Second Chance for the Barren Luna (Talia and Jason) novel Chapter 190

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED & NINETY

Maggie’s POV

The moment Nolan and that woman were out of sight I finally allowed myself to show how I really felt: absolute rage and disgust.

I went to my room with my hands clenched so tightly that my nails dug into my palms. I shut the door and leaned against it. How did this happen?

Nolan left to make the Alpha King pay for killing his father, not come back with his daughter as his mate. On top of that, he moved that woman into his room.

What about me? He felt nothing about me? Impossible!

I had spent years imagining the day I would stand beside him as his Luna, and I had done it with patience. I had waited while other women whispered and tried to get close to him. While Nolan grew colder and more guarded each year, I told myself he would soften for me in the end. I just had to be patient.

Then she arrived with his mark on her neck.

“That bitch,” I growled and I kicked my chair across the room.

‘He was never ours from the beginning,’ my wolf whispered.

“No, that’s not true,” I argued aloud, my voice shaking. “He saved me. He wouldn’t have done all of that if I wasn’t the one for him.”

“That is not the same as choosing you,’ my wolf replied firmly. ‘He does not owe you, his heart.’

I huffed as I remembered the day Nolan saved me clearly.

I had been running from the Mad rogues, barefoot and bleeding, and my throat was raw from crying out for help that never came. When I crossed into Bloodmoon territory, I collapsed only a mile away from the pack house. I was certain the Mad rogues would drag me back before anyone noticed and finished what they started.

Instead, Nolan appeared.

He did not ask who I was. He did not question whether I deserved saving. Nolan killed the rogues with little effort, then lifted me into his arms like I weighed nothing. I’ll never forget that moment, how he smelled like smoke and pine and how I never felt so safe before that moment.

Nolan brought me to the pack and told the maids to care for me. I expected to be put in the dungeon as a rogue, but no. Over time, he gave me responsibility. Nolan asked my opinion about household matters. He left the maids under my care, and he did it because he trusted me,

The maids hinted. The older woman smiled knowingly. Even the warriors joked that I would be the one to calm him down someday, that I would be his Luna.

‘You allowed their foolish thoughts to delude you to the truth,’ my wolf said.

‘No, I know him. He allowed me to take care of him when he was at his weakest. That has to mean something,’ I countered.

‘It only means that he trusts you. You need to let go of this infatuation,’ my wolf growled. ‘We need to find our own mate,’

“No! He is our mate!” I exclaimed. “This has to be a trick from the Alpha King.”

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