Chapter 11. My Luna

Niyol’s POV

Staring at my mother with eyes as dark as the night, I tried very hard to control my emotions from going berserk.

“What…did you just say?” I asked with fire in my heart.

“It’s true. Why would she…” my mother started, but I cut her off with a murderous glare.

“How could you say that about your daughter in-law? I thought you once took her as your daughter?”

“I did, but that was before all this started.”

“Mother… it wasn’t not her fault. Do you know if the fault came from me?”

“I know you will come to her defense. But she is dead already, Niyol.”

“Even if she is dead, it doesn’t make you disrespect her!”

“It’s the bitter truth, Niyol. Do you know how much your father and I had to endure from the people around?”

“And do you know how much she had to endure these five years?”

“What did she have to endure?” My mother scoffed.

“She had to endure being called names by her fellow women and mothers like