LOGINElena POV“I’m sorry.” He gasped, landing on his ass. “I don’t know what came over me.”He rubbed his face roughly with his hands. “I just hated seeing that look on your face.”“Are you crazy?” I stood up. My clothes were thoroughly soaked now, and the movement brought a cool wind that raised goosebumps on my skin. “You–You kissed me.”“It was just a light peck.” He said weakly, still sitting on the wet ground.“Do you think that makes it any better?” My nails pressed tightly into the palms of my hands. “How am I supposed to explain this to Draven?”His eyes widened for a second and then a look of pity came into them. “He’s gone, Luna. You don’t have to explain anything to him.”The knowledge that he was right crashed into me with the full force of water breaking down the walls of a dam. I closed my eyes and swallowed heavily.My voice was barely a whisper when I spoke again. “Is that why? Do you think I’m some toy that you get to play with, now that Draven is gone?”“That’s not what
Draven POVThe sound of someone else’s breathing traveled through my ears the moment I woke up. I stayed still for a while, but the person still remained across from me, just watching me.“Is someone there?” I called out, hating the sound of panic in my voice.Rather than answer, the person shuffled their feet slightly and continued ignoring me.“If you’re there.” I said. “Please turn on the lights, I can’t see a thing.”“It’s daytime young man.” The person finally spoke. Then he cleared his throat and spat out what I could only assume was phlegm, right there in the room.I could hear him moving his feet, spreading it around in his bid to make it less visible. I tried not to let my disgust show on my face. “Then open the windows please.”I had no memory of how I survived the plane crash, or how I ended up in what was obviously this person’s home, but I was glad to be alive. “I can’t see.”“You can’t see because your eyes are injured.” He said with the tone of someone who was getting
Elena POVThunder rumbled loudly across the sky as lightning struck, flashing its light across my face. My clothes clung tightly to my skin, the ends of my dress already changed from white to brown as it swept through little puddles on the ground.“Do you need a ride?” A woman yelled, sticking her head out the window of her car. “The rain’s going to get worse soon. You don’t want to get caught up in it.”I ignored her and kept walking.“Rude.” She yelled as she drove off. “I was trying to help you.”Help?I didn’t need help, I needed to find Draven.After stepping into another tiny puddle and almost slipping, I took off my heels and continued barefoot.“She must be crazy.” Someone said from one the cars passing by.“Luna!” I heard a voice call from far behind me, but I didn’t turn. That title was no longer mine.I didn’t want it either.“Go away.” I muttered quietly, hoping whoever was trying to call me would get the message and leave me alone.“Luna!” The voice called a second time,
Elena POVLiars. They were all liars. Trying to fool me with stupid talk like Draven was dead.Did they think I was dumb or something?“Luna?” Nellie called, holding a large box in her hands. “Where should I put this?”“I’ll handle it.” Cassandra immediately moved to her before I could say a word. Then she turned to me with a smile. “Just continue resting, Luna. We’ve got it.”Rest. That was something that had become a luxury to me over the course of the past few days. How could I rest when there were still so many people suffering? “Luna?” One of the children at the orphanage called to me, holding a large coloring book. “Can you tell me what color I’m supposed to get from mixing yellow and blue?”Rather than allow Hugo’s nonsense ruin my mood, I’d set up an orphanage for children who lost their family due to rogue attacks.Here, they would receive the same amount of love and attention they would have gotten from their parents. I would make sure of it.So I had no time to rest.Whi
Elena POVI pulled out a tiny hairpin from my pocket and tightened my fingers around it as we walked to Draven’s study.“It was your mother’s.” Noah had said when he gave it to me, very reluctantly. “I thought you might want it.”I wanted to mock him then. What was the use of holding on to a hairpin when you couldn’t hold on to the person?Why force yourself to make stupid choices that you would only end up regretting?But I took one look at the expression on his face and accepted it without saying anything.“Once this is all over.” He had said, shifting his feet uneasily. “I’ll join you in looking for her. I still have some things to say to her.”More than a week had passed since then. A week with no single message or call from Draven like he’d promised.Liar.I blinked fiercely and forced back the tears that had been about to spring to my eyes. I would get even with him once he got back.“Slow down, Luna.” Lucas called out, several steps behind me. “You’re walking too fast.”“Sorry.
Elena POV “Luna.” Nellie called out worriedly from behind me. “You should eat before the food gets cold.”“I’m full.” I pushed the plate away and reached for a glass of water instead.“You’ve barely eaten anything this whole week.” Cassandra said softly beside me, putting her fork down as well. “How can you handle the weight of leading the region like this?”With Draven gone, I found that I quickly lost interest in a lot of things. That’s when Cassandra had approached me. She’d suddenly started appearing in the places I regularly went to, and even invited me to go see a show with her a few times.When she refused to give up despite receiving constant rejections, I decided to give her another chance. After all, Poppy herself had already forgiven her.For some reason, Poppy also looked a lot better recently, like a weight had been lifted off her chest, though she still could not meet my eyes.“I’m not really hungry.” I smiled softly then got up from the table. “I’m going to find Luca
Elena POV “Jealousy?” I whispered, pretty sure I had heard him wrong. “You’re jealous? Because of me?” I waited for him to tell me no. To say I was delusional, to crush this tiny seed of hope that was suddenly blossoming in my heart into quiet dust. He breathed in deeply and said through gritted
Elena POV “She’s waking up.” I heard a voice say just as I forced open my eyelids. They felt like they had been glued shut, and I blinked multiple times to regain focus, only to see three unlikely faces peering down at me.“Wh-What’s going on?” I asked, my voice coming out scratchy like sandpaper
Elena POV I paused for a second with my arm outstretched over him. Was this really the same wolf I had let trample me for over a decade? He was so weak. I touched his shoulder and closed my eyes to concentrate for a few minutes, then repeated the same with Sophia. “Did you feel anything?” Drav
Elena POVI’d barely closed my eyes for up to two seconds when I suddenly heard heavy thumps pounding on my door. I mumbled angrily under my breath as I threw off my blanket and got up. What was so urgent that it couldn’t wait till morning?I pulled the door open with a frown, ready to show my disp







