His Dark Obsession by Moonlight Muse

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.

myself, then I promise I will not be any more of a problem to

even coming around to her, pushing away

foolish of me.

and me, on my eighteenth birthday one of my friends had added a strong dose 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 go further, and he ended up walking away.” She sighs and

had happened….

That hurt…

he just tell

he pretended nothing had.

but it

you on my child’s life

treading carefully over the rocks, but I know it’s more because she doesn’t want me to bolt.

goddess. Why would I run from her?

as

a trip and we got intimate… but when I woke up… naked and alone in that bed, with the potent smell of blood filled my nose. I panicked, thinking something had happened to him. But… what I saw was far worse. We were no longer alone in the room; he

was sitting there, wiping a blade clean, and before him were two chopped-up bodies… There was blood everywhere. It was a nightmare… I wish

in her voice, and the thumping of her heart

around her knees as she stares at the rippling water, unseeing, the haunted look in her

“Then?’ I ask.

shakes her head. “I didn’t know what to do. I clutched the bedding to me and asked him what was going on? Do

hiding so much more than I could have ever imagined. She’s

rid of the bitch, or…” Her voice breaks and she takes a

right ahead. My own fated mate

know I have overreacted, but more than her, I’m angry at

to her,

is a monster… I know if he finds out that I

monster. No, he is a

had every right to know and perhaps I would have been ok

two of

the moon goddess….

I almost smile.

mate, that it is a true blessing. I wouldn’t want to take that

her eyes void of emotions, and I ask her the question

“Who is he?”

and tilts her head. “My so-called mate?”

and her eyes shadow before

beast of

twists and my heart thuds as

of

say that he doesn’t exist because he is never seen… yet the whispers of the horrors of his

because if he knows of his existence… he will

her, trying to make sense of it when I nod.

I’m sorry for risking

and I should never have involved him.”

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