CHAPTER TWENTY
SELENE POV.
“Luna Tracy was on my way,” Aria snapped.
“That weak old woman thought she would take me away from Julian, just as you did.”
My eyes flickered with rage.
“You are a monster, Aria.”
“And you? …….. That's true… always the good one.”
Her lips curved into a stern smile.
“Do you know why I hate you, Selene? Aria leaned closer, her breath hot against my ear. Because even when you were away, Julian never stopped thinking about you.”
“His eyes lingered for you and he compared me to you.”
My eyes flickered, Julian had never be so obsessed with me , he had never loved me-
Aria noticed my fear, immediately, she ordered the warriors to flog with the ropes they held on her arms.
I screamed, pain ached down my body.
“You took everything that belonged to me Selene, I only wanted julian-”
“You had him all to yourself, I don't want Julian anymore that was why I left, " I snapped, pleading to be released.
“Yes you left, but he never accepted fate, everytime I touched him, every time he kissed me , he still thought about you.”
“Even when I pinned him down with being pregnant, he never cared- “
I smirked,...... “You are evil, Aria… You are …..”
shhhhplsh the ropes pierced through my skin as it landed so hard.
My pulse stuttered, Aria strolled slowly towards me, her nails dug into my chin, forcing me to meet her gaze.
“I want just Julian to myself, Selene. So tonight, I will finish what I started.”
“Tonight you disappear for good. This time, no one will come to save you.”
Her hands slipped behind her cloak, my gaze fell on the dagger that glinted in the dim light.
I shivered, fear ran down my spine. My wolf jeni growled.
“You can have Julian, our bonds have been broken……” I screamed,as hot tears pinched the corners of my eyes.
The dagger flashed down to my side.
And suddenly, Julian rushed in.
His hands wrapped around Selene's neck, Hector and his warriors rushed towards Arias' warriors tearing them apart.
Aria struggled for air, she pleaded.But Julian paid deaf ears to her.
With that, Julian grabbed the dagger away from Aria’s hands.
He pierced it hard on her chest, each piercing, Aria screamed for help.
He pulled it out, again he pierced it hard, till Aria struggled no more.
And there, she passed out.
Immediately, he rushed quickly towards me .
“Selene! Selene!” He called out, his voice filled with fear, cutting the ropes with the same dagger that had ended Aria's life.
His eyes flickered. The fear of losing me for the second time.
I collapsed into his arms, my body weak. My heart ached, before I could process anything, another scent pierced the air.
“Selene”
Ethan called out.
Immediately he reached my end. He smirked as Julian wrapped his hands around me.
The moment our eyes locked, something shifted.
There was a bond switch, Ethan's eyes sparkled and mine too.
A spark that made my wolf Jeni howl within me.
Then the mate mark appeared on my wrist and also on Ethan's wrist.
Hector gasped in shock.
There, we were matched-matched in front of my Ex Alpha.
Julian's face darkened, his eyes flickered with rage.
He smirked bitterly, his lips parted but no words came out.
“Are you okay My Luna,” Ethan spoke, breaking the silence.
My lips curved into a warm smile.
The bond waited for both Alpha to be present before it was replaced.
“Perfect timing Moon Goddess,” I whispered.
“You-” Julian's voice low and commanding.
“You faked your death, didn’t you?. All of it……. Just to be with …..- this” he growled pointing at Ethan.
“You planned this Selene. You left me, let me grieve, let me break, just so you run off with him” Julain spat.
“Julian no-” I started, but he cut me off.
“Don't lie to me!” He roared, his Alpha aura high.
“I mourned you. I tore myself apart, thinking you were gone.And now I find you, alive……..and right here, mated to another man.”
His eyes glittering with rage…. “You betrayed me Selene.”
“Shut up,” Ethan snapped. His voice rising.
“She left because of you. Because of the way you broke her over and over again.”
Julian's lips curled into a bitter smirk.
“Is that what she told you? That I broke her? She was my mate, Ethan” he said, stretching out Ethan's name.
Ethan found it insulting, his fingers shifted into some claws but I held him backwards.
“She's mine! And you think you can come in and claim her?”
“Claim her?” Ethan responded. “She is already mine.”
I watched surprisingly at Julian's obsession.
Two years ago, I stood at the doorway of the Blackthorn’s pack.
After so much Luna duties, I was tired and exhausted.
I watched Julian as he stared out of the window. The mate bond between us was fraying.
He never gave me attention nor looked at my side.
Aria had been circling around him. I had seen the way he looked at her, the way his eyes lingered when she laughed and when she touched his arm.
“Julian,” I called out softly.
He turned but he quickly shifted his gaze away from me .
“You have been distant-”
“You are the one who is never here, Selene," he snapped quickly.
He didn't let me speak nor complete my words.
Immediately, he rushed quickly towards the door, just to be with his mistress Aria.
But now, seeing Aria lay down lifeless, caused so much ache down my chest.
Trust…. The trust she spoke about.
Julian killed the one, whom he was previously obsessed with-he killed with his own hands.
Now, seeing him obsessed means nothing to me.
“Julian,” I called out, my voice cracked and low.
“I didn't fake my death to hurt you. I left because I couldn't stay in a place where I wasn't wanted.You said I was a burden ... .I only left to let you move on freely with your lover Aria”.
Hearing that, Julian’s jaw tightened.
“Selene, I loved you. I Still-”
