Chapter 15


    Chapter 15


    “Oh…”


    Was my


    brilliant response. Alpha Thompson sighed loudly, sitting in the seat Bentley had sat on. If only we


    weren’t talking about this, I would’ve found it funny. Hisrge mass bent ufortably on a chair too


    small for his bulky body. He soon gave up trying to find afortable position and lifted his head to


    meet me in the eyes. Alpha Thompson was a great Alpha. A great man, husband and father. He was


    kind, caring, strong but disciplined. He had strict sets of morals he would stand by and I grew to respect


    him tremendously. Especially when he was the one who saved L from her life at Reddusk.


    “Selene, why didn’t you say anything?”


    He asked exasperatedly. If I wasn’t hearing things, he sounded almost disappointed. I swallowed down


    the lump in my throat. How could I voice out my fears? Voice out my insecurities? I didnt need to feel


    more exposed and vited than I already did, but at the same time somethingpelled me to


    answer. Something told me I could trust this man not to judge me like others did in Nightwake. After all,


    how could someone who runs a pack as peaceful and kind like this, be someone untrustworthy?


    “I can’t.”


    I answered truthfully.


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    “I was afraid to.”


    Alpha Thompson shook his head, clearly unhappy with the fear haunting me. His thick eyebrows


    pressing together and his frown deepened. He didn’t understand. I didn’t expect


    him to.


    “What are you afraid of, Selene? Are you afraid of that youngling? That Alpha Walker finding out you


    said something?”


    My head snapped up with wide eyes. He called him Alpha. That could only mean he had sessfully


    overtaken the title. I figured he would’ve done so sooner rather thanter. His time was running out,


    after all. The question was: since when did he im it?


    “A-Alpha Walker? You mean Landon Walker? He’s Alpha now?”


    Leaning against the chair, he folded his arms across his chest. Alpha Thompson thought for a moment


    before nodding solemnly. He pressed his lips together in dismay. Landon had gotten the title, mated


    Hestia… all he needed to do was mark her.


    How had he gotten away without marking her? Did he take the title first? Did he choose to disobey


    Nightwake traditions? Was it because she wasn’t his mate that they decided to give him leeway?


    Everyone knew they weren’t mates, so it could only mean they willingly allowed it to happen without


    argument. They loved her that much. She was so fit to be Luna that they overlooked his disinterest in


    following the proper order of things.


    All he had to do was mark her now. Once he’d done that, he would’vepleted their bond and


    sessfully tossed ours aside.


    “Since when?”


    I asked softly. Alpha Thompson looked almost hesitant in answering but eventually gave in


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    with a small breath. He unfolded his arms and rxed his hunched shoulders. He was preparing


    himself for my reaction. He knew that I had to know.


    “Approximately a week after you got here,”


    My eyes bulged out of their sockets. A week? That’s all it took him? Around seven days since I left? If


    that was so, then why didn’t he mark her yet? He had so much time to mark her. He let a full two


    months pass without iming her. So what was the hold up? Is it possible s he was having second


    thoughts? A bubble of hope formed inside me but I quickly dismissed


    it.


    Of course he didn’t.


    He had just finished mating her again a few hours ago. I felt stup id for even considering it. Against my


    better judgement I had hoped he wouldn’t mark her. Marking her was thest step to thepletion of


    their forged bond. My wolf growled at the thought. She was still hurt over the fact our mate had sent us


    away and chose another over us. Above all, our blood rted sister. I was too, but it didn’t affect me


    the way it did her. I managed to form good rtionships here in Duskfall as she did, but her connection


    to Landon’s wolf was far stronger than my connection to Landon. She was created for the sole purpose


    of standing beside Landon and his wolf. She existed to go hand in hand with Landon’s wolf.


    Her connection to the pack was stronger since she was supposed to be Luna.


    So to have all that stripped from her was like saying her existence was futile.


    I nodded slowly, trying to let the information sink in. I kept my gaze on the thick nket over my legs.


    Alpha Thompson remained quietly still in his seat. I knew he was still waiting for me to answer that


    previous question. I had a feeling he wouldn’t leave if I didn’t answer. A small part of me hoped he’d


    forgotten but sensing his prying gaze on me told me he didn’t. Reluctantly, I gave in.


    “Everything. I’m afraid of everything. I’m afraid Landon will find out and he’ll be even more disgusted by


    me. I’m afraid of repeating the same sob story over and over to people who ask, because it’ll make it


    feel even realer.”