로그인Selene’s POVI was on my way to visit Amber when Lucian came in, and the scent of the person on him made me freeze up at first. Why did he smell like Leo? And most importantly, why did he look so mad?Is Leo here again?“He’s here.” He said, confirming my thoughts like he had been reading my mind or something.“Another attack? But how come there’s no emergency alarm blaring yet?” I asked, trying so hard to control the level of anger that simmered through me.“He didn’t come with an attack. He’s just here, and he’s surprisingly very calm. I’d have sent him back from the border, but he’s very insistent on speaking to you, and I didn’t want to assume what your response to that was.” He explained.“Oh.” I pinched my nostrils.I set down the food flask in my hold, “And you don’t have any idea of what he’d like to discuss with me.”He nodded.“You’re going to be there, yeah?” He nodded at that too.“Well then, let’s go. I think I want to hear what he has to say.”A non-violent Leo was rathe
Lucian’s POVShe went still on my lap, not saying anything at all. Then, slowly, she turned her head to me.“You just yelled at me.” She said in a very soft voice. And as angry as I was, her voice did something to me that made me cool down a bit.I sighed and gently put the spoon of pasta back on the plate. I grabbed her by the waist and drew her closer to me. “I’m sorry I yelled.”She broke my gaze, but I pulled her head back to look at me. “I can’t have you starving yourself, though. You’re stressing yourself out as it is; starving shouldn’t have to be in the equation.“But it’s not like I’m dying yet. I was still going to eat at night.”I took her hand and made her splay her palm across my chest. “Can you feel that?”She frowned at first, then slowly tilted her head to look at me properly. “Why’s it beating so fast?”“Fear,” I said. “You invoke so many emotions that I’ve not felt in a long while, and one of them is fear. Hearing you say you’ve not eaten made me think about so many
Selene’s POVI could barely think too much about what Priya just said before a call came in from Lily.“Amber is awake, and she’s thrashing around. I’m afraid she’s going to hurt herself.” She said into the phone.I immediately got up, and with Jordan still in my hold, I went towards the door. Priya, who must have caught what Lily told me on the phone, ran along with me.We got to the infirmary, and I handed Jordan over to Lily, who took him, so I could easily get to Amber, who had gone still upon seeing me.She suddenly burst into tears and threw herself on me just like she did earlier. She held me so tight that my body hurt, and that was when I realized how malnourished she was. Her bones were so visible that they pressed against my skin.I was about to rub her back, but I remembered that she had injuries there, so I just withdrew my hand and let her be the one hugging me.“It’s okay, you’re safe now,” I said into her hair.She shook even harder, and the room went so quiet that her
Lucian’s POVThe proposal didn’t put me in a good mood, as I just got information about an investment that was meant to be done in the kingdom, so I just waved it off, thinking it was one of Elysia’s silly tricks.But colour me shocked when another warrior approached me with another letter, or rather, the same letter but with a different covering and wrapping.The proposal wasn’t just silly like I had thought it was. It already has close to five signatures on it, and the only space remaining was for me. They expected me to append my signature.With that, I read through the document, and I almost squeezed it in fury with each word that I read over the former.A Proving. That’s what the process is called on its own. It’s a very old tradition that hasn’t been practiced in years due to its uselessness. More often than not, a king’s mate automatically becomes the Queen.And it’s actually the same in my case with Selene, as she’s my second chance, mate.On reading further, I saw that it sta
Selene’s POVThe next morning, I was woken up by a call from an unknown number. I got out of Lucian’s stronghold and got my phone from the beside table.I pressed the phone to my ear, “Hello?”A chaotic noise came from the background of whoever was calling. “Miss, we’re here now. You have to come over.”I recognized the voice immediately. It was the woman from yesterday who had suspicions about her neighbors.I got off the bed with full force, “What’s happening? Where exactly is the house?”“They were hitting her this morning and I heard the noise, so I broke in. You have to come over immediately, I can’t take them down alone.”“You’ll see me now,” I said and hung up so I could call Priya. She answered on the second ring and I told her to come over to the castle’s entrance immediately.“Selene? What’s going on?” Lucian asked from the bed.I quickly filled him in on what was going on, and entrusted Jordan to his care, promising to be back immediately we apprehend the guardians in quest
Selene’s POVHis eyes darted across the room and darkened before he ended the call. I didn’t have to be told twice that whatever he heard was bad news, or perhaps, something that made him very mad.And I didn’t believe that I was really about to tell him about what I heard him say that night. I surely hadn’t thought it through, because if I had, I’d have seen that I hadn’t sat down to examine what they really meant. And if I told him, he might have to start explaining himself which he mightn’t ever be ready for.“What’s wrong? Who was that?” I asked.“I’ll be back, just stay right here.” He said, aiming to move towards the door but I stopped him.“Lucian. Who just called? And what did they say?” I asked again, and this time, he stopped.“It’s Leo. Darius said he left his pack three days ago and at night.” He moved closer to me and pulled my face into his hands, “I’m going to take care of it, I promise. Just go on with the meeting with Priya and the women, I’m going to be right back.”
Leo’s POVWe almost won. Everything had gone as planned. My men were meant to keep bombarding Lucian with attacks, and they did, as it gave me enough time to engage Selene and get her out of the room.It was when the first plan failed that the second one kicked in; take Elysia and act like they wan
Selene’s POVI didn’t know how, but I had one of the best sleeps last night. It wasn’t even meant to be so because I was sure as hell that my mind was in a big chaos before I finally closed my eyes. Last night ended in a weirdly good way.And on waking up, the first thing I felt was the mark. It wa
Lucian’s POVI stared at her bare neck, the part where I just punctured with my teeth still fully open. I just couldn’t keep my eyes off it. A mating mark wasn’t only legal, it was also the most permanent thing that a lycan could do.Once again, that might be one of the things that Selene didn’t kn
Selene’s POVI stood in the training ground alone, working through combat drills with the wooden training stakes. My ragged breathing, sweat, and aching body did little to nothing to take away the part of me that refused to rest.It’s the morning after the cryptic text that Lucian sent and it was s







