Alpha Damien's Trouble Maker (by Ruby Anne) novel Chapter 221

Chapter 221

Chapter 221

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The sword wanted to argue further, but I simply cut off the connection in my mind and relaxed deeper into the seat. Just when I was starting to truly unwind, a bright and playful voice suddenly rang out across the garden.

“Noah!!!!”

I tilted my head toward the sound, already knowing exactly who it was even without opening my eyes. My lips curled up into a warm smile as I finally opened them to see Miles and Chloe walking toward me with bright expressions. Chloe immediately turned to Miles and scolded him lightly, “You stop calling her Noah. She is Selene, a woman.”

Miles looked at me, scratched the back of his head with an embarrassed grin, and said, “Shit, I keep forgetting you’re a woman. I just can’t keep the man image out of my head.”

I smiled softly at both of them and glanced at Maeve, giving her a small nod. She and her sister bowed politely before quietly walking away to give us privacy. I turned my full attention back to Miles and Chloe. They both looked so much healthier than the last time I had seen them. Chloe’s face was fresh and glowing, her cheeks flushed with a healthy color, and she was smiling more brightly than I had ever seen. Miles, on the other hand, looked like an excited child. He was smiling ear to ear, his eyes sparkling with genuine happiness the moment they landed on me.

I stood up from the chair, about to greet them properly, when both Chloe and Miles suddenly rushed forward and hugged me tightly at the same time. I was caught off guard for a second but quickly wrapped my arms around them to steady all three of us before we could tumble down together.

I blinked in surprise and asked softly, “What happened? Are you okay?”

Miles was the first to pull back slightly, though he still kept his arms around me. His eyes were shining with emotion as he spoke. “All my life I always felt I had been stuck in one position. A position with no way forward or backward. I knew what I wanted, but I had no way to get it. After all, I was not smart or intelligent. I only knew how to fight. But then you came into my life.”

“You might not realize it, but you taught me all I know about being a true warrior. You taught me how to give up fighting when I needed to and never give up when it mattered. You taught me that my life is more important than titles or money. You taught me how to be strong and brave. You taught me so many things, my lady. Because of you, I was finally able to take a step forward and know my way. You’re the light I didn’t know I needed.”

I was surprised by Miles’ words, my eyes widening slightly as I looked at him, but before I could find the right thing to say, Chloe hugged me even tighter, burying her face against my shoulder as her voice came out soft and trembling with emotion.

“I always thought my life was worthless and if I died, my death wouldn’t make a difference to anyone. It wouldn’t even make a difference to me. I have always blamed myself for my parents’ death, so I thought I deserved to die. I didn’t have any reason to live. I even thought if I died, my grandfather and uncle would be free of me… my brother that hated me would be free of me. But then I met you.”

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She held me closer, her voice cracking a little.

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“You saved me so many times that I started being greedy. I even thought that maybe I deserved to live. Maybe I deserved to be alive if someone kept saving me. Maybe I deserved to love myself. You easily saved the relationship my brother and I had, and gave me a new life, Selene. I will always be grateful. I will forever be in your debt. My family is in your debt.”

Miles nodded beside her, his eyes sincere and steady as he added, “So am I. I pledge my loyalty to you.”

I held the two of them in my arms. My heart did that stupid thing again, the one I had tried so hard to shut down in this lifetime, the dangerous act of letting people in. And yet here I was, doing it again. I looked down at both of them, at Chloe’s tearful but hopeful face and Miles’ determined eyes, and something inside my chest melted.

Inside me, Mira was pleased. I could feel her satisfaction, happy that in this lifetime I was different. I wasn’t chasing after a man like before. I was helping people. I was building something real.

I smiled softly and said, “It is okay. You two were always strong. I’m happy to see you both grow.”

Miles and Chloe smiled at me, then suddenly pulled back, looking a little shy as they realized how childlike they had been acting. I chuckled softly at their expressions before turning my attention to Chloe.

“How is your brother? Is he still a dickhead?”

Chloe immediately shook her head, a complicated look crossing her face as she replied, “He is not… but these days he has been overdoing it. Buying things for me, taking me out, he is even neglecting his duties just to spend time with me. I don’t want to sound ungrateful but, but it feels weird. I’m scared one day, he will go back to the way he was before.”

I smiled warmly at her words and gently placed my hand on top of her head, ruffling her hair lightly. “You don’t sound ungrateful. It is normal. He is showing his dedication to becoming a better brother. Not everyone is like that.”

Chloe nodded, meeting my eyes like an excited little puppy, her cheeks turning a soft red as she said, “Y-yes…”

I turned to Miles and asked curiously, “How is your gang?”

Miles smiled brightly, looking proud as he answered, “After the rite, I became the talk of the town. My family immediately came back to ask me to join the family again. If you saw the look on their faces, it was so satisfying. All their arrogance and self-importance was gone.”

I raised an eyebrow, genuinely curious. “Did you join?”

Miles nodded his head with a smile, “I’m not the type to keep grudges. I accepted, but I asked them to make my gang part of the family. They refused at first because they didn’t want a bunch of bandits to become part of the family, they said we were too dumb, but they accepted in the end when they saw they had no choice.”

I nodded slowly. That was good. During the warrior rite, it had been clear how much they trusted each other. Having people you could truly trust at your back was one of the best things in the world.

Just then, Maeve and her sister returned carrying two more chairs and some cool drinks. I invited them to sit with us, and the five of us spent the next three hours talking and laughing under the warm afternoon sun. The

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conversation flowed easily, filled with stories from the rite, and small jokes. Time passed so quickly that I barely noticed until Chloe and Miles finally stood up.

Chloe held my hand gently and said with a warm smile, “Selene, we are coming again soon.”

I nodded, a soft smile on my face as I watched them. “I’ll be waiting.”

They waved goodbye as they walked away, and I waved back until they disappeared down the garden path. Once they were gone, I tilted my head slightly and said lazily, still looking up at the tall tree nearby, “When are you going to stop watching every single thing I do, Phoenix?”

Sitting casually on one of the thick branches with his arms crossed was Lucas, the Phoenix in his human form. He had his eyes closed, but I knew he could see everything. He was dressed in deep night-red clothes that should have looked tacky on most people, but on him they looked strikingly hot, the color perfectly representing fire and his nature as the god of Fire.

Lucas’s lips curled up into a lazy smirk as he finally opened his eyes and looked down at me. “You didn’t tell them you’re leaving soon?”

I glanced in the direction Miles and Chloe had gone, watching their distant figures for a moment before answering, “What is the use? They don’t need me. They are all going to live their lives now.”

Lucas’s smirk widened. “You sound like a parent that is proud of her kids.”

I smiled and shrugged lightly, not denying it. He studied me for a moment before asking, “We are leaving soon?”

I nodded.

Lucas tilted his head slightly. “What about that demon?”

I paused the moment he mentioned him. Alpha Damien.

After that night, the night we had been together so intensely, I hadn’t spoken to him even once. It wasn’t that I was deliberately ignoring him. I simply needed time to think things through. After the words he had said to me, everything felt different. For the first time since coming back to life, I was confused. I didn’t know what to think. I didn’t understand why the Alpha Damien would tell me to use him, or what his true intentions were. The man who had killed me so many times before was now offering himself to me so openly, and I couldn’t figure out the game he was playing.

I was not the type to trust people easily, yet that night Damien had looked so genuine, that I couldn’t find even the smallest trace of lies in his crimson eyes. I would have known his true intentions if I could only read his mind, but even with all the power I had gained, his thoughts remained completely closed off to me.

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