The Witch and Her Four Dangerous Alphas

Chapter 85: Chapter 85: Who the hell are you?

Luca’s POV ~

I followed in the direction, my feet carrying me before I even realized. Julian’s head turned at the sound of my approach, and the moment his eyes met mine, the color drained from his face. His whole body tensed, like he’d been caught doing something shameful.

Pathetic.

I tilted my head slightly, narrowing my eyes. He looked like he wanted to vanish, like he was desperate for me not to recognize him.

"What the hell is with him?" I muttered under my breath. "He should worry about himself before worrying about me."

I didn’t have the time or the patience to waste on some bratty alpha heir and his little fits. There were more important things weighing on me. One of them was definitely her. My mate.

And now... her scent.

At first, I thought it was a cruel trick of my mind. My wolf had whispered it too many times in the past year, too many false hopes, too many nights clawing at the emptiness inside me. He would whisper, "She’s here; she’s close," only for it to be nothing. Just grief twisting into hallucinations.

But this time... this time the scent was real. I could taste it in the air, rich and undeniable, the one thing that had haunted me through endless nights.

"No... it can’t be," I whispered, my throat tightening.

My wolf howled inside me, clawing against my chest. It’s her...ours.

I wanted to believe. God, I wanted to. But doubt tore at me like fangs digging into bone. What if it was another illusion? Another dream turned into a nightmare the moment I reached out?

Still... what if it wasn’t? What if it really was her?

I couldn’t let this chance go.

"I’ll catch her," I growled, my words filled with desperation. "I’ll find out if it’s true."

her figure was already far ahead, slipping through the trees like a fleeting shadow. Just

she took forward felt like she was tearing further away

the words slipped out in a

before reason could stop me, my body leapt forward. Bones snapped, flesh tore, and black fur burst from my skin. A snarl ripped from my throat as my massive wolf form hit the

breath ragged.

air, she looked back.

across her face. Her

scattered, rage and confusion colliding inside me. "Why

There would be no reason for fear. But if

saw her properly. Her hair. It was long and black, cascading down her back like ink. Selene’s hair was silver, bright as moonlight. This girl was not the

her head for the briefest second, I saw her face. It was

faltered. My

else for her?" I muttered, my voice a low growl. "What the hell is

myself I would never look at another girl, never see anyone but my mate. It was the only respect I could give her for the years she had been

was, chasing someone

I slowed, chest heaving.

cutting

That scent.

wolf’s ears perked, his entire body trembling with excitement. His

to stop the tremor

tilted beneath me, my heart flipping

snapping my teeth. "Why the

she do something to Selene? Did she hurt her? Or was she someone close to her? A

through my

I couldn’t care. I

She couldn’t outrun me—not

grew frantic, stumbling, but no matter how she tried, she couldn’t escape.