°•♡Chapter 40~ Selene’s Reminder

《》Lucien’s POV

The image kept replaying over and over in my head.

Two small faces. Two pairs of eyes. The childish laughter. Chasing butterflies between the trees.

Then her cold voice cutting through the air like a blade.

“They’re Ronan’s.” she'd said.

Lies.

I knew it deep down. But she’d said it with such certainty, such practiced ease, I almost believed her.

Almost.

But what if they really weren't mine?

I gripped the edge of the balcony so hard the stone cracked beneath my fingers.

Ronan.

Of course it would be him. Loyal, predictable Ronan. Always so close to her, always protecting her. Had she just run to him the second I cast her away?

I let out a low growl.

She couldn't move on. No. She still belonged to me, she was mine to break. Mine.

It had been five years. I had almost gone mad searching for her, I always knew she wasn't dead. But I buried her name under duty and blood. And yet one look at her, one sound of her voice, and everything I'd suppressed broke loose inside me like