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.

one chance to explain myself, then I promise I will not be any

her,

foolish of

birthday one of my friends had added a strong dose of herbs to the drinks to get us all

something had happened….

That hurt…

just

pretended

one who had come on to him, but it was just a one-off thing… Yes,

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

but I know it’s more because she doesn’t want

Why would I run from her?

don’t move as she continues.

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 didn’t even care to protect me from his men’s gaze.” She

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

thumping of her heart as her words sink in.

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

“Then?’ I ask.

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

hiding so much more than I could have ever imagined. She’s not

of the bitch, or…” Her

own fated mate said that to his men.’ She

I know I have overreacted, but more than

back, taking a similar position to her, and pulling my knees up against my chest

the father of my child, but because he is a monster… I know if he finds out that I had his child, he’ll want my son.’

No,

should 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

to cause a rift between the two of you … I swear on the moon goddess herself, I am happy for him

moon goddess….

I almost smile.

for one another, is so beautiful… fated mates are so rare… and it’s said for those who find their mate, that it is a true

and I ask her the

“Who is he?”

towards me and tilts her head.

nod and her eyes shadow before

beast of

and my heart thuds as the ominous feeling of

know of

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

wanted to protect my son from him, because if he knows of his existence…

at her, trying to make sense of

understand… I’m sorry for

my fault, and I should never have

you shouldn’t have, especially when I’m still alive.” Kash’s quiet voice came, making us