Get Back The Abandoned Luna (Scarlett and Alexander) novel Chapter 86

Cold Heart My Burning Love 86

Chapter 86

Scarlett’s POV

Light.

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My eyelashes fluttered. I frowned and groaned at the light hitting my face. It was faint at first, and I thought I could just ignore it and return to my dreamland, but it kept burning against my skin until I thought my face might get scorched if I didn’t get up.

The first thing I did was raise my hand to block my face. However, my hand was so heavy that it almost made me question if I still had arms at all.

I let out a groan, air filling my lungs in a shaky breath. Then I felt the pain still lingering in my body–the dullness, the soreness. Yet, none of that compared to the hollow emptiness inside me. Memories of all the recent events rushed to my head, pouring through and making me frown from the pain.

Right. I had managed to dissolve my bond with Alexander. It was a successful event… but the price was too heavy for me to bear.

I had lost Kaya again, all because I had wanted to be free from Alexander.

The silence and that hollow feeling terrified me. I could feel my heart thumping so heavily that it was hard to

breathe.

I wanted to scream. I wanted to shout. I wanted to vent.

I knew… I knew it was me who asked the High Council to let me take the pain instead, because I wanted to be free from him, even if it meant by force–even if it meant I had to bear the pain that was supposed to be ours. Yet… yet…

My wolf…

Kaya. It was supposed to be me who would suffer. I had already accepted that, resolved to endure any pain. I would withstand it for both of us, because I believed I could take it.

When the pain hit, it was unbearable. It was so intense that I wished I could just pass out, but I couldn’t. The pain was so sharp that it kept me painfully awake. At that time, I wished I could bang my head hard enough to lose consciousness–if it weren’t for Lucien, who stopped me and stood guard, I would have.

But Kaya… she felt my pain and forced it to be transferred to her, enduring it alone for both of us.

I wanted to stop her. I didn’t want her to suffer anymore, especially since she had just woken and had been deeply affected by Alexander’s betrayal.

I wanted to take the pain for her, but it was already too late. She had already borne it on her own. I watched her scream from the pain. I watched her writhe in agony. I watched her suffer from it for days.

There was nothing I could do. She even managed to comfort me, saying she was okay.

But how could she be okay after suffering like that?

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When her voice stopped, I thought that was it, that it had finally ended.

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However, what ceased was only her scream. She slowly dissipated inside me, leaving me with this terrifying hollow heart.

Maybe.. maybe I really was the broken Luna they called-

“Little wolf!”

I paused. My thoughts snapped back.

I slowly opened my eyes, and the first thing I saw was Lucien.

Shadows lay long across the floor, and the scent of herbs clung to the air. My eyes settled on a figure slumped beside me, tightly holding my hand as if he was afraid I might escape.

Lucien,

He leaned back in the chair, his hair disheveled, his head awkwardly braced against the back. His chest rose and fell, but even in sleep his grip on my hand hadn’t loosened.

I clearly heard his voice earlier.

I let out a helpless laugh. He had protected me again.

My throat tightened. I swallowed, the sound rough and brittle, and whispered, “Lucien…”

The word cracked from my lips, faint but alive.

He stirred instantly, as if my voice had pulled him from drowning. His eyes flew open, wild with exhaustion and hope, and when they landed on mine, the storm in them broke into something rawer than relief.

“You’re back,” he rasped, his voice thick. His hand squeezed mine tighter, as if terrified I’d vanish again.

I tried to smile, though my lips trembled. “I’m home.”

He leaned forward, brushing his other hand over my cheek. His touch was gentle, reverent, as though I were something fragile. “Don’t ever do that to me again,” he whispered. “I thought I’d lost you.”

A sharp ache shot through my chest, but it wasn’t from the ritual. It was from the silence inside me. I reached, instinctively, for the bond within–for Kaya, for the wolf who had always been my voice, my fury, my soul since the moment I shifted.

I thought she would come back again, just like before.

That maybe I was just dreaming it all.

Yet the hollowness told me this was reality.

Kaya.

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‘Kaya? Don’t play hide and seek with me. Answer me, please…‘ I tried calling her in my mind, but there was no response, not even a faint ripple to signal she was there.

None.

My heart pounded again. I felt my breath catch, and Lucien immediately reached for me, hugging me in his arms and gently patting my back.

“What’s wrong, little wolf?” His voice was soft and full of concern.

I buried my face in his chest, inhaling his scent. “Kaya… she’s gone…”

My breathing quickened, panic twisting inside me. I had experienced this once before when Alexander betrayed us, but then there hadn’t been this hollow feeling. I had known, somehow, she was still there.

But now.

“Lucien… what should I do?”

“Calm down, little wolf. Calm down for me.” His voice was soothing, and he cupped my face, guiding me to look into his eyes. “Listen to me. She’s resting. The severed bond hit her harder than it did you. She isn’t gone -she’s just recovering.”

Tears stung my eyes. “How can you be sure?”

Because I felt her,” he said firmly. “She’s resting inside you. You can’t feel it because your mind is focused on the hollow feeling, but she’s there, resting.”

I looked at him wretchedly, ready to believe whatever he said, clinging to the certainty in his steady gaze.

My shoulders slumped as I whispered, “It feels like half of me has vanished.”

He leaned closer, his forehead gently brushing against mine. “Then let me be the other half until she comes back.”

My breath hitched. Words tangled in my throat, fragile and unspoken, but before I could answer, the door creaked open.

Kathleen stepped in. Her eyes landed on me, and for a moment, her hand flew to her mouth. Tears welled instantly.

“You’re awake,” she breathed, rushing to my side. “By the Goddess, you’re awake.”

Her hands trembled as she hovered over me, unsure whether to embrace me or treat me like glass. I managed a small smile. “Seems I can’t rid myself of you that easily.”

She laughed through her tears, shaking her head. “We thought-” Her voice cracked. “We thought you wouldn’t make it.”

“I nearly didn’t,” I admitted softly. My eyes flicked to Lucien, who hadn’t let go of me even for a moment. His thumb traced slow circles across my palm–silent, but grounding.

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