The Unwanted Luna
Chapter 53

Xavier was driving the car and Bianca had taken the passenger seat. While Nolan and I sat in the back. The atmosphere was suffocating and it was also awkward as hell.

I knew this was a bad idea the moment they all demanded to go with me. There was tension between all of us. Well except between Nolan and I. It's been almost an hour since we left the pack borders and no one has yet to say anything. Cerberus was laying between me and Nolan. His head on my thigh. I pet him. Enjoying the feeling of his soft fur on my hands.

'Maybe you should start with an ice breaker. After all, all this tension is centered around you' Onyx chimes in.

I knew that everything came down to me, but that didn't mean that I had to acknowledge that. Ignoring Onyx, I turned to face Nolan.

"So" I began. "Have you ever been to the dark forest?" I asked him.

He shakes his head. "Not really. I've heard stories about it though."

I was about to ask him about what he heard but Bianca beat me to it. Somehow, that irritated the heck out of me.

"Like what?" she asked, softly looking at him through the rearview mirror.

Nolan glares at her and I see her shrink into herself. He then turns to me and gives me a small smile.

"Not much really... What I heard was mainly centered on how dangerous it is. That the forest has a way of twisting people's minds if one is not careful. Not many people who have gone into it have come out the same" "When you say people, do you mean humans, werewolves, deities or all of the above?" I asked.

"There has never been any account of humans going in there because the forest is hidden to the human eyes. I've also never heard of any god or goddess going there. Usually it's greedy werewolves seeking to gain power." I don't know if the last part was a jab at the two, but I shrug it off. I had more important things to focus on.

"So what people say is true? That it contains mystical things that can grant powers?" Xavier asked, joining the conversation.

Nolan just nods his head.

"If that's true, why didn't Agron just go there instead? It seems easier than hunting Amelia for nearly two decades", Bianca said.

Nolan gives a cruel smile right before he answers.

"How am I supposed to know how the mind your mate works? Shouldn't you be the one giving us that answer, given that he's your fated mate and all?"

Xavier curses, gripping the steering wheel tight while Bianca doesn't answer. I see pain in her eyes right before she averts.

I wanted to say something but I shut my mouth. How many times did Xavier and the pack talk shit to me and she never stood up for me? In fact, she joined them not caring that we were blood and she was my sister. "Will you stop hurting her?" Xavier commanded, not that he had any effect on Nolan.

Nolan was a god, meaning if he wanted he could wipe the floor with Xavier's face.

Chuckling, Nolan faces Xavier. "Looks like your love still burns bright for her, which makes me wonder why you didn't jump at the opportunity to make her permanently yours."

"Hmm....Maybe because you wanted Amelia to save your pack and to do that you had to pretend that you and Bianca's love for each other had died" Nolan finishes.

Xavier glares at Nolan through the mirror before turning to look at me.

"Are you going to let him talk that kind of shit?" he asks, anger in his voice.

I folded my hand across my chest.

"I don't see how I can stop and, besides, isn't it true? Didn't you once tell me that you'll forever love Bianca? That she's the love of your life and even if she were to choose her mate over you, you would still love her to your death", I probe him. How fickle was their love? Wasn't it supposed to last forever and forever like they kept rubbing it in my face back then?

"You're serious? He said that to you?" Nolan asked me with a hint of mockery in his voice.

"Yep, he said it to me right in my face", I replied to Nolan, then proceeded to narrate everything that happened that day.

How Bianca had cornered me that day and I told her that I karma was a bitch. Xavier had charged into my room like a raging bull. I had asked him what he would do when Bianca found her mate and didn't reject him. He spewed that whole shit about loving her till he died but he would never love me.

Which begs the question, what changed. Why is he all of a sudden now in love with me? I mean for fucks sake, I left seven years ago and I have only been back a couple of months, so why the hell was he suddenly hot for me?

"Wow" Nolan murmured, staring hatefully at the two people in front of us.

Bianca and Xavier don't say anything. Just avert their eyes in shame.

"I know, right? Makes you wonder where all that unconditional and pure love they kept bragging about went. When Selene asked me to protect their pack, I expected to replace a bunch of their minis everywhere, given how you two went at it day and night... It's like you both lived and breathed sex but seriously, I'm curious, what happened?" I honestly wanted to know.

"Will you stop throwing the past in our faces?" Xavier snarls and I chuckle.

"I'm not trying to throw it in your face, I'm honestly curious about what happened to your so-called love... Besides, it happened and you can't try to make or bully me into forgetting it ever did" shrugged my shoulders.

"Bianca's match to Agron I understand, but yours to Xavier doesn't make sense. Why would the fates pair the two of you?" Nolan asked, genuinely confused.

The car swerves but I ignore that. Anger was rolling off Xavier in waves. I ignore that too. It's not my fault that he doesn't want to hear the truth.

"I don't know. Until I can get them personally, then I will have no answers. It doesn't matter anyway. I plan to break the bond"

"The hell you will! The bond is there for a reason, Amelia", Xavier says through gritted teeth.

"I doubt that...To be honest, Xavier, I don't want to come off as mean or anything, but let me apologize for coming on to you so strongly back then. I now understand you better. Back then I didn't get what a burden it was to be shackled to a bond you don't want, but now I do." I see hurt flash in his eyes. He opens his mouth to say something but Bianca interrupts.

"Can we please not talk about any of these?" she said softly, waving her hand.

Nolan scoffs at her but keeps quiet. We fall into silence. Each one lost in their thoughts.

We stop by a mart and buy supplies, then stop for lunch. Three hours later, we parked right at the edge of the forest. We get out of the car and take our things.

Looking at the forest, I get why it was named the dark forest. It looked like it was covered in shadows and it seemed menacing. I felt a chill run down my spine.

I start forward and Cerberus follows. Keeping in step with me. The rest soon follow, and then we break into the dark and formidable forest.