His Dark Obsession

15 Her Secret

EVANGELINE.

I am fighting my tears as I run out the gates of the castle, trying not to let his lies and deception shatter me entirely.

A part of me is telling me to calm down and go back to him and make it clear he’s mine alone, but another part is telling me I had given him chances and it isn’t outside the norm for alphas to have mistresses.

Just the way his brothers and his father do…

I bite back a whimpering sob as Luna curls up within my mind.

Weren’t mates supposed to be one for one?

‘He won’t betray us.’ Luna whispers.

I can feel her pain but she’s still trying to comfort me.

‘Won’t he?’ Evelyn murmurs, unhelpfully.

Nothing I do can remove the image of him hugging her from my mind and even when I was trying to make sense of it, he was hell-bent on protecting her.

I keep running, speeding up when I sense others hot on my heels. It’s not hard to outrun them, although I know I can simply command them to stop and they would have to, but I don’t want to abuse my powers.

Soon, I find myself at the river bank, yet even the soothing sound of the gushing water does nothing to help the discord that has settled within me.

I approach the river and stare down at my reflection. My white fur seems to almost glow and my brilliant blue eyes are full of sadness.

No one explains how painful love can be…

I whimper softly as I walk along the riverbank until I spot a place down by the rocks and leap down, curling up pitifully. Anyone passing wouldn’t be able to see me unless they specifically look for me and step to the edge of the rocky cliff.

‘We need to go back to him.’ Luna urges, but I don’t want to hear it.

Not right now… I just need to collect my thoughts.

‘I know… but for now, I just want to be left alone.’ I reply, trying to hide my tears.

I can hide from Evelyn but there is no way to hide from Luna. She is my counterpart, a part of

Closing my eyes, I try to hide the pain that is crushing my heart.

The way he told me to stay quiet… his protective growl… but one that was not in my defence but hers.

I whimper, curling up tighter when I suddenly smell her.

The last person I want to see right now…

I hear the sound of bones snapping and don’t bother looking up.

“Evangeline, can we talk?” Isabella’s voice comes softly.

‘No.’ I reply.

give me one chance to explain myself, then I promise I

coming around to her, pushing away the

How foolish of me.

of herbs to the drinks to get us all drunk… and in that state, we did make out, but that was it, we didn’t

So, something had happened….

That hurt…

didn’t he just tell

pretended nothing

him, but

crush on him, but I promise you on my child’s life that there is nothing and I mean nothing

approaching slowly, treading carefully over the rocks, but

am the goddess. Why would I run

don’t move

something had happened to him. But… what I saw was far worse. We were no longer alone in the

chopped-up bodies… There was blood everywhere. It was a nightmare…

fear in her voice, and the thumping of her heart as her words sink in. The baby is her

lift my head to look at her, she’s naked as she sits there a few feet away from me, her arms. wrapped around her knees as she stares at the rippling water, unseeing, the haunted look in her eyes tells me

“Then?’ I ask.

to do. I clutched the bedding to me and asked him what was

more than I could have ever imagined. She’s not the sparky Isa, just a

said, get rid of the bitch, or…” Her voice breaks and she

taste, go right ahead. My own fated

thought makes me sick. I know I have

that…’ I reply as I shift back, taking a similar position to her, and pulling my knees up

is a monster… I know if he finds out that I had his child, he’ll want my son.’ She

a monster. No, he is

have told me. I am his Luna and mate, I had every right to know and perhaps I would have been ok with him pretending the child is his, but to hide things from me…”

promise you, I never wanted to cause a rift between the two of you … I swear on the moon

On the moon goddess….

I almost smile.

for those who find their mate, that it is a true blessing. I wouldn’t want to

of emotions, and I ask her the question that I’m

“Who is he?”

tilts

and her eyes shadow before she answers

the beast

as the

I know of him.

that he doesn’t exist because he is

if he knows of his

to make sense of it when I

I’m sorry

and I should never have involved him.”

I’m still alive.” Kash’s quiet voice came, making