LOGINSelene's POV
Helena laughed. It was a short, ugly sound with no warmth in it at all. "Leave? This is my son's house."
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Selene's POV The moment I stepped into my room, something in me exhaled.It was the walls first. That deep, familiar shade of purple that I had chosen myself, a long time ago, back when choosing the colour of a room had felt like the most significant kind of freedom available to me. Then the ceiling, and the chandelier, that 3D hemisphere moon I had loved from the first moment I saw it.I stood in the doorway for a
Selene's POV I had no answer for that, so I sat with it instead, turning it over in the early morning quiet, feeling the warmth of Victor's hand still resting near my side. The curtains were barely open, just a thin line of pale light pressing through the gap. The room was still. The whole world felt still.“What if he does.”I let those four words do what they wanted to do, let them push back against e
Selene's POV Warmth settled over me in a way I hadn't felt in a long time.Not the sharp, fleeting kind that comes and goes before you can hold onto it. This was slower. The kind that starts somewhere in your chest and spreads outward until it reaches parts of you that have been cold for so long you had stopped noticing.I stood at the window for a while after Abel left, just feeling it.
Selene's POV Abel's question hit me somewhere I wasn't prepared for.Not because it was unexpected, not entirely, but because of the way he said it. Without accusation. Without the cold, clipped distance he had carried the last time this subject had come up between us. This was different. I looked at him for a moment without answering.
Selene's POV Helena smiled. It was a slow, satisfied curve of the mouth, the smile of someone who has just watched an arrow find its mark."You know what things," she said."I asked you a question. Answer it or stop talking."Her smile didn't waver. "You are hiding so
Selene's POV Helena's eyes narrowed. I watched her mouth begin to form the word again, slowly, like she wanted me to see it coming.But then her hand came up at the same time.I didn't think. I didn't pause. I didn't weigh it or consider it or give myself time to talk myself out of it.
Anthony's POV I stood just outside the doorway, my hand on the old wood, struggling to breathe. I could hear them, Selene and Melissa, talking softly inside. Part of me knew I should walk away because I had already heard too much. But my feet wouldn’t move.“Selene…” Melissa’s voice rang out brigh
Selene's POV Another month.Victor wanted me tied to him for another fucking month.I knew why he sent that message now. He wasn’t helping out of kindness. He was helping to keep control.“Selene?” Anthony’s weak voice suddenly pulled me back to reality. “What’s going on? Please talk to me.”I for
Selene's POV I didn’t reply to Victor's questions right away because my mind was elsewhere.Valkar's voice kept echoing in my head, but they didn’t bring peace. I didn’t feel excited or ready. Instead… I felt like something inside me was being ripped in half because he also said that Victor and I
Selene's POV I opened my mouth to say something, anything at all, but Valkar beat me to it.“Please,” he said, raising a hand. “Let’s go inside. It’s better we speak where the wind doesn’t listen.”I didn’t move right away, but Victor did. With a scowl carved into his face, he brushed past me and







