Chapter 0347

"I can only step in when I am asked." She answered gently, looking between us with questions of her own swimming behind her pearly irises.

"Asked? By whom?" Kane's brows furrowed as an uneasy silence fell over the group. I looked around, sensing the unspoken tension, wondering which one of my family had reached out to the moon goddess. Not that I wasn't grateful for the save, but I needed to understand who was indeed in her pocket and who I could trust. "You can trust everyone in this room." She replied aloud, making me wince a little as I remembered she could dog inside my head just as freely as Astaroth could.

"Stay out of my head." I barked, irritated yet again, but as Kane tapped my ass gently, I sighed and added, "Please."

Finally, Knox cleared his throat as if sensing my growing tension.

"It was me," he admitted quietly, not meeting anyone's gaze. Closing my eyes, I felt my jaw tighten as astonishment washed over me.

"You asked for her help?" I questioned, searching his face, feeling blindsided by this revelation.

"When things started getting out of hand, I didn't know what else to do." He nodded. "I prayed-hoped-that she might hear me."

"And you were not the only one who sought my aid." Selene smiled kindly at him. I glanced between them, confusion knitting my brow.

tone laced with a hint of the betrayal

did," Chase confessed. "After everything that's happened, we realised we couldn't handle

asked, a mix of hurt and bewilderment seeping

We didn't want to worry

it's not like there was time to brainstorm the idea." Chase added with an

out of love and concern for you, Lottie. They wished to protect you and those you care about." Selene raised a hand,

why not prevent all of this from happening in the first place?" Kane

have free will. I cannot

of

follow. My role is to guide, to illuminate paths that may not

forward hesitantly. "But you intervened today. You

brothers asked

because the balance was

risked upsetting the

nodded. Looking a

Knox, I took a deep breath, trying

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