Lunar Temptations

Ch 57

I opened my mouth to speak, but nothing came out. It was as if my entire world had been lifted and flipped to fit its pieces back in the most hurting, agonizing way. I shook my head unbelievingly, not ready to accept it. Elio and I were anything but fake or a play. He might not have been my most serious relationship, but he certainly was someone I knew was loyal to me. He felt special and perfect, but all of it for what? I grieved through his loss and spent some of the most precious years of my life depriving myself of a right because I couldn't stop blaming myself for his death. I did all of it for what?

"Why?" I murmured after what felt like forever.

"As much as I hate to say it, but apparently, you're very valuable to someone," she said, narrowing her eyes at me. Her words made little sense. "I would be dead soon, might as well give you a head start," she shrugged, as if convincing herself, "Well, Miss Dawson, there is someone out there hunting you, and unlike me, he won't fail."

"What do you mean?" I said, my breath trembling. Beside me, Zayden edged closer towards the glass threateningly. "Who is he?" His question revealed that she hadn't told this part in the interrogation.

A sinister smile appeared on her lips, "He hired Elio and me anonymously," she disclosed, "f**k, the look on your face has me saying everything. It's worth watching you suffer." She laughed, looking at me, and I clenched my jaws. "It's a dark brown wolf, that's all I know." She revealed, but that information meant nothing to me for now, as the entire reality had been shattered to pieces in front of me.

"Transfer her to the interrogation room," Zayden's voice boomed, and everyone was moving the next moment, yet I was stuck there. My eyes were glued to Sage as she stared back at me, unfaltering and hate-filled her eyes. "It's all your fault. I lost Elio because of you, and I hope you get hunted down, even though I might not live to see the day." Her face distorted into disgust, but before I could say anything, Zayden turned the mic off and tinted the glass.

"That's enough," he said, but something told me it was only the beginning.

A moment later, guards dragged her out, and by this time she was hysterical and was clawing at them. It was a blur as Zayden commanded one of the guards to interrogate her further and called Drake to supervise it. My mouth had gone dry. We made our way back to the car, Nico and Jax following us.

Once, I was truly fooled, but that wasn't what hurt me. I was warned, I was told what the rogues were, and I was taught of their antics, yet I fell for it. All those dates, secret rendezvouses, loving words, and promises of forever were what? A joke pulled on me? Was I that blind? My perspective was thrown into a frenzy, and I needed to grasp each piece of it and shape it into another. One where my past with Elio was a lie, and where somebody out there was hunting me and had assigned Elio and Sage to lure me in. I had fallen for it. I could have been captured and killed by now, and there would have been no trace. Nothing unwilling would have happened, and I would have walked into a trap 5 years ago, while nobody would have known. I was betrayed, fooled, and targeted, yet nobody saw anything, not even I, myself, except him.

Except for Zayden.

We took off as the sky turned a beautiful shade of orange and red. It was late in the evening, and as gorgeous as the scenery looked, my heart ached as much. I wanted to storm out and take some time alone, but leaving the man beside me would simply be a selfish thing now. He stood by my side always, even then when I didn't know I needed him. What I gave him in return was far worse, and if I dared pull away from him now, then this would be entirely on me. My words had left me, and I sat quietly. He didn't say or ask anything either. He was giving me space, and I would thank him later for it.

My eyes were focused on the road as tears dropped one after another. My head felt heavy with the overwhelming thoughts as I sat crying. Sometime later, when I actually decided to focus on the road with my senses working straight, I realized that we were coming to a stop. The destination was unknown, and it was the first time I had ever seen it. I wiped the tears off and rubbed my already reddened eyes to adjust. We were parked by the side of a road that led nowhere. It had come to an end, and tall trees towered there.

"Where are we?" I asked.

Zayden didn't reply; instead, he got out of the car before walking over to my side. The door opened, and I got out. The air had grown colder, and I instantly regretted wearing a tube top with a pencil skirt. They both did a poor job of warming me up. A shiver rippled through me, and I wrapped my arms around me. Zayden was watching intently.

His eyes never left me as he slowly began to take his coat off. I was beginning to think whether I was the only one cold when he extended the coat to me.

"Put this on."

Something fluttered inside me. It was kind of cliche, and I had never been the kind of girl who wanted this sort of romance in life. But Zayden doing this had some other effect on me that I couldn't exactly point out. I quietly took it and put it on. I was sure I looked like a hanger with his coat hanging on it, but his scent in it made me forget about it.

"Let's go," he said, extending his hand, asking for mine in a way. I took it, "where are we going?"

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