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.

will not

wanted to like her. Recently I was even coming around to her, pushing away the doubts I had,

of me.

a strong dose of herbs to the drinks to get us all drunk… and in that

something had happened….

That hurt…

he just tell me?

pretended nothing had.

on to him, but it was just

I promise you on my child’s life that there is nothing and

can hear her approaching slowly, treading carefully over the rocks, but I know it’s more because she

the goddess. Why would I run from

don’t move as she

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

everywhere. It was a nightmare… I wish I noticed that inhuman dead look in his eyes the night before… but I

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

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 she’s reliving those

“Then?’ I ask.

didn’t know what to do. I clutched the bedding to me and asked him what was going

the first time, I see that she has been hiding so much more than I could have

the bitch, or…” Her

ahead. My own fated mate said that

the thought makes me sick. I know I have overreacted, but more than her, I’m angry at

I shift back, taking a similar position to her, and

father of my child, but because he is a monster… I know if he finds

No, he is

to know and perhaps I would have been ok with him pretending the child is

my fault. I promise you, I never wanted to cause a rift between the two of you … I

the moon goddess….

I almost smile.

so rare… and it’s said for those who find their mate, that it is a true blessing. I wouldn’t want to take that away from anyone.” She says,

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

“Who is he?”

tilts

shadow before she

the beast of the

twists and my heart thuds as the ominous feeling

know of him.

an ounce of humanity in him… Some even say that he doesn’t exist because he is never seen… yet the whispers of the horrors of

from him, because if he knows

at her, trying to make sense of it

understand… I’m sorry for risking

fault, and I should never have

have, especially when I’m still alive.” Kash’s quiet voice came, making us both tense.