Chasing His Betrayed Luna novel Chapter 32

AURELIA

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I was this close to forgetting how to breathe when I stared into the silver-gray eyes that I used to love… those eyes that used to make me come undone, shattering underneath him while he overpowered my fragile body like–

“Focus, Relia.” Inara snapped at me, bringing me back to my senses.

“What the hell was that?” I asked my wolf, breaking eye contact with Raiden.

There was something. Something seized me and took control of my mind for a moment. There has to be an explanation because I didn’t want to believe I was just admiring the same man who made me understand the real meaning of emotional torture… I didn’t just feel an intense sense of sexual hunger for him.

“Please tell me there was something, Ina.” I pleaded with my wolf, staggering away from Raiden.

Inara replied, “He carries a bond you broke, Relia, and what you feel now is the effect of getting close to the mate bond. You broke it but your body is designed to want it.”

Fuck. I’ve to stay away from him.

He had me overpowered and completely captivated just by standing close to me. I’d be in trouble if he found out about how being in close proximity with him affects me. My kids would be at risk…

“I’ve to go.” I stuttered, mostly to myself but also to Raiden.

“You still haven’t answered the question, Aurelia. You can’t leave until you provide answers” He chided like he was the boss of me.

“I won’t say this again, Raiden,” I murmured sternly. “Get your lame ass off the path, Raiden.”

“Just answer the question, Aurelia! Dammit!” He almost sounded like he was pleading with me.

Explaining how the assassins he sent after me almost killed me and the twins was stupid. Why should I be the one to tell him what he did? It wasn’t like he lost his memories due to an accident or battling with dementia at his age.

Yet, I answered his question but I wanted nothing more than to return to my room. To my kids without having to jump the bones of the man who had betrayed all three of us. “You seriously think I don’t know you sent the assassins after me? You asked them to kill me and bring my head back to you as evidence to claim a supposedly hefty price.”

“I did no such thing, Aurelia. I’d never!” Raiden denied the obvious truth.