#80 The following day, Lucian was having a glass of whiskey in his office, contemplating whether he would speak with Emily or just let what happened yesterday between them. He didn’t mean to act like a heartless asshole in front of her. It was Argus who was influencing him to do so. Irritation filled his chest, knowing he was under Argus’ mercy. He needed to find a way to stop Argus from owning his body. He breathed heavily at that thought. How could he stop Argus? He didn’t have any idea. His situation was strange, which was why he was also getting paranoid. He couldn’t allow his beast to take over his body. Emily’s face flashed in his mind. His chest tightened at the thought that the only thing he could do right now was to hurt her and stay away from her. Lucian knew to himself he didn’t want that. He wasn’t a fool to realize that Emily had become unique to him, and it frustrated him that he couldn’t even look at her in the eyes as Argus would hurt him internally. He downed his

"Luna Emily, aren’t you going in?” asked the familiar voice of Lia. Emily shivered and glanced at Lia, who looked at her innocently. Blinking, she turned her attention to the main gate of the academy in front of her. That’s when she realized she had been standing there for what it felt like forever. “Classes are about to start. Let me walk with you, Luna,” added Lia, who waited for her reply. Sucking in a deep breath, Emily could only shake her head slowly. After everything she had heard that morning in the White House—from Lucian’s mouth and Scarlett’s revealing her pregnancy—Emily couldn’t find the will to go to the academy and pretend to be a strong, responsible Luna when deep inside, every bit of her heart was crushing into pieces. One thing was for sure… she would never get used to the pain of loving the Lycan King, who couldn’t return her feelings even just an inch of it. Emily sobbed at the hard truth. The lump in her throat made her gasp and sob, which made Lia worry. “L

Lia stood on the brink of tears, her phone clutched in a trembling hand, her body taut with tension, and her heart racing in fearful anticipation of the impending plan she had to execute."Fuck… Fuck," Lia uttered under her breath, pacing back and forth on the street near the inn where she and Emily checked in. She didn't have a choice. Her little sister was in danger… Everything was planned. Scarlett planned it all without anyone knowing.That wicked she-wolf had a hold of her and now used her as an accomplice to turn the tables. Scarlett was insane to think that she could still get the Lycan king's heart by doing such a dangerous stunt. She was madly obsessed with being the Luna of the Lycan pack. Lia had tried to object to her plan countless times as her dignity couldn't take the fact that she would be taking part in hurting someone, but that wicked woman kidnapped Elle, her little sister. Elle was the only family she had, and her heart felt like it was about to explode at the

Emily was well aware of everyone's gazes at her. The rejection that came out of her mouth was far from what everyone had expected, at least not in her current situation. It was something she didn’t expect either, but the moment she saw Lucian right there, she felt the determination to stop whatever they had started.Tears fell down her cheeks as her eyes bore into Lucian, who was frozen in his stance while looking back at her. He appeared shocked, as if his world had suddenly stopped spinning, and gave her a look that indicated she betrayed him. He didn't expect it, did he? Emily asked her wolf inwardly, feeling the surge of pain engulfing her heart as Cassia began to howl in despair. So this was what it felt like to reject a mate, she thought. A great sadness washed over her--the feeling that something had just suddenly gone missing and the urge to take it back… her heart was beating faster, too, as if undergoing an attack or something.The mate bond had just finally broken. She

“People around Nia are so kind towards her.” Emily sipped on her canned beer. “I really thought she was going to have some problem blending into those human kids in the kindergarten, but she got herself some human friends during her first day.” She chuckled. “You know, it’s amazing to see her happy and enjoying her life at a very young age.” A smile was plastered on her lips as she recalled how happy Nia was during her first day in kindergarten. Emily was hesitant when she decided to enroll Nia, afraid that humans would find out her little daughter was not normal. Nia was a special kid. Cassia found out that the Lycan blood was overpowering her werewolf blood, making her more of a Lycan rather than a werewolf. Even if she hadn’t come of age yet, whenever her little daughter’s emotions rose—particularly when angry, her irises would turn crimson. At first, Emily was shocked when she witnessed it in a grocery store on a busy day—Nia cried over a toy she wanted to have, but Emily was on