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Chapter 216
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2026-03-28 22:19:52
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Guilt stuffs my throat full. This is the part I’m most embarrassed to speak out loud, but I force myself to do it anyway. “One night I woke up in Daisy’s room. With no idea how I’d gotten there.”Zane inhales sharply. Like he already knows where this is going. “You didn’t hurt her, Anna.”“No, but I could have. I was boiling hot and disoriented, and CSD patients can often experience aggressive episodes, and . . .” I shake my head. “It’s for the best. If I told Seraphine, she’d want to be with me. But Daisy needs her more than I do, so— ”Something lands on the comforter with a soft thud.I gasp. “These are my . . .”“Letters. To Daisy and the Vampyre.”“Where did you find them? You had no right to— ”“On your bed. Unfolded.”“That doesn’t excuse— ”“Anna.” It’s little more than a whisper, but everything about Zane, from his voice to the taut flex in his biceps, tells me how deeply unwilling he is to let me express righteous indignation over the violation of my privacy. He continues, c
Alpha Maddox's Mortal Temptation Chapter 216
No.I WAKE UP TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PIANO MUSIC I’VE EVER heard.Not that it means much, given my pathological inability to listen to anything without a techno beat, but this . . . it’s spectacular. Vaguely familiar. Probably classical. Elegant but intimate. Being awakened by any sort of loud noise is down there with eating paint chips in my list of favorite things, but this is so gentle and understated, I want to make it my forever alarm.My eyes flutter open of their own volition, and I realize that I’m in Zane’s bedroom, again. Stealing his bed, again. Unable to recall how I ended up here, again. My last memories are blurred. Working on a letter. Yawning till my eyes were a constant stream of tears. Sliding under the covers. I must have slept in, judging from the early afternoon light filtering inside.Which explains the wake- up call.Zane sits on the piano stool, his back a bare expanse interrupted only by the waistband of his jeans. He is, at once, relaxed and in movement, mus
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“I know. But this is difficult for you, too. And he dragged your parents into it, which I can’t even imagine . . .” I swallow. “I’m sorry that you have to deal with this.”His teeth clench. There’s a flicker of something unreadable in his face. “If I come back and something has happened to you, Anna, I’m going to be so fucking pissed.”I bite the inside of my lips. “That sounds like a you problem.”“Yeah. That it is.”I turn and walk inside the cabin. I do not watch Zane leave, nor do I listen to the engine softening in the distance. Instead I go to my room, dig into the mountain of blankets and pillows the bed has somehow accumulated, sit cross-legged with my phone in my hands, and do the only thing that makes sense.Anna: Would you love me less if my name was Eva?Seraphine: Yes.Seraphine: But not like, by a lot.I bury my face in the pillow to laugh and cry at the same time.I WAKE UP A FEW HOURS LATER, ON FIRE.Pouring sweat.Shivering.In pain so visceral, I am willing to do a
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“Could reports of his passing have been greatly exaggerated?”“I ripped his heart out of his chest, chewed it for half a minute, and then spit it into the ocean.”I nod slowly. “A simple ‘no’ would have sufficed.”Zane’s mouth twitches. “Constantine’s dead, no doubt about it. But he was the leader of a very destructive group.”“Another Alpha?”“Nothing like that. But some considered him a prophet.”I chew on my lower lip, mulling it over. “I didn’t know Weres have cults.”“Everybody has cults. They’re the weeds of sentient civilization. And Constantine’s was the worst of them, because . . .” He shakes his head and turns back to where his seconds are idling, waiting for him. He’s borrowing precious time, just to explain shit to me. “Constantine’s dead. But his right hands . . . Our understanding of their power structure may have been incomplete.”“The boy who killed himself . . . ?”“He was in his late teens. Too young to have been part of the original cult. I doubt he ever met Consta
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Zane freezes. His shoulders go rigid. “Boy, I’m faster than you, and a hell of a lot stronger. If you run, I will catch you within one hundred feet, and I’ll probably end up hurting you.”“You will pay for what you did. And Constantine will see you shortly.”To me, it all sounds like nonsense. But I can smell Zane’s rage. It runs so deep, I have to make the conscious choice not to step away from him. “Constantine is dead,” he spits out.“That he is,” the boy agrees with his widest smile yet, a grin of undiluted joy, and I realize that my initial assessment of his sanity may have been incorrect. Then it all happens so quickly, my glitchy, shocked brain can barely register the order of it.Zane was right: he is much faster, and he could catch the boy in one hundred feet. Except, he doesn’t have one hundred feet. Because the Were doesn’t run away toward the forest. Instead he chooses the opposite direction, and I don’t understand—Zane’s “Fuck” is muffled by the waves lapping onto shore
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DO YOU LIVE HERE?” I ASK. IN THE AFTERNOON SUN, I HAVE TO squint to properly make him out. I guess he could be Sem’s brother— several years younger, similar hair color. Slim build and soft, boyish jawline. He doesn’t seem hostile. But he also doesn’t feel like he belongs to this place that smells like moss and brine.I don’t lower my knife. “Who are you?”He slowly looks up at me, a smudge of soil on his forehead, another on his cheekbone. “Oh, your eyes. They are so familiar to me.”I take a step back. Quickly glance around, wondering if I should call for Zane. Except, would Zane kill this boy? Yes, probably. “I need you to tell me who you are,” I demand.“What a joy. To speak with you. To be with you.”What. The. Fuck. “I mean, sure. You should feel lucky, but . . . do I know you?”He straightens further, whispering something that ends up swallowed by the breeze and the waves. Slowly, he stands, holding out his hand. When I change my defensive grip to something that could do some re
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Maddox stayed down for a little while struggling to catch his breath while the last witch continued her chanting. Inside his head, Dire pushed at him to move "Hurry up and heal. Hurry!." Dire growled in his head. Camille needed to be saved or she would die if he didn't do anything. Seconds l
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Camille tried to push the moment with the witches away. Still, it came. Her anxiety loved shit like this and relished in torturing her soul.Breathe in. 1-2-3. Breathe out. 1-2-3.For a few seconds, she swore that black witch smoke swarmed around her. She held onto Maddox tighter.No. It’s gone. Ev
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They watched her in silence.She held her hands out at her sides. “I-I won’t tell anyone. I won’t say anything. No one would believe me anyway.”Maddox and Aidan said nothing.She widened her eyes. “I’m not going anywhere with you two. Okay?”Aidan spoke, “That’s not an option, sweetheart. You have
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Sorry about that,” Maddox said. “Apparently, you have an effect on my Beta.”“Your Beta?”He took them toward the end of the path. “We have a whole hierarchy. Finn is my second-in-command.”“Okay. What about the redheaded one?”“That’s Aiden. He’s my Delta.”“Third-in-command?”“That’s one way to
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