Chapter 162- Selene Decides to go to Tartarus

Selene

Within moments, I have five fully grown wolves hovering over my shoulder, reading the strange letter with sounds of confusion and disbelief. The tension in the room is palpable, but within moments it explodes into chaos.

“What on earth?” Odette murmurs. “This is madness.” Drake agrees.

Aiden is doing nothing but curse, while Donovan has taken to pacing and reading the annulment papers. Sophie is the only one who hasn’t said a word, but she seems stunned into silence.

“This doesn’t make any sense, is it in code?” Aiden finally exclaims, apparently running out of four letter words.

“I don’t think so.” Donovan frowns, “we’ll look into it, but there aren’t any patterns jumping out at first glance.”

“Selene,” Sophie asks gently, “Are you okay?”

“I think I’m going to go back to bed.” I decide, convinced I’m dreaming. “This is a nightmare. It has to be a dream, so if I go to sleep here, I’ll wake up back in reality, right?

Five pitying expressions close in on me, and I sigh in defeat, “Well it was worth trying.” Flopping down onto the couch, I read the letter for a fifth time. “I don’t understand… it’s his handwriting, but it’s like…”

“Like he’s lost his memory. Drake finishes my thought. “Lost his memory and swallowed a pack of conspiracy theories.”

“Why is he talking about the assassination attempt like it just happened?” I ask, “we spoke afterwards, of course I know he survived.”

*More importantly, why does he think you sent the assassins?” Donovan questions. “Maybe there was another attempt.” Odette suggests. “One Frederic pinned on you.

“Maybe, but he wouldn’t tie himself to it as well.” Aiden reasons, “it’s one thing to frame Selene, it’s another to expose himself.”

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line where he says he’ll disown Lila. “No, this isn’t Frederic. Someone has made him believe I had an affair

Blaise because he would just have killed Bastien on sight. Who does that

didn’t go so well the last

towards the front door, but Drake intercepts her with a growl, spinning her to face me and nudging her back in my direction while he goes to the

open and Helene appears. “Helene!” I exclaim, “Thank goodness, the

all introductions as she scans the pages. When she finishes

anxiously, guiding her into the living room

chair.

I promised.” She begins hesitantly.” And I found… well, it’s like

you tell what?” I urge her, my

feet and walks to the kitchen, moving around the open space as if she’d been there a thousand times before. While she started the process of making

an open flame, she looks back to me. “Your

that.” Aiden snarks. Helene shoots him a

who has to smother a snort of laughter, seeing Aiden respond to being called a pup by

his memory and his strength. With every day that passes he falls further, and though he’s safe for the

captor? Donovan presses

can tell you it is a woman. A woman with the soul of

I mutter, not understanding how I’m so certain, but knowing without doubt she

is in the Calypso territory?”

“She wouldn’t have been able to flee to our allies, and

questions, “when he left here

“it doesn’t matter what his true opinions

making my skull throb as Drake’s meaning sets in. “He’s forgotten

water into a mug with a blend of herbs from her purse. “and a

him forget the past, but it’s not like she could enchant all of Elysium. She has to know

they arrive.” Odette suggests as Helene presses the warm mug

of müttering nods. “Selene being absent won’t

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