Chapter 122
LUNA AQUAMARINE’S POV
Alcohol. That was what I could taste.
55 vouchers
Alexander crashed into me, his lips bruising mine, teeth clashing like he wanted to rip the rejection from my
throat.
I gasped and tried to push him away, but he fisted my hair and yanked me closer.
I whimpered into him, the sound breaking against his mouth. And I gave in. Even if I didn’t want to, I couldn’t help it. It was like my wolf had woken up from a painful deep slumber.
Then suddenly–he slowed.
His lips trembled against mine, softer now, shakier. When he finally tore back, his forehead pressed hard to mine.
“Stop it, Alexander! You can’t just—”
“You think I’ll stand here and let you reject me?” he snarled, voice sharp, trembling. “After everything?”
My throat closed up. “You’re the one tearing me apart. Every time I breathe, you doubt me, question me, insult me and now you don’t want to let me go even when I’m not useful to you?”
His hand slammed the wall beside my head, claws splitting stone, dust raining down. His eyes burned gold, skin glowing like it could split.
“Because the thought of you with him kills me, Aquamarine!” His voice cracked, rawer than I’d ever heard. “The thought of anyone who makes you smile- laugh- happy when you hate me, makes my head spin.”
I froze.
Was he jealous? Why?
He pressed his forehead to mine, still holding me too tight.
I tried to push him back, but he dragged me closer, burying his face into my neck like he needed to breathe me in to stay alive. His voice was muffled, broken.
“I don’t care if you hate me. Just don’t say those words. “Don’t you dare finish that sentence, Aquamarine.” His grip loosened in my hair, fingers shaking. “You leave me, and I’ll burn. I’ll burn everything.”
His arms locked harder around me, the heat of him searing, desperate enough to hurt. My heart raced, trapped between terror and the unbearable ache of hearing him sound so undone.
But he was still stuck in mid–shift. And I was still scared of Lorenzo barging in any second now. “Okay, I won’t. But first turn back, you’re drunk and might not have realised that you’re shifting into a dragon.”
8:51 Tue, Sep 16 d..
Chapter 122
73
55 vouchers
The gold vines across his skin dulled and vanished. His claws slid back into his fingers, his breath evening out, though every inhale still felt like a growl against my neck.
He pulled back just enough for me to see his face but I was still caged in his arms. The monster was gone, but not the fury in his eyes.
“You should trust me,” Alexander said, voice low. His hand tightened at my waist. “Everything I’ve done, every reason I’ve been like this with you lately–I know why. I know what I’m protecting you from.”
I shook my head, pulse hammering. “Protecting me? By confusing me? By insulting me? By threatening Clifford?”
His jaw clenched, the muscle twitching as if he wanted to snap again. He dragged a breath through his teeth. “Aquamarine-”
“No.” I cut him off, hard. “I don’t trust you, Alexander. I don’t think I ever can because nothing you do ever helps me.”
For the first time, silence pressed between us.
“I need you to understand-” he started, voice lower, pleading under the edge.
“Understand what?” I snapped, heat rising in my throat. “Why you believe I sent Fiona to that place? Why you think I burnt your study and the scroll? Why you think Clifford and I are having an affair? Why you’re choosing the Elders and Fiona over me?”
Alexander lowered his head and closed his eyes tightly as if fighting something. His fingers dug a crescent into his palm. “I can’t tell you now, Aquamarine. Just trust me.”
“If you can’t tell me now then I have no reason to believe you and stay here. You’ve given me more than enough reason not to believe you.” My voice was flat, small and ruthless at once.
His eyes snapped open, wide, the flicker of hurt raw. “But you just-”
“It doesn’t change anything.” I swallowed. My jaw trembled. “Because at the end of the day, you’ll still believe everything Fiona and her minions-”
“I know they lied, Aquamarine. I’m not stupid,” he interrupted, hard.
My brows knitted together and a shiver ran down my spine. “Yet you accepted them?”
Just how far can he go to achieve whatever he wants to do? Believing them is one thing- pretending to believe them while I’m being painted as the villain is just…. Is just plain evil.
He didn’t answer right away. His throat worked. The silence stretched until it felt like waiting for a wound to close.
“Why did you let the whole pack call me names behind my back when you knew the truth? Why did you make me feel like-” My voice broke and I stopped, the rest lodged behind my teeth.
I looked at him. Waiting for anything–remorse, explanation, anger–but mostly for the piece of him that
8:51 Tue, Sep 16 …
Chapter 122
used to care.
73
55 vouchers
“I needed you to hate me. To hate me to the point that our bond would weaken.” His voice cut me off low.
I froze and blinked,
My eyes roamed his face for any form of seriousness. But he looked as serious as ever.
The rubbish he just released from his mouth ticked me. “Do you think I’m that gullible? Easy to fool?” I spat, jaw tight.
He shook his head, brows drawing together, lips slightly downturned.
“That’s a stupid excuse,” I said, teeth clenched. “If you wanted the bond broken that badly you could have rejected me. That way I’d break only once.”
“Aqu-” He started, voice raw.
“It’s the Elders isn’t it?” I bit my lip, my heart aching soo badly as I tried to swallow the lump in my throat. “They want you to reject me so you can make Fiona the Luna right?”
“No, wait-” He reached for my face but I turned my head.
I snorted, bitter. “Just like they almost did with Gaia. I knew they’d never accept me. But don’t worry I’ll make it easier for you since you’re not able to do it. I, Luna Aqua—”
“Will you just shut the fuck up and let me speak, woman.” He snapped, the words hot and sudden.
My wolf rattled in my chest–anger, exhaustion, something raw and tired. I swallowed.
He ran his fingers over his hair and his face, then he took a deep breath as if the words he was about to say ached him. “I had to weaken it because I was turning you into a dragon and I didn’t want that.”
The room skewed. I blinked.
“I don’t know exactly how it happened but…… I found out when your fire burn didn’t heal the way it should. You were growing scales and you didn’t even bleed much.”
“Y–You’re j–joking, right?” My voice came out small, but I’m very sure he could feel my body trembling.
He closed his eyes for a beat, then opened them, soft but still blazing. “I really wish I were, but that’s the truth. That’s why I changed after the incident with Fiona. That’s why even though you proved yourself innocent, I acted like I didn’t know. That’s why I allowed Fiona to do as she pleased with you…..”
His words faded as my mind was clouded with thought.
The words slowed, sank into me. My mouth went dry. Heat prickled along my skin where his words landed.
He almost turned me into a monster? A dragon like him? His curse?
My throat thickened; I couldn’t make the fear fit into a sentence.
8:51 Tue, Sep 16 d.
Chapter 122
73
65 vouchers
I just stood there, heart racing, head pounding, body trembling. Then I felt it–something wet and rusty trailing from my nose, a taste too bitter to be human.
And for the first time, I feared he wasn’t lying.
田
