The Witch and Her Four Dangerous Alphas

Chapter 29: Chapter 29: No Way Out

Selene’s POV

My heart stopped when I heard my name.

The sound of my name on his lips... it was like a match striking the coldest part of my chest.

I froze behind the pillar, barely able to breathe. A part of me wanted to run. But the other part... the foolish, aching part... needed to hear more.

Did he remember me...that I was trapped here?

Or is it just a casual question? I needed to confirm it.

I took a slow, deep breath, trying to calm the storm inside me. Carefully, I shifted my feet, planning to move just a little closer—close enough to hear their conversation. I needed to know what they were saying. I needed to know if he asked about me because he still remember me.

But just as I stepped forward, a hand shot out from the shadows and grabbed my wrist. Before I could scream, I was dragged away so fast my feet barely touched the ground.

The corridor spun around me in a blur of stone and torchlight.

I was yanked behind another pillar and shoved against the cold wall, the air knocked out of my lungs. Panic surged through me. I opened my mouth to scream...but a strong hand clamped over it, silencing me instantly.

Terror closed around my throat like a rope.

I looked up, expecting to see a guard.

But it wasn’t. It was Lucian.

His grey eyes stared into mine with calmness and that familiar gentle smile played on his lips.

But this time... it looked too fake.

A new kind of dread twisted in the pit of my stomach.

Memories from last night slammed into me like crashing waves. My body remembered before my mind even had to. My skin crawled. My breath trembled. Every inch of me wanted to push him away, to tear his hands off me.

But I couldn’t move.

grip was like iron—tight, cold,

his voice brushing my ear like a poisoned

he said, voice smooth but laced with mockery. "Can’t have a

whole body went

hand covering my mouth. My jaw

But Lucian wasn’t finished.

leaned closer, breath warm against

highly of yourself," he whispered, eyes glinting with cruel amusement.

burned behind my eyes, but I

tilting his head like he was

slave is worthy of being his queen? That he’d put his reputation on the line... for you? Go against the Council? Risk war, just to save someone else’s

words hit harder than any

chest felt tight. Because... he wasn’t

He wasn’t lying.

still cared—it didn’t mean he could save me. Royals weren’t allowed to interfere with pack property. And I... I was

any

a possession of the pack that owned

pack. He can’t take you without breaking it. And your precious prince isn’t

shut my eyes

queen. I didn’t want a throne

breathe on my own. To walk out of this place and

Lucian’s words planted something cruel

I really that naive to think Prince Vaelen

I clung to in the dark—was enough to make him fight

Maybe not.

I was just someone he

a

mouth still covered, my

small. So powerless. And yet, the worst

maybe he was