The Witch and Her Four Dangerous Alphas

Chapter 98: Chapter 98: If Only Things Had Been Different

Aeron’s POV~

I tightened my fist, my teeth grinding in the dark room. My world was falling apart again, and I had no idea how to hold it together.

I sat there in the dim light, my thoughts tangled like a storm inside my mind. I could feel it, the dark, twisted swirl of emotions every time I thought of Selene. Hate. Love. Anger. Desire. Fear. Everything I could not name pressed against my chest, suffocating me. And I knew my brother felt the same.

Luca had always been more simple-minded but savage, but I could see the dark fire in his eyes. The desire that whispered in the corners of our hearts, the desire to hold her close, to chain her to our side, to never let her go. I hated it. I hated myself for feeling it, for knowing what my brother felt. And yet... I could not deny it.

My mind went back to the past. When we were just eighteen, she had betrayed us. She had ruined our lives. We had been forced to live like monsters, hiding from the world, hiding from her father. We had suffered, always hungry, and afraid. And yet, she had moved on, given nothing back, while we had carried scars, inside and out, for years.

But now... everything had changed. Fate had brought us back together. She had returned to our lives, giving us something we had never expected. And with that, the world had shifted in a way I could not control.

I did not know what the future held or what we would do. All I could think of was how I wished—wished desperately—that we could turn back time.

Back to when she was thirteen, innocent, bright, and ours in some small way. Back before the pain, before the suffering, before the betrayals. Back to when life had been simple, and love had

was impossible. So much had happened. So much blood, so much loss, so

my chest still. And yet, the thoughts would not stop. Every memory clawed at

twisted into fear. What would happen next? What could happen with her now in our lives again? I did

on the door made me jolt, my heart leaping into my throat. The sound

firm, "the other alphas are

hands curled into fists at my sides. My chest felt like it was tightening

the tension. But I could not focus on that. The words haunted me. Other

of losing her once again, the fear of never seeing her in the future, and the desire I could not name—all of it twisted together inside my chest. I felt like a man caught between fire and ice, knowing I could not

wanted to scream, to hit something, to throw the world away and start over. I wanted to hold Selene close and never let go. And yet, I also wanted to run, to hide, to protect myself from the storm she had brought

eyes snapped toward the door. I took a slow, shuddering breath.

all, I had my brother, helpless and unconscious beside me, and