Rejected Luna: Untamed Desire Of The Lycan Alpha

Chapter 58: Lyra And Killian (2)

That would explain why Killian went so rigid and weird when she talked about Lyra with him. As someone who was mourning her mate even though he was alive, Inez could, to some degree, understand his pain.

"She was your sister?" Inez asked, picking up another detail that Nyx had let slide.

The woman nodded with a saddened sigh. "That’s why me and Fenric were so unfriendly towards you. We thought that Killian had brought another woman to discredit and embarrass the memories of our sister. Though we are not against him moving on—he should at least find someone stable and imprint on her."

She paused and sighed heavily. "We are not against him imprinting but by sleeping with different women—" she trailed off, not finishing her sentence but Inez understood what Nyx wanted to tell her.

"You think he is mocking the memory of your sister?" Inez sounded out and the woman smiled at her embarrassingly.

"I know it feels a bit stupid but we think that Lyra deserved more," Nyx sighed as she ran a hand through her hair. They were now walking down a cobblestone path that led to another lodge. "She gave Kill everything that she could; she even trusted him when no one else did and you know what he did?"

"What?"

hit her." Nyx’s eyes flashed with anger as she gritted

surprised by what she had told her. Because what Nyx said was not a light-hearted comment, it was a really serious accusation. A mate was the biggest gift the moon goddess gave to a shifter. To hurt and embarrass much less hit him or her was something that Inez could never think of

sister and Killian sensed that they were mates when they turned eighteen, like most of the shifters. Naturally, we thought everything was going to end well—that was until we saw Lyra returning home

going on." Nyx shook her head and took a deep breath before saying, "We tried to confront Kill but Lyra stopped us, saying that it helped him. At twenty we moved away from our old pack as things got tough and Lyra was with Kill at every step but then things got out of control and..."

with tears as

took a deep look at Inez. "I am not telling you these things because I am trying to sow discord between you or Kill. I

sure you are careful. Once you are done, get out of here; the last thing you want is catching the attention of that

on her heel, making her way through the cobblestone path, leaving Inez even more confused than she already was when she came to this

when she heard her mother sobbing once again. She sighed and pushed open the door before saying

She said to Nyx, "It’s bad enough that Kill keeps bringing all kinds of hussies to the pack every now and then but he just has to bring that one." Morrineth almost spat on the

has gone down the ruins ever since my Lyra was gone," Morrineth said bitterly. "He is

He didn’t refuse what his mother was saying,