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.”

“You created the darkness, you can make it

not that simple!” I insist, “It’s everywhere!

power doesn’t belong to the shadows Selene, it belongs to you.”

I reach out to the onyx void, trying with all my might to pull the electrical currents swirling through the air back into my body. Come back, come back, come back. I think manically, I can’t stay

my mind’s eye, and some of the crushing darkness eases.

need you. But I started out channeling my feelings, I remind her, what

lost because you let your fear take over, but a mother’s love is stronger than fear. She replies sagely, you won’t get lost

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

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 hold it for a moment. Good, just like that.” She praises when I

enough to speak, I gasp, “I’m sorry.” “What happened?” She asks

quickly discovered that being 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 stronger than

prompts, “But then I started thinking about him

.

starting to show. He promised he’d be back by now… and the more

Helene asks, referring to Drake and the betas. “They keep assuring

“I share.

he’s dead?” She asks

it. He’d never go this long without checking on us, and if he knew what was going on in the pack, he’d never stay away… if he could come

prods, not skeptical, but curious. “Alphas don’t give up easily, especially when it comes to their family’s

we’re in danger here too.”

I finish, she purses her lips. “That is concerning.” Helene abruptly takes my face in her hands, studying me closely. For 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

a 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 warn you that you may not

how?” I ask, following