Chapter 672: The Prayers She Never Answered
Selene looked at Orion quietly after his question.
For a moment, the room fell silent again.
Then the goddess finally spoke.
"I have behaved as though I love my people," she said calmly. "I do not understand what you are implying."
Orion stared at her for a few seconds before shaking his head slowly.
"And once again," he said quietly, "that is what you believe."
Selene's gaze narrowed faintly.
"But believing something does not always make it true."
"You say you love your people," Orion continued. "But before the Enclave attacked my pack, we prayed to you."
His voice remained calm, but there was something buried underneath it now, something old and perhaps tired.
"My father prayed," he said. "My mother prayed. The elders prayed. Everyone I could think of prayed to you morning and night."
His jaw tightened slightly.
"And me?" he added softly. "I prayed too."
Selene stayed quiet.
