Chapter 38 | Secret

Violet

I left Phoenix shortly after he rejected me. He’s right, we have an agreement. But it doesn’t stop the ache in my heart. It doesn’t stop my wolf, Selene, from crying in the back of my mind. Mourning the fact that the moon goddess destined us to be with someone so broken, someone that’s cursed, someone that will never accept us.

I try to convince her that it’s for the best. But my words fall on deaf ears, she doesn’t want to hear me.

I climb back into my room and my eyes widen when I see Magnolia sitting on my bed reading a book. Her jade green eyes meet mine, she raises one eyebrow as she looks at me and tilts her head to the side as she asks, “Where the hell have you been?”

I take slow breathes, trying to calm my racing heart and I evade her question, “What are you doing in my room at this time?”

Out of anyone that would uncover the fact I’ve been sneaking out regularly, I never guessed that it would be Magnolia. She shrugs her shoulders as she answers me, “Charlie fell asleep