Scarlett (Second Edition) by Karima Saad Usman novel Chapter 134

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Scarlett

Chapter 134

Lucian’s POV

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The room was filled with a heavy, suffocating silence. I felt my heart sink as I realized what this meant. Scarlett was out there, exposed and vulnerable, in a state that made her a target for any predator, any alpha, and we had no idea where she was or how to find her. And somehow, she was trying to reach us. trying to connect, but something was keeping her from us.

The silence after Elsa’s words was suffocating. Her gaze held a sorrowfo understanding, as if she saw through all the bitterness and regret we carried, all the wounds we had inflicted on ourselves and on Scarlett. Maxwell, fists clenched, got up and swung his fist hard into the wall, his knuckles splitting against the impact. I could feel the anguish radiating from him, a shared pain we both bore for what we had done to her.

“I’m sorry,” Elsa said softly, her eyes flickering with genuine sadness. But her words offered no comfort; they only deepened the ache within me.

I took a steadying breath, forcing myself to ask the question burning in my mind, though I dreaded the answer.

“So, is she… being cared for?” My heart twisted at the thought, knowing that if she was in heat, any alpha nearby would be drawn to her, compelled to attend to her needs. The very idea sent a sharp pang through me, but I had to know.

Elsa’s face grew pensive. “I don’t know,” she said carefully. “But there is a strange magic around her, something deceptive, a fog I can’t see through. I sense confusion and… conflict, like she’s surrounded by forces I can’t entirely understand.” She paused, her expression troubled.

“The magic… it’s hers, Lucian. She’s wielding it somehow, but it’s interwoven with another force.”

I frowned, unable to believe what I was hearing. “Magic? But Scarlett isn’t a Valkin. How could she have magic?”

Elsa shook her head, eyes reflecting her own confusion.

“We’ve never seen a female Valkin alpha before. We don’t know if her lineage alone defines her powers. She may not carry the full blood of the Valkin, but

she has something within her, something powerful.” She looked away, almost haunted.

“But the nature of her magic is twisted now, influenced by a darker magic. And the emotions surrounding her… they’re volatile. She’s hurting, Lucian. That hurt is deepening into something dangerous, something destructive.”

Her words struck a cold fear in my chest. Had we, with all our cruelty and neglect, turned carlett into something monstrous? Had we shattered her gentle spirit beyond repair? And yet, no matter what she had become, I knew I would love her all the same.

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I would bear the weight of her pain and guilt, accept whatever darkness had taken root in her heart. If we’d created a monster, it was my duty to love her, to try to bring her back from the edge, however far she had fallen.

Elsa sighed and looked at me, her face weary. “It’s heartbreaking that none of you heeded my warnings,” she said, her tone resigned. I looked at her, feeling the guilt rise again like bile in my throat.

“When you visited me after you first accepted Scarlett, what did I tell you?” she asked, and 1 racked my brain, but in my state, it was impossible to remember. Seeing our blank expressions, she sighed and repeated her warning.

“A rising threat. A great betrayal, emptiness, regret, turmoil, war, penance, tears, and hardship. A separation, longing, danger, hatred, pain, karma, plight. and a sense of being forgotten.”

Her words echoed in my mind, sinking into the very fabric of everything we’d lived through since that day. Each part of her warning had come true, with only one prophecy left unfulfilled—war. And I could feel it now, looming like a shadow–over our heads, a continuous plight waiting for us on the other side

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of this darkness.

Elsa’s voice softened as she looked at me and then at Maxwell, who had slumped into the charr, his head hung low.

“I urge you both,” she said quietly, that to bring any more of this suffering upon yourselves. Your choices are what brought Scarlett to this breaking point It’s up to you to make sure that no more of these prophecies come to pass.”

I turned to Maxwell, feeling the hollow ache in my chest. “Please, Maxwell,” I murmured, my voice a quiet plea. “Let’s not separate. We need each other now more than ever. We have nothing left, but we can still wait for her together.”

He raised his head, his face streaked with fresh tears, his eyes filled with the same emptiness I felt in my own soul.

“I’ve already lost everything, Lucian,” he whispered, his voice broken. “There’s nothing worse than being alone. Scarlett was the piece that completed us, made us whole. She gave us purpose, gave us a reason to fight, to live. Now, I’m just… empty. Just like Elsa said, emptiness is all I have left.”

Elsa looked at Maxwell with a gentleness that seemed to acknowledge the depth of his sorrow.

“Listen to me, Alpha Max,” she said, her voice kind but firm. “Take my last piece of advice. I believe that if what you shared with Scarlett was true, then fate will guide her back to you. But you can’t abandon your duties. You have to let fate run its course, endure what comes, and prepare for the day she returns.”

Her eyes shifted to me, and she spoke with an urgency that stirred something in my

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