Chasing His Betrayed Luna novel Chapter 75

LARISA’S POV

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I pulled the trigger. Twice.

While Aurelia screamed, “Jessica”, I cried out, “Raiden” as he held on to his side, his eyes wide open.

Prior to the second shot, I was fuming with anger because I let myself get tricked by the female Aurelia called Jessica. I had seen her a few times but I never cared about her existence until she walked up to me like she had a death wish.

Jessica got me with her words. There was no denying that but nothing got me perplexed like seeing Raiden race toward me as I pulled the trigger for the second time, intending to put Aurelia out like I did with her friend whose body had hit the floor like a fallen tree.

“H-how did you get here?” I cried out feeling a sense of grief as I watched Raiden fall to his knees.

My eyes fell to his side. I could see his blood leaking out of him even though he was trying to add pressure to the wound. My head began to ache at the sight just as my chest constricted. I shot Raiden.

I released a silver bullet into Raiden and he would die… there was no way he would recover from the deadly silver he took for the woman who didn't seem to care about him. Heck! Aurelia didn’t even see him as he fell, groaning silently.

Rather than look at Raiden who was closer to her, Aurelia pushed herself off the ground with her son’s limp body in her arms, and she dragged her bleeding and obviously weak legs to the spot where Jessica was lying. “Jess. Look at me, Jess. Please–” Aurelia started crying despite the obvious truth.

Jessica was dead. I killed her so it was only right to break the news to devastated Aurelia as I thought about the same fate befalling Raiden. “She is dead, idiot. I blew her brains out because of your selfish ass!” I snarled.

True to my words, there was a bullet hole in Jessica’s forehead. Even the most powerful witch or healer would never be able to fix her.

“No. she can’t be dead.” Aurelia cried, completely broken as she stared and shook her stupid friend’s dead body.

I scoffed, “You chose to save your son from falling rather than save her from dying. The ball was in your court and you kicked it foolishly!” Despite my words, Aurelia didn’t pay any attention to me but it didn’t matter. She would be joining her friend soon.

But before I kill her, I decided to call her selfish ass out one last time. “You never cease to amaze me, Aurelia. How could you not see the man who put himself between you and a flying bullet? He fucking took the bullet for you. A silver one for goodness sake yet you didn’t bat a lash in his direction.”

Aurelia still didn’t budge. She was immensely focused on her dead friend and that irritated me as my head snapped to Raiden whose face had become as red as his visible blood.

“Is this the woman you choose to die for?” I spat at him, barely able to keep myself from cussing at him. How could he? After everything we had been through? Everything I did for him? This was how he chose to die. Raiden’s eyes were shifting aimlessly and for a minute, I assumed it was the effect of the bullet which must be dissolving in his system. “She doesn’t even see you, Raid. I see you and I want you but you gave up your life for this bitch! How could you?”

“I d-don’t kn-know what happened to you or h-how you tu-turned into this person, Isa but I k-know I contributed to–” Raiden coughed, struggling with his words as he choked on his blood before spitting it out.

I countered, “I didn't turn into this person, Raid.” I paused, letting my words sink into his mind. “I’ve always been this person but you loved me regardless and you tamed me until this bitch came along and you started looking at her even though you claimed I was the woman for you. I’ve always been this woman. You didn’t see it but your parents did, especially your mom which was why she had me sent to the human world. To weaken me even though she innocently made everyone believe she sent me out of the pack so I could have a better life. Goddess, I hate that woman and I still do!”