Pregnant And Rejected

Chapter 160- Selene Confides in Helene

Selene Shadows surround me, downing me in darkness so impenetrable even my supernatural eye site cannot stand against it. Moments ago I could have sworn Helene was standing next to me, talking me through yet another training exercise, but now when I reach for her she’s nowhere to be found. I cannot hear her anymore, and I cannot find even the tiniest sliver of light to help me find my way out of this place.

I’m alone, completely lost in the artificial night I created with my own hands, and a stab of fear slices into me as I realize I’m truly stuck. The obsidian cloud pulses with energy I can feel but not see, and I will the shadows to part, to take shape rather than blinding me.

They don’t budge, instead smothering me in pitch blackness, choking me with it until I’m gasping for air. Panicking, I send out an energy burst, hoping my power will shatter the darkness and return the shadows back to the fringes and hollows where they belong. But my power only feeds the nightmare, and suddenly the gloom transforms, just not in the way

Thoped.

Suddenly I’m ten years old again, locked in Garrick’s basement after losing my mother and wondering if I’ll ever see the outside world again. I’m too afraid to cry out, he always hurts me when I complain or call for help. My body is already covered in bruises, I don’t want any more pain.

Luna? I think weakly, calling to my wolf. Are you there?

She doesn’t answer, and I can feel tears of despair burning in my eyes. She can’t be gone, she’s the only thing I have left – my only friend in the world. Besides, it’s not possible for a wolf to live without their wolf… right?

Wait, my delirious mind thinks weakly, Why does this feel so familiar? Has this happened before?

“Selene!” A voice calls in the distance, sounding miles and miles away. “Luna?” I jerk my head up, hope zinging through my veins.

When the voice sounds again, I realize it’s not my wolf after all. “Come back to me now, Selene.” I know that voice. I just can’t place it. “You’ve gone too deep.”

Helene! I realize suddenly, returning to the present. All at once the details come

flooding back, Garrick’s basement was just a waking nightmare. I’m in Helene’s workshop, practicing my powers. But I didn’t mean to create so much darkness, I just wanted to make a trick of light – and I don’t have the first clue how to find my way back out of this mess.

“I can’t!”I cry, “I don’t know how to make it stop.”

Selene.” She encourages. “You created

simple!” I insist,

power doesn’t belong to the shadows Selene, it belongs to you.” Helene guides me firmly. “Take it

the

face appears in my mind’s eye, and some of the crushing

thinking about Lila, and the new pup. She advises. They need you. But I started out channeling my

but a mother’s love is stronger than fear. She replies sagely, you won’t get

shadows unwinds. Strands thin and break, letting in dappled rays of light until with one final tug, the darkness breaks

kneels down next to me. “Just breathe darling.” She croons, “In and out, slowly. ”I’m still gulping in air like a fish out of water, and she squeezes my hand, “slower, Selene. Just inhale and

I’m finally calm enough to speak, I gasp, “I’m

in the right frame of mind often made the difference between success and failure – and nothing grounds me better than my mate. “He always makes me feel

“But then I started thinking about him too much, about why I haven’t

.

he’s still gone.” I confess, my voice thick with emotion. “I’m starting to show. He promised he’d be back by now… and the more time that

Drake and the betas. “They keep assuring me everything will be fine, but they

“I share.

he’s dead?”

long without

especially when it comes to their family’s safety.

that we’re in danger here

anyone else her behavior would be considered odd, but I”ve gotten used to the old witch’s quirks. She does this sort of thing so often that it ceases to surprise

minute. “He lives, but something is waylaying him. Something… or someone.” She releases me, striding to her shelves. “T’U look into it, but I have to

how?” I