Chapter 237 – True Luna Book Free: The Darkness Within

“What if I don’t feel it?” I asked, my voice laced with fear. “What if it just takes over and you can’t do anything about it?”

Lex shook his head at me.

“I won’t let it happen, Lex,” I said. “I won’t hurt anyone ever again.”

Lex just kept looking at me. He kept gulping and I could tell that he was having a hard time speaking.

“I don’t think that’s necessary, honey,” my mom said. “You always felt the darkness coming, Sophie. There is no reason to think that this time will be any different.”

I looked at my mom and shook my head.

“I am not ready to take that risk, mom,” I said. “I won’t let myself hurt anyone ever again.”

My mom looked at my dad and took a deep breath.

“f**k, no, Sophia,” Hunter said angrily. “It is not happening. I am not locking you up I that room just because the darkness could come back. What if it doesn’t? What if it takes us days to find a way to get rid of it? What if it takes us weeks, or months?”

Hunter pulled me from Lex and this time Lex let him do it.

“I am not doing it, Sophia,” Hunter said as he turned me around and cupped my cheeks. “There is no f**king way that you will be locked in that room again.”

I lifted my hand and caressed his cheek. I didn’t want to be separated from him again either. But if the darkness came back and I hurt him…

“It will be okay,” I said, trying to give him a small smile. “We will find a way. My mom will find a way soon and I will be able to get out of there.

I looked at my mom and saw her looking at me with tears in her eyes.

“You will find a way, mom, won’t you?” I asked.

She nodded and approached me. She pulled me from Logan and hugged me tightly.

“I will find a way, my baby,” she said softly. “I promise, Sophia. I will find a way and I will make sure that you are never touched by darkness again.”

I leaned my head on my mom’s shoulder. I believed in her. I knew that she would find a way and I knew that everything would be okay.

Hunter’s POV

I wasn’t going to lock her up again!

There was no f**king way she would spend another minute in that room. It wasn’t happening.

I watched Emma hugging my mate and I got the urge to grab her and take her away from everything and everyone. Maybe we could run away from the darkness. Maybe we could run away from everything bad that surrounded us.

How the f**k could I lock her up again? I couldn’t do it. I simply couldn’t.

I placed my hands on her waist and pulled her from Emma gently. I needed to hold her in my arms. I needed to be sure that she was with me and not in some room.

“Hunter…” she said quietly, but I interrupted her.

“I said no, Sophia,” I said sternly. “I’m not going to change my mind. I am not locking you in that room again.”

Sophia sighed and looked at her family.

“Can you give us a minute, please?” she asked, making me tighten my jaw.

“They don’t need to give us a minute, Sophia,” I said. “I am not changing my mind.”

Sophia didn’t even look at me. She kept her eyes on her family the entire time. I had to hold back from rolling my eyes when I saw them nod and get up. Alex k**sed Sophia’s temple before he stood up and walked away after his parents.

Sophia looked at me as soon as her family was out of sight.

“No,” I said immediately. “No f**king way, Sophia. You are not going back in that room.”

How could I go back to waking up without her in my arms?

It was simple. I couldn’t.

“I don’t want to hurt anyone ever again, Hunter,” she said quietly. “I am already having trouble accepting what I did. If I hurt someone I loved, I would never be able to forgive myself for it.”

I cupped her cheeks and sighed.

“You are not going to hurt anyone, Sophia,” I said softly. “I am sure of it.”

She placed her hands over mine and closed her eyes.

“Do you remember the things I said to my mom?” she asked quietly, her voice laced with pain.

I gritted my teeth and leaned in to k**s her forehead. Of course I remembered it. I remembered every word she said.

“I remember,” I mumbled against her forehead.

“I meant every word that I said to her,” Sophia said quietly. “The things that I was thinking were horrible. I wanted to…”

Her voice broke and she stopped talking.

I pulled her closer to me and p**ssed her against my ch*st. I wasn’t going to lose her. Not again. I wasn’t going to stand behind that f**king glass and look at her without being able to touch her.

“I won’t let you hurt her,” I said softly. “I won’t let you hurt anyone.”

She wr*pped her arms around my waist and took a deep breath.

“You wouldn’t be able to stop me,” she said quietly. “No one would and that’s why I need to go back in that room.”

I closed my eyes and swallowed the lump in my throat.

“My mom will find a way,” she continued. “I am sure of it. She already has a plan. I can feel it, Hunter. I won’t be in there for long.”

No.

No, no, no, no!

She wouldn’t be in there at all! Not again!

“No, Sophia, no,” I mumbled, burying my nose into her hair. “I can’t lose you again. I can’t.”

She tightened her arms around me and turned her head so she could place a k**s on my ch*st

“You won’t lose me,” she said softly. “You will never lose me.”

She lifted her head and gave me a small smile.

“I want to be completely yours before I go back in there,” she said as he lifted her hand and caressed my cheek. “I want to mark you and make you mine. I want you to know that I will always belong to you, even though you can’t touch me.”

I almost sobbed.

But I needed to touch her. I needed to touch her!

“I can’t, Angel, I can’t,” I cried out as I p**ssed my l*ps against her.

Just thinking about not being able to k**s her and hold her had me ready to scream in pain. I couldn’t do it again.

“Yes, you can,” she said as she cupped my cheeks. “We both know that I have to do this, Hunter. I can’t be free until that thing is completely out of my body.”

I closed my eyes and furrowed my eyebrows. She leaned in and p**ssed a soft k**s on my l*ps.

“I love you,” she said. “I will be completely yours before I go inside and I will come back to you soon.”

No, please Goddess, no.

I k**sed her back as hard as I could. I picked her up and placed her on my lap. I needed to feel every part of her body against mine. She tangled her fi**gers into my hair and p**ssed her body against mine.

“We can go to my family’s cabin tonight,” she whispered against my l*ps. “We can be together before I go back in there.”

No, no, no.

Goddess, please no.

She lowered her head and placed a k**s on my neck. I grunted and closed my eyes. She lifted her head a little and k**sed my cheek.

“I will come back to you soon,” she said softly. “I promise, Hunter. You won’t lose me. You will never lose me.”

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