Page 177 of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha: Part 2

I looked at her, not missing the aura that swirled around her, the power she held and the urge to yield to her. No shit… I knew who this was, but was it even possible?

"Why not? I breathed your soul into you, created you, so why can I not meet you?" She now turned and looked at me, a knowing smile playing on her lips.

"Selene... No fucking way."

I didn’t get it, why the hell didn’t I just die?

"Because you surpassed my every expectation. You reshaped your destiny and did more than I ever expected you to do for my children, despite being different."

Whatever that meant. And yeah, her fucking reading my thoughts was fucking annoying as hell.

"Well, let us start at the beginning."

"I don’t like bedtime stories and I don’t have all fucking day." I growled.

She let out another of her whispery laughs.

"Oh, but we have eternity if I so wish."

Well, fuck. I did not want to be stuck all damn eternity with some weird-as-fuck woman playing goddess.

"Your sense of humour is indeed strange. Now pay attention because your life hangs in the balance."

"I’m already fucking dead. Nothing’s going to get me to listen to your shit." I retorted.

My heart ached at the fact that I had left Kiara. I had broken so many promises to her…

"Then how about your mate’s destruction or survival?" Her voice was lower, and I sensed the warning in her calm tone. I didn’t say anything. My heart tightened at the thought of hurting Kiara.

"Now, back to the story… I create one Lycan every few centuries, when a calamity falls upon my children. Your soul held darkness and I was not sure you alone were enough, so I created for you an equal. A mate in the form of a blessed wolf, however I broke a rule to do that, and the price to pay? After your trial in life, one of your lives would end."

Her words sent a stab of pain through me. So I was never meant to have a happy ever after… I should never have strung Kiara along. I had caused her unnecessary pain when I shouldn’t have-

"Stop." Her command was supreme and my mind went blank.

She turned to me and for the first time, I could make out some of her features and the sympathy in her deep black eyes. "You deserve happiness just as much as anyone else and I have decided... I will give you a choice."

What did that mean?

"A choice?"

"Yes, I have two choices for you. You are welcome to choose either." She smiled.

I waited for her to continue and she turned.

"Option one, you may return to earth and spend the next one hundred and thirty full moons with your beloved. On the last moon, you will both die."

I frowned, doing a quick count. Ten years…

"Option two, you will continue into the afterlife and I will take away all of Kiara’s pain, the emptiness of the broken bond and all memories she has of you. She will be able to live in contentment, I will bless her with every happiness in life with her son. She will live to a merry old age, surrounded by her loved ones. A life perfect but devoid of you."

She ended her statement, now turning back to me, her eyes boring into me. It felt as if she was looking into my soul, a soul that felt empty without my queen.

My heart clenched painfully, to spend another moment with her... But Kiara was only eighteen, how could I be so selfish and even consider taking her life so early? She had her family, our son… I looked at her, realising we were having a son. Fuck… a boy… a pup I’d never get to hold... The emotions that consumed me threatened to cripple me. Selene would take away the emptiness from Kiara’s heart… she would be happy. I didn’t need to decide what I wanted. I knew the answer to that choice already.

I took a deep breath turning away from her, fighting back the pain and sadness I felt. All I could do, to give Kiara the best life was…

"I will move on to the afterlife. Bless Kiara with every happiness she deserves, let her…" I took a deep shaky breath as I closed my eyes "Let her forget me." Something wet touched my cheeks and I brushed it away determinedly. "Let her be happy."

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