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Eliana I part my lips in a crooked smile. Kaidën is staring at me with a vicious look in his eyes, like he can't see me, and in a way maybe he can't. Maybe all he can see is his mate-his precious chosen mate, giving to him by the moon goddess. I almost let out a hysterical laugh. What a hypocrite! What about to all the hate he's harbored for the moon goddess and all the other goddesses? All the nights we've spent together, staring at the moon, and wondering why her goddesses have decided to fail us. Has he forgotten everything just because of her? Because he's been given a mate? This time the laugh bursts out of me, and I can't control it. Soon, I'm holding my stomach, and clutching it for dear life, because it's so funny. Kaidën shoots an irritated glare at me, before he asks. "What do you mean by when she's gone?" I'm not surprised. She's still all he can think about. He's practically been bewitched by her. By her long flowing golden hair, and her soft features, that no
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Aria "Wake up, child." The voice feels close yet so far away. Something inside me feels like if I stretch my hands out, I could reach out to whoever is speaking to me. I can still feel the shadows too, their warm and smooth embrace, holding me like a cherished egg. "Child? Wake up. I must speak to you as soon as possible," she says again. I shift in my sleep, half thinking why she won't just let me sleep. I am so tired of staying awake. "Let me sleep some more, grandmother." I mumble more to myself than her, but I feel her hands shaken me awake. Grandmother? What? Why is she talking to me? Is she... Oh. I recognize the trick for what it is this time. "What do you want, Selena?" My voice is softer than hers, and I still feel a little drowsy when I speak, but I'm sure it's her. She's the only one capable of bringing my pain so close to me, and rubbing it in my face. A light laugh fills the space, and a shiver passes through me. "I see you've grown very brazen in my absence c
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Aria The voice is loud enough that even in the room Riven has me trapped in, I can hear it. A look of surprise appears on Riven's face when he hears the voice too. Cassius? He's really here! Riven shakes his head at me. "The Alpha said I have to keep you in here no matter what. I have no plans of disobeying him, Luna." He heard the argument between Kaidën and I, so somehow he knows what I want to do. I almost feel sorry that he has to watch someone he calls his Luna, choose the pack shifters over his people, but I can't help it. It's not fair, that the rogues are being attacked like this, and if this is something that has happened before, then I can't imagine how hard it's been to live like they have. Still, I was born a pack shifter. My loyalty to my people can't be killed just because I've lost my scent. "You heard him. He's here for me. None of you have to die if you just let me go to him." I try to lie smoothly. I'd never want to go with Cassius, even if I was forced to.
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Aria Kaidën is staring at me, like in any moment he might unleash those shadows on me, instead of Cassius. Do I really want that? It's not like Cassius doesn't deserve whatever Kaidën wants to do to him, so why am I doing this? "Little Miss. Drama starts again." Piper mutters somewhere in front of me, and rolls her eyes so hard, I fear her pupils might pop off. Kaidën shoots a glare at her, and Piper actually has the audacity to flinch. "What are you doing, Aria?" Kaidën says, his sword still raised, and pointing in the direction of Cassius. Yet, Cassius doesn't even flinch, like someone at the point of his death. This worries me. I move quickly, and stand between Cassius and Kaidën. This time Cassius actually reacts by raising a brow at me in confusion. Sometimes, I miss Cassius so much my chest twists into the most painful knot it can form. This is the boy who looked at me as a child, and claimed he felt the mate bond between us. I hadn't felt it yet, but ever since then,
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Kaidën "Kaidën," the voice is like a breath in the wind. Aria. She's calling out to me. I can feel it in my bones. The pain she's feeling, her jumbled emotions. The way she's trying to breathe in roughly, but barely. I want to reach out to her, and hold her, but deep down I know I can't. Something is holding me back-my present self. Because it knows we're far from each other. Around me is what looks like a room covered in white walls, and I turn around, taking in this environment in front of me. My eyes widen when I notice the blackness creeping up onto the walls. Like flames spreading over a house on fire. The black shadows fill up the entire space of the room, until the once white room doesn't exist anymore. It's all just darkness. "Kaidën," I see a tear drop. No, it's not a tear drop. It's blood. My veins throb painfully. And it feels like someone has hit me. My knees drop to the ground forcefully when I feel the blow again. It happens again, and again, and again. U
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