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.

then I promise I will not be any more of

to her, pushing away the doubts I

of

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,

something had happened….

That hurt…

just

he pretended nothing

one who had come on to him, but it was just

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

hear her approaching slowly, treading carefully over the rocks, but I know it’s more because she doesn’t

I am the goddess. Why would I run from

don’t move as she continues.

found my mate on 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 didn’t even care to protect me from his men’s gaze.” She shudders and her voice trembles. before she carries on.

clean, and before him were two chopped-up bodies… There was blood everywhere. It was a nightmare… I wish I noticed that inhuman dead look in his eyes the night before… but

thumping of her heart as her words sink in. The baby

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

“Then?’ I ask.

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

time, I see that she has been hiding so much more than I

of the bitch, or…” Her voice breaks and

ahead. My own fated mate said that to his men.’ She finishes through the

thought makes me sick. I know I have overreacted, but more than

back, taking a similar position to her, and

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

a monster. No, he is a

have told me. I am his Luna and mate, I had every right to know and perhaps I would have been ok

it’s my fault. I promise you, I never wanted to cause a rift between the two of you … I swear on the moon goddess herself, I

moon

I almost smile.

the love you two have 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 blessing. I wouldn’t want to take that away from anyone.” She says, and I know she’s telling the truth.

of emotions, and I ask

“Who is he?”

me and tilts her head.

eyes shadow before she answers through

beast of

stomach twists and my heart thuds as the ominous feeling of foreboding envelops me.

know of him.

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

him, because if he knows of his existence… he will come for

at her, trying to make sense

I’m sorry for

I should never have

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