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Chapter 16: When the Devil's Mask Falls Off

Author: S. Mendez
last update Last Updated: 2022-05-30 11:28:39

(Luther)

IF THE MOON goddess was real, then it must be her. Hell, I almost forgot how to breathe after seeing her standing beside the bonfire while gazing at the moon. The wind was playing with her hair and with the hem of her white, long nightgown. The cameras would love her. Every second, every moment, in whatever form, it was like she was shooting a movie.

That’s why I feel restless because like a movie, I know that this too, this blissful feeling of coming home to this precious sight, would come to an end.

What Alexandra and I had was never an ordinary marriage. We were never a normal husband and wife. Even our honeymoon phase was far from normal. And maybe as long as we stay with each other, we could never have a normal day. Even now, on our first day, I had to leave her side and meet her pack to arrange my mother’s release.

The Alpha and Luna did let her out of prison, but the condition was for her to be placed under house arrest for one whole year to repent and although Ma look
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