Chapter Fifty Three
“Do you know Logan is also a Lycan, like me?”
“I had no clue that any of you were lycans; believe me, I am proud of you, but if I had even a single clue that you were a lycan, then I would have killed you, then haunted him down and killed him too, just to remain in power.”
“What do you know about the Lycan’s curse?” I questioned Slade.
“I thought you would never bring that up. I’ve been doing my homework, and I heard a thing or two about it.”
“By doing your homework, you mean ‘snooping around?”
“Yes, that. It had been interesting watching your relationship with the Luna stumble. It’s like history repeating itself; maybe this thing called ‘love‘ was never meant for us.”
“Leave her out of this, will you?”
“But it is so much more fun talking about her. You know, If I were alive, I would have had a taste of her.”
“Just as you did to her mother?” I asked, holding back my anger because I couldn’t hurt him, not when he was a ghost.
“Kate was such a sweetheart. You know, there came a time that I thought about leaving Freya, rejecting her, just to be with Kate.”
“What stopped you from doing that?”
“I liked the thought of punishing Freya and Kate… I didn’t want to hurt her anymore.
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“So you had a conscience; that is surprising
“When it came to her, I did. You know I wanted to have them both, Freya because she knew just how to be a Luna and how to give a good fuck, and then Kate… because… she was different and kindhearted, unlike all the people who surrounded me.”
“Then why didn’t you do it? You were going to let her rot if she hadn’t escaped.”
“Because if I did let myself feel for her, then that would be my greatest weakness.”
“You were afraid of being heartbroken?” I mused, with a smile.
Chapter Fifty Three
“I mean, I didn’t deserve her after all I did, she might turn against me, but that’s not the only reason. To love is weakness and the faster you learn that the better.”
“No, love is not weakness; it is ‘living.”
“If I were to give you an advice, I would say go for the redhead, your real mate; Riley is only changing you, and I fear it is not for the better.“.
“Keep your advice to yourself…”
He was gone before I completed the sentence, leaving me with the revelation that my whole life might just have been a lie, but the thing is I wasn’t exactly surprised; at this point, nothing could actually surprise me.
Riley still hadn’t visited; I didn’t know how long this would go on, but I was not going to wait and find out. The guards I had assigned to her stood at the passageway, they bowed and I gave them a nod before walking past them.
I knocked on the door to her room because she didn’t forget to lock the door this time – yes, I tried the handle.
She pulled the door open, and the moment she noticed me, she slammed the door right in my face. A big part of me wanted to break down the door and give her a good shake to get her back into her senses. Damn, she didn’t even wait to hear why I was here.
In the room, Isabella waited; she lay on the bed, a book in her hands.
“Welcome back.” was the only thing she said before returning back to her book.
Maybe she did deserve an apology.
“Isabella. I’m sorry for what I said to you; I might have come out a little too harsh. You deserve better treatment.”
“It’s alright; I just wish you could sleep on the bed. You don’t have to punish yourself to prove a point. I know you love her; I get it…”
I joined her on the bed, and she immediately stopped talking. “Better?” I questioned and she nodded before placing the book she had been reading on the nightstand. She lay down at the very edge of the bed, but I did see the smile playing on her lips.
