《The Loathed Luna: A Sister's Substitute 》全部章節：第 31 章 - 第 40 章

KATARINAA knock on the front door jolted me awake, as if a hand had yanked me from deep water. At first, I thought I was hallucinating, my body heavy and my mind foggy from finally falling asleep after staring at the ceiling all night.But then the knocking began again, louder this time. My eyes opened to find the room still dark, and I turned to the clock on the bedside table, which read 4:35 a.m. My eyebrow furrowed. Who might be knocking at this hour? Greyson wouldn't knock. He had his own access.A cold ripple ran through me, and I pushed myself up, sleep still stubbornly clinging to my limbs. I had spent the entire night replaying Greyson's abrupt departure and his expression when he answered the phone that summoned him away. I had been trying to figure out what could have been urgent enough to wake him up in the middle of the night. But I'd come up with nothing.Swinging my legs over the bed, I stood up, grabbing my robe and pulling it tight around me. I rubbed my eyes as I app

GREYSONInstead of answering me, the seer gestured toward the small table. And only then did I notice the tea. The same foul-smelling, murky liquid sat in two cups, steam curling lazily into the air, and my stomach churned at the scent, but I didn’t hesitate. I crossed the distance in two strides, grabbed the cup, and threw it back in one gulp. It slithered all the way down, slimy as hell. But I barely tasted it before falling into the chair opposite her, my chest still heaving.The seer sat down across from me with infuriating calm as she lifted her cup. “Yes,” she said at last. “And no.” My head snapped up. “What does that mean?” Her gaze dropped to her tea, and she dipped her finger into the cup and began to move it in lazy circles, as though stirring something invisible. “You are the reason your father died, well, partly,” she said, and my heart stuttered hard in my chest. “But it wasn't Olympia’s doing.”The words didn’t make sense. If it wasn’t Olympia, then who...? "Marcus,"

THIRD-PARTY VIEWPOINT Cyra collided with a rock as she hit the wet ground, and pain erupted on the side of her head. For a brief moment, everything spun, and she struggled to orient herself while cold mud seeped into her clothing. Her limbs felt numb and unresponsive. “Greyson," she muttered weakly, her voice slurring as she tried to push herself up, wondering what was going on. But her arms trembled under her weight, and the night air irritated her lungs.“Why?" she whispered, barely forming the word, and her wolf voice burst forth before she could finish the question. “He knows," her wolf whispered inside her mind, horror permeating the bond, but the thought didn't even finish before Greyson's hands reclaimed her. They were rough and unforgiving as he dragged her up and threw her forward before she could say another word. Cyra landed hard in the water, her breath knocked out of her lungs as the icy water swallowed her entire body. It rushed into her mouth and nose from the shock

KATARINA“I don't deserve anyone." Greyson’s words ripped through me. But before I could process them, my wolf charged forward. 'Move,' she snapped inside my head. 'This is our chance. Get your stuff and get out now.'My breathing became shallow as I admitted that she was right. I had known nothing but misery since the first night I arrived at this place, and he clearly had no intention of ever being good to me. My body moved, and I grabbed my robe from the chair and hurriedly shrugged it on before giving Greyson one last look, to see him leaning forward with his elbows on his knees and face buried in his hands.He looked broken, but I forced myself to turn away, taking long strides across the room and into the closet. My wolf kept pushing. 'Faster before he changes his mind. And chooses to punish us instead.' She was right, so I opened the closet and pulled out one of the suitcases. It thudded onto the floor, loud in the quiet room, and I glanced at Greyson again, but he didn't lo

KATARINAI looked in the mirror as I fastened the final button on my red dress, each one more difficult than the last. After breakfast, I took a long shower, allowing the hot water to wash over me as my mind replayed everything that had happened between Greyson and me. I was still afloat. Still flushed and warm. But now, as I zipped up the back of my dress, reality set in. We were about to say goodbye to Alpha Gerard, and every movement and quiet breath I took brought my heart down.I was just about to finish fastening my earrings when a knock came at my bedroom door, and I froze in surprise, realizing I hadn't even heard the front door open. But then a familiar scent hit me—the scent of home—and my heart skipped a beat. I gasped, dropping the hairpin I had in one hand as I dashed toward the door and ripped it open so fast I almost tore it off the hinges. “Aunt Nora!" She stood there smiling, and I threw myself in her arms.She laughed as she wrapped her arms tightly around me, just