Chapter 259: You Owe Me Your Life (3)

Not that she was going to feel sorry for Evelyn. Hell had to freeze over before she could start feeling sorry for someone like Evelyn.

Once she finished speaking, Selene turned to look at Inez and questioned, "But what did she say to you? I don’t know much because after the witch left the office, she demanded that Killian take her along with him when he came to see you. The whisperers of the pack claim that they did see Tracy entering your lodge."

Inez sighed. She rubbed her hands over her face before saying, "I don’t know where to begin."

Selene was her friend. Maybe her only friend who was willing to try to get to know her. Not because she was close to her brother or because she was the only one who could save her life. But because Selene was genuinely interested in getting to know her. That was something.

That meant something for someone like her, who was given nothing but torment and was treated worse than the rug beneath the feet of the shifters in the Venus pack. She didn’t want to hide anything from her. Not like there was anything to hide, as Tracy had never given her direct answers to begin with.

"How about what she wanted from you and why she even tried to save you?" Selene suggested.

"She told me that I was what you would call an exception." Inez didn’t want to tell Selene that Tracy had actually compared her to a computer virus. "Said something about my existence being out of the norm, which is why I have to face all kinds of tests that fate throws at me." She frowned and added, "There was something about having powerful skills and abilities, but I have never felt a flicker of them ever since the day I was born."

mockingly, "I mean, if I were that powerful, why would I be

really, really persuasive as if they are doing it because they mean no harm. However, I have dealt with enough witches and wizards, as well as shifters who took their help, and I would like to suggest

that Lyra was a good person. Because she knew how to pretend. That and Morrineth does love to bury her head in the sand. Fenric is the same. So, even if Tracy has proven herself

nodded. She paused and asked, "Do you

between them and him, but on the contrary, with you—he would think and come up with excuses to stay with you." Selene picked up her coffee mug and continued to sip her coffee. "Do you know that in the

her head up. "You are

never stayed longer than that with a woman and said something about not giving them false hope that their relationship would lead to something more steady. But he had stayed with you for months and never cared for anyone else, no? There is also the threat that he forced upon the members. He had never used his authority as an

I never felt a tinge of imprinting." It

mug down again. This time, a bit

He will work through his troubles sooner or later; he always does. But if you want to move on, then I will support you. I care for you, Inez, and I believe that you deserve more than a man who is still stuck in some childish—whims?" Selene sighed. "It is indeed regretful that I have a brother who can be an idiot at times. But then again, he is only human and has every reason to have

tugged at Inez’s lips. "He

is. Unlike I—he loves to brood over the past. I, on the other hand, love to keep moving forward. He has always loved his lessons the hard way, and

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