Chapter 263 – True Luna Book Free: The Darkness Within

“Talk, Anna,” my uncle said sternly as he sat back down.

Anna took a deep breath and began explaining to them what she told Fia and me earlier. I shut her out completely. I couldn’t listen to that again. I couldn’t even imagine it. It just couldn’t be true. It was just one irrelevant sentence in an ancient book. What were the odds of that one sentence mattering so fucking much? The odds were minimal. They were non-existent. They had to be.

“Hold on,” my uncle said, interrupting Anna and pulling my attention back to them. “You think that Emma will have to fight Logan?”

I growled and continued pacing around the office. I could feel the tension in the air increasing.

“Yes,” Anna nodded. “I am not sure how, but I think that she will have to fight him.”

The room was silent. I looked at my uncle and saw a mixture of shock and anger on his face.

“She won’t be able to do that,” Aunt Daisy mumbled. “She will never be able to hurt him.”

I swallowed the lump in my throat and tried to take a deep breath.

“Will she have to fight me too?” my uncle mumbled, making us all look at him.

He rubbed his palms against his jeans and shook his head.

“I was on Logan’s side when he rejected her,” my uncle said. “I hurt her too. Will she have to fight me too?”

My eyes widened and I looked at Fia immediately. She was staring at our uncle with shock and fear written on her face.

Would my mom have to fight her brother too? She could never hurt him as well. My mom loved her brother so much.

I didn’t see how she would win. I didn’t even see her try. She was going to give up if Anna’s theory was true. I would lose my mom.

“What if it’s not them who mom needs to fight, but only versions of them who hurt her?” Fia mumbled, breaking the silence.

We all looked at her. Her eyebrows were furrowed and she was staring in front of herself.

“What do you mean?” Anna asked her.

Fia stood up and started pacing around the room.

“Well, we believe that Mom is fighting Sienna right now,” Fia said. “She is somewhere else. Her mind is stuck somewhere else. What if all those battles are meant to happen there? What if she doesn’t have to fight Dad and Uncle Andrew right here? What if she has to fight them in that place instead?”

Fia stopped walking and looked at Anna.

“Maybe she has to face that small part of my dad that hurt her,” Fia continued. “That part of my dad died the moment he regretted rejecting my mom. Maybe that part of him is at that place and maybe my mom has to face him, not my dad as he is now.”

The room was silent again.

Fia could have been right. It made sense and it was easier to accept than having to watch my mom and dad in a real fight.

But I knew that my mom wouldn’t be able to hurt even that part of my dad. She loved him and accepted him with all of his flaws. How the hell would she be able to destroy a part of him?

Hunter’s POV

Tensions were running high after what Sophia had said.

I believed that she was right. Her theory made the most sense. Emma adored Alpha Logan and she could never hurt him. Alpha Logan was now a very different man than all those years ago. If Emma had to fight someone, it was Alpha Logan from that time, not Alpha Logan now.

Alex was so tense that he couldn’t control his Alpha aura. It radiated off him in waves that were sometimes almost suffocating. I completely understood his anger. If I was told that my parents would have to fight just so one of them could live, I would lose it too. I would react like that too.

I sighed and looked at my Angel.

I missed her so fucking much. We barely got to spend time alone with everything that was going on. I understood why, but it still bothered me. I wanted to be alone with her. I wanted to make love to her. I wanted her and no one else.

Angel? I mind-linked her. Can we talk in your dad’s office, please?

She looked at me and gave me a small nod.

“I will be right back,” she said to her family as she approached me and took my hand in hers.

No one even heard her. They were talking loudly and trying to make sense of everything that was going on. I was ignoring them because I had a bigger issue to worry about.

I had to go to my pack.

I didn’t want to. I really didn’t want to. It would be for only a day or two, but leaving Sophia even for a few hours seemed like an impossible task. How the fuck would I survive without her for a whole fucking day?!

I wanted to ask her to go with me, but I knew how selfish that was of me. I would put her in a terrible position and I didn’t want to do that. I knew that she needed to stay here. Her parents were in danger. Her brother was distraught. She was distraught. Separating her from them at a moment like that would only hurt her and I didn’t want to do that.

But that selfish part of me was screaming at me to take her back to my pack. That selfish part of me was screaming at me that we would only be gone a day or two. That selfish part was convincing me that nothing relevant would happen in a day or two and that Sophia wouldn’t miss anything.

But what if something happened while we were gone? What if her mom or dad got hurt? What if one of them died? Sophia would never forgive me if she wasn’t here to help or to say goodbye. She would hate me because of that and I couldn’t let my mate hate me.

My love for her was bigger than my selfishness.

“What did your dad say?” my Angel asked as we walked inside Alpha Logan’s office.

I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair.

“He needs me to come back for a day or two,” I said, trying to hide the sadness in my voice. “Our pack members are getting nervous and worried. I’ve been gone for a while. The members of a non-ally pack spent a few days at our territory. They are worried and they have started doubting my dad. They think that something happened to me.”

Sophia sighed and nodded.

“I understand,” she said as she approached me. “When will you leave?”

I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her to my chest. I buried my nose into her hair and took a deep breath.

“Tomorrow morning,” I said quietly. “I will try to come back tomorrow night.”

Sophia looked at me and smiled. I leaned in and kissed her forehead.

“I am sorry, Angel,” I mumbled. “I wish I didn’t have to go. You need me right now.

“It’s okay, Hunter,” she said, giving me another small smile. “Your pack needs you too. I will be okay for a day or two. I won’t be alone. My family is here.”

“It’s our pack, Sophia,” I said as I kissed her forehead again.

She chuckled and nodded.”Right. I will have to get used to that.”

I nodded and leaned in to kiss her softly. Goddess, I would miss her terribly.

“I wish I could go with you,” she mumbled against my lips.

That selfish part of me broke through and I almost asked her to do it. I almost told her how fucking much I wanted her to go with me.

She interrupted me by sighing and caressing my cheek.

“I can’t, though,” she mumbled quietly. “My family needs me right now. Le needs me. He is not used to being helpless. He always finds a way to fix everything. This is throwing him off completely.”

I nodded and took a deep breath.

“I know, Angel,” I said softly. “I wish you could go with me too.”

I had to tell her that I wished she could go with me. I had to give that selfish part of me just a small relief.

Sophia gave me a small smile and I kissed her again.

Her lips were soft, wet, and warm. I wanted more. I parted her lips with my tongue and she moaned quietly. My dick got hard immediately. I picked her up and wrapped her legs around my waist. I took a few steps forward until she was pressed against the wall.

“You are perfect,” I told her as I pressed my dick against her pussy, trying to show her what she was doing to me.

She moaned and rolled her hips against me.

“Fuck,” I said, growling quietly.

I lowered my lips to her neck and started sucking on her mark. She cried out in pleasure and grabbed a fistful of my hair, pressing me closer to her.

I wanted to fuck her right then and there, but I knew that someone could walk in on us. I reluctantly slowed down until I was just pecking her lips and caressing her beautiful face.

“I will fuck you tonight, Sophia,” I said, making her moan quietly. “I can’t leave before I bury myself inside you.”

She gave me a small nod and kissed me hard.

Fuck.

She was making it so fucking hard for me not to fuck her right there and then. I wanted her so badly, but I knew that I would have to wait until tonight to have her.

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