All Chapters of Owned by the Alpha King : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Celine listened to Damian intently. There was obviously a lot more going on than just the memory of his father beating him. There had to be more to the story. She wasn't going to interrupt him though. Instead she waited patiently for him to continue."After a while, I stopped crying. I had gotten used to the darkness and pain that I was living with. I thought that it was normal. I wasn't surprised when my father started to beat me. I understood what he was doing to me. I knew that it was because of what he believed to be wrong. I couldn't deny it anymore. I accepted it.""I accepted the fact that my father loved me. I accepted that I was weak, pathetic. I was nothing compared to him. I was nothing compared to anyone.""Why do you think that?" Celine murmured softly."Because I am weak. Pathetic. And I always will be." Damian explained. "I have always been weak. I've always done everything alone. And I always will do it, too."Celine looked into Damian's eyes. She knew that she should

She was still upset with herself, but at the same time she didn't regret it. She knew that it had been the right thing to do, and she didn't regret it one bit. She was going to leave it up to fate to decide whether she wanted to continue their friendship. Whether she continued to forgive Damian or not. Either way, it didn't matter to her at all. The only thing that mattered was the fact that they had ended up together again."I'm sorry." Celine whispered."It's fine." Damian reassured her.He leaned forward and captured her lips in another gentle kiss. He felt as if he'd done it hundreds of times before, but it still felt new and exciting."You're always welcome in my room, you know that right?" Celine muttered softly, trying not to wake her parents up."Of course." Damian replied.With that, they both went silent. Celine wrapped her arms around Damian as the boy held her tightly. After a few minutes, Celine broke the silence."Thank you for coming back. I'm glad that you're alive."

Celine closed her eyes tightly. She couldn't bear to watch him cry. She felt awful. But she couldn't find it within herself to comfort him. It was her fault that he was crying. It was her fault that she had caused his pain. It was her fault that he had become so upset. And if she didn't say anything, it was going to happen again. She was terrified. She didn't want him to get angry with her again. She didn't want him to hate her. She didn't want him to leave. She didn't want him to turn away from her again. Celine wasn't sure whether she would survive it. But she wasn't sure that she cared about living anymore. At least not right now.Damian was staring at her, watching her carefully as she tried her best to hold back her tears. Her hands were shaking slightly, but she was determined to fight them off. She refused to let them fall. She didn't want to show him that she was weak. She didn't want to cry. She didn't want to make him feel terrible. She didn't want to be pitied. This was

That was all that she wanted at that moment. That was all that she had ever wanted, and that was all she wanted ever again. She had tried to fight, she had tried to keep herself from being vulnerable, but she had failed. She'd failed miserably. But she didn't care. She just wanted things to be alright between them once again. Even if it meant that she would have to start over with someone new. With another family member. Another family member who she had loved dearly in a past life.But Celine didn't want to leave Damian behind. She didn't want to leave Damian behind. She loved him so much. And, as scared as she was, as uncomfortable as she felt, she knew that she had to tell him. And she had to do it today. Now. Tonight. The longer she waited, the more likely it was that she would change her mind. The more likely it was that she would regret telling him. And she didn't want to live with that regret for the rest of her life. She didn't want to regret telling him. She didn't want to

Celine shook her head as she picked at her food. She wasn’t hungry, but she didn’t want Damian to think that she was avoiding him.“No. I don’t.” She responded. “If anything, it makes me think that we haven’t done anything right. We haven’t done anything different at all. Maybe the police have finally caught the person responsible for your father’s death. Maybe they have caught them before you did.”Damian didn’t respond immediately. Celine watched as he took a sip of water before setting his glass back down slowly. He kept his eyes trained on the table in front of him. His jawline was tensed. His brow furrowed. She could tell that he was troubled by what she had said. Celine waited patiently for him to speak. When he finally did, she could hear the slight waver in his voice, almost as if he were uncertain what to say.“And what if you’re wrong?” He finally asked her, finally daring to look up at her.Celine gave him a sad smile as she reached across the table to hold his hand.“Don