Chapter 38.1K
Lyca rushed at him, claws out. He barely dodged the first swipe, stumbling back.
“Don’t!” he shouted. “I don’t want to hurt you!”
“Hurt me?” I snarled, landing a blow across his chest. “You already dida
He staggered, clutching his side. “Lyria, I’m sorry! Please, just listen to me!“}
“Listen?” I barked, circling him like prey. “You think sorry will erase everything you did?”
Damon raised his hands in surrender. “I know I was wrong, but-
“But nothing!” I snapped, lunging at him again. This time, I knocked him to the ground, pinning him.
“You wanted to learn the hard way. then I will let you have it”
“Do you know what sorry feels like? Do you know what it’s like to be thrown aside like I was nothing?”
He winced, struggling beneath me. “Lyria, I didn’t=“%
“Don’t lie to me!” I shouted, my claws digging into his shoulders. “From the second year of our bond, I knew about Lilith. I knew she was the other woman!”
His eyes widened in shock, but I didn’t stop. “You think I didn’t notice how you gave me her leftovers? How you made me stand in the rain while she stood dry and smug?”
“Lyria, 1-
“And the dress! I hissed, my voice breaking “Do you remember the wedding dress I spent weeks designing with my own hands? Do you remember how you praised it on Lilith instead of me?”
Damon’s face crumpled, tears pooling in his eyes. “I was a fool. I know that now. I was blind to what I had.”
I laughed bitterly, stepping back and letting him fall to the ground, “Blind? You weren’t blind, Damon. You chose. Every single time, you chose her over me.”
He scrambled to his knees, looking up at me with desperation. “Please, Lyria. Give me another chance. I’ll make it right. I swear-” “You’ll make it right?” I repeated, my voice trembling with rage. “Do you even know how many nights I cried myself to sleep, praying for you to love me? Praying for someone to see me?”
“I see you now!” he shouted, his voice cracking. “Lyria, I’ve always loved you!“!!
“Love?” I spat. “You don’t know the first thing about love. Love doesn’t humiliate. Love doesn’t betray. Love doesn’t destroy
“But you did way worse, as if choosing Lilith wasn’t enough, she carried your pup“}
Damon dropped his head, his shoulders shaking “I’m sorry,” he whispered. “I’m so sorry.”
“I told you that I don’t want you anymore yesterday. So because Nok wasn’t around, you think I would follow you. That I would choose you over him?” I asked.
like I matter.
I took a step back, my wolf still growing within me. “It’s too late, Damon. I’ve moved on. I have someone who treats me like Someone who doesn’t make me feel invisible.”
My mother, who had been silent until now, collapsed to her knees, sobbing. “Lyria, please! Come back home. I was wrong. We were all wrong.”
“Mother stop it..or should I even call you that?” I tumed to
