Chapter 10
Selene’s Pay
The familiar scent of pine and earth hit me the moment I crossed back into wolf territory–the Disk Hundi now a place I have longed to escape from li had been years since Til been here, and yet, it felt like stepping shine. The towering trees, the distant sound of the river it was like time hura moved at all. But Lud. He buil-
I pulled up to the small cottage where my parents lived and parked the car
I once called home is Everything looked the
Standing in front of the house that held so many memories, I felt my heart race, and my palms grew sweaty. The mahogany door looked almost the same as I remembered–Mom didn’t change it as I told her to, but everything feir different now–distant and foreign. I swallowed hard, feeling
chumpran my throat I wasn’t sure I was ready for this, but there was no turning back.
I took a deep breath, trying to steady myself, when 1h
Shil
nd a voice behind me. “Selene?”
Why is he here?
I named slowly, my eyes locking with his. For a heartbeat, everything seemed to stop. The world outside this moment vanished, and all I could see was him—Dorian, the man I once loved, the man who had shattered my world. His face was hollow, etched with lines of weariness and torment- still yet as handsome as fuck though His eyes, however, were anything but tired–they were intense, burning with a kind of obsession that sent chills down my spine.
the
I struggled to keep it together. My emotions were a storm ready to break loose, but I fought to keep my expression neutral–eyes smiling, lips curred. All thoir years, nothing was about you, was the thought I’m trying to convey here. My heart was betraying me though, beating wildly at sight of him, even though it felt like an enemy in my chest. I hated how my heart still responded to him, how it twisted with a mix of pain and lunging every time I think of him. Dorian was everywhere all these years. In my apartment, during my surgery, at the grocery store–everywhere.
Lextended my hand towards him, managing a smile that barely masked my loud pants. “Hey, Dorian. I was just about to go in.”
He took my hand, has rough, calloused touch sending a jolt through me, like a live wire reawakening old wounds. I felt a pang of something I hadn’t allowed myself to feel in a long time–pain, hope, and a twisted sort of longing. Shit, that doesn’t sound good-
“Why are you standing out here?” His voice was soller now, but there was an edge to it—a low sensual grow that made me stand up straight. “You should cume inside. Your mom’s been waiting “
The mention of my mom pulled me back to the present, but the memory of that night was right behind it, clawing at my insides. I nodded, my
stinging with unshed tears. I know. It’s just so much has happened”
Fuck keep it together today, Seleur.
Doman’s POV
d’s her, and yet it’s not. At least not anymore. Not the woman who loved me with all her heart. Just the woman I have lost.
Beringt hier standhing färre, fiat calmi facade jou fucking shattered ine. I knew that look all too well–when she was this cool and collected, it meant
sluiting me outcompletely. It was the kind of compasure that drove me to the brink of insanity. I knew it was her way of saying she didn’t give a damn anjonore, but the thought of her moving on, of her ant giving a single fuck about me, was like a fucking dagger to the heart.
to a stop. Thor warniola of her skin against my bigers sent a jolt straight to my chest. Her eyes went w
wide with and for a second, I could are a flicker of something–fear, maybe? I didn’t fucking know, but it was enough to make me lose my grip on
“Seleur: 1 growled, maur High and raw, “Do you still hate me
deln canswer, ber færa fucking mask of indifferenc That silence was like a kick in the evil. It was the silence of someone who’s done with Dar bulishat someone who’s mdawved on. And goddamını, I couldn’t handle it. I needed to know–needed to hear her say it. The truth, whether it
demanded, my voice cracking with frustration: “Did you just fucking forget about it Did you just move on from that
ing with a thousand fucking question. “How did you live? How did you fucking survive all this time? Did you
forgerrrrying Forget mer
air flooding bak viery bit of pain, every fucking regret. The way Til accused her, how f’il adriven her away, how t’il chosen Amara
it was all sor Trucking vivid bonudil sill see the book in her eyes when fil pushed her away, the bust, the
everything fil done seem even more fuckeilup
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Chapter 10
Goddess, what I would give to turn back time.
I tightened my grip on her arm my knuckles white. Selene whimpers and yet her reaction only evoked a fire within me. I have to make her mine.. I need to fucking know. Selene. Do you still hate me? Or are you just pretending? Because if you’re pretending, you’re doing a damn good job.” I chuckle, a bitter venom lacing it.
I pull her shoulders towards me as I tower over her small frame, so innocent, so vulnerable. What hun
“But if there’s even a fucking shred of feeling left. I need to know I need to know if you’re still affected in your past.” My voice broke but I’d be damned if I cared about how I sound right now.
of this, or if I was just a fucking ghost
Her eyes met mine, and for a split second, I saw something there–something that made my heart pound harder. But then she looked away, and the fucking silence spoke louder than any words ever could.
