All Chapters of THE SLAVE THAT STOLE THE ALPHA'S HEART.: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

SELENA’S POVThe darkness swallowed us.I could not see the floor, the walls, or even my own hands. The only thing I could feel was Ian's grip around my wrist as we fell through the endless black space.Then Hope screamed."Mom!"I reached for her.My fingers caught hers."I'm here."The little girl's hand was still locked around Hope's other hand, while Ian held me tightly from behind.For several seconds, none of us spoke.We simply fell.Then something struck my back.I hit the ground hard enough to lose my breath.Ian landed beside me, rolling across the cold stone before stopping against a broken pillar.Hope fell into my arms.I held her tightly."Are you hurt?"She shook her head."I don't think so."The little girl stood a few steps away.Kaelen was nowhere in sight.I looked around.The place was enormous.Black stone covered the floor, but silver roots had grown through the cracks and wrapped around the walls. Strange blue flames floated above us, giving just enough light to

SELENA’S POVThe woman behind the last door stared at me with my own face.Her black crown rested against her dark hair, and her eyes held a sadness I could not explain. She looked neither angry nor afraid.She looked like someone who had been waiting."Come back to me, daughter."Her voice moved through the chamber.Hope grabbed my hand."Mom, don't go."I looked at her.The fear in her eyes stopped me."I won't."The woman behind the door smiled."You always say that."I raised my sword."Who are you?"She touched the black crown."The part of you that remembers."Ian stepped closer.His eyes had returned to normal, but the black mark on his chest still glowed beneath his skin."Selena, don't trust her."The woman laughed softly."You never trusted me either."Ian stared at her."Have we met?""More times than you remember."The stranger stepped forward."She's not your mother."The woman behind the door looked at him."Still protecting them, first son?"His expression hardened."Yo

Selena POV“Now remember who killed me.”The creature's voice crawled through the chamber, but Selena could not move.The black crown pressed against her head like a weight made of stone, forcing memories through her mind faster than she could understand them.She saw herself standing beneath a blood-red moon.She saw Ian on his knees.She saw Hope crying.She saw the little girl with her face reaching toward her with trembling hands.Then she saw the creature.It had not always been a monster.It had once been a man.A man with silver eyes and dark hair, standing beside Selena beneath the same red moon. His hand was wrapped around hers, and his expression held a tenderness that made something inside her ache.Selena gasped.“I know you.”Ian immediately stepped toward her, but the black crown released a wave of darkness that forced him back.“Selena!”She turned toward him.His face was strained as he fought against the invisible force between them.“Don't come closer,” she whispered

Selena POV“Do you remember now, my Queen?”The voice sounded like Ian, but the man standing before Selena no longer felt like Ian.She could see the difference in his eyes.His silver eye was still fighting, but the black one had taken control of the rest of his face. Darkness moved beneath his skin, reaching his jaw and neck like living veins.Selena refused to step back.“No.”The creature smiled.“You should.”Ian's hand rose toward her again, but Hope moved between them.“Don't touch my mother.”The creature looked at Hope.“You were never supposed to survive.”Hope's silver mark flashed.“And yet I did.”Silver light struck Ian's chest.He cried out and fell backward.Selena caught him before his head hit the floor.“Ian!”His body trembled against her.The black veins slowly pulled away from his face.“Selena,” he whispered.She held his face between her hands.“Stay with me.”“I am trying.”The creature laughed from inside him.“You always say that.”Selena looked at Ian.“Wha

Selena POVIan's black eye opened completely.Selena could see her own reflection in it, small and frightened beneath the darkness that had taken over his face, but she refused to pull away from him.The memory of the silver ring remained trapped in her mind.She knew that ring.She had seen it on the silver-haired woman's hand countless times.The same woman who had claimed to protect them.The same woman who had erased their memories.The same woman who had watched Selena and Ian suffer through every cycle.“You controlled him,” Selena whispered.The silver-haired woman smiled.“I guided him.”“You made him stab me.”“I gave him a choice.”Selena looked at Ian.His hand was still around her throat, but his fingers were trembling.“He didn't choose.”The woman tilted her head.“You always say that when you dislike the answer.”Selena grabbed Ian's wrist.“You were controlled that night.”Ian's breathing became uneven.“I remember the sword.”His voice was barely audible.“I remember