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CHAPTER 38

Author: lord james
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-09-23 20:39:49

Cara’s POV

The cheers still echoed in my ears long after the crowd had dispersed. They hadn’t been celebrating victory. They had been celebrating fear.

Lucian thrived in it. I saw it in the way his shoulders squared, the way his eyes gleamed when the pack roared his name. He had them wrapped tight, bound not in trust but in terror.

And yet… I had taken his hand.

That moment replayed in my mind over and over. My skin still burned where his fingers had closed around mine, a fire no rain could extinguish. Why had I done it? Because I believed him? Because in the chaos and blood and betrayal, his presence steadied me?

Or was it something darker?

Artemis stirred beneath my skin, restless, agitated. He is in danger. He is in power. He is ours.

I flinched at her voice. She had been saying that more and more lately, whispering things I didn’t want to admit.

The square had emptied, but I couldn’t move. My boots were caked with mud, my body heavy with exhaustion, yet my mind raced. The traitor
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  • FATED BY FIRE   CHAPTER 38

    Cara’s POVThe cheers still echoed in my ears long after the crowd had dispersed. They hadn’t been celebrating victory. They had been celebrating fear.Lucian thrived in it. I saw it in the way his shoulders squared, the way his eyes gleamed when the pack roared his name. He had them wrapped tight, bound not in trust but in terror.And yet… I had taken his hand.That moment replayed in my mind over and over. My skin still burned where his fingers had closed around mine, a fire no rain could extinguish. Why had I done it? Because I believed him? Because in the chaos and blood and betrayal, his presence steadied me?Or was it something darker?Artemis stirred beneath my skin, restless, agitated. He is in danger. He is in power. He is ours.I flinched at her voice. She had been saying that more and more lately, whispering things I didn’t want to admit.The square had emptied, but I couldn’t move. My boots were caked with mud, my body heavy with exhaustion, yet my mind raced. The traitor

  • FATED BY FIRE   CHAPTER 37

    Lucian’s POVThe moment her hand slipped into mine, something inside me locked into place. Not peace. Not relief. Possession.Her palm was cold from the rain, her grip unsteady from the fight, but she didn’t pull away. That was all I needed. She had chosen me, even if she didn’t know it yet.I tightened my hold, anchoring her against the storm around us. The captured traitor writhed in the mud, bloodied and beaten, but I didn’t look at him again. He was already a dead man. What mattered was the woman beside me.The Guardian. My Guardian.“Bring him back alive,” I ordered the warriors. My voice cracked across the ridge like a whip. “Chain him, gag him, and do not let him speak unless I command it.”They moved fast. Fear was stronger than loyalty sometimes, and in my pack, fear of me kept them loyal enough.I turned to Cara. Her face was pale, blood streaking down from a cut near her temple. Her wolf stirred under her skin, I could feel Artemis pressing close, restless, protective. She

  • FATED BY FIRE   CHAPTER 36

    Cara’s POVI woke with blood in my mouth and Lucian’s scent on my lips. His skin still burned where his fingers had held my jaw. My chest heaved. The world tilted, then steadied.The kiss had been a war. Raw. Claiming. Dangerous. He had taken what he wanted and left no room for argument. My body remembered every rough stroke. My mind did not forgive him.I sat up slowly. The healers were still around. Evelyn moved like a shadow, efficient, careful. She did not meet my eyes. I knew why. Our private chaos had not been private at all.I swung my legs over the bed and the room lurched. Pain tightened across my ribs. A thin thread of anger tightened too. I had a hole in me that no amount of training filled. Lucian had touched it. He had named it.“Cara.” My father’s voice came through the door. He did not knock. He never did. He appeared when he knew he was needed. He was a steady man with a steady ache. He had seen more loss than anyone I knew.“Come in,” I said. My voice sounded small a

  • FATED BY FIRE   CHAPTER 35

    Cara’s POVSleep never came.I tossed under my sheets, staring at the ceiling until the shadows bled into gray dawn. My body was tired, aching from yesterday’s training and the endless weight of my father’s expectations, but my mind was restless. Every time I closed my eyes, I heard Lucian’s voice echoing.You don’t belong to me yet. But you will.It unsettled me. Infuriated me. But beneath the storm of emotions was a traitorous truth—I hadn’t pushed him away. I had let him say it, let him brush his hand against mine, let myself feel that pull like a live wire humming under my skin.When I dragged myself out of bed and into the training yard, the air was already thick with tension. The warriors drilled in tighter formations than usual, their movements sharp, efficient, deadly. Fear lingered in the pack like smoke after a fire. Everyone had heard the news: rogues were pressing closer.I shoved my hair into a braid and forced my body into the motions of training. My father’s voice cut t

  • FATED BY FIRE   CHAPTER 34

    Cara’s POVWaking felt like dragging myself out of a deep, heavy pool. My chest ached, my limbs felt bruised from the inside out, and my ribs protested every breath I took. But the sharpest sensation wasn’t pain it was the weight of a presence pressing into the room.Lucian.He sat in the chair beside my bed, broad shoulders hunched forward, dark hair falling into his face as if he hadn’t moved in hours. His hands were clasped together, knuckles white, the posture of a man trying to contain too much.I blinked a few times, thinking maybe it was some fever dream. But no, he was there. Alpha Lucian, ruler of Shadow Falls, storm of a man who had tangled himself into my life whether I wanted him to or not.My throat felt dry, but the question slipped out anyway. “Why?”His eyes lifted, sharp and predatory, locking onto mine. I nearly flinched.“Why what?” His voice was rough, like gravel dragged over stone.“Why stay here?” My voice cracked, but I forced it steady. “I’m not your responsi

  • FATED BY FIRE   CHAPTER 33

    Cara’s POVThe training yard was slick with rain from the night before, the mud clinging to my boots as I sparred with two warriors at once. Sweat ran down my spine, my arms burning from blocking and countering blows. My father’s voice echoed in my head, pushing me harder than even the men in front of me.“Focus. Precision. Control.”I ducked under a strike, slammed my shoulder into one opponent’s ribs, and used the momentum to sweep his legs out. The second came at me from behind, but I twisted, using his own weight to throw him into the mud. Both men groaned, defeated, and I stood panting, fists clenched, waiting for the next order.Lucian’s gaze was on me. I felt it like a touch across my skin.Every time his eyes tracked me, I grew restless. Stronger, faster, sharper. Like I wanted to prove something to him, though I wasn’t sure what. His approval? His attention?I hated myself for caring.Liam hadn’t shown up for training that morning, and his absence only made the pull toward Lu

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