Too Late for Regrets: Alpha Husband Rejects my rejection.의 모든 챕터: 챕터 41 - 챕터 50

Tracy's POV.I should have slit Destiny's throat when I had the chance."You're definitely not some random rogue assassin so why not stop being such a coward and let me see your face if you know you really want to kill me."The moment where she dared me to show my face plays over and over again in my mind like it's a broken record.Instead of tackling her onto the floor, I should have pinned her permanently to that dresser with my Blackbone blade driven deep into her throat. Instead, I chose to let my anger get the best of me and I tackled her to the floor. Now, she's still alive and breathing.I pace inside Lucy's small room, my nails digging into my palm hard enough to draw blood and my chest rising and falling rapidly from the erratic breaths that fill my heart.My entire body is vibrating with anxiety, my hands shaking with fear because two things happened tonight that I did not expect.Two things I didn't think would happen until Destiny was dead and in the ground did.The first

Karl's funeral gives me the chance to keep my head down and maintain a low profile until Merlin's arrival the next night.She slips past the pack borders effortlessly, the same way she did the last time she had to bring me the potion that turned me into Lucy.Her cloak is spotless even though it drags on the ground behind her and flows around her body. Threads of silver, gold, and crimson tangle around each other, forming a beautiful tapestry of color that enchants the eye.Three symbols stand out each time I look. The first is the moon outlined in silver, then the sun outlined in gold, and lastly, in the center of it all, a necklace with a stone, wrought in so deep a yellow it can't be anything but gold.The hood to her cloak is still on, so when we meet in the clearing, I can't see Merlin's face at all. She doesn't make any moves to pull it off, and that's fine by me. I didn't come here to look at her face."Were the guards at the border any problem for you?"A part of me wants to h

I wish I was joking about being overcome by the urge to hurl, wish I was faking and I was reaching for a weapon instead, but I'm not.I run to the nearest patch of grass and vomit everything in my stomach out.I'm wiping my hand against the back of my mouth and trying to get the taste of bile out of my throat when she throws me something that lands on the floor beside me. It's a water skin. Who still uses a water skin?"Is it normal for you to murder people in the woods or is that some kind of kink you have specifically?"Merlin ignores me and kneels, pressing her palm to the ground. Light flows from her hand and lines of silver light carve into the dirt, forming a perfect circle around us.Thea snarls again and I feel the circle activate around us. It's pretty obvious by now but I still say it anyway."You're a witch."Her response is simple and straightforward, "You won't be able to leave this circle."She stands and begins tracing symbols. Each one shines unnaturally in the air aro

"Blood calls to blood."Each word Merlin says rings with confusion in my head. I find myself suddenly anxious and it makes me snap at her, "What did I say about speaking plainly?"This time she almost grins.When she speaks again, her voice takes on some of the initial icy relaxed seriousness she used to speak with when we first met tonight. It sounds like I'm being given instructions to a simple dish now."You have to smear your blood across the gemstone on your pendant. That's what every witch does at their awakening ritual when they come of age.Traditionally, the elders of the coven would be in attendance for this, as well as your parents and family. That's what happened during mine, but that was a long time ago so it doesn't matter now anyway.When your blood hits the gemstone, you have to call out to your inner power with intention and purpose.There's a great power locked up within you, within every woman, young and old, and when you accept your identity and intentionally call

Destiny's POV.It takes some time for me to get rid of Coren.He refuses to let me go back to my mum's place and he tries to stick to my side for the whole day, hovering like a guard dog, but pack duties finally pull him away.When he leaves, the sun is high in the sky. The doors to my balcony are open, letting a soft warm breeze drift into the room and gently toss my curtains.I watch that for a while.I look around the room I once lived in, a room which is still mine but now feels like it belonged to a version of me that I no longer am.This room belonged to Destiny the scorned Luna. Destiny the barren Luna. I'm not barren anymore, and I refuse to be scorned by the pack now.I've found peace within myself and I do not let their whispers and gossip define me anymore, so maybe I can add something new to that list.Maybe I can add Destiny, Heir of the Golden Blood, werewolf and witch.I lock my door, both the top and bottom latches, then I sit on the floor with my back against the hard