บททั้งหมดของ Return of the Rejected Luna: บทที่ 41 - บทที่ 50

I turn and face Derek who is sprawled on the chair, looking so sure of himself even when he’s delusional on drugs. His eyes are glassy and look unfocused but his words sound so true, even when they come out slurred. “You aren’t in your right mind, do you mean that?” Without flinching and with no hesitation, he replies, “I stand by every word I said.” Even though I knew it, his confirmation surprises me still and shockingly hurts me. I let out a small laugh. “Drunken words are really sober thoughts, huh?” “What do you mean?” “Did you ever feel something for… her?” “Never, you’re the only one I want, the only one I ever wanted.” But she doesn’t feel that way, I think to myself.Derek rises from the chair and staggers to where I stand at the window. “Are you feeling jealous because she was my mate?” When I don’t answer, he takes both my hands in his. “No doubt, you are the only woman I’ve ever loved.” A wave of nausea washes over me so I yank my hands from his and cover my mouth with the

“No one cares about me, that’s why none of you feel sorry! None of you feel bad about what you did!” I scream at Asher. “Calm down, Alexa.” “Don’t tell me that!” Deep down in my mind, I know that I sound crazy to him, and I hear warning bells in my head ringing, telling me to be careful with what I am saying. But I ignore it, already too mad about what Derek said and how Liana and the rest are treating me.“What do you want me to say then?” Asher asks me carefully. “There’s nothing you can say! All of you are crazy and you’ll get what’s coming to you!” “I don’t understand what you are saying, Alexa.” Asher sighs in frustration. “Then get out!” “Alexa.” “That’s not my-“I cut myself off just in time. In my anger, I had almost told Asher that wasn’t my name.“Alexa, please go home and rest.” Asher tries again. He’s speaking to me as if I am a stubborn child and his tone just makes me mad all over again. I place my palms flat on his chest and shove him hard. He does not expect this, so he

“We’ll be safe.” Dorothea’s whisper cuts through my chants for help to the goddess. “Dorothea? Are you okay?” With the tarp still covering the bed of the truck where we are, it is too dark too see anything but I can feel the figure of the little girl being held tightly in my arms, and I’ll be damned if I let her go. I never should have left her there in the first place. “You’ll be fine, I promise.” I say, clutching her tighter to me as I feel the truck slowing down. We must have reached the border of the pack, which means we are about to be inspected by the guard-wolves. “Coming back from the kitchen?” I hear one ask the driver of the truck. I hold my breath, expecting the wolf to search the truck again. If that happens, I’ll have no choice than to fight as Ida because there was no way I was leaving Dorothea in the pack, especially when Liana was looking for her. “We’ll be fine.” Dorothea whispers again. I’m about to say something when there are two quick bangs on the side of the tru

Ramsey winks at me and a chill passes up my spine. Why were warning bells ringing loudly in my head because of him? When I was Genevieve, Ramsey also made me feel uncomfortable but we had only met very few times so he wasn’t on my radar then. I didn’t know much about him then and I knew little about him now, so why was he making me feel this way?I can’t take it anymore so I break the eye contact first and turn my attention back to the huge mural painting of Derek and try to ignore the pit in my stomach. “Are you okay?” Hope asks. “I’m fine.” “You kind of zoned out a bit there.” “I guess I’m bored. I thought something more fun had happened.” I lie conveniently. But then my gaze falls on Liana, smiling and clapping along with the crowd and it occurs to me that something fun should have happened. Was it coincidence that Dorothea had escaped Liana’s clutches and then Ramsey had shown up or was I just being paranoid? I push the thought away and focus once more on the mural displayed proud

It all comes back to me now that I cannot believe I didn’t put the pieces together before. The voice I heard sounds just like Ramsey’s but that also means that his voice was the one in my dreams, the voice in the darkness. Was that why I always felt danger when he was close to me? I step back, wipe my eyes and look into the peephole again but what I see doesn’t change, in fact, they have stopped kissing and Ramsey is trailing his lips along the column of Liana’s neck. I had seen and confirmed with my own eyes now that Liana’s lover was Ramsey.“Wait.” I hear Liana say. “What is it, sweetness?” That term of endearment again, the same one I heard in my nightmare. “What do you think about Alexa?” “Alexa?” “Yes. Don’t think I miss the way you look at her.” Liana grumbles. “And how do I look at her?” Ramsey asks, sounding amused. “Do you like her?” He chuckles at her question. “Honestly, I don’t know what I feel yet. She is interesting.” “So you do like her.” “Sweetness, if I liked her, wh