The Witch and Her Four Dangerous Alphas

Chapter 122: Chapter 122: No matter the cost.

The night was quiet, the kind of silence that felt almost too heavy. Selene lay curled on her bed, the covers drawn up, but her sleep was restless.

Her mind replayed the moments from her past...her mother...her childhood and when she met them. Her past was hunting her once again, finding herself back in the time when Alpha Eirik would torture her.

But then...something changed.

Her body tensed, her breath catching as if some unseen weight pressed into the air around her. Slowly, a strange sensation swept through her, prickling across her skin. It felt like someone... or something... was standing right beside her bed, watching.

Her eyes fluttered, half awake, half asleep, caught between dream and reality. And then she felt it—a warmth, so near, so close, as though a body leaned over hers. A soft heat brushed against her cheek, like a breath, steady and calm.

Her heart stuttered. She should have been afraid and should have pulled away. But instead, something inside her loosened. That warmth wasn’t threatening. It was soothing, familiar in a way she couldn’t explain.

Her body moved before her mind could think—her arms stretched out, searching, and she wrapped herself around it. It was there, warm and solid. Her cheek pressed against something that felt both strong and strangely soft, almost fluffy, like fur against her skin.

And instantly, all her restlessness faded.

The tension in her body melted away as if washed by invisible hands. Her heartbeat slowed, her breath evened, and her senses calmed in a way she hadn’t known in years.

Every nerve, every ache that had burned through her since yesterday, quieted under that warmth.

She clung to it tighter, burying herself in that strange comfort. A soft sigh escaped her lips as her eyelids grew heavier and heavier.

For the first time in so long, she felt safe...so safe it frightened her. Safe enough that she wished she could stay like this forever, lost in this warmth, drifting into an endless sleep where nothing could hurt her anymore.

Her fingers curled, holding onto it with desperation. She wanted it closer and wanted it never to leave. And then, with that thought, sleep dragged her under, deep and heavy.

***

Morning.

room was bathed in soft light from the window, the quiet broken only by the faint rustle of

searching, expecting...something. But there

her side.

her fingers brushing over the sheets. They were cool.

Had she dreamed it?

lips parted, confusion swirling through her chest. She knew what she had felt. She wasn’t the type to imagine things like this. She had

breath, and the feeling of fur against her skin. It was

she

let out a shaky breath. "What is wrong with me?"

had almost kissed Kieran, losing her senses completely. Now this? Hugging something in the night that didn’t even exist?

once. She shook her head, almost scolding herself, as if she deserved a slap for

spiral. She needed to

covers aside, Selene rose from the bed and crossed to

cool her skin, to wash away this lingering

edge of the sink, staring at her reflection. Her face looked pale, her eyes shadowed, but there was still that faint blush, as if her body remembered

Ashamed. And

"What is

her

once again, devoid

eyes darkened with

inside the werewolf community,

secretly sided with the wolves, who had given them power and

the entire witch community would remain chained, never able to rise again. Their freedom would always

Selene clenched her fists.

to find

had to uncover who that witch

it wouldn’t be easy. That witch would never show her face openly. Her identity must have