---- 142. NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS NARRATOR Under the moonlight, in that clearing, the Selenia faced her deepest regrets. "Isabe, what are you doing here?... How did you get out of the pce? Aidan was hurt..." "Why can''t I be here, Nyx?" her voice growled through clenched teeth. "Are you scared I found out about your betrayal?" Nyx started shaking her head, her mind scrambling for excuses-her bond with Aidan, soulmates, how hard she fought against that love...


    None of it felt like enough, and the using look in the sorceress''s eyes cut deep into her conscience. "Isabe, I "You... you what?... Bitch!" the witch stepped out of the shadows, taking a few shaky steps toward her. ---- Nyx was so wrapped in her guilt that she couldn''t see the obvious signs, the logical questions. "I treated you kindly, weed you when you arrived in an unfamiliar ce.


    All I asked was for you to help me with my mate, and you used my weakness to seduce him!" "That was never my intention! I never wanted to hurt you, let alone seduce him!" Nyx''s eyes began to glow red; her chest felt unbearably heavy. Isabe kept moving closer, pushing her backward, cornering her exactly where she wanted. "I know what you did in the woods!" Be shouted, her voice choking through tears. She looked so broken and helpless that the Selenia felt like a monster.


    Nyx turned pale at her words. She didn''t even stop to ask herself-how did Isabe find out if she was locked away in the pce? Why was she here in the middle of nowhere? ---- "I''m sorry... I never meant for it to happen like that," Nyx looked down, ashamed of everything she''d done for love .. love for another woman''s mate. "I''ll just go home. I''ll leave you both alone. Aidan loves you... "You can''t leave just like that..." the witch''s raspy voice cut Nyx off.


    Suddenly, she was right in front of her. "What more do you want from me, Isabe?" the Selenia looked up, eyes wet, cheeks flushed, her throat tight. Every sense in her body was screaming danger, but her guilt-clouded mind wouldn''t let her think straight. "I need your power onest time... to say goodbye to Aidan," the pain was pouring from every pore of the witch''s body. Nyx felt such pity. How could she have ever wanted Aidan for herself? Goddess... she was scum. "can''t do that.


    It wouldn''t be fair... not to him, and not to ---- you...