Selene’s POV ~
With those words, I did not wait. I pushed him with all my might. Aeron was not prepared for it, and he stumbled back, shock flickering in his eyes. I didn’t stop to see his reaction. I didn’t stop to feel anything. I just ran with all my might.
The door flung open, and I slipped out before his hand could reach for again. My breath ca sharp and fast, my heart hamring in my chest. I looked down at my wrists, at the cursed cuffs that still chained . A deep fury boiled inside, and I smashed them against the wall with all the strength I had left. Once. Twice and then Crack.
The tal broke, the pieces falling to the ground with a dull clang. And in that mont, I felt it—my power. My true self rushing back through my veins in a wild and unrestrained manner. My lips parted in a sharp breath as a storm surged in , and before Aeron could even catch his footing, I used a simple enchantnt and vanished from the corridor.
On the other side, I appeared outside the building, the cold air hitting like freedom. My eyes darted to the car waiting at the edge of the path.
And I realized I had to get out before all of them knew I had run away, because it would be impossible to escape if they all started chasing . I moved fast, every muscle screaming for freedom.
But just as I reached it, I froze.
Soone was already there before .
Luca.
My heart, which I had painfully forced to grow dull, began to ache again as my gaze landed on him. I realized my body was actually trembling to go towards him.
"Damn, why was he here too? Are these brothers hell-bent on capturing ?" I muttered with dread. I may not have lost my composure with Aeron, but with Luca, I could not dare guarantee the sa.
He stood by the car like he had been waiting for , like he knew I would co here all along. My chest tightened, and my steps faltered.
"Fuck," I cursed under my breath. My eyes hardened. I could not face him, not now. Not when Aeron would already be searching. Not when they were all too close. I turned sharply, deciding to run in another direction, to find another car, and to get the hell out of this place.
But fate was cruel.
I collided headfirst into a solid wall of muscle, and before I could even recover, rough hands gripped like iron. My head snapped up, and my blood ran cold.
Alpha Julian.
A wicked snarl stretched his lips. "Found you, bitch. Where do you think you’re running?" His voice was low, venom dripping from every word.
My stomach twisted, not with fear but with fury. His eyes glinted with madness, and I knew what burned inside his chest—it was still the humiliation I had carved into him before. And now, he thought fate had handed to him.
"No one will stop this ti," he spat, his face twisting. "No one will stop from teaching you a lesson. You’ll crawl at my feet when I’m done."
His hand rose, aiming for my face, the sa way I once struck him. He wanted to return the sha. He wanted to see fall.
But I didn’t give him the chance.
My gaze turned sharp, my voice cutting as I muttered, "Get the hell out of my way... or you’ll regret being born."
The words made his face burn red, his anger exploding. He snarled and brought his hand down, but before it could touch , I caught it. My fingers wrapped round his hand before twisting them at an unnatural angle.
Crack.
His scream tore the night with a shrill sound, like a pig being slaughtered. His eyes widened with disbelief written all over him.
"You... how..." he stamred with a pale face. He was an Alpha, a man who believed himself unbreakable and untouchable, a being that prided himself on his raw strength. And yet I had twisted his hand like it was nothing. He felt the bones snap, and the shock tore his pride apart.
"You whore!" he roared, but his anger only fueled .
I did not give him another chance. My knee shot up hard between his legs. His eyes bulged, and his mouth opened in a silent scream as he saw stars.
I leaned close and whispered in a cold voice, "Do you think I have ti for your nonsense?"
My foot connected again, this ti with enough force to drop him to the ground, writhing.
And I ran.
I didn’t look back. I couldn’t. My only thought was to escape. But his pig-like scream had already ripped through the night, echoing down the halls, and I knew.
Luca would have heard.
But at least it was satisfying to teach this leech a good lesson. My hands had been itching for days just to beat him into a pulp. But I knew I didn’t have enough ti. Luca must have already noticed us. And wasting even a second there was inviting him to catch .
My chest pounded harder as my feet carried faster, tearing through the grounds. But no matter how hard I ran, I knew the truth—I could not outmatch the Duskdraven Alphas. Not in strength, nor in speed. And if they turned into wolves to chase , I would be dood.
My mind raced for options, my lungs burning, when I felt sothing slip from my wrist.
The bracelet.
I didn’t notice until it hit the ground with a faint tallic clink. The enchanted piece that had been hiding my scent. The only thing keeping invisible to them.
My heart sank.
I didn’t have ti to go back. I didn’t have ti to fix it. My only option was to run and pray that my head start would be enough. That I am already far from them and that he would not catch on to my scent.
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Luca’s POV ~
I was standing by the car, waiting, my patience thin, when it hit .
A scent. Sweet, intoxicating, burning through my veins like wildfire. My wolf stirred violently, howling in my mind with desperation. The voice in my head was deafening, a howl that shook to the core.
Mate.
For a second, everything went blank. My breath stilled, my mind drowning in the storm of that single word. Then my eyes snapped wide open, as my head turned toward the source.
And what greeted was...
Julian sprawled on the ground, screaming like a beaten dog, clutching his pride in agony. But I didn’t care about him. My gaze was pulled beyond, to the figure already tearing away from the scene. A girl with wild hair, her body burning with desperate speed, running like the world itself was chasing her.
Selene?
My mate.
A growl built deep in my throat as my chest heaved. My wolf was going insane, demanding and roaring for to run, to chase, to claim.
And before I could even think, my legs were already moving.
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