Selene POV “You sure we’re going the right way?” Dara asked for the third time, adjusting her face cover.Riven didn’t even look back. “Yes. Just trust me.”“You said that the last time and we almost ended up in a rogue trap,” she muttered.Benita chuckled from beside her. “That was actually funny. You screamed like a baby.”“Mother!” Dara groaned, yanking her hood lower. “Can we not bring that up right now?”“I’m just saying, for someone who says she can handle herself, you’ve got a lot of screams stored up.”I smiled quietly, letting their bickering ease the tension gnawing at my stomach. But my mind wasn’t here. It was with Silas.“We’re close to the border,” Riven said, slowing down.“How can you tell?” I asked.“Smell. The air changes. And look—” he pointed to a tree ahead, where deep claw marks scored the bark. “Silas mentioned this once. Border marker. Only used by Moonlight members.”Dara stepped forward and ran her fingers over the marks. “It’s fresh.”“So they know someone’
Selene POV"Hey."Hayley called behind me, asking me to stop. I could've ignored her and just continued to walk, but I waited—to listen to whatever trash she wanted to say.However, I already had my suspicions. She must've tipped Killian off about the vial."The night is still cold, Lady Hayley. You should return to your room quickly," I said, mustering a fake smile.She came closer, staring at me."What exactly does Dark see in you?""I apologize, but I'm only his servant.""He even chose to ignore me, all because of a man. I really hope what I'm hearing is not true. You should also stay away from Dark. I am his chosen mate. How can I produce an heir with you around? Don't you worry for Dark? He needs an heir."I almost laughed at what she said. What had changed Hayley, I still don't know. She hated men, and here she was, trying to win over the heart of Dark."Does this seem funny to you?" she glared at me."You should return to your room, Lady Hayley," I said with a bow and turned t
Selene's POV“Let me go,” I struggled against Dark's strong hold. “They just took Silas and all you did was watch,” I said amidst tears.“There is nothing you can do now, Sal,” Riven said in a low tone.I turned to him, shaking my head. “We can still save him. We are not leaving him, right?”“We will definitely go back for him,” Dara assured.*****We all returned to Dark's territory afterward. Dara explained all that had happened—the man I had suspected from the beginning was actually working for Killian. He had taken them by surprise, and the Night Bane Order overpowered them.I tightened my fist in anger but calmed at Riven’s touch.“The vial, did you really give it to him?” Riven asked.I smiled. “No, I didn't. That was just a fake. The actual one is with me,” I said, bringing out the bottle.Dara turned sideways, guilt written all over her face. Benita sat next to her, smiling at her, but Dara didn’t want to talk.I walked over and sat close to her.“Hey, Dara,” I nudged her shou
Selene's POV“I hope you'll keep to your promise and take me to my daughter?” Benita asked.“Sure, we will,” I replied.She stared at me for a while and then at Dark. “Can I have a word with you for a moment?” she said to me.I was about to follow her when Dark held my arm back.“Why can’t you say it here?” he gave her a dangerous look.Benita stared at him, surprised. “Don’t you trust me by now?”Dark was silent. He slowly let my arm go. “Scream my name if anything happens,” he said while staring at Benita.I nodded, a little amused to see that he cared that much. His actions were suddenly strange, and I couldn’t see any reason why he should act that way. I was just his personal servant, anyway.I followed Benita into her room, and she asked me to sit. Then she leaned into my face, closely. I watched her, wondering what she was up to, and then she pulled my mustache off.I gasped, covering my mouth.“You’re not a man, right?”My eyes widened, wondering when my cover had been blown. “
Selene POVI remembered growing up with a strange bottle tied around my neck like a necklace. No one told me what it was for. All I knew was that my father had gifted it to me when I was born.I never knew what my parents looked like. I grew up with the Alpha and Luna, so my childhood wasn’t all that rough—except that I was hated because the Alpha favored me. He treated me like his own and was the most excited when he found out I was his son’s mate.But on the night he was supposed to announce the next Alpha, he died. I had gone to his room that night, only to find him lying on the bed, half-dead. He looked like he’d been poisoned.Yet, he still smiled at me like always, bringing out the bottle-necklace I had thrown away. I blamed my father for leaving me and making everyone hate me, so I had despised the necklace and threw it away. I never knew the Alpha kept it.The Alpha placed the necklace around my neck and told me never to take it off—that my parents were always with me. He ment
Selene’s POVA mind-link with Dark was confusing. We weren’t connected in any way, so I didn’t understand why.“He’s our mate,” my wolf said.“But he doesn’t even recognize us.”Dark was pushed into the store with me, and the door was locked.“How did you do that?” we said at the same time.“You go first,” he muttered.“We could have taken them. Why did you let them take us?”Dark stood up and walked toward the door. I stood behind him.“From now on, don’t say a thing. Just watch me,” Dark replied in his usual cold tone, then broke the door.“Are you still standing there?” he asked when I didn’t follow him out.The woman and two other men were talking when we walked in on them.They were startled, wondering how we had escaped.They came after us, but Dark stood his ground. He caught one of the men by the head and smacked it against the ground. He was cool.The lady stayed back in fright, gritting her teeth. “What do you want?”“We have not come to fight. We only came to in search for