Chapter 129: Chapter 129: The Past

Selene’s POV~

The next morning, Sara and I were put to work like the rest of the omegas. The head maid had already barked her orders before sunrise, and soon we were scrubbing, sweeping, and carrying things from one corner of the quarters to the other.

It didn’t take long for whispers to surround us. Omegas always talked while they worked, and every word carried fast through the halls.

But none of it was good.

They gossiped about punishments, about who had displeased which wolf, about how strict the alphas were becoming. The pack was restless...

Sara tried to ignore it, but I kept my ears sharp. Every little piece of information mattered.

Later, when our chores eased, Sara and I walked through the narrow paths of the quarters, pretending to explore but really listening. That was when it happened.

Two young omega girls were huddled near the laundry lines, their heads bent close together. Their voices were low, but I caught every word.

"Did you hear?" one whispered, her eyes bright with excitement. "Alpha Kael is back."

I froze in place. My heart stumbled, my steps halting before I could stop myself.

"Really?" the other girl gasped. "Did he finally find his mate?"

for more than a year now. Poor alphas... who would’ve thought their mate would turn

felt as if it had

already dead. But Alpha Kael refuses to believe it. He’s been searching nonstop, even leaving the pack for months at a time. Everyone

"Do you think he’ll stay this

blurred in my ears, each

Then came the worst.

Luna. How could the moon goddess give such a cruel twist of fate? How could the alphas

other replied dreamily. "The bond is too strong. Even pain can’t break it. That’s what they

her. My skin had gone cold,

were talking

whisper was about me. About the bond I carried, about the life I had run from, about the

I could not move.

struck me harder than any blow ever could. She killed their mother. That was what they said. That was how they spoke of me.

that question—did they actually see me as the murderer of their Luna? How

forget... tried to bury in the deepest part of my heart that would never

the tears that burned hot and heavy. I couldn’t cry here. I wouldn’t. I had fought too long to lock those memories away,

the omegas were gone. Only Sara and I remained in the quiet corner of the

felt her gaze, filled with worry. She noticed the way my body shook,

a question she wanted to ask but dared not

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