Surrender To Us, Our Luna (One Luna, Four Alphas) novel Chapter 490

Chapter 490: 490-I Can Break Her Heart

Haiden:

But up close, her scent felt different from before. It was familiar, yet not something I could clearly place. It pulled at me in a way that made my chest feel tight, like something inside me was reaching for a connection that kept slipping away.

I told myself it was nothing and forced myself to keep going.

In the mirror, I caught her expression. Her eyes were half closed, her breathing slower and deeper. It was obvious she felt the contact too.

I leaned closer to reach the clasp, my face near her shoulder, my focus on the tiny hook that suddenly seemed impossible to fasten.

As I breathed near her skin, I heard her breath leave her lips and caught the scent of her hair. It made my head feel light, like my instincts were trying to move before my thoughts could stop them.

"Do you feel that too?" she asked quietly.

I snapped my head up.

"Do you feel that agitation whenever you are near me?"

Her voice was unsteady, and it sent another unwanted reaction through me.

The clasp finally clicked into place.

I stepped back at once, putting space between us as if distance could fix whatever had just passed through my body.

She turned to face me, placing a hand over her chest as though trying to steady her breathing.

"I feel it too, Haiden," she said softly. "I do not know what this is, but it makes me very anxious around you."

She searched my face for an answer, but I had none. I stood there with my fists tight at my sides, trying to convince myself that whatever this was, it did not mean anything at all.

"And did you not feel it?" she asked again as she stepped toward me with hopeful eyes.

"No," I replied. I lied loudly enough for her to step back and cover her mouth.

"Oh," she murmured, looking hurt and shocked. "I don’t..."

I then pushed my confidence further as I looked her in the eye and wrinkled my nose.

"Not even a little bit?" she wondered.

As she asked that question, I noticed tears forming in her eyes.

"No, Fauna, I feel nothing," I snapped in annoyance.

She buried her face in her hands before looking up again, and this time it did not seem like she was going to accept my lie.

"You’re lying," she shouted.

"Well, whatever helps you sleep better at night," I remarked with a shrug.

Seeing pain in her eyes made me happy. It meant I was doing everything right, hurting her, the woman whose father had stolen everything from me.

In a soft tone, she made me feel guilty for my words.

"But just so you know, if you are expecting me to hate you for it," she paused, then added, "you are wrong. I will not bother you, but I am not going to hate you." She sniffled and gestured toward the door. "We should go. Dinner will be starting."

With that, she did not wait for me. She walked past me and left the room.

I stayed behind in her room.

"Way to go, Alpha Haiden, the best man in the world, breaking an innocent woman’s heart."

My wolf waking up at that point and taunting me was not something I had expected.

"What is wrong with you? Don’t you hate her too?" I growled, stepping toward the exit.

"If you are satisfied with yourself, of course you should be, but do not speak for me. I will say this much. It is true that I felt something for her. I do not know what that was, but it seemed like—"

As my wolf began to speak, I growled loudly to silence him. He understood and went quiet.

"There was only one person that I loved, and if she is not in my life, I will just wait for her," I muttered, walking out of the room and heading down the hallway to attend dinner.

"I loved her too. But let’s be honest, Haiden. The minute she rejects us, it will be hard for us to live without a mate. Everybody needs someone. What we felt with Fauna seems like it could be our future. You can hate her for what her father did to our father and to us, but you cannot expect me to hate her. That is my truth. Now let’s go eat," he replied quickly, leaving me baffled.

I did not know that returning home would put me through so much stress.