Chapter 251 – True Luna Book Free: The Darkness Within

My mom shook her head and took a deep breath.

“It’s not yours Sophia,” she said. “It’s mine. It was always mine.”

Lex pulled me out of my dad’s arms. I buried my face into his chest and he hugged me tightly.

“Goddess, Emma,” my uncle sighed. “What the fuck are you planning to do now?”

I wanted to look up at my mom, but Lex wouldn’t let me. He placed a hand on my head and pressed me closer to him. I could tell that he needed comfort so I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him tightly.

“Find a way to get rid of it,” I heard my mom say.

There were a few moments of silence before my mom spoke again.

“I’ve been reading about curses and I found some interesting stuff,” she said and this time Lex let me look at her.

“What did you find?” Anna asked as she approached the window.

I watched as my mom got down to her knees and pulled a box from under the bed. I furrowed my eyebrows. I didn’t see her put that there.

She opened the box and pulled out an old, torn-up book. She sat on the bed and opened it.

I wanted to get closer to the window, but Lex tightened his arms around me and I couldn’t move.

“What is that, Emma?” Anna asked. “I’ve never seen that book before.”

My mom glanced up at her but didn’t respond. She kept turning the pages that looked like they were falling apart.

“Emma,” my uncle called her with a hint of anger in his voice.

I couldn’t even look at him. I couldn’t even imagine what he was going through. He loved my mom so much and I could only assume how scared he was. If something like that happened to Lex I would lose it.

My mom ignored my uncle as well. She kept turning the pages and frowning.

“Emma, I swear to Goddess…,” my uncle spoke after a few moments, but my mom interrupted him.

“Here it is!” she exclaimed as she stood up and walked back to the glass window separating us.

Hunter came to stand next to Lex and me. He crossed his arms over his chest and tightened his jaw. He kept his eyes on my mom.

I took a deep breath and tightened my arms around Lex. He rubbed my back gently.

I am so fucking happy to have you back. Lex mind-linked me.

I gulped and took a deep breath.

I wish it wasn’t at the cost of our mom being in there instead of me. I said.

Lex tightened his arms around me and kissed the top of my head.

I know. He said. She will find a way out. I am sure of it.

“Okay,” my mom mumbled as she finished reading the page. “This book describes darkness as something that hurt us in the past. It says here that dealing with that hurt could get rid of the darkness forever.”

I furrowed my eyebrows.

“I don’t understand,” my dad said. “How are you supposed to deal with something that hurt Sophia?”

My mom looked at me and sighed.

“I can’t,” she said. “But I can deal with the things that hurt me.”

She looked at my dad and gulped.

“I think that this darkness always belonged to me,” she continued. “I think that’s the reason we couldn’t get rid of it before. Sophia couldn’t deal with it because the hurt wasn’t hers. It was mine.”

She looked back at the book in her hands and took a deep breath.

“I didn’t even know that this book existed until I decided to take Sophia’s darkness,” she said. “I went through every nook and cranny in our library and I never saw this book before.”

She looked back up at us and closed the book.

“This darkness was meant for me and I have to be the one to fight it,” she said and my heart started beating faster.

Logan’s POV

I had to hold back from trying to slam my body against that fucking glass window between us.

I wanted to slam my body against it until it broke. I wanted to get inside that fucking room and take my mate into my arms. Seeing her, but not being able to hold her was torture. It was pure fucking torture.

“I am so sorry, Logan,” she said after Andrew finally walked out of the cabin.

He refused to leave at first, but Emma convinced him to go. We wanted some alone time. I needed her to tell me why she did it. I needed her to tell me why she didn’t tell me her plans.

I already knew the answers, but I needed her to tell me. I didn’t know why, but I needed to hear it from her. I felt like maybe it would get easier if she repeated it. I thought it would be easier for me to accept it if she convinced me that she made the right choice.

“Why, baby, why?” I asked as I leaned my forehead against the cold glass. “Why did you leave me?”

Emma approached the glass and placed her hand on it. She rubbed her thumb on it as if she was trying to rub my cheek.

“I didn’t leave you,” she cried out. “I could never leave you. I love you more than anything, Logan.”

I knew that. I knew that she didn’t leave me. I knew that she was doing that for our daughter. I knew it all, but I couldn’t accept it. I couldn’t hold her and it was killing me.

I felt a tear fall on my cheek and Emma whimpered.

“I will be back soon, okay?” she cried out. “I am not leaving you. I promise, Logan. I am not leaving your or our children.”

I wanted to hold her. Even if it was just for a second. I just wanted to feel her in my arms.

“Tell me that you love me, please,” she said, her voice trembling. “Please, Logan, I need to hear it.”

I looked at her beautiful eyes and another tear fell on my cheek.

“I love you, Emma,” I said and she sobbed quietly. “I love you with my entire heart and soul. I won’t leave this cabin until you are back in my arms. I won’t let you leave me. I won’t leave you alone.”

She closed her eyes and bent her head down.

“I love you, baby,” I repeated wishing I could just snap my fingers and make the glass between us disappear.

Not knowing how long would it be until I got to feel her body next to mine was killing me. It could be hours. It could be days. It could be…

No.

It couldn’t be more than a few days. That would destroy me. That would kill me.

‘Leon?’ I called my wolf. ‘Are you okay?’

I didn’t even pay attention to him. I was completely focused on Emma. I didn’t even remember him.

‘I am angry,’ he mumbled. ‘But I am trying to keep it together. Eliza is helping to calm me down.’

‘Good,’ I said. ‘Don’t stop talking to her, okay? When the darkness took over Sophia, Stella was our main source of information. You can’t lose contact with Eliza in case the same thing happens to Emma.’

‘I know, Logan,’ Leon said. ‘I am putting all my effort into our connection. I won’t lose her.’

I took a deep breath and released it slowly.

‘We won’t lose them, Logan,’ Leon added quietly.

I gulped and another tear fell on my cheek. I had no idea what would I do if she left this world before me. I couldn’t see myself living without her. I wasn’t strong enough to do it. I wasn’t strong like she was. I was a weak man, and I wouldn’t be able o continue without her next to me.

I was nothing without her.

She made me strong. She made me a good Alpha. She made me a good father. She was the source of everything beautiful in my life. My day started and ended with her next to me. She was my best friend and the only one I wanted to talk to every day. I couldn’t imagine a spending a second without her. Just thinking about it made my chest spasm and all the air leave my body.

“Emma,” I called her, trying to sound calm.

She looked at me and smiled through her tears.

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