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.
grew up with 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, standing so close yet
hated myself for it. Tears pushed up without my permission. Why? Why was I crying? What was there to cry
it because he was the man whom I had once seen my future with, and now
like I was grieving something—but what was it? Something that could never have been mine? Something that I still wanted,
That was what I was. Always
tore my eyes away from him and melted into the crowd, slipping out before anyone could see me. My steps were quick, almost desperate,
tilted my head back. The stars were faint above me. I closed my eyes for a moment, breathing deep, forcing calmness
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
heart... my heart betrayed
moment I saw him. Just a glance, just his voice, and it was like my chest could not hold it. Like my heart wanted to tear itself free
as a broken
the one left behind, the one who had
Pathetic. Always pathetic.
hand against my chest, as if
the past, Selene," I
was only one thing
Free from these chains, free from this pain, free from the cruel roots this world had dug into
then... I would
I would be free forever. I would not wait
nothing to offer me aside from pain, longing,
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