Second Chance for the Barren Luna (Talia and Jason) novel Chapter 58

Talia’s POV

I sat in the quiet garden, the last of the day’s sunlight soft against my shoulders. A pack management book rested in my lap. Solon had recommended it, insisting it would sharpen my leadership skills.

“I have enough leadership skills as a Luna,” I told him.

“Yes, to a pack that used you as an event planner. This is different. Just read the book, Talia,” Solon stated, ruffling my hair.

“Fine,” I pouted.

Solon was right about the book. I had only finished the first chapter and felt like I had learned so much. Right when I was getting ready to start the next chapter, my wolf growled a warning.

‘Jason is here.’

“What?!” I frowned.

I snapped the book shut and started to gather my things. If I moved quickly enough, maybe I could avoid him altogether. But before I could rise from the bench, he was already there, blocking my way.

Damn it.

Jason looked different than the last time I’d seen him. There was the faintest trace of exhaustion on his face. But the arrogance in his eyes was still there, so Viki’s lies hadn’t humbled him.

“Talia,” he greeted, his voice deliberately soft. “I came to apologize.”

“You’ve already apologized. There’s nothing you could say that I want to hear,” I said, clutching my book in front of me like a shield.

“Please just hear me out, Talia,” Jason pressed. “I hurt you because I was deceived. Viki poisoned me with lies. She tricked me, and I was too blind to see. But now—” He spread his hands like a man offering a gift. “Now that she’s gone, nothing stands between us.”

“Did she manipulate you when you slept with her?” I asked.

Jason opened his mouth and then closed it quickly as he tried to think of what to say.

“You were cheating with her long before she told you she was pregnant, weren’t you?” I continued.

“Only because she lied to me about you. She said…”

I raised my hand, interrupting him. “You trusted an outsider over your fated mate. That is more disrespectful than cheating. Nothing will change our past now. We’re no longer mates. You made sure of that.”

His jaw twitched, but he forced a thin smile. “Do you remember the nights we shared? Do you remember what it felt like to be in my arms? I could give that back to you. I could give you everything, Talia.”

I raised a brow. “Everything? Can you return the years I wasted? Can you remove the humiliation I felt? Or what about the title of Luna? Or does your father still forbid that?”

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