Page 50 of Forever My Siren Luna

I found her sitting in that spot next to the broken window. That’s where she always is when she isn’t walking along the beach. It’s a bit cold this morning, but she doesn’t even have a fire going. She is just sitting in the cold room with her icey demeanor, not moving even though I know she heard my approach.

She is staring at an old box on the window sill, running her fingers over the aged wood.

I can tell she had been crying, and I feel Killian jarring inside me to see. “You told her she was ugly last night,” Killian reminds me.

“No, I said her attitude was ugly. She gave me the cold fucking shoulder when I asked her what she was doing in the woods.” I noticed she has been going up the stream a lot lately, and I just wanted to know why.

Killian grumbles, but retreats, not wanting to see the tears on Lira’s face any longer.

I really don’t either.

I dropped the papers on her bed. “Bring them tonight, signed, then leave my lands at once.”

With that, I left, not wanting to hurt her any more. Neither one of us should be conflicted because of one another ever again. She can finally find her mate, and I can search for mine.

Sixteen

~Later that evening~

Everyone was gathered in the great hall, preparing for a run that we often do on full moons. Ever since the last battle with the north, this has been our pack's way of celebrating the victory.

Tonight, we will be celebrating our freedom from the Western Realm’s Alpha as well. He will no longer have any foothold in our pack. We know how strong we are. Though Alpha Wayne did help us in our time of need, I do believe we could have been fine on our own. We can survive without his help now.

I looked at the clock impatiently, wondering if Lira had left yet.

“You should have been more kind to her,” Killian nags me again, “She is leaving this place. You could have parted with kinder words.”

“There was never anything kind about this arrangement,” I reminded him. “It was forced on us.”

“Still,” Killian grumbled. “She was crying. You didn’t even ask her what was wrong.”

“You’re right,” I muttered, “She doesn’t want my concern. She doesn’t want anything from me.” It makes me angry how little she wants of me now. I am still battling with my desire for her daily, but she doesn't show me the least bit of concern.

“That’s why you were unkind? Because she stopped wanting you?”

“Because I couldn’t trust her!” I practically yelled at him. “You know as well as I do how her uncle is. Her behavior never made sense. I could let myself be a victim to Alpha Wayne.”

Killian grumbled, restless because of the full moon. Or maybe it’s something else. I feel this undercurrent of anxiety with him.

His anxiety made me angry. Is this a last ditch effort from her to bewitch my Lycan? Can she not just leave in peace? Was she meeting her uncle’s men in the woods next to the creek yesterday to acquire a spell in a last-ditch effort to bewitch me?

Nilo started to talk to me about the details of the run, having spotted deer earlier and wanting to hunt while in beast form to donate the meat to the orphanage along the beach. Venison steaks would be a treat for the growing Lycan pups.

He stopped talking as I tried to focus on the details of the map, then when I looked up at his face, he nodded, indicating for me to turn around.

There she is, looking every bit the temptress I knew she was. She is wearing nothing more than a slip, even her beautiful feet are bare against the marble floor.

“What the hell are you wearing, Lira?” I asked, hating that she was dressed like that for so many eyes to see.

She lifted her chin, revealing more of her creamy neck. There was a fire in her jewel-like eyes I had never seen there before.

“Here,” she thrusted the papers at me, the ones I brought to her this morning. “It is signed. We are no longer married, though I can’t say the last two years were really a marriage at all.”

I narrowed my eyes on her. Is she trying to make a scene in her final moments here? “You don’t look ready to leave. I thought I made myself clear, Elelira. You are to-”

“One last thing before I go,” she interrupted me, taking me by surprise.

I was about to ask what the hell she was up to, but then, all of a sudden, this brilliant glow engulfed her, making her hair lift and twirl around her body, like she was in her own cyclone of brilliant light.