°•♡Chapter 141~ Between Fear and Loyalty

《》Ansel’s POV

I couldn’t get Selene’s words out of my head.

Her voice still rang in my ears, sharp but steady, in a way only she could perfect, like she carried the whole world on her tongue.

All that talk of me being special and what it inferred. It was something I'd never considered before…

I loved Ronan. It was him I wanted.

But she'd also said I wasn't special because she cared for me.

And I hated how much it stung.

I sat alone in the dim corridor, the stones around me cold against my back. The fortress was quiet at this hour, too quiet, but my thoughts wouldn’t let me rest. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Kael lying stiff on that altar, Talia screaming, clawing at me to let him go.

I pressed my palms to my face and let out a shaky breath. “What am I even doing?”

Selene came from a place of pain. I knew that now. She hadn’t always been this monster—she had been broken into one. I’d seen it in her eyes, in the way she looked at Kael like he was nothing but a tool, but also l