Chapter 21

Selene

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I sat on the bed, head in my hands. I didn’t usually care what the pack members thought about me being here, but this photo? This was a whole other level of drama.

They were calling me every name in the book.

“This is all your fault – yours and your precious Ruby’s,” I muttered, cursing Kane under my breath.

My phone lit up with Magnus’s call. As much as I wanted to answer, I hesitated.

“Great. Magnus probably saw the mess already.”

I let it go to voicemail and got ready to head out. But he called again as I was walking out.

This time I picked up, but before I could say anything, Magnus jumped in: “Did that jerk do something to you?”

I debated whether to tell him what really went down.

“Magnus, we just talked. That’s all.”

“Bull! I saw that picture! Where did that creep take you? How dare he put his hands on you?”

“Magnus, chill. Axel’s here with me.”

“Yeah, and where was he when that jerk dragged you off somewhere? Tell me straight up – did he do anything? Did he get out of line?”

I swallowed hard, staying quiet.

“Hello? You still there?”

“Yeah, I’m listening.”

“Then answer me.”

got it all wrong. I’m

me. I should’ve come with you.”

“It’s fine, Magnus.”

Dr. Grayson? Did you

he’d invite me over

obviously trying to get my

been looking out for me like this for years now. He knows exactly when

here in the first

that when you

“Okay.”

into the hallway. People were already giving me looks – guess they’d seen the picture. The whispers

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going back to last night. The way Kane just barged into my room, questioning me like

think back to when I was his wife. He never gave me the right to ask where he was or why he didn’t come home. His answer was always the same – he was with Ruby, and I was just getting in their way.

his

couldn’t handle seeing me doing fine without

sat in the hotel lobby, trying to sort through my thoughts, when

“Ms. Selene, congratulations!”

gave her a blank look. “Sorry?”

she realized I had no clue

Beta Axel’s posts. Congrats to you both!”

– probably dating someone in the pack. As

My jaw dropped.

statement saying I was his fiancée and

coming. But I got why he did it

up about how lucky I was to have a Beta like Axel stepping up to support

me.

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