All Chapters of THE LUNA THEY NEVER WANTED: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Elena’s POV“You know she was never supposed to be Luna, right?” “Of course. How could someone so weak be our leader?” “Oh, she is just a placeholder until our real luna returns.” “Sloane?” “Oh yes.” By the time I walked through the corridor, the guard was done with his explanation for why Sloane was a million times better than I was. Throughout the day, I had to endure the now-familiar words from the people that should have been my family. That evening, the council dined again in our halls. This time, I was prepared. I made sure the cooks and dining staff set the table. Even after I did all that, I still had to endure scolding from Elaine because she didn’t like the way something was. As the dinner started, I sat beside him – at Trent’s right-hand side. Around me, the elders spoke out loud, about the morning affairs. I tried not to flinch whenever their conversation shifted over to me, but that was useless. That name, Sloane, seemed to chase me around like a curse.

Elena’s POVI did not stop walking. I didn’t stop when the massive doors of the hall slammed shut behind me, and neither did I stop when the whispers began to rise like wildfire behind me. I couldn’t, and it wasn’t just because my wolf was crying out in grief, pain and age. I let out a sigh of relief as I walked through the corridors and tried to keep my spine straight for anyone who was watching. I kept my expression calm, but within me, I was falling apart. Every step I took through the hall felt like I was personally tearing chunks of flesh out of my own skin. It had been years, actual years where I had spent every waking moment of my life loving another man. I had loved Trent, and he had spat on that love. I had endured years of humiliaiton, of silence, of being abused. Now, I was done being beaten, I was done being looked down on. It was only now that I realized that Trent did not deserve my love, he never did. I had clenched my fists so hard that my nails dug into my pal

ELENA’S POVThe silence in the car was louder than any scream I had ever let out in Trent’s halls.I stared out the window, watching trees blur into streaks of green and brown, not gonna lie.. they were pretty but my mind kept spinning faster than the wheels beneath us. It’s been thirty minutes. We had been driving for thirty minutes, and neither of us had said a single word. Talk about awkward…My wrist still throbbed from Trent’s grip and my cheeks still burned from his hand. It wasn’t the pain that was eating me alive. I guess it was the man sitting beside me actually.“Stop the car,” I said calmly but deep down I was boiling within me.Xander didn’t even glance at me. Instead, he turned a deaf ear to my words.I clenched my fists. “Stop the car, Xander.”This time my voice cracked through the air like a big whip, and finally, finally, he pulled over to the side of the road. The engine died and I let out a little laugh. The way the quietness made everyone including me feel. It fel

ELENA’S POVI could still hear the crack of stone from down the hall. I found that weird but it happened.I sat curled up on the edge of the bed, my knees pressed to my chest, while noticing Xander’s anger. My mind kept spinning the same thought over and over. What if Trent finds out about this? What if he sends his men here? What if Xander gets hurt because of me?“Urghh!! So many what-ifs.” I placed my palm on my head and squinted my eyes to see how much of a mess I didn’t even fully believe he was as powerful as everyone claimed to beTo me, he was a…. I mean he’s just Xander. The boy who used to steal kisses from me under the old oak tree behind my father’s estate. Not some feared Alpha who could burn a pack to ash with a single word.A calm knock pulled me out of my random silly thoughts.“Come in,” I called, wiping my face quickly with my sleeve.“Compose yourself, woman,” I whispered to myself in panic.The maid who had helped me earlier stepped inside, her hands clasped in fr

ELENA’S POVShe suddenly broke down in tears. I was shocked to my bone marrow. She covered between us and pulled me into her arms so tightly it nearly took my breath away…“My baby,” she whispered against my hair, her voice cracking apart. “My poor, poor baby.”My father was there too, wrapping his arms around both of us, his large frame up till date still in a way made me tremble. He’s someone who never cried, who always stood like stone in front of danger, and is shaking against me now.“How long?” he asked. “How long did you suffer like this?”I couldn’t answer because my throat had closed up completely.Caleb and Kelsey crowded in next, both of them wrapping around me from either side until I was buried inside them withtears and voices all speaking over each other.“Why didn’t you call us?”“We would have come for you.”“You should never have had to go through that alone.”Every word made me so emotional, something I had kept locked away for years just to survive. I spent so long