Rejected Luna Returns with Secret Twins (Lysandra) novel Chapter 55

Chapter 55

About Selene, I said calmly. “There’s something you all need to know.” I looked directly at Fenris and Isolde. “She’s not who she pretends to be.”

The room went still. Selene’s fork clattered against her plate, her eyes widening before she quickly composed herself.

“W–what are you talking about?” She blinked rapidly, her expression shifting to one of confused innocence. “Have I done something to offend you?”

“You know exactly what you did.” I reached for my phone, unlocking it with my fingerprint. “Let me refresh your memory.”

“What is she talking about?” Tristan’s voice cut through the silence, his question directed at Selene.

Selene’s lower lip trembled perfectly on cue. “Tristan, are you really going to believe her over me?”

His expression hardened as he turned to me. “Show me whatever evidence you claim to have.”

I scrolled through my saved messages, heart racing. “Here it is.” I glanced up, noticing Selene’s white–knuckled grip on her napkin under the table. Astrid growled within me, sensing the fear beneath her carefully constructed facade.

“After the Moon Ring Council event, my adoptive father texted me, asking me to return to Silverblood Pack,” I explained. “I refused, telling him I wouldn’t come back. Someone took screenshots of this private conversation and posted them all over pack social media, making me look like an ungrateful, cold–hearted person.”

I handed my phone to Tristan, showing him the final message I’d received afterward. “Look at this text I got right after those screenshots went viral. ‘First gift to you. Signed by Selene.”

“T–Tristan, please believe me,” she whispered.

“What exactly is happening here?” Fenris asked, his voice stronger than I’d heard it in days.

I met his gaze directly. “She deliberately spread screenshots of private conversations between my adoptive father and me, trying to destroy my reputation, then gloated about it in this message.”

Isolde’s lips parted in surprise while Fenris’s eyes narrowed dangerously at Selene.

Tristan stared at my phone for another moment before looking up. “Is this why you wanted to say? To accuse her?” He slid the phone back across the table toward me.

I stared at him in disbelief. “Did you even read the messages?”

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I told you before, he said coldly. Selene would never do what you’re accusing her of Why can’t Just live your own life instead of obsessing over what happened in the past?

While he berated me, I couldn’t help but stare at his face, a strange sense of déjà vu washing over me. It was like I’d traveled back in time to those painful moments in our marriage when he’d reprimand me for allegedly mistreating Selene–things I’d never actually done.

How could I have been naive enough to think he’d listen to anything against his precious sweetheart? Of course he would defend her. He always had, even when the evidence was right in front of his eyes.

“Tristan,” Fenris’s voice carried unexpected strength. “She’s shown you evidence.*

Tristan shook his head. “Dad, this isn’t even Selene’s number. The contact just says ‘Selene. This

proves nothing.”

I bit my tongue to keep from screaming. Was he actually serious? My blood boiled with rage at his

deliberate obtuseness.

How the hell did this idiot become Alpha? Did he have rocks for brains? The evidence was right in front of his face, and he was choosing not to see it.

Was he blind, or just willfully stupid when it came to his precious Selene? Five years as Alpha should have given him better judgment, but apparently, his ability to see through manipulation remained buried somewhere with our dead relationship.

“She could have sent it from another phone,” Isolde suggested, her silver eyes shrewd. “That’s hardly difficult to arrange.”

Selene’s shoulders began to shake with silent sobs.

“Lysandra,” she said, raising her tear–stained face. “I understand you’re upset, but these accusations are baseless. Why would I do something like that? And if I did, how would I even get those screenshots? Only you and your adoptive father had access to them.” She paused, her expression turning sympathetic. “Are you accusing your own father? What would he gain from that?”

The clever manipulation of her words left me momentarily speechless. She’d just redirected suspicion toward my adoptive father while appearing concerned about my wellbeing.

Fenris and Isolde exchanged troubled glances. I could see their uncertainty, the seeds of doubt Selene had so expertly planted beginning to take root.

Astrid raged inside me, pushing against my control. Let me show her what happens when she messes with us!

“Don’t cry,” Tristan murmured to Selene. “People are jealous of you because you’re with the Alpha.

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Chapter 55

Let them talk. They’ll never be in your position.”