NOVEL WEB Chapter 101: Filthy
The last person Luna wanted to see today…was her.
How could she ever forget that face?
When Luna returned to Hades's side, a certain girl was already there, standing far too close.
And then the truth struck—she was his fiancée.
Luna's chest caved in, her heart splintering like fragile glass.
She told herself she had no right to blame him. Time had passed, and Hades believed his Luna was long gone. Yet, no amount of reason dulled the sting. What tore her apart wasn't only the ring that bound them—it was the way his eyes softened around her, the way his voice warmed when speaking to her.
Every glance, every touch, every smile he gave that girl made Luna feel as though something precious was being stolen from her, piece by piece, day after day.
Hopelessness gnawed at her. Especially when she saw that Kayla's affection for him was just as real.
But then…a shadow of truth revealed itself. Luna noticed the lingering stares, the hushed whispers, the subtle brush of fingers between Kayla and Cedric.
Kayla was always there—too early, too eager. She wasn't even part of their team, yet she walked freely into the strategy room, a privilege Hades himself had granted. And Cedric, without fail, was there too…waiting.
The puzzle fit together. And when it did, Luna did not feel despair. She felt…elation.
Because Hades was a man of devotion. If he gave his heart, he gave it whole. He would never wander, never falter—unless betrayed.
And Kayla was already betraying him.
A cruel smile curled on Luna's lips. His pain would be sharp, yes. His trust would be torn. But when the wound opened, she would be there. She would be the hand that soothed him, the shoulder he leaned on, the one he could fall to when the world crumbled beneath him.
And when that moment came, she did not hesitate.
So in the end, Luna thought, perhaps she should be thankful for this girl after all.
"Why are you here?" Kayla's voice carried a thread of wariness.
"I was never expelled from the academy," Luna replied, her tone calm, arms folded across her chest. "I can return whenever I please."
Kayla's eyes darted around, and when she spoke again, her voice trembled into a quieter pitch. "I-Is Hades here as well?" There was hesitation there. Nervousness.
Luna's gaze hardened into steel. "You shouldn't even be thinking about him anymore."
Kayla bit her lip, guilt flickering in her eyes. "I know! I know I hurt him…I broke him. I just—" her voice cracked, "I just want to apologize. I need him to know I regret it."
Luna's brows lifted, her disbelief cutting through the air like a blade. "Apologize? After what you've done?"
The sheer audacity burned her. This girl—this traitor—was one of only two people Hades had ever trusted without question. Luna had seen it herself: how far he would go for her, how much he would sacrifice just to see her smile. He would have handed her the world if she asked. And still, she spat on his devotion.
When he was cornered, bleeding, desperate—when the world turned its back on him—he looked to her for strength. But she wasn't there. No, she was among those tightening the noose around his throat.
Kayla scoffed, her voice bitter, "You'll never understand me, Rinne. Cedric…he promised to save my family. My father was about to lose his noble title, everything was collapsing. Cedric rebuilt it, gave us a future—and in return, he asked me to betray the man I loved."
Her eyes flicked toward the silver-haired girl, searching, slightly challenging. "Tell me…what would you have done if your family's survival demanded the betrayal of your lover? If the only choice was to destroy him or watch your bloodline vanish?"
Luna's answer came without hesitation, her voice ringing with a chilling conviction:
"I would have killed myself before such a thought ever crossed my mind."
Kayla froze.
"Betraying Hades," Luna continued, her words deliberate, sharp as glass, "is the most heinous crime I can imagine. If Satan himself offered me the power to save humanity at the cost of Hades's trust—I would watch the world burn. And I would not waver."
The silence that followed was suffocating.
Kayla was stunned. No—stunned was far too weak. She was rattled to her very core. The sheer honesty in Luna's eyes was terrifying, her devotion monstrous in its purity.
Kayla's lips curled into a weak, mocking smile, desperate to reclaim some pride. "Those are just empty words. When it comes down to it—you'll betray him too."
But the slight quiver in her voice betrayed her own disbelief.
Luna smiled, a cold, condescending curve of her lips.
"Keep telling yourself that," she said, her voice dripping disdain. "Console yourself with the thought that betraying the only man who ever respected you was somehow noble—because it saved your family. Keep clinging to the lie that Cedric was the right man for you."
She stepped closer, her presence suffocating, her eyes gleaming with malice.
"And thanks to that little choice of yours…I have him now. That fond smile you used to hoard, the gentle comfort you squandered, the warmth you so carelessly discarded—those belong to me."
Kayla's jaw clenched, her fury burning through her trembling restraint. "You're nothing but a replacement. He will never love you the way he loved me."
Luna's grin twisted, dark and sadistic. "Oh, is that so?" Her fingers toyed with her collar before tugging it down, revealing the scattered love bites across her pale neck. "Then explain this."
Kayla's eyes widened. The color drained from her face, her breath hitching.
"He holds me every night," Luna whispered with venomous sweetness. "He whispers words meant for lovers, words you'll never hear again. Not a single day passes when he doesn't crave me. Tell me, Kayla…did he ever desire you the way he craves me?"
"You…you're lying," Kayla stammered, her voice breaking under the weight of the truth she couldn't bear. "It took him two years before he even kissed me…"
Luna tilted her head, her grin widening into something cruel, almost inhuman. "And he devoured me the very day we became one." Her eyes glinted with sadistic triumph as she leaned in closer, voice dripping with poison.
"Well, I suppose I can't blame him. After all…who could crave such an unworthy, unattractive body?"
Kayla flinched, her mana flaring—but before she could attack her, Luna grabbed her throat and lifted her off the ground.
"Khuk!" She groaned, her mana being overwhelmed by the killing intent Luna radiated.
With her eyes shining like death lanterns, Luna told her, "I am sparing you this time because you were there for Hades when no one else was. But the next time you show your face in front of me, I swear on my life you will beg for death."
Kayla was already on the verge of fainting due to suffocation.
Luna sneered before throwing the filth on the ground and wiping her hand.
'Way to ruin the evening.'
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A/N:- Thanks for reading.