Let Me Go, My Mafia Husband by Paga Slayer

Chapter 599

Chapter 599 Destined

"No, she can't go just like that," Zander's authoritative voice cut through the tense air before I could even respond. He stepped forward, pulling me protectively behind him, his stance firm and unyielding. "Alpha King," my mother replied, her tone calm but resolute. "This is her fate, and we cannot change it. She must go to the Lunar Realm. She belongs there. Her people are waiting for her." Her words made me frown in confusion. My people? What did that even mean?

"Mother, I belong where my family is where my mate is," I protested, stepping forward. "I understand that the people in the Lunar Realm need my help, but that is not my home."

My mother didn't respond immediately. Instead, she smiled softly as if hiding a lot behind that. "Let's go, Selena," she said gently, reaching out to hold my hand.

I hesitated but eventually stepped toward her.

"No, Selena, don't go!" Zander's voice, raw with desperation, stopped me in my tracks. "My heart says something isn't right."

I turned to look at him, and the sadness and yearning in his eyes made my chest tighten and I swallowed, torn between my love and duty.

"But, Zander," I whispered, my voice trembling, "they need me."

together, remember?" Zander said, his voice laced with determination as his hands tightened around mine, grounding me

the powers of the Moon Goddess herself. She doesn't need anyone to change the fate of the Lunar Realm and save her people." Her words left me

repeatedly emphasizing two words? My people?!

was happening, my mother's hold tightened

mother, my hand slipped from his, the connection breaking with an ache that mirrored the growing distance between us. With

between us.

stars and moonlight, radiating an otherworldly energy. My heart raced as I glanced back

mother stepped into the light, pulling me along. In the blink of an eye, the familiar world around me vanished, and we entered another realm-a realm that felt both foreign and eerily familiar as if it had

itself was in a state of flawless harmony. The people here treated me as though I

mate, and the life I had left behind. Here, there was no way to

the realm's

interference. It

and isolating existence.

the ache to see my family grew unbearable. I decided I needed to return to them, if only for