Chapter 51: Fairy and War Goddess

StellanSkoll was urging me to go comfort Leona, but I stood rooted to the spot, looking at Sybilla's bright eyes and radiant smile."Did you miss me?" she whispered, pecking my lips and fisting my shirt. "My studies finished early, so I came back to you — finally, to become yours."I sighed. I'd dreamed of this moment a million times. The love of my life, returning, folding into my arms. According to the script, I was supposed to spin her around now, or kiss her breathless, or make some beautiful speech about eternal love and the future we'd build.Instead I just stood there like an idiot, completely numb. And that was when I stopped being able to lie to myself and had to face the bitter truth — my love for Sybilla was gone. It had died quietly somewhere in the last few months, in a bed that smelled of another woman, and this morning I'd finally said the words out loud into Leona's hair. I love you. I'd meant them with everything I had. But my obligation to Sybilla hadn't died with t

Chapter 52: To Friendship

Leona I sat on the bed in the guest room, glancing at my luggage, standing neatly against the wall. There was no point unpacking — I'd have to leave soon anyway. The scent of cleaning detergent mixed with the fresh lilies by the bed filled the room. But the one scent that could have soothed my aching nerves was missing — Stellan's. I hated that I craved him. Even with Erik I'd always stood on my own two feet, but with Stellan I'd lowered my guard and leaned on him, and now I felt like I was falling — deep, hard — and not into an abyss of betrayal this time, but into a trap set by my own stupidity. And yet, the only thing I yearned for now was the warmth of his touch. "Go to him. Tell him how much you love him. Fight for him," Alma pleaded. "There's no point fighting when the battle was lost from the very beginning. I always knew Sybilla would come back. This whole thing with Stellan was just convenience — a perfectly staged Luna story, propped up by good sex and mutual understan

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Chapter 51: Fairy and War Goddess

Chapter 52: To Friendship