or even utter words. 

“You are one lucky son of a gun.” Damien said, throwing him across 

the corner of the room. 

I closed my eyes at the loud sound of bone crushing. 

“This meeting is dismissed. You shall all retire to the rooms prepared 

for you. Dinner will be announced later.” 

Damien stretched his hands for me. I noticed the stares of people as l 

took his hand. 

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“I want to say hello to some people I know.” 

He frowned. The hall was clearing out little by little, but out of the 

corner of my eyes, I caught my father’s Luna, Lily’s mother staring at 

1. me. I guessed I’d start my greetings there. 

Damien didn’t like the idea, but he wasn’t going to stop me. He 

squeezed my palm and gave a single nod. I don’t know why I was 

seeking his permission, but I just couldn’t leave when his hand was 

reaching out for me. 

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“Be quick.” 

He turned to walk away toward the entrance of the room. 

“Well, well, well. Look who thinks she became a hero because she 

prevented a man from getting killed.” 

My stepmother said, walking toward me in her heels. She was the one 

person who didn’t need to try hard to look pretty. If only she were as 

pretty on the inside as she was on the surface. 

“Hello to you too.” 

I responded blandly, and she didn’t like my tone at all. She glared at 

me while moving closer. Our feet were almost touching. 

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“Just because the vampire king wants you doesn’t mean you get to 

disrespect me.” 

I rolled my eyes. I wasn’t even being disrespectful. She was looking 

for trouble, I knew that. But I was ready to do anything in my power 

to avoid it. I didn’t want Damien threatening another member of my 

pack. 

“He almost killed her, and you watched! Your blood. You turned your 

back against your sister, almost letting her get killed!” 

I smiled. “Sister? So you agree Lily is the sister to a half–breed like 

me? What happened to me not being a member of your family?” 

I asked in a challenging manner, and she raised her finger to poke my 

chest. 

“I shall not have you speak to me in such a manner. You are nothing 

but a selfish half–breed, and you and that little bloodsucking pest do 

deserve each other. I just hope you keep in mind that there’s no proof 

he won’t do to you what he’s doing to others. What makes you so sure 

you’re safe?” 

“My safety is not yours to worry about, Lady Amelia.” I gathered my 

courage. “You are here for my coronation, and I will not…” I poked my 

finger in her chest. “…allow you to disrespect the queen.” 

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She seemed taken aback. “And as for your daughter, Lily until she gets 

a man who loves her like my Damien does, she has no right bothering 

a hybrid about being queen.” 

“If he wasn’t there to protect you, Lily would have rubbed your face 

into the ground.” 

“And that’s why I have him. Not any of you.” 

“You have no one. Even your father was disappointed to hear you 

mated with an enemy.” Her eyes rolled. “If he could reverse time, you 

would never be born.” 

“If I could reverse time, you would never have been in my father’s 

life.” I blurted. 

Lady Amelia scoffed. “Bitch. Just like your mother!” 

It took everything in me to stop my hand from slapping her face. 

“Don’t you bring my mother into this!” I warned her. “I would not hesitate to turn into that beast you see me as.” My eyes reddened. 

She pulled away for a moment, then scoffed. “Okay, Freda. We’re here 

for your coronation. Let’s keep it that way.” 

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She turned to leave. My hands began to shake. The words from family 

members hit harder than rocks. If someone else had spoken to me, 

just maybe, I would have handled it better. 

The hole of not having a mother to defend me just like Amelia 

defended Lily scarred my heart. All these emotions in just a few days 

were too much to handle. 

I walked back to my room to curl up, overwhelmed with all the 

feelings. I needed to rest. I pulled off the gown I wore first, which was 

hard enough. It took me minutes to remove. Then I crashed on the 

bed. 

Freda, you have the solution to this. Coronation is soon. The only 

thing you should be thinking about is your escape, I thought. 

When I got to see my mother, the love I’d long lost would come back 

all over again. I would get to go to university like I’d always wanted. 

Life would be simple, no fangs or claws battles. Just humans who had 

no supernatural ability but lived to take care of themselves and their 

emotions. 

And maybe I might miss Damien, or Christie, or Kieran. But 

temporary happiness was nothing compared to permanent, and that 

was the joy I wanted. 

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A new life was coming to me soon. There was no need to debate it in 

my thoughts again. I would go as far as I could, and no one would be 

able to find me. 

I would go deep into the sunlight to stop Damien from reaching me 

also. He was a vampire. There was no way he’d sacrifice that much 

torture to find me. 

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