Get Back The Abandoned Luna (Scarlett and Alexander) novel Chapter 80

Chapter 80

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The night air was crisp and cool. I couldn’t sleep, even though I wanted to. I was still thinking about the events that would happen tomorrow. I leaned against the balcony rail, feeling the cool breeze hit my face and help clear my mind.

Tomorrow it is. The bond dissolution.

It should have felt like freedom. It should have been a relief for me–after all, I had been waiting for this to happen. However, I felt… my chest ached, and I couldn’t help but feel nervous at the same time.

The memory of that burn still haunted me. I couldn’t count how many nights and days I had spent enduring the pain–enduring his sins. Because of this bond, every day had felt like a nightmare, as if I were just trapped inside it. However, it was all cleansed by one person.

Lucien.

He was there when I needed a hand. He lent me his strength, his people, his power, and himself. Although at first he had stated with a contract that we were married but didn’t act like it–or maybe it was just me who didn’t act like it.

I couldn’t give him the status he was asking for, the label he wanted, or the answer from me that he had been waiting for. I was still afraid. Alexander’s shadow had been cast over me so strongly, it made me afraid to see the light again.

I knew how he felt about me. Sometimes, I couldn’t help but question, why me of all people? We had met before, when we were teenagers; I looked up to him and even wished that he would be my mate… Why did it become like this? Why did I fall for Alexander back then, only to end up in my downfall?

If I had pursued Lucien back then–I immediately pushed those thoughts away. It already happened. I didn’t regret everything that had happened to me. After all, this was a lesson. A lesson for me to always stand tall and improve whenever things didn’t go the way I wanted them to.

I was angry. But I didn’t regret serving the Crescent Moon Pack. I didn’t regret saving people.

But now, I would choose myself, and I would continue to choose myself in the future too.

I didn’t even know why he chose to fall in love with a broken Luna–a woman who would always be incomplete.

But…

If it’s possible, I’d like to-

“Little wolf.”

I shuddered, tightening my grip on the railing. I closed my eyes for a second before turning to him.

Hlues avec always pinned on me wherever I went and wherever I

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“Lucien,” I called out. “You’re still awake.” I tried to sound casual, as if I hadn’t just been thinking about him

earlier.

“So are you.” His steps were slow, deliberate, as he crossed to stand beside me. For a moment, neither of us spoke. Then he broke the silence. “You’re thinking about it again.”

I paused and almost thought that he had found out I was thinking about him, but when I looked him in the eyes, I understood who he was talking about.

I let out a wry smile. “It’s hard not to.”

He was silent, but I felt the tension in him. His hand curled against the stone railing, close enough that the warmth of his skin brushed mine. “I don’t think we ever had the chance to speak like this to each other.”

I paused and let out a soft chuckle as I nodded my head. “Indeed. We were too busy to do it. We had our own priorities too.”

“Little wolf,” he said, looking at me. “You are my priority.”

I felt my heart tremble, and it almost made me breathless.

I couldn’t say anything. I didn’t dare to lift my head and look at him either.

“I know why it burned,” he said.

The words cut through me. My lips parted but no sound came, as if I had become mute.

His jaw was set, his voice low and edged with fury. “Alexander touched Faye, and because of that damn bond, you felt it. You suffered from the pain. You didn’t tell me about it. You refused to tell me why your bond hurt and made you suffer. He was the one who made you pay for his own betrayal over and over again.”

“While he was enjoying himself, you were in pain that brought you to your knees.” His gaze was sharp.

I swallowed, my throat raw as I looked at him. “Lucien-”

“Do you

have any idea what it was like?” His voice sharpened. “Seeing you collapse, screaming from pain you didn’t deserve, knowing it was him-” he broke off, breathing harshly while clenching his fist.

“But I survived,” I whispered, forcing my chin up.

“There you go again with those words.” His hand slammed against the railing beside mine, his body leaning closer, heat radiating from him. His eyes locked on mine, fierce and unrelenting. “And I-” his voice cracked, and he shut his eyes. “Little wolf, have mercy on me. I can’t watch that happen again.”

My chest tightened. “It’s not something I can control, and besides, tomorrow is the bond dissolution, right?”

“Hm,” he whispered softly. “I can’t help but imagine how good it would feel to tear down the Crescent Moon Pack along with him… but Crescent Moon Pack was built with your blood and sweat.”

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The air between us sparked. His nearness was overwhelming, the raw honesty and his vulnerable side shook something inside me that I desperately tried to bury beneath duty and fear.

“Lucien…”

“You say you’re ready for the Council to cut the bond,” he pressed, his voice softer now and strained. “But what then? When you’re free- what happens to you? What are your plans? To us?”

That word again. Us.

I froze.

He leaned closer, his forehead nearly brushing mine, his breath warm on my cheek. “You think I’m blind? The way you try to fight with yourself, to hold yourself back. The way you look at me, like you’re afraid of letting us become something more. I’m not blind, little wolf. I just didn’t call you out, for fear that you would run

away…

My heart stumbled.

“Aren’t you afraid…” My voice was barely a whisper. “That I’ll run away after this?”

His hand lifted, fingers trembling as they brushed against my arm–just enough to send a shiver racing down my skin. He was careful, so careful, avoiding the bandaged wound on my shoulder, as though the thought of hurting me was the same as hurting himself.

“If you run away, I’ll do my best to catch up to you.”

“Is that a threat?” I asked with a voice I barely recognized.

“No. I just want you here, little wolf,” he said, steady and soft. “With me. Not because you owe me, not because of our contract that you don’t even recognize and who knows if you still remember it, not because of your status–I don’t care if you’re an Omega, Alpha, or Beta. I just want you. Only you, little wolf.”

The walls I’d built again after they had been shattered trembled, threatening to break down once more.

“Lucien…” My voice cracked. “I can’t-”

“You can.” He caught my chin gently, tilting my face up to his as if he already knew my fears and chose to face them for me. “You’re afraid, I know. I get it. But let me bear it for you if you’re afraid. Don’t push me away. It’s okay if you want to build your wall too high–I’ll climb it for you. You deserve love, little wolf. Don’t let that man make you question your worth.”

I shook my head; tears stung my eyes. “You don’t understand. I gave everything once. I trusted, I loved, and it destroyed me. What if-” My voice broke. “What if I can’t survive again?”

His expression softened, though the fire never left his eyes. His thumb gently wiped away my tears as he leaned closer, his words almost like a vow. “Then I’ll survive it for you. I’ll take the fall, the pain, the burden. I don’t care what it costs me–my life, my title, my pack. None of it matters if I can’t protect you. If I can’t keep you.”

I gasped, staring at him with wide eyes. “Don’t say that-”

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