Mated to my target

The broken thread

SELENE’S POV

My heart hammered against my ribs long after Draven walked away. The blank look on Draven's face after I asked him to leave left a sore spot in my chest. I hate to admit it, I hate to feel it, but I couldn't help it, not with my wolf clawing at me so desperately to be near him.

My legs hit the edge of the bed and my knees buckled, forcing me to drop on the bed.

“We have better things to focus on,” I snapped at my wolf, who was pacing around restlessly. “Pull yourself together, mate or not, he shouldn't hold that much power over us, not after everything.”

I could not, and I would not let years of training go down the drain simply because of a bond that I could not bring myself to accept.

Still lost in thoughts, trying to get my wolf to quiet down, a soft knock echoed. I immediately sat up, I took a whiff to identify who was behind the door but it was an unfamiliar scent.

“Come in.”

The door creaked open and a maid walked in, carrying a tray of food. She barely looked at me as she dropped it on the table.

“You have been instructed to finish everything on the plate.”

I glanced at the tray, then looked at the maid, who was now staring at me.

“Instructed by who?”

“The Luna.”

My stomach did a flip at the mention of Lily. The debt she asked of me came rushing to my mind in full force.

“Umm…” I studied the girl staring at me, her face was blank, but there was a hardness attached to her gaze. She did not look like an ordinary maid.

“The Luna instructed me to finish my meal?” She raised a brow, but immediately relaxed her face and nodded. “Can you tell me what the Luna is like? Is she lenient? What does she like to do? Or rather, what does she like?”

Her eyes narrowed suspiciously and I knew without a doubt that I was not going to get any answers. I let my emotions get the best of me and came on too strong.

Rex would be highly disappointed if he was here.

Rex! Why didn't I think of him earlier? He would help me in this situation, he was the only one I trusted enough, the only one capable enough to get me out of this.

“The Luna is exactly what a Luna should be,” her words sliced into my thoughts and I gave her a small smile.

“Yeah. I just… I was just carried away. Forgive me.”

Her eyes swept over me, then she bowed and left. The second she was gone, I released a very deep breath and locked the door.

Why hadn't I thought of Rex earlier? The entire situation I was plunged into distorted my ability to think.

For the first time since I opened my eyes in this pack, what looked to be a real smile formed on my face. I had to contact him, but the only way to do so without getting any third parties invovled might be risky, mindlinks can sometimes be detected afterall, and in a pack like this, I was sure measures were in place for that.

But it was my only way to figure things out.

Closing my eyes, I inhaled slowly and exhaled in the same way. Then I dimmed the link between me and my wolf as I searched for that one thread that joined me and Rex together.

A thread we forced upon ourselves to ensure effective communication. I shuddered when I remembered just what I went through, what we went through to force the bond in place.

I searched my mind like he taught me to, envisioning him, trying to get to him.

Beads of sweat formed on my face, energy was being zapped out of me as I dug deeper into my mind, trying to find the thread, the link between us.

I couldn't find it.

Falling to the floor, I coughed hysterically, trying to catch my breath.

My heart rammed against my ribs, every breath I took burned. Searching again so deeply could be fatal, but I was desperate.

Closing my eyes, I took a shaky breath. I envisioned Rex yet again, and when the image formed, I tried to find the line between us again.

I could feel myself slipping in and out of consciousness, but I did not stop. Just when I thought I felt like I was making progress, a sharp pain hit and I dropped to the floor again.

Blood trickled down my nose, pain shot through every part of me as my lungs expanded to take in air

It was gone. The thread between us was gone.

That shouldn't be possible, it could only be severed if one of us were to do so, or die.

A knot formed in my stomach at the thought of Rex dying. A gust of cold air brushed past me and I wrapped my arms around myself.

It felt impossible. It shouldn't be possible. Rex can't die. Not yet.

I was still racking my brain, trying to come up with something tangible enough to serve as a reason for the disappearance of our link, when I felt another link roar to life. He came back.

His scent was the first thing to hit my nose, engulfing all my senses, then I felt his presence. It was like a pull, forcing me off the floor.

The pain stretching my muscles taut came to a dull ache as a desperate desire to be close to him settled in the pit of my stomach.

Was it always going to feel like this?

The knock on the door came the very second I was off the floor. I thought it best to ignore him, creating some distance between us till I figure out whatever it was Lily was up to seems like the best option.

My wolf, however, thought that was a silly thought. She took advantage of the weakness of my body to momentarily take over. She almost snapped the door out of its hinges as she pulled the door open.

“Can I come in?”

I wanted to say no, but the word never left my mouth, instead I nodded. As he slipped into the room, his shoulders brushed past my body lightly and I inhaled sharply.

The brief contact left my insides on fire. The bond seemed to burn hotter. I leaned my head against the door then inhaled softly and exhaled through my lips, forcing myself into a sense of deluded calmness before I turned to face him.