Chapter 6

Unable to bear the humiliation, Augustus took Selena away. Later, Lucas paid a huge sum to Selena, and the matter was settled. But Lucas had completely changed. The once proud and formidable Silver Moon Wolf was no more. Every day, he huddled in the cold corner of my room, surrounded by countless empty wine bottles. His once sharp silver-gray eyes were now dead and bloodshot. "Sophia…" His hoarse, broken voice echoed in the empty room. "It was me, my blindness... my misplaced trust, my failure to cherish you…" "Our child… our child…" He wept, his body trembling violently from immense sorrow. "I destroyed everything, I deserve death." "Forgive me, please, come back to me. I can’t live without you…" He murmured over and over, his voice growing softer and it faded into silent sobs. He couldn’t sleep. For seven days and nights, those bloodshot eyes never closed. His silver hair lost its luster, hanging disheveled, just like dried grass. He talked to the air, then cried bit