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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Frederic. Someone has made him believe I had an affair with Frederic, that Lila belongs to him.” | speak the words as

isn’t Frederic, and we can assume it isn’t Blaise because he would just

“Uh-uh, things didn’t go so well the last time I opened the

a growl, spinning her to

the wooden panel swings open and Helene appears. “Helene!”

letter and legal documents from Odette, bypassing all introductions as she

ask anxiously, guiding her into

chair.

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

tell what?” I urge her, my agitation

if she’d been there a thousand times before. While she started the process of making tea, we all look on in stunned silence, unsure how to react to her strange behavior. She seems so calm, but her words had

is bubbling away over an open flame, she looks back to me. “Your mate is

him

a snort of laughter, seeing Aiden respond to being called a pup by the old crone

alone. Someone is leading him astray they’ve stolen his

his captor? Donovan presses

see exactly.” Helene purses her lips thoughtfully. “But I can tell you it is a woman. A woman with the soul of a snake

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

the Calypso territory?”

sense.” Donovan ponders aloud. “She wouldn’t have been able to flee to our allies, and that wouldn’t leave her many

Bastien?” Odette questions, “when he left here he would have killed her

her first.” Drake remarks cryptically. “it doesn’t matter what his

noise piercing my dazed mind and making my skull throb as Drake’s meaning sets in. “He’s forgotten me?” I

spell,” Helene assuręs me, pouring steaming water into a mug with

what is her plan?” Sophie chimes in, “I mean it’s one thing to make him forget the past, but it’s not like she could enchant all of Elysium. She has to know the truth would come

that’s why she’s trying to get Selene to leave before they arrive.” Odette suggests as Helene presses the warm mug into

either she’s crazy or just plain stupid.” Drake grumbles, prompting a round of müttering nods. “Selene being absent won’t stop the rest

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