The Witch and Her Four Dangerous Alphas

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.

his dreams. His voice. His presence in my heart. Whatever it was, it shaped me more than I wanted to admit. And now he was here again,

up without my permission. Why? Why was I crying? What

it because he was the man whom I had once seen my future with,

fists, but the tears came anyway. My chest ached like I was grieving something—but what was it? Something that could never have been mine?

what I

into the crowd, slipping out before anyone could see

was far enough, I stopped. I found a quiet place under the sky and tilted my head back. The

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

my heart... my heart betrayed me

like my chest could not hold it. Like my heart wanted to tear itself

died as a broken

not for me. I was always the one left behind, the one who had nothing, the one who was foolish

Pathetic. Always pathetic.

against my chest, as if I could hold my heart down

the past, Selene," I

only one thing left for

done, I would be free. Free from these chains, free from this pain, free from the cruel roots this world had dug

until then...

would not wait a moment before ending this shit and meeting

realized this world had nothing to offer me aside from pain,