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I Had No Choice But To Run

Author: Duny
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Chapter Thirty: I Had No Choice But to Run

Selene’s POV

The firewood crackled under the pot, but my heart felt colder than ever. I stood in the kitchen, stirring the thick stew, my hand moving slowly even though my mind was racing.

I used to be the Alpha of this pack.

Now, I was cooking for the woman who took everything from me.

Sasha.

She cheated on Ronan once… and yet here she was, back in the pack, sleeping in the best room, walking around like a queen.

While I—

The true Alpha—

Was in the kitchen. Wearing old clothes. Serving food.

They said I should “stay quiet” to avoid trouble. That I should “keep my head down.” But no matter how quiet I was, they were still trying to get rid of me.

I lifted the hot pot carefully and started to dish the food into bowls. My hands were trembling. I tried to stay strong. I told myself over and over, “It’s just for now. Ronan is still fighting for you. Lucien still believes in you.”

But I didn’t believe it anymore.

I wiped my tears quickly with my sleeve and carried the tray toward the hallway. My steps were slow. My chest was tight.

Then I heard voices.

I stopped.

They didn’t see me, but I could hear them clearly.

“She’s still here?” one of Sasha’s friends whispered. “Why hasn’t she been thrown out yet?”

“They’re just waiting for the right time,” another voice answered. “Sasha said she’s going to claim Selene tried to poison her.”

I froze.

What?

“Yeah, they’ve prepared everything. The fake evidence, the story… the Elders will believe her. Selene will be taken out in front of everyone.”

I stood there, my whole body shaking.

They want to ruin me.

“I heard Ronan won’t be able to stop it. He’s too tied up. And that Lucien? He’s not even allowed near the council anymore. Selene’s finished.”

Laughter followed.

Tight. Cruel. Cold.

I couldn’t breathe.

They were going to destroy me… and I had no one left to stop them.

I turned away, the tray nearly slipping from my hands, but I didn’t care anymore. I walked back to the kitchen in a daze, tears rolling down my cheeks.

I dropped the tray on the counter and fell to the floor, my hands over my face.

I cried like a child.

Not because I was weak.

But because I gave everything to this pack. I bled for them. Fought for them. Protected them.

And now, they were planning to tear me apart like I was nothing.

I don’t know how long I sat there.

But after the tears stopped, something inside me shifted.

I wasn’t going to wait for them to humiliate me.

I had to go.

I had to run.

Even if I didn’t know where. Even if I had no plan.

I rushed to my small room in the back corner of the house. I stuffed a piece of bread, some dried meat, and a bottle of water into a small cloth. I threw on a dark hoodie. No time for anything else.

I stood at the door and looked around the room one last time.

I had cried in this room.

I had prayed in this room.

I had hoped… that things would change.

But they didn’t.

And I wasn’t going to let them break me more than they already had.

I pushed the door open and stepped out.

The night was quiet. The stars were hidden behind clouds. I moved fast, staying close to the shadows. Past the training ground. Past the garden where I used to sit with Lucien. Past everything that once felt like home.

I didn’t stop running until I crossed the edge of the pack’s land.

Tears were still falling from my eyes. But this time, they weren’t from fear.

They were from pain. Deep, deep pain.

I whispered to myself, “They took everything from me… but they won’t take my soul.”

I didn’t know where I would sleep. I didn’t know who I could trust.

But I knew one thing for sure—

I would never come back the same.

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