Selene's POV“Ding Dong!”The sharp chime of the room bell sliced through the silence. At first I didn’t flinch, but my body registered the sound with the subtle tightening of my jaw. Then a voice followed, polite but firm.“My Luna, Alpha wants you to join in at the dining.”But I said nothing.Didn’t they already know? Didn’t he?I thought somehow Alpha Kieran had stated that I would come on my own, whenever I was ready. Why was he going against what I felt we agreed on already.I stayed still in the silence, staring up at the high ceiling with its delicate carvings, wishing it would collapse on top of me just so I wouldn’t have to deal with anyone. My fingers gripped the edge of the blanket curled around me.Fifteen minutes must have passed, though it felt like hours before another sound came.More of a bang or let's say a boom like someone was trying to knock the door off its hinges.My heart jumped and my breath caught at the same time.“Open the door now.”There was no mistaking
Selene's POVI didn’t speak at first because I honestly didn't know what to say.He shut the door gently behind him, then turned to face me with that cold and elegantly calm appearance he wore on his face.“I got back and I learnt that you’ve been keeping to yourself and that you locked yourself in here for like two days now,” he said.I didn’t answer. I just stared at him with my arms crossed tightly over my chest, as if that could keep me from shattering.He glanced around the room slowly, like he was taking in the damage, like the way the curtains were drawn so tight that it felt like the sun wasn’t allowed in here.I wouldn't know what his eyes caught or maybe what creeped through his mind and so out of nowhere, he asked abruptly. “You’ve not eaten in days too, right?” he murmured.Still, I said nothing.He took a step toward me and I took one back.“Selene,” he said softly.He had never called me in that manner before.And so, I froze at once.Something in his tone made my throat
Selene's POV After Letha had left the room two days ago, I paced the floor restlessly here and there. And to think I haven't left my room for two days now.But somehow, the knowledge that someone knew the truth should have felt like relief—but instead, it clawed at my insides like a ticking bomb.Tick. Tick. Tick.Each second stretched like hours and my thoughts wouldn’t stay still but rather they circled like vultures over a carcass which seemed to be my peace and sanity. The walls of the room might as well have been closing in on me, inch by inch, breath by breath.‘What if Letha was a trap?’‘What if Kieran had sent her?’Because at this stage trust was a big deal indeed. The thoughts came like sharp jabs, slicing into every bit of hope I tried to hold onto. I kept replaying her words and the weight of her voice when she whispered what she knew. But the look in her eyes when she said everything she said hadn’t been fake. That kind of grief couldn’t be faked, you know.Still, I cou
Selene’s POV“Luna Raven…”The whisper froze me and I couldn't move. My hand hovered just above the doorknob and my breath caught somewhere between my lungs and throat. That voice… though I was quite convinced that it wasn’t Kieran’s as it lacked his weight, power, and his ever-present restraint. This was different as it was fragile and unsteady, but it carried something deeper and a strange familiarity I couldn’t quite place.I leaned forward on the door cool to look through. Even though I knew I wouldn’t see anything, yet some part of me needed to be sure.“Who’s there?” I whispered, barely trusting my voice.There was a thick and heavy kind that pressed into the room like a fog. Just as my pulse began to slow, thinking that I had imagined it, the voice returned—shakier now, almost like a breath not meant to be heard.“Please… let me in. This is very confidential.”That word—confidential—sent a shiver crawling over my spine. It was a strange word to use and it is almost too formal.
Selene's POVThe note burned in my hand, as though it carried a fever of its own. Even now, after reading it a dozen times, the words seem to whisper louder rather than fade. “...Do with this what you want, but I’d advise you to keep this from Alpha Kieran. He may not even save you.”I stared at it again, maybe for the last time. The ink had bled slightly, like the pen had been pressed too hard. I turned it over, then again, half-hoping that on this third—or tenth—inspection, a secret would reveal itself. Maybe a name, an initial, or even a smudge that made sense.But there was nothing. Just the words.I pressed it to my chest, as if I could slow the racing of my heart by force. My hands trembled slightly, and I hated that they did.Who had slipped it under my door?And why now?I had felt like eating when I woke up just moments before—nothing too heavy, something to remind me I was still human. But now, that craving is gone as my stomach clenches with something colder than hunger.I
Selene’s POVI managed to get to my chamber after I felt I was done reminiscing over Kieran’s words to me before he excused himself.Maybe he wasn’t just cool with the presence of Draven and maybe meant no harm. Or let’s say, I was even overthinking it. I can be like that sometimes, and I know that.Still, there was something unsettling about the way he looked at Draven. Not just with suspicion, but something deeper—almost like fear laced with anger. That alone should’ve been enough to warn me.But it wasn’t like I had answers, just more questions and emotions I didn’t know what to do with.I forced myself to a little nap, hoping sleep would quiet my thoughts. My head was heavy, and my heart? It felt like it had run a marathon. I curled into the blanket, stared at the ceiling for what felt like forever, and finally dozed off not long enough.Just as I woke up, the light in the room was dim—sunset maybe. It took a few seconds before my brain caught up with my body, and then it hit me.