Chapter 266 – True Luna Book Free: The Darkness Within

“What rumor?” Logan asked.

“That her fated mate was going to reject her,” Anna said and Logan tightened his jaw. “The witches thought that her fated mate would be even more jealous of her cursed mate if he rejected her and later saw that she had another mate who would accept her. They thought it would create even more friction between the two Alphas.”

Logan closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He kissed Emma’s forehead and buried his nose into her hair.

“It’s all my fault,” he mumbled. “If I didn’t make that stupid mistake, she would be awake now. She would be with me. There wouldn’t be darkness. There wouldn’t be anything but us and our happiness.”

He opened his eyes and looked at Emma.

“I am sorry, Emma,” he cried out. “I am so sorry, my love.”

My heart tugged painfully. Sophie sobbed and I instinctively pulled her into my arms. She hugged me tightly and I kissed the top of her head. She calmed me down a lot. She was a part of my Emma and it felt like I was holding my sister in my arms.

“She would still be cursed, Logan,” Anna said softly. “She would still have darkness inside and she would still have to fight it.”

Logan shook his head and hugged Emma tightly. I closed my eyes and swallowed the lump in my throat. I wished that I could hug her. I wished that I could tell her how fucking sorry I was.

“But she wouldn’t have to fight me,” Logan said. “She wouldn’t have to go through that again. She wouldn’t have to see that fucked up version of me. She wouldn’t have to listen to him and his idiotic excuses.”

Logan stopped to let out a broken sob. He started kissing Emma’s cheeks, forehead, and lips repeatedly.

“I am sorry, love,” he cried out. “I am so sorry.”

I’d never seen Logan so hurt and it made my heart break. I had known him since we were kids. I’d been through so much with him, but I never saw him sob like that. Not even when Emma was taken. As terrified as he was then, he knew that we would find her. He knew that we would help her. He was able to take action. We were able to take action. We were able to find the fuckers and kill them. He wasn’t helpless then, but he was helpless now.

We all were.

Emma was alone in that fucked up place. She had to face them alone and we couldn’t help her. None of us could do shit about it.

I tightened my arms around Sophie and kissed the top of her head again.

“Dad…,” Alex spoke, but Logan’s loud gasp interrupted him.

“Emma!” Logan screamed and I looked up.

My eyes widened when I saw Emma’s half-open eyes.

“Emma!”

“Mom!”

All of us screamed at the same time.

She tried to look at us, but Logan turned her head toward him.

“Emma,” he cried out. “I am here, baby. Please say something. Talk to me.”

Emma shut her eyes tightly and furrowed her eyebrows.

My heart jumped to my throat. No! She couldn’t go back to sleep!

“No, no, no, no!” I exclaimed, slamming my hand against the glass. “Wake up, Emma!”

My heart was going to jump out of my chest. I couldn’t breathe. All I could do was stare at her and beg the Goddess to keep her awake.

She couldn’t go back there. She had to stay awake. She had to stay with us.

Logan’s POV

I leaned in and pressed a kiss on Emma’s lips.

“Wake up, baby, come on,” I cried out, trying to ignore Andrew’s screaming.

She opened her eyes again and looked at me. I was sure that my heart would stop. Her eyes were blue. It was her. It was my Emma.

“Oh, Goddess,” I cried out. “It’s you!”

I kissed her again and sobbed. She groaned quietly and tried to lift her hand. She was too weak though. I took her hand in mine and lifted it a little. She placed it against my cheek and gave me a small smile.

“I beat her,” she mumbled quietly. “She is gone.”

I smiled through my tears.

“I knew that you would, baby,” I said as I placed another kiss on her lips. “I never doubted it for a second.”

Emma tried to give me a weak smile, but she groaned instead.

“What hurts, baby?” I asked, panicking a little.

She shook her head a little and forced a small smile on her face.

“I am okay,” she mumbled. “It will go away.”

“Emma?” Anna called her before I could protest and made her tell me how could I help her.

Emma tried to turn her head to look at Anna. She smiled a little when she saw everyone.

“Mom!” Sophie cried out, pressing her palms on the glass.

“Hi, honey,” Emma mumbled.

“I need you to listen to me, Emma,” Anna said, making Emma look at her. “It isn’t over. You will be pulled back and I think that there will be more people you will need to face.”

Emma furrowed her eyebrows a little.

I closed my eyes and buried my nose in her hair. Just thinking about her having to face that motherfucker who rejected her was tearing my soul apart. I wished that I could be the one to face him, not her. I wished I could be there to tell him how much I hated him and how much I hated that he used to be a part of me. I wanted to punch him. I wanted to strangle him. I wanted to watch him die for good.

“You will be pulled back there, Emma,” Anna continued and Sophie sobbed. “There will probably be someone else waiting for you back there. You need to be strong, Emma. We are all here for you.”

“Who?” Emma asked quietly.

I opened my eyes and leaned my forehead on her cheek. I tightened my jaw and took a deep breath.

“Me,” I said and she looked at me with a confused expression on her face. “Anna thinks that you will have to face the version of me who rejected you.”

Emma’s eyes widened a little.

“I am sorry, baby,” I cried out. “I am so sorry. Don’t believe him, okay? Don’t believe anything he says. Kill him and come back to me.”

“A part of Andrew who supported Logan will also probably be there, Emma,” Anna said, making Emma look back at her. “You will have to face them both. I think that is the key to getting rid of the darkness.”

Emma shook her head a little.

“I need to kill them?” she asked quietly.

I could tell that she had trouble speaking. I could tell how hard it was for her. I could tell that she was in pain.

“You need to do whatever you did to Sienna,” Anna said. “You can’t kill what is already dead, Emma. What did you do to Sienna?”

Emma closed her eyes and shook her head a little.

“I don’t…,” she mumbled quietly before groaning.

I pulled her against me immediately, trying to use our bond to ease her pain. She relaxed a little and opened her eyes again.

“I’m not sure,” she mumbled.

“Whatever you did with her, you need to do with them as well,” Anna said.

Emma looked up at me and smiled.

“Leon and Eliza were with me,” she said, making my heart skip a beat. “I wasn’t alone there.”

A tear fell on my cheek.

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