Se connecterElena POV“Regret.” He leaned back, a thoughtful expression on his face. Then he shook his head, slowly. “No, I don’t regret it.”“Then,” I clasped my hands together to keep them from tightening into fists. “If you had the chance to, would you make the same choice?”“It’s already in the past.” He said mildly, his thumb rubbing around the ring on his index finger. “What’s the point on dwelling on what ifs?”“Just answer me.” I insisted. “Just one word, yes or no.”He stared at me for a long while, his gaze softening, then he looked away. “Yes, I would.”“Despite knowing how it ended?” I asked, my tone turning more bitter than the last dregs of coffee at the bottom of a cup.He narrowed his eyes at me, his voice hardening. “I had to choose between my region, my people, my family and myself.What kind of king would I be if I abandoned them for my own selfish pleasure.”“You were a boy!” I felt the veins pop out on my neck. “It was obviously a life you didn’t want from the beginning. Yo
Elena POV‘Just go.’ A thought crossed my mind. Who knew if he was going to tell me the truth anyway?“Do you really want to die without knowing why?” His voice was strained. The first real sign of emotion he’d shown all day.I turned away from the door slowly and faced him, “tell me.”He stared at me for a while, but then his shoulders relaxed and he gestured me back to the chair I’d been seating on, “sit so we can talk.”I sat on the chair and raised my hand to stop him as he started to speak, “I have a question to ask before you start.”His left eye twitched and he paused for a moment before asking, “what is it?”I drew in a deep breath, “why did you abandon her? Abandon us? I think I deserve to know the reason at least.”“I already told you.” He immediately sat up straight, “it’s compli—““Complicated,” I cut in, “yes, you mentioned. What I want to know is, what exactly happened. Complicated is a very convenient response as it really doesn’t say anything.Living is complicated, dy
Elena POVI set the teacup down noisily and leaned back into my seat. “Maybe they should have. Do you have to be so, so… disgusting?”Amusement danced in his eyes and on the corner of his lips, “you get too easily riled up Elena. You must have gotten it from your mother. But if you don’t pay attention to it now, you’ll end up getting controlled by others because of it.”“How dare you?” I asked, my voice quiet with fury, “you come in here, into my home and then try to mock me.”“Whoa,” he raised his hands up in surrender but the smile still lingered on his lips, “I’m not mocking you, just stating a fact.”“Then,” I chewed on my lower lip hard enough to taste blood, “let me state a few facts of my own.”“Be my guest,” he gestured, relaxing into his seat like I was some sort of clown performing a circus trick for him.“You’re a shameless, pitiful, excuse for a man, a mate and an Alpha king.” I raised my eyebrows, my stare burning holes into his face, “how’s that for facts?”He shrugge
Elena POV“We’ll be leaving in a few days, Draven” Noah said, still standing up, “so if you have any things you need to settle…”‘Do you have to go?’ I asked Draven through our mind link, naked desperation in my voice.He nodded his head once, a tiny nod that I would have missed if I hadn’t been looking directly at him. ‘I’ve been summoned by the order of the seven Luna. To not go would be to betray the vow I made, to betray myself.It would also give them the right to wage war on us and our people.We’ve already lost so much. We can’t lose any more people.”I tried to keep the warmth filling my eyes from spilling over, ‘then let me go with you. We could face them together.’‘Did you forget you’re the Luna?’ He chucked softly. ‘In my absence, you’re the only one left for the people to turn to. We can’t both leave.’‘Then appoint someone else,’ a salty line of tears crossed my cheek, ‘you know I’m not fit for the position anyway.’“Draven?” Noah called, looking between the both of us
Elena POVFor a long minute, only white filled my vision until I was absolutely certain that I had gone blind. My brain, in its desperate attempt to understand this bizarre situation, make some sense of it had ended up overloading itself.I cleared my throat, once, and then again for good measure before I attempted speaking.“I’m not the only one who can see him right?” I asked looking towards the man. “He is actually here?”Lucas took a small step forward to stand at my side just as the man said smoothly, “I’m here.”I wanted to scream, to run, to hide. To hit something, break something. Anything to avoid facing this nightmare that had somehow manifested into something real, breathing, tangible in front of me.I clenched my fists tightly, my fingers itching with the need to touch him. To grab him. To find out if he would disappear again. If it would be the same as all the other times.“Is this a joke?” I tried to smile but my lips wouldn’t go up. They were frozen stiff along with th
Elena POV“I’m so sorry,” Lucas said in the car as he picked out pieces of egg shell out of my hair and put them on the jacket lying between us.“It’s not your fault,” I said quietly, looking out the window. Outside, clouds gathered in large balls of grey, floating solemnly as they looked like they were about to weep for me.“When I find out who they are,” he gritted out through clenched teeth, “they’ll pay for it.”“No,” I said leaning my head against the headrest despite knowing it would make it dirty. I was beyond caring at that point.“No?” He stilled, his hand still in my hair, “why?”“You heard them.” I tried to keep the trembling out of my voice, “they’ve lost their families, it’s normal for them to be angry.”His voice was cold as he said, “that still doesn’t give them the right to attack you.” A muscle ticked in his jaw, “ for goddess’ sake you’re as much of a victim in this whole situation as they are.”I pressed my palms against my eyes and let out a shuddering breath. Tha







