Chapter 137: Chapter 137: Trapped Between Hunters

Selene’s POV~

I could not move.

The file lay at my feet like a crime I had been caught with. The sound of the papers falling still rang in my ears.

Their eyes did not leave me.

Aeron stepped forward first. He did not speak. He only pointed at the chair in the center of the hall. His gaze was enough. It told me what to do.

My throat was dry. My legs shook. Still, I obeyed. I would not want to raise their suspicion more toward me.

Slowly, I walked to the chair and sat down. My heart beat so hard that I thought it would break through my chest.

The three of them moved around me. Like hunters circling prey.

Kael stood at my left. Luca at my right. Aeron straight in front. Their bodies closed me in, leaving no escape.

The air grew heavy. I could feel it pressing down on me. I could feel them pressing down on me.

I did not understand their eyes. They were not cold alone, neither angry alone. There was something else. Something I could not name. Something that made my stomach twist with dread.

It would have been better if they had been in rage and barked orders to their beta or gamma to drag me out of here, but no—they had decided to play with my emotions.

stormed inside my head. Did they know? Did they see me?

If they knew the truth, I would not be sitting in front of


sharp? Why were they watching me like this? Why did it feel

myself. My nails dug into the wood. My whole body trembled. Yet in the middle of all this fear, another feeling rose inside

heart was not only afraid. It

scream at them to stop looking at me like that. I wanted to demand what they wanted.

he almost knew something. Luca’s stare burned the side of my face until I had

hated it. I feared

Three hunters. One prey.

And I was caught.

thought to end my misery and break this

was just inches from mine. My breath caught in my chest. I wanted to move and blink,

burned into me. My forehead grew damp with

you?"

deep and low. It rumbled through


over me for a moment. Maybe they really

prepared in my mind. "Alpha... I am just a human girl. I was only trying

his throat. "A human girl, cleaning, inside our hall?" He scoffed at my lie. "Do you take us

lips that they would not believe me. And I was right. None of them moved. None of them looked

wanted to explain more. I wanted to give them a reason, any reason, for why I was near their file. My mind spun with excuses, one after another, but none seemed strong enough

voice low and sharp. "Do not waste

failed me. My tongue was dry, my mind

mine. He studied me as if he could read every thought, every secret, just by watching my face. Then, without warning, he pulled

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