Alpha’s Rue: His Shunned Luna (Athena Enchanted) novel Chapter 393

“We will never get to be in-laws, and if we do, your sick brother will fucking kill me.” She whisper-yells. “I can take just about anything, but I will not take him hitting me.”

“He did what?”

“He’s too rough,” she winces. “And it’s not even a kink, babe, it’s straight abuse. He is fucking sick, you’re fucking sick.”

“Stop it.”

“It’s true, you’re both worse off than Aeliana. I’m done playing this game,” she huffs. “There is no way in hell our sister pact will hold. I think it's time you realised that, stop feeding me delusions.”

“Seraphine, shut up,” I warn. I don’t know what has gotten into her, but she’s very annoying. She seems to have gained consciousness overnight, but she’s choosing the wrong day and person to inform.

“I’m tired, Audrey.” She swallows. “Him trying to cut my skin is the last straw!”

So that’s what this is about, my brother having a weird kink? How would I have known? And besides, she is the one who wanted him, and now that I helped her get him, she’s yelling at me? “Forget him, I have another brother. You just wanted that one,” I remind her.

“I don’t want anyone else in your family,” she huffs. “I just want to live a peaceful life now.”

I pause, an eyebrow raised at her. “Are you saying I’m stealing your peace? Me?” I point to myself.

“What? No.” She vigorously shakes her head. “Never. I love you,” she flashes me a fake smile. “You’re my best friend, we have so much fun together, we have something special, Drey. And I wish it were enough, but you keep wanting to go after her.”

It’s not that I want to go after Aeliana, it's that she doesn’t know her place, she’s up on her high horse, and all I do is help her get down. Aeliana will never be with Kingston or anyone else for as long as I’m alive. “Why does she get to be happy?”

“She isn’t happy, trust me.” Sera sighs. “Ellie is far from happy. She looks sad. You should have seen her face when they drove away. Even you would have felt sorry for her.” She gulps, her gaze low.

She has lost her mind.

I push her, “Sera, what is wrong with you?”

“I don’t want to die,” she swallows. “If Alpha Kingston finds out I lied, he will kill me, and she won’t care enough to stop him when it's me.”

Doesn’t even know? No.

Aeliana knows exactly what she did to me, she knows exactly she’s doing even now, and she might have forgotten my promise to her when we were little, but I haven’t. I will make sure to carry it on until the day we die. guaranteed she will die first, because I’m not leaving her on this earth for him. “What are you trying to do?” Are you taking her side now?”

“No, I’m on your side.” Her eyes widen. “I’m always on your side. I want you to be happy too, babe. You’re not happy. Sending her away hasn’t made you happy.”

I swallow past the growing lump in my throat. “It made her just as miserable, didn't it?” I pause, that much is enough for me. That we both feel the same emotion at the same time is more than I can ever ask for. “She can’t be with him, that’s enough for me. Aeliana doesn’t deserve anything that I don’t get because she stole the chance from me. Kids, a husband, a happy marriage…I will never have that.”

“You can,” Seraphine whines. “Just erase her. He'll get knocked up by Kingston while she’s gone, it will put you guys at an equal standing.” She says, her eyes twinkling with a familiar light. “You could be like Dani and that feral girl, it’s perfect.” She nods, smiling big. “Do it, sleep with him. I mean, how long can he hold out? She’s been gone a long time, and he is an Alpha after all. Instinct will clash with loyalty. He needs something to claim.”

Her idea isn’t exactly bad, but it’s a fool loop, the fool being her in this situation. I was with Kingston for years, and he has fucked Aeliana more in the last three months than he ever did me in the seven years we were together. “Babe?” Seraphine frowns.

“He can,” I sigh. “He is pretty good at controlling his urges, “I tell her. “When we dated, he would prefer using toys on me or just his hands. If I wanted to have sex with him, I had to force him or get him a little drunk. Sometimes, women with the same hair colour and eyes as her could get him in the mood, but it wouldn’t exactly last. It’s just her that he prefers.”

Seraphine whimpers, tossing herself on my bed. “Babe, I am not going to die because you can’t stomach rejection.” She sighs. “I have sacrificed way too much to be alive, and for you to finally get your wish, but our efforts are unyielding. Those two have an unbreakable bond,” she tsks. “You need to figure something out before things go downhill.”