His Repudiated Luna

Frantic

*Valerie*

Next morning~~

Thanks to Kenneth, I could take a comfortable nap, even if I couldn't sleep too peacefully without knowing the welfare of my kids.

I forced my eyes open, stretching my hands to reach out for Kenneth but he wasn't on the bed anymore.

"Did I wake up too late?" I asked no one in particular as I willed myself to leave the bed, but then I sighted Kenneth's retreating figure as he paced round the room.

Worry and fear gripped at the thought that there might be gruesome news from the kidnappers.

"What's wrong, Kenneth?" I asked, showing up behind him. He paused, but didn't face me

"What's going on? What happened?" I asked again with a shaky voice, but there was still no answer.

"Kenneth, just spill it, will you?" I said brokenly, my tears threatening to fall anytime soon. This suspense was making it all so obvious already.

"Ken? What the hell is going on?" I yelled, this time with my tears flowing in rhythm but his answer broke me even further.

"Nothing much is going on, Valerie but we need to leave," Kenneth said, facing me.

"I don't understand… we need to leave where?" I asked in tears and he held my hands.

"We need to leave Moon Stone Pack, right now before it's too late. We can't keep staying here" Kenneth said again, his face whacked with worry and hidden agendas.

"Why? Before it's too late for what?" I asked, shaking my head furiously.

He stood straight, letting out a sigh before facing me again.

"Trust me and pack your things, Valerie. We really need to leave" he added and I snatched my hands from him.

"You won't even tell me why we're leaving and you just wound up here, telling me to leave and not find my sons? They're my entire lives, Ken. What the hell are you getting at?" I asked angrily but he ran his hands through his hair.

"We need to find those kids, that's the reason I agreed to come here in the first place. You talked me into this first, Kenneth" I added more calmly.

"Fine! I regret talking you into this okay? But we really need to leave and you must come with me. We can find other ways to look for your sons" he muttered again and I felt the sudden urge to bite him out of his trance.

"It's too late to regret this decision, Kenneth. I'm finding those children, no matter what and I won't leave this place until I do" I said without blinking.

"Valerie, you need to believe me okay? There's more at stake than your children and that's why we need to leave" he tried convincing me again but that got me even more confused.

"But you're refusing to tell me what that is! You're being shady here and you want me to trust and come with you? You aren't the straightforward Kenneth I know right now," I yelled in response and he strolled to the window, looking down in whatever feeling I couldn't get.

I couldn't wrap my brain around one reasonable reason why he's being like this. I felt shocked and equally surprised that he could behave this way. I was confused as I've never seen him act like this for an entire eight good years.

"You know, nothing in this world could be more important to me than those kids. You of all people should know that better. I got my will to live thanks to the encouragement you gave me to give those kids a good life. You assisted me all the while, but now I'm confused"

"Did you do all that only to make me leave them whenever something happens to them?" I asked shakily and I saw him shake his head in disapproval.

"That's not what I meant, Valerie. We'll find them from Seattle. I'll help you find them no matter what" he murmured and a scoff escaped me.

"This same you mentioned the fact that we could never trace a bandit of werewolves kidnappers from the close city of Seattle. Why are you doing this to me, Kenneth? " I asked worriedly.

"This is for the best. This is the best option for us" he added and ruffled my hair in uncertainty.

If only I could just think of a reason why he's like this. Just one single reason for me to ignore Adam's help and leave to find them in the human world.

Before I could think of anything, Kenneth went to our luggages and began to pack them all. I couldn't even mutter a single word of protest until he was done with his own portion of the bags. He proceeded to pack up mine about all the same, I couldn't help but wonder what could have happened.

Seeing how he had said there's something more to just getting to find my sons made me worry but at the same time, I felt hurt that he couldn't open up to me. He's making this all complicated by not being open and straightforward.

He pulled the bags and headed straight out, using his free hand to pull me along with him. I snatched my hands from his immediately.

"Enough! That's enough, Kenneth" I yelled in anger and fury.

"I can't take anymore of this madness of yours, Kenneth. Come clean with me and we can sort things out" I added, frustration and hurt cloaking my voice.

"Without a tangible reason to leave, I'd never walk out of Moon Stone Pack without my children '' I yelled again.

"Preferably, I'd like to die in their stead, I'd like to get kidnapped and even tortured in their stead… if anything happens to them, I can't survive alone in this world. I'll die with those kids, Kenneth. You need to understand that!" I told him sternly and he threw down the bags in his hands.

"You also need to face the reality, Valerie. Those kids… Jaden and Jordan, they're a lost cause. Stop being so adamant about this and just give up looking for them when there's no way to trail them"

"What?!"

"You know very well that the possibility of finding them is little to zero, but now that possibility is absolutely zero" he added, his face void of any regret or remorse that he had to say all that to my face.

"What do you mean by that, Kenneth?" I inquired, trying to sound as calm as possible.

"You know what I mean, Valerie. You will never get those kids back, no matter what you do" he finally said and my legs moved on their own will, shifting back in hurt and fear that what he said might actually be true.

"This isn't the Kenneth I know. The Kenneth I've known for eight years will always do what it takes to make me happy and calm but not again… now all you can think of is making my already burdened heart go through hell"

"If there's anyone that should encourage me and tell me that I'll find them, it should be you but what?"

"I won't find them?" I mumbled hurtfully before walking out on him and slamming the door in the process.