Chapter Ninety Two
Chapter Ninety Two
I had visited Nelly’s parents, Thane, by my side; his face was blank of emotions, but I knew it was all a facade.
What exactly did he feel? Did he regret his actions?. I couldn’t tell, yet this had been the same man who killed many with a single care.
Axel had sat beside Nelly’s mother, who sobbed silently, her mate trying her best to comfort her.
I wiped off the tears trailing down my cheeks…
Thane had told me he was going to make sure they never lacked; he did feel guilty for this. Nelly was only twenty–seven, living with her brother, who was one of the pack soldiers, and her mate, who had been sick for years now; that was all I knew about her. I killed her; I caused this.
Lost in thoughts I hadn’t realized Nelly’s mother was walking towards me; I noticed she avoided Thane. I had expected her accusing eyes directed at me, but her eyes were warm, though filled with pain and anger but not directed at me.
“I’ll like to talk to Luna,” she informed the room
What did she want to talk about? Could it be that she knew?…please no.
Yet I rose. “Very well,” I responded, and she led me out of her apartment. We walked down the hallways before she paused.
“I wanted to know… if you knew my daughter Nelly on a more personal level?” she asks.
“Not really, but she is a part of us,” I say like the hypocrite I was. It had only hurt this so much because I had done this.
“She spoke a lot about you–she believes you being with Thane is a complete twist, one wel never expected,” she says with a small smile, lost in memories. “I don’t know how she was ever capable of going against the Alpha King… I fell so disappointed; I had not expected such a thing from a girl like her; she was always so calm
“What if there had been a reason?” I spoke up in the girl’s defense, “What if there is more to this that we both don’t know about? I say you hold onto her memories, the good ones. From the little I know about her, I know she is a good person; whatever her reason might be, we cannot judge her,” I say, and the woman nods; it seemed she had wanted to hear this so desperately.
“I can’t believe she is gone,” she said, sobbing, and I let her cry in my arms. If she knew the truth, she would rather put a knife through her throat than be this close to me.
“Neither can 1,” I say, my voice thick with emotion.
“I want you to know… I don’t blame him,” she says, and I know she was referring to Thane.”
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He did what he must; it is a part of his duty; at least he let us bury her body,” she says, tears. streaming down her eyes, and I held her tighter because I didn’t trust my voice enough to speak. “I don’t care what any other person says; think you are the best Luna this pack has
I
ever gotten.
For the next few days, Nelly’s face haunted my sleep; the black circles in my eyes seemed more noticeable now.
I sat beside Thane in the dining room.
Axel was also present, but there was a girl sitting beside him, a red–haired girl that wouldn’t stop giggling and talking to him. He looked equally interested in whatever she had to say; he hadn’t even looked at me once.
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needed to talk. I waited till he was done; Thane had work to do, so he had left earlier, promising me to be back before nightfall.
I emptied my wine glass standing to my feet. I waited by the door, hoping to catch up him, and just then he walked past me, the girl by his side.
“Axel,” I called, and he paused, turning to me.
“Luna,” he addressed.
with
“I’ll like to speak to you,” I say to him, and I know he would love to turn me down, but not before all these people.
“Lead the way,” he says instead. The cold tone was still there, and I led him right into our room, shutting the door.
“Axel, what’s going on with you?”
“What do you mean?” he asked, taking a seat on the armchair.
“You know what I mean, you rarely ever visit; Thane had said you’ve been engaged.” I paused. Had Thane been giving me a hint?, “You seem so cold, so distant, and that is very unlike you.”
“I had been engaged.”
“Who is the new girl?” I said, trying to sound like I wasn’t bothered.
Alex stared up at me. “You do know you can’t have us both,” he says, and he had gone straight to the point, despite how embarrassing that was, I chose to ignore it.
“Had that been the reason you have been avoiding me?”
“No. Gloria is just a… friend. I had thought giving you some space would be good.”
“No is not; I’ve missed you, Axel.”
“You’ve missed me as a friend?” he questioned. I know you love him, and I do not want to
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come in between that.”
“You don’t have to.”
“Riley… what am I to you?” he asks.
I would have said a friend, but that’s not true.
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“You are so many things, Axel,” I said, coming close to him–very close. But he rose from the chair, giving me some distance, and for a reason I cannot explain, that felt like a rejection, even if I wasn’t making any advances towards him.
“I should never have spoken to you the way I had done earlier; I had been so angry.”
“I deserved that.”
“Riley, we can no longer be friends,” he says, and inside I felt my heart ripping apart.
“What do you mean, Axel?”
“I’ll never want to come between Thane’s happiness.”
“What about me?”
“I am doing this for you too.”
“I don’t want it; I want you here, with me, just as it had been.”
“It cannot be the same.
“What changed Axel?” I asked, but he was already heading for the door. I blocked him. “Tell me what I did wrong,” I pleaded.
“You did nothing.”
“Then what changed? Why can’t we be like we had been in the past?”
“You want to know?” he asks, and I nod, holding back my tears.
“Because I am beginning to fall for you, Riley, and that changes… everything.”
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