Chapter 248

Selene’s POV

The chains tighten again, dark and glowing, circling us like they already know how this ends. The portal behind us flickers, shrinking little by little, its light the only thing in this cursed place that still feels… real.

I could hear them still arguing. Lucas. Damian. Valerie. Caelan. Sienna. All of them. Their were overlapping each other.

“I’ll stay—”

“No, it should be me—”

“We’re not leaving anyone—”

But soon enough their voices start to fade not event because they stop but because I stopped listening.

My eyes move to Sienna. She’s shaking. Her hazel eyes wide, glassy with tears she hasn’t let fall yet. Her brown hair clings slightly to her face from sweat and heat, her chest rising too fast. She looks scared. And something inside me settles.

This was always how it would end. Not for them but for me.

I]Of course it’s me.

A small breath leaves my lips as I take a step back, letting their voices pass a