The Forgotten Luna by Cassandra M

Chapter 29

KAEL.

"I don't know. I can't remember anything about her, but..." I paused.

"But?" she asked.

"But I crave her." I didn't know why I let those words slip out. I couldn't even admit that to myself, but for some reason, it flew out of my tongue as if it were the general truth. Desiree's chest heaved as her nose flared.

In just two steps, she was in front of me. Her hand flew and landed on my cheek. She slapped me hard, and it sting. But it didn't break anything within me. It didn't rattle my senses, unlike when we were younger, whenever she was fuming mad at me. So I knew this was the end of us.

I didn't want to hurt her, but I also didn't want to shower her with words she would rather hear.

"Shame on you, Kael! Adessa tricked you into marrying her once, and she's doing it all over again! And you're just letting her! Who knows, maybe the danger she's in is just a game she's playing to get your attention!" She stopped to take a deep breath, but then she continued. "Oh, how I wish she was really in danger and that sooner, she'll end up dead!"

A growl reverberated from my chest at her words.

My hand grabbed her arm, tugging it. "Take it back!"

"No!" She shoved my hand, and since I was not holding her too tightly, she was able to get away. She stepped back and smiled sarcastically at me. "I wish her dead! And if you think I will leave this house, you're wrong! I'm not leaving, and I'm not going to give you up without fighting! I'm claiming what's mine!"

She turned around and walked out of my office, slamming the door on her way out.

I growled again and aimed for the nearest wall, punching it hard to release all the pent-up frustration inside me.

let her believe there were still us. I might be guilty, but

my house, not just because she was no longer my girlfriend, but because I couldn't trust her or anyone at

asked two of them to escort Desiree out of the house. She didn't

news to spread that I kicked her out. At least with Rasmus' men, I was sure they knew no one from here, and I could tell them to

no one-not even

became the

my house anymore. Any business, conversations,

always

of my housemaids and transferred them somewhere else. So at the moment, I lived with six men in this house and used a car

as well as the Central Hall. And the main system was inside my home, in Adessa's old

He said I didn't trust him when he

nothing to hide, he shouldn't worry and instead, just keep

hadn't heard any

but she

ret

times. All of them ended up in the trash bin. Of course, I didn't tell her, so the food kept coming. Desiree, on the other hand, was too quiet. And this one was making

she was constantly leaving the territory, and that didn't sit right with me. This made me

I

tried to function

disadvantage was I didn't even know where to begin tried

watch Draco closely.

the end of the day, I would be tired, and with no news about

Kael," Martin greeted me