Shattered moonlight

to death, a complete opposite of the man I once knew. The door to the room opened, but I didn't look up, too distracted with my thoughts. "Are you okay?" Lydia's familiar voice reached my ears,

r lips curled up in a smirk now. "You know, this was all too easy," she said suddenly, and I frowned. "What are you talking about?" my heart was beating wildly in my chest now as a feeling of unease settled at the pit of my stomach. She slowly made her way towards me, her heels clicking against the tiles with every step. "All this wouldn't have been possible if you hadn't been so nice from the beginning." I opened my mouth to ask again, but she continued talking. "Slone has always wanted a mate," she whispered, bitterness dripping from every word. "When he finally found you two years ago, he was ecstatic and came running home with you." "What did you do?" I asked her, glaring at her bitterly. "Stella, I swear...." "Hush, Blair, no one would believe you." Tears welled up in my eyes as I looked up at her. "Did you poison......?" "I had no choice; there was no other way to get rid of you," she said so lightly, anger burned in my veins. "You're a monster." She chuckled, the sound dark and scary. She got serious again as she grabbed my wrists. "You are just as bad, coming in and stealing Slone from me." Her eyes were wide and dark. "You don't deserve to be with him, and he has finally seen it. I have always been there with him, at every turn, so why do you think you should be the one to end up with him?" I choked back sobs and snatched my hand back, tears rolling down my cheeks uncontrollably. My ears were ringing, and my heart had stopped beating. "Why can't you wait for your own mate? Surely you have dreamed of being with him." Stella scoffed and started w