Chapter 35: John Legend - All of Me
Luna swallowed, hard. Her eyes flicked between the two men.
Her heart pounded, her wolf howled inside her, and she realized that there was no way out of this. She was standing on a cliff, and whichever way she jumped, someone would fall.
But still, Damien held her hand.
And it felt like it might be the only thing keeping her from falling apart.
Luna stared hard at Damien, her eyes narrowing. Then, slowly, as though dragging her own truth out from under the weight of everything she’d been trying to suppress, she turned to Kyllian. Her lips trembled slightly before she spoke.
"I... I cannot help the bond," she began, almost whisper-soft. Her eyes flicked briefly to Damien, then back to Kyllian. "I thought I would hate the bond. I wanted to hate it. Goddess knows I tried to fight it, I threw everything at it. But I..." Her words stalled, and then she let out a breathy, bitter laugh. "I like him."
She gave a smile. It was crooked and resigned. "I like Damien. I know that I want him. I know that I want to be with him... even if I can’t. Even if I shouldn’t. When he’s not near me, I... I miss him. It’s like I can’t breathe."
Kyllian nodded slowly, the movement almost mechanical. His eyes burned with a hurt that no amount of blinking could hide. He didn’t interrupt her, didn’t rage or storm off or yell about betrayal. He just... absorbed it.
Damien, for his part, didn’t say anything for a beat. Then he smiled gently, without the usual smugness, and squeezed Luna’s hands.
"Me too," he murmured. "Exactly that."
Then he tilted his head. "Now," he said, "I want you to look at me. Right here." He tapped his chest with two fingers. "And tell me how you feel about Kyllian. Honestly."
Luna’s brows pinched together. She seemed like she might cry. Or scream. Or laugh. Possibly all at once.