Chapter 175: Chapter 175: The Grave That Shouldn’t Exist

The moment the car stopped, no one moved.

The graveyard stretched ahead, surrounded by old, crooked trees. It wasn’t like any normal graveyard. The air itself felt strange here, thick with old magic. The witches’ resting ground.

Lucian’s chest tightened the second he looked at it. His hand was still on the door handle, but he couldn’t move. None of them could.

This was it.

The place where Cyrus said she was buried.

Selene.

Just thinking her name burned.

For a moment, Lucian wanted to stay inside the car forever. He wanted to lock the doors, shut his eyes, and pretend this wasn’t real. Pretend that when he opened his eyes, he’d be back home and she’d still be there somewhere in the world.

He could live with her being far away.

He could live with her hating him.

He could live with never seeing her again.

But not like this.

Not when she was buried and he was breathing.

His throat tightened painfully. His hands trembled. He didn’t even notice that tears had already started rolling down his face.


He couldn’t do this. He didn’t want to do this.

But then Luca opened the door.

Without saying a word, he stepped out. His steps were heavy, like every move hurt. Aeron followed next, his face blank but eyes red. Kael came after, silent as a ghost.

seconds longer, his whole body shaking. His wolf howled in the back of his mind...a long, broken, lifeless sound that echoed

finally, he opened the

for a moment, he felt like the earth was pulling him down as if it wanted him to

took one step.

sound of wind moving through

rows of graves until, in the distance, they saw Cyrus. He was

Sara.

his throat. She was Selene’s friend. The same

was here... then

closer, his eyes heavy with sorrow.


legs almost gave out as he

There it was...her grave.

carved neatly into the dark

Selene.

above it...

smile. That same soft, shy smile that used to melt

for it to move, to blink, to do anything, but it was just a

cracked. "No,

even realized it.

white flowers, her scent still faintly there, teasing his senses,

But she wasn’t here.

he whispered,

Something inside him snapped.


ripped through the graveyard and echoed through the air. His hands dug into the dirt, his shoulders

who saw. He

howled for her, for them, for everything they had

his claws broke through his skin. Luca fell to his knees beside Lucian, his eyes wild with pain. Kael stood frozen, tears silently running down

them spoke. There was nothing

right there,

mate, the one they were supposed to protect, to love, to cherish,

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