Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Seven
“What the fuck do you think you are doing?” Axel asked, and he was mad. | felt it in the bond we shared; | saw it
in his eyes too,
“I am doing the right thing.”
He inhaled sharply; he knew | was right, yet he didn’t like this, not one bit. “You had to do that before all those
people?” he questioned, even though he already knew why | had done that too.
“She would be safer this way.”
“You can’t let her go; we can’t-you would go in there and tell her it was all skind of expensive joke, and
you've changed your mind.
When Axel was mad, he seemed to forget who the Alpha was and where his place was, but | let it slide; he had
the right to be angry.
“Axel, listen to me. She is no longer safe here; there are many who want to hurt her to get to
me
sof them are in this pack; You know that if there was any other way, | would have chosen that.”
“And do you think there wouldn't be others out there who want her dead top? She can’t be on her own,” he says,
and he might be right.
“She managed to stay alive all these while in the Windborne pack; she would survive.”
“Tellthat you would send soldiers along with her.”
“I can’t do that. They would figure it out that this was only an act; | would have to make them see that I've
moved on completely from her,” | said to him, noticing he shook in anger; his wolf was on the verge.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt
Never once had Axel ever challengedto a fight before, but now I could see that happening.
“So what? You find a new... girl?”
I didn’t want anyone; | could never look at any girl that wasn’t Riley the sway.
“I'm afraid so,” | said, and Axel lashed out. | had expected that, so | quickly dodged; I didn’t fight back. “Axel, do
you remember what the elders did to Bailey?, They are dangerous; | killed their members and had been about to
wipe them out of the face of this earth if they hadn't escaped; think about what they would do to Riley if they
ever got their hands on her.” | flinched; I didn’t want to think about it. Bailey was one of the most powerful elders
| knew, and yet they had exploited her femininity. The tortures she had gone through, many she wouldn't want to
speak about. | couldn't let that happen to Riley. Never.
Finally, Axel seized trying to attack me.
“It's just...”
she
Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Seven
“You love her,” | completed; my voice sounded harsher than | intended it to be.
“And what if I do love her?, What if | think you don’t and would never deserve her?” Axel asked challengingly.
“Then you would be right.”
+25 BONUS
(RILEY POV)
“Luna,” a slightly familiar voice called, but | didn’t turn back; | walked on.
It turned out to be Jake seeking my attention. I finally cto a stop.
“I just felt the need to thank you,” he says, sounding genuine. | said nothing, but that didn’t deter him; he spoke
on. “You are a good person, and no matter what anyone thinks of you, to me, you will always remain my Luna
and Queen.”
“You have nothing to thankfor, but | appreciate your very kind words,” | said to him, and he bowed before
walking away.
The car waited outside the pack house just as Thane had said. My mother went ahead of us seemingly in a hurry
to leave; she had simply pretended like Thane was completely invisible.
Axel stood by the car. Something in his eyes seemed so... broken. | knew that he wasn’t in on this; he couldn't
have been.
Axel took my stuff, along with my
mother’s placing them in the Bopfy
My mothers iptohetar | had
bkeh'about to do the swhen
Axel's grip on my hands stopped me.
He embraced me. “l am so sorry, |
just can't...” His voice Broke. adit
swallowed psiegloiear dropped
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm
down my eyes. | had promised
myself | wouldn't cry, and now... The
content is on novelenglish.net! Read
the latest chapter there!
| had been bothered about the fact
that | would no longer have Thang by
my side hadnepedn Hiring about
Ake was going to lose the closest
person | had to a friend. The content
is on novelenglish.net! Read the latest
chapter there!
“I guess this is goodbye,” | say, my voice trembling-
“I don't like to say goodbyes.”
“Neither do I.”
We stared at each other long; we should have kissed right there; that would have been our one last kiss.
| drew away from him joining my mother in the car.
One last kiss would only make it harder to walk away.
Chapter One Hundred and Sixty Eight