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Chapter 207

Chapter 207

Selene

My head rang painfully, as though thousands of people were hammering against my skull, trying to split it open from the inside. The throbbing was so intense that I frowned deeply and cursed under my breath before forcing my eyes open.

The first thing I saw was the moon shining directly on my face through the window. It was unusually bright tonight, so bright that its light enveloped my entire body, wrapping around me like it was deliberately choosing me, bathing me in a soft silver glow. It was already dark outside, and the moon’s rays poured into the room.

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I stared at it for a long moment, feeling strangely drawn to its light, before I finally looked away from the window and took in the rest of the room. The space was lit gently with candlelight, and expensive items filled every corner, beautiful furniture, ornate decorations, and luxurious fabrics, yet nothing felt overdone. It all carried a quiet, understated elegance. Even the bed I was lying on felt incredibly soft beneath me, the kind of softness that spoke of wealth most people could only dream about.

I held my head with one hand and frowned harder, trying to make sense of everything. “Where the hell am I?” I muttered to myself, almost too quietly for anyone to hear, as I struggled to piece together what had happened.

The last thing I clearly remembered was picking up the black sword and everyone suddenly realizing I was a woman. After that, the dizziness had hit me hard, and I had started to fall… but who caught me?

Crimson eyes flashed in my memory, and the deep voice echoed through my mind again. I froze.

“You make me lose my mind, little wolf.”

Crimson eyes. Alpha Damien.

He was the one who had caught me when I fainted. But why? And how? He wasn’t supposed to be at the warrior rite, so how could he have been there to catch me at that exact moment?

My head ached even more sharply as I tried to think deeper, the pain intensifying with every attempt to recall the details. Just then, the door to the room opened softly.

My body reacted on its own in the stupidest way possible. For some reason I couldn’t explain, I didn’t want to face him right now, so I quickly lay back down on the bed, closed my eyes, and pretended to be deeply asleep.

I kept my breathing slow and even as I heard two sets of footsteps entering the room. One voice belonged to Jason, who spoke carefully.

“Alpha, the people are talking. Rumors are saying you are involved with Lady Selene. And they want to know who she is, the woman that is so powerful.”

There was no immediate response, but I could feel a predatory gaze landing heavily on me, as if those crimson eyes were staring straight through my closed eyelids. I forced myself to stay perfectly still and ignore the prickling sensation on my skin.

Finally, Alpha Damien answered, his voice deep and calm. “I see. Shut it down.”

Jason sounded hesitant. “But Alpha, the rumors have already spread.”

Damien repeated firmly, his tone leaving no room for argument, “Shut it down.”

I heard Jason swallow hard, and I almost felt sorry for him. He was the beta of this crazy demon of a man, he must be going through a lot every single day. If I were in his position, I would have lost my mind long ago.

And what did Damien mean by “shut it down”? Did he really think it was that easy to stop rumors? They were one of the

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fastest and most impossible things to silence once they started spreading. But then again, knowing the kind of man Alpha Damien was, maybe for him it wasn’t impossible at all.

I stayed perfectly still under the covers, pretending to sleep while my mind raced with questions and the dull ache in my head continued to throb.

Damien’s deep voice cut through the quiet room as he spoke calmly to Jason. “You may leave.”

Jason nodded respectfully and replied, “Yes, Alpha. The bath has already been prepared for you.”

With that, he turned and left the room, the soft click of the door closing behind him leaving everything in complete silence

once more.

The room fell so still that I could hear my own heart beating fast against my ribs. That familiar feeling was back again, the heavy, predatory sensation of his eyes watching me, studying every inch of my face even though I kept my eyes tightly shut. I lay there pretending to sleep, my body tense under the soft covers, waiting for him to say something, maybe call me out on my obvious lie and demand to know why I was faking it. But he didn’t say a word.

Instead, I heard the slow, deliberate sound of him unbuttoning his shirt. One button after another, the fabric shifting quietly in the candlelit room. A small sigh of relief escaped me internally. Maybe I was overthinking everything. Maybe he hadn’t noticed I was awake after all,

The unbuttoning continued, slow and unhurried, and then a stupid, reckless part of my mind whispered, “Look up, Selene.”

I paused, wanting to roll my eyes at myself because there was absolutely no way I was opening my eyes right now. I told myself firmly to stay still and keep pretending, yet my traitorous eyes slowly cracked open anyway, careful to keep my lashes low so he wouldn’t notice.

I started from the bottom, glancing first at his shoes, then letting my gaze travel upward along his pants, and finally to where his shirt should have been. But he wasn’t wearing any shirt anymore. He was completely shirtless.

When my eyes landed on his stomach, they sparkled with appreciation. Even though I had seen him naked and completely open for me that first time, the memory still burned in my mind, and I wanted to keep every detail locked away forever despite who he was..

Gods, this man was a work of art. The Moon Goddess had clearly played favorites when she created him. His abs were sharply defined, a light sheen of sweat glistening across them under the warm candlelight, making every ridge and line stand out. He was so perfectly toned, and the prominent V-line disappearing beneath his pants made the entire picture feel almost unfairly flawless. This man was beautiful. Dangerously, sinfully perfect.

I licked my lips slowly, unable to tear my eyes away no matter how much I told myself I should. If Alpha Damien wasn’t the demon of the west, the cold-blooded monster who had killed me so many times before, I would have made him my personal bed warmer without a second thought. With a face and body like his, waking up every single morning would be an absolute pleasure. A small, evil smile crept onto my lips as my mind wandered freely, imagining all the things I could do with him, the ways I could touch and enjoy every inch of that sculpted body,

Just as I was deep in that heated fantasy, smiling wickedly to myself, I finally looked higher, and my gaze locked straight into those beautiful crimson eyes staring down at me.

He was leaning casually against the wall with his arms crossed loosely over his bare chest, one perfect eyebrow raised in quiet amusement. My smile dropped instantly the moment our eyes met. He looked at me exactly like a teacher who had just caught a child doing something very bad.

And I stared back at him like the guilty child who had been caught red-handed.

We looked at each other for what felt like a full minute or two, the silence stretching thick between us in the candlelit room. My heart was still racing from being caught, but I finally snapped out of it, forcing myself to stretch lazily like someone who had just woken up from a deep sleep.

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