Second Chance for the Barren Luna (Talia and Jason) novel Chapter 75

Jason’s POV

I paced in my room waiting for Henry to return to give me an update. My thoughts had been chaotic all night. I had given Henry the order to sabotage the mechanism in the Alpha King’s private library. It was the perfect trap. Nolan wouldn’t be able to resist sneaking in. Then he would be stuck until someone found him, preferably the Alpha King himself or Solon.

But he hadn’t been caught.

Instead, all I’d heard was that Nolan had sent Talia to the hospital. There had been no violent clash with Solon. By all logic, if he had been discovered in that library, Solon would have arrested him and sent him to the dungeon. So why was Nolan walking around as if he hadn’t overstepped boundaries?

My thoughts circled back to the one detail that kept bothering me. Talia had been in the library as well. The library wasn’t a place for common wolves. It was the Alpha King’s domain. No outsiders were allowed.

So why had she been there? Was Solon actually taking her seriously as a potential mate? No. No, that was absurd.

Talia was an omega, a nobody. Maybe it was all a coincidence. Her best friend was Della. Maybe the Princess requested something from the library and Talia was just carrying out the request like a servant. That had to be it. Still, that meant Talia had been alone with Nolan all night. I didn’t like the thought of that either.

Finally, Henry entered the room. His eyes shifted uneasily and that put me on edge. Henry rarely looked unsettled.

“Well?” I demanded. “What did you find out? What was Talia doing in the library?”

“You may want to sit down for this,” Henry suggested.

“Just tell me what you found out,” I snapped.

“Talia went into heat last night. Nolan sent her to the hospital,” Henry responded.

I scoffed, relieved for a moment. “So that’s all it was. Just her wolf acting up?”

“It wouldn’t be acting up if you hadn’t rejected her,” Henry retorted.

“Don’t start that again, Henry. I told you I was going to win her back.”

Henry’s mouth pressed into a thin line. “That’s not all I saw,” he admitted.

I narrowed my eyes. “Go on.”

I looked up sharply, shaking my head. “No. Not yet.”

Henry frowned. “She should know what they’re doing to her.”

Henry had always been loyal to Talia since she was my Luna before. I remember how he scolded me when he found out that I rejected Talia for Viki. “You’re going to regret this, Henry. She was the best thing that ever happened to you,” Henry told me.

“She will know when it benefits me,” I corrected, my voice cold. “Think, Henry. If I tell her now, she runs straight to Solon. Solon will demand answers, and Silverfang descends into chaos. And what happens to me? Nothing. I gain nothing from telling her right now.”

Henry clenched his jaw, clearly unhappy with my reasoning, but he didn’t argue.

“This way,” I continued, “I hold the leverage. Nolan has secrets. He thinks he’s clever, that no one notices the shady things that he does. But I know now. He drugged her wolf. Whether he plans to kill it or bind it to himself, I don’t care. What matters is that it gives me a weapon to use against him whenever I choose.”

Henry crossed his arms, still frowning. “It’s dangerous to let it go on.”

“All the better,” I said. “The more dangerous it is, the more valuable the knowledge becomes. And when the opportunity presents itself, I’ll use it.”