Chapter 152: Chapter 152: Why is he back?

Selene’s POV~

The crowd was loud at first with countless questions arising, but slowly it began to thin. People drifted away one by one, still murmuring, still afraid of the unknown danger. Soon the chaos was nothing but a faint echo in the ground.

But I stood there.

I was not looking at Navien’s broken body anymore. I was not even looking at Meriya’s pitiful act. My eyes were stuck on him.

Lucian.

I had heard the stories. That he left the pack half a year ago. That he disappeared without a trace. And yet... here he was.

This news had actually given me relief, that I didn’t have to face him. I was relieved that he was not in the pack and that I wouldn’t have to cross paths with him.

But now he was here, standing in front of me. Why did he decide to come back? Couldn’t he just wait a few more days until I left this pack forever? It would have been good if he wasn’t here.

I could not understand. But the truth was, it was not the timing that shook me most. It was him.

Because if there was anyone in this world who had ever touched me most deeply, it was him.

Lucian.

I wanted to admit. And now he was here again, standing so close yet so

and I hated myself for it. Tears pushed up without my permission.

future with, and now he was one of the men I


but the tears came anyway. My chest ached like I was grieving something—but what was it? Something

That was what I

the crowd, slipping out before anyone could see me. My steps were

my head back. The stars

opened them again, I felt it... the mask returning. My mind steady, my eyes calm, like nothing had touched me. I had learned how to do this. How to hold my face still, how to silence my

heart betrayed me every

chest could not hold

the sound died as a broken smile slipped from

me. I was always the one left behind, the one who had nothing, the one who was foolish enough to

Pathetic. Always pathetic.

hand against my chest, as if I could hold my

Selene," I

one thing left for


these chains, free from this pain, free from the cruel roots

then...

would not wait a moment before ending

world had nothing to offer

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