Chapter 59


    Chapter 59


    He swallowed nervously,


    “and so she begged for him to take her. On her knees, in front of all the Alpha’s including the


    Chancellor. Said she’d be a good mate… Said she never would’ve gotten with you had she known it


    was him.”


    My wolf wed out at me, demanding me of punishing both of them right here, right now. They hid


    such an important detail of her “stumbling upon her mate”. Hestia had not only humiliated our pack but


    she made it seem as though I forced her into forming a bond with me. Begging Locksworth to ept


    her, to boast.


    I looked to Hestia who had a scowl on her face at her father’s words. Though her face was full of


    contempt, I could feel the lingering fear underneath her skin.


    “Have you no shame? You, my Luna, the Luna of the pack. You are carrying my child and the future


    Alpha. Does that mean anything to you? You begged on your knees for someone who isn’t your mate?


    Do you have anything to say for yourself?


    I ask her, digging my nails into my skin as she looked up. Hestia narrowed her eyes at me, her dark


    blues against my greens.


    “No.”


    “No?”


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    Iughed, stalking toward her in anger. She is a fool if she thinks I’ll let this go. She stepped back, the


    tough facade she held cracking as she felt my energy surging forward.


    “Tell me why you lied. Why you told everyone, even your father, that Locksworth was your mate.”


    Hestia flinched at my Alphamand. Although she held the title of Luna, she wasn’t born to be one.


    She didn’t have the power to resist mymand over her. So reluctantly, she answered.


    “T To get away from you. If I had him, no one would dare challenge me. No one would even think of


    objecting our separation if he was my mate. He’d take care of me for the rest of my life. I wanted to get


    away from all this responsibility.”


    She hissed out.


    “I had enough! I don’t want this baby! I don’t want the dam ned Luna title! It’s too much work! I never


    asked for this, Landon! I never asked for all this extra baggage that came with being with you! Ever


    since you found out Selene was your mate, you acted different. You aren’t as focused on me anymore.


    You’d always get this far away look on your face!”


    She huffed out, eyes wild with frustration. They turned ssy as she stared at me with sadness.


    “But don’t you dare act so just. Ever since Selene came back, all you’ve ever been thinking about was


    her’ Too bad she doesn’t want you, huh? There’d be no way she ever would, not when you abandoned


    her’ You rejected her for me, Landon. Own up to it.”


    She spat. I felt a sharp sting pierce into my chest from her words. She was right. I know she was. In


    anger. I balled my fists, feeling unorthodox hatred fill me as I stared at the woman in front of me.


    You ignored her calls that day of the attack like all of us. You wanted her to die. You did, don’t you dare


    lie I only wanted her out of the picture because she threatened my future with you. You wanted her


    gone because you felt yourself being torn apart.


    You knew perfectly well what was happening to her, but you chose to do nothing. You wanted her gone


    just like all of us. You wanted the easy way out.”


    Sheughed humorlessly as she rubbed her face with vigor,


    “No, you wanted her gone more than any of us. Too f ucking bad she lived. And now that she shows up


    back from the dead, you act like some loved up pup. Admit it, you were d that I found my ‘mate’ the


    moment you saw her again. You were d because you knew that meeting we had today would be


    your chance to start over with her.


    You didnt even protest when we came up with the idea. You didn’t mind getting with her in exchange


    with me getting Locksworth. You were practically jumping at the thought, regardless of who my mate


    was, that you could get me off your hands. You knew if I had my mate, I could go with him and you


    could go with her. That there wouldn’t be any loose ties.”


    I grit down on my teeth.


    Again, she was right.


    I did want Selene dead.


    I wanted her dead because of what she made me feel.


    What the bond made me feel.


    But then she came back. The initial betrayal I felt when Hestia found her mate instantly disappeared.


    I was d Hestia found her ‘mate’ because that meant a chance for me.


    It meant I could ease my way back into Selene’s life.


    She would definitely give me the chance. She may be stubborn now, but I know she wants a mate. And


    I’m the only mate she has.


    She would still want me no matter the past.


    “You’re right. I won’t deny that. But how dare you say you didn’t know what ‘baggage’ woulde from


    being with me. I told you the moment we started seeing each other, I was an Alpha first. Not a lover.


    And what? Did you really think a pretty face and sweet words would be enough to make Locksworth


    ept you? Did you think he’d take you in, allow you to im him as yours falsely and leave it at that?


    That he wouldn’t bring you to the Scared Pool to prove to everyone the liar you are? That he’d take you


    in as his mate, when you aren’t?”