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.

longer, his whole body shaking. His wolf howled in the back of his mind...a long, broken,

finally, he opened the

touched the ground, and for a moment, he felt like the earth was

took one step.

soil, the faint sound of wind moving through the trees...

together through the rows of graves until, in the distance, they saw Cyrus. He was standing near

Sara.

in his throat. She was Selene’s friend. The same girl who had once stood

then it had to

came closer, his eyes heavy with sorrow. He didn’t say anything, just moved aside to give them


legs almost gave out as he

There it was...her grave.

name carved neatly

Selene.

it...

That same soft, shy smile

stared at it, waiting for it to move, to blink, to do anything, but it was

His voice cracked. "No, no,

even realized it. His fingers brushed over her name, and it

wrapped in white flowers, her scent still faintly there, teasing his senses, breaking him more. He could

But she wasn’t here.

he whispered, his lips

Something inside him snapped.


graveyard and echoed through the air. His hands dug into the dirt, his shoulders shaking as his body was wracked

who saw. He

her, for them, for

skin. Luca fell to his knees beside Lucian,

of them spoke. There was

was right there,

to protect, to love, to cherish,

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