Their moans echoed in my ears as I fled down the corridor. Each step sent fresh waves of agony through my body. The black veins pulsed violently beneath my skin, feeding off my pain.
I barely made it to the car, practically falling into the backseat.I feel my hands trembling.
“Luna Scarlett?” Tommy’s concerned face appeared in the rearview mirror. “Are you alright? You’re as pale as death!”
I could barely breathe through the pain. “I’m fine… just take me home. And Tommy… don’t tell Alpha I was here.”
He hesitated, worry clear in his eyes. “Of course, Luna. But should I get Dr. Kane?”
“No!” The word came out sharper than I intended. “Just… home. Please.”
The ride back was torture. Every bump in the road sent fresh spikes of pain through my cursed body. But worse than the physical pain was the echo of their voices in my head.
“Pathetic excuse for a Luna…”
“Show me who’s better…”
“I can’t resist you…”
Back at the packhouse, I locked myself in my study. My hands trembled as I pulled out fresh paper. The words poured out of me as I wrote a third letter to join the others – one written with love, one with rage, and now one with pure heartbreak.
When I write, I can feel the dark magic flowing through my veins, but what blurs my vision is my tears. Tear after tear falls on the letter paper, yet I still force myself to keep writing. Three months later, he needs to understand what he has lost.
When I finished writing this letter, I just took a deep breath and felt a sudden tightening in my chest. The cursed darkness spread like poison in my body. I trembled and wanted to go to the bedroom to get the medicine bottle.
I struggled to get up, but suddenly felt the room start to spin. I grabbed the table, but my body felt weak and limp. I slowly slid down to the floor and everything went dark.
Suddenly, I felt a gentle force spreading from my fingertips – it was the magic of the ring, how absurd, the man who betrayed me, the man who made me suffer, yet he also gave me the divine instrument to heal my pain.
Slowly, some of my strength returned. I trembled as I reached for the medicine bottle on the bedside table, only to find it empty.
