เข้าสู่ระบบSELENA'S P.O.V"How is Gabriel doing?" I asked as I took a seat. They had made the best of what they would with the space, and it looked almost like a home."Oh, he is absolutely perfect. He has asked about you all the times I have been to the reforms, which is a little too much considering he has been there less than a month."I nodded, then looked at Amanda who was now sitting on my lap, her smile big."I missed you so much," I whispered, gently caressing her face. "If I had known you were here, I would have come sooner."She gave a small smile, then shrugged in that way that always reminded me of her father. "Aunt Sarah fed me a lot of sweets, but I missed you too."I broke into a laugh. "You betrayer. So you were happy I wouldn't enforce portion control?"She giggled, and I pulled her to my chest, my fingers combing through her hair.I looked up. Alan was sitting across from us, his eyes thin, his lips set in a straight hard line of displeasure.I cleared my throat. "How have you
ALPHA COLE'S P.O.VThe car came to a slow stop, and I turned, my eyes narrow. The last time I was here, I had just lost everything, and I came out with nothing more than the tattoo on my back.I took in a deep breath as the car door opened, and I stepped out, then walked into the large compound. The compound belonged to the priestesses of the moon goddess, and the central house belonged to the seer."Alpha," said a few priestesses as they ran out to meet me.I turned, my brows raised. "Yes?"They greeted, their eyes darting to my shoes, before one of them stepped forward, her smile small."You are to remove your shoes, Alpha."I tilted my head upwards. "I refuse to."The girl's eyes widened, and she swallowed. "Alpha, these are holy grounds where the moon goddess herself is invoked and...""And what?" I asked, my voice as low as I could keep it. "I refuse to take off my shoes. Should I expect resistance from you?"She swallowed hard, and for a long minute, she looked like she was genu
SELENA'S P.O.V I walked back to the dignitary quarters in a daze, my chest feeling a little too tight for the emotions I was somehow managing to carry inside it.I closed the door behind me once I slipped into the room, and I gently leaned back on the door, my heart ripping open once again. I went to the floor, my knees pulled to my chest as I wrapped my hands around them, fresh tears welling up in my eyes.This felt even worse than missing him. I was able to go five years riding on hate and shutting away everything thay could have been good about us.But having him lie down on my chest and tell me about all of the things we could have done together, including having a daughter, and then having to go back to being enemies the next morning, it killed me inside.How do I start telling him that he had missed his daughter's birth? That he had missed that first cry? That he had missed her first walk and her first laugh and her first crawl and that the first time she said Dada she hadn't b
ALPHA COLE'S P.O.V I woke up to the steady, consistent feeling of soft, small hands pushing into my hair. I moved slowly. The body beneath me was warm, soft, and felt like everything I had been missing all my life.My body felt heavy. I can't remember the last time my body felt heavy from sleep. Well, yes, I could. I had never forgotten. I moved, my hands wrapping around her slim, slender waist. She was warm, mostly naked under me, but this comfort meant more to me than heat."You are awake."I swallowed hard, my eyes closing tighter. "Not yet."She gave a small laugh. "Trying to smuggle a few more minutes in?"I nodded. She adjusted, pulling up the sheets over me. It felt warm. I felt almost like the Cole I used to be. Like the man who could be carefree and didn't have to bother about the wrath of an entire council."You still look the same when you sleep," she said, her voice low and teasing. I should probably tell her that she can't do that. That we are not friends. That she hasn
SELENA'S P.O.V I swallowed hard, tears running down my cheeks steadily. "Cole..." I said as I tried to reach out to him, my heart thumping hard in my chest. He had my name on his spine. My name on his skin like... like I meant more than that one night.He immediately pulled up the robe and moved away before I could touch him. He stood and turned to me. His eyes were glassy with tears, but he was fighting so hard that his jaw clenched. "Cole," I said, immediately getting out of bed too. I covered the distance to him, my eyes darting across his face. "Talk to me. Please.""About what?" He asked, meeting my eyes. "What am I going to tell you that isn't going to make me seem like a pathetic fool right now who is going against everything he believes in?""Why is that a bad thing?" I asked, my chest rising and falling rapidly, my breaths short. "You wanted to know if I could walk over everything that I believed in in order to get to you. Why can't you do the same for me?""Because it got
SELENA'S P.O.V. I waited on the edge of the bed as Alpha Cole got out of the bath. He hadn't objected when I had decided to give him a bit of privacy. My heart skipped a beat as the bathroom door opened, and he stepped out.He looked a little less gaunt, his eyes meeting mine across the space.I gave him a smile. "I forgot water. Is there..."He pointed to the bar, and there was a smaller fridge right under the bar. I grabbed him a bottle, then walked back. To my relief, he was sitting next to the food now, the robe he was wearing open at the front, with only a pair of slacks covering his waist and below."You should eat. I tried my best."I opened the food, then stepped back, sitting on the opposite edge of the bed. "You?" He asked, his voice low.I gave a small smile. "I will grab dinner after you...""No," he said simply. "Go change your dress. There is a robe over there. I am sure you know that."Of course I did.I stood up and grabbed the robe. He did not offer to move or close
ALPHA COLE'S P.O.V Selena. Selena is in my palace.My eyes thinned as I looked between the women in the dungeon and the soldier still lying unconscious outside. He had been carefully tucked away, and he had a single hit to the side of his neck. Like the edge of a dagger.That was Selena's signatur
SELENA'S P.O.V The dance troupe proceeded to the palace, and I joined, quickly learning their chants as we made the short journey to the palace.Soon enough, the palace loomed in front of us. I stopped for a second to catch my breath, my chest heaving. I still knew the palace like the back of my h
SELENA'S P.O.V I cleaned out the guns and daggers, laying them out on the floor in the room. I stepped back, my eyes taking in the weapons. Most of them were my hunting gear, as I have had no use for weapons in five years.The sun was already coming up, and tomorrow would be the full moon festival
The sun was already setting. The feast for the night had been laid because no one could bear being idle. I had taken charge of the hunt for tonight because I needed to subdue. To take my anger out on something.And yet... they were still not back."Mummy? Aunt Mila and Aunt Lily are still not back.







