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103 Dread

ผู้เขียน: Karima Sa'ad Usman
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Natalie

It had been two days since I’d heard from Adrian.

When he dropped me off on campus Monday morning, he mentioned a short trip. Nothing serious. No details. I didn’t expect a long goodbye, but I hadn’t expected total silence either.

For someone who usually craved solitude, I was starting to unravel in the quiet. It wasn’t just loneliness—it was what the silence left room for.

My mind kept circling back to everything I’d learned, everything I was still trying to accept. Vampires. Werewolves. Tributes. Bloodlines.

Reality had twisted itself into something unrecognizable, and I wasn’t ready for any of it.

Now I sat alone in my overpriced campus apartment—once a generous gift from Uncle Mike, now just a velvet-lined cage. A controlled space for a girl whose future had already been bartered away.

I was angry. No—furious.

My father had known. He hadn’t warned me, hadn’t prepared me. He left it all to Uncle Mike, like that was a kindness. But now it made perfect sense. He wasn’t planni
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Marlenny Fernandez
I thought Adrian would have put some guards around her. This was a sneaky way to come and attack her while alone. More reasons to detest the strigois
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Marlenny Fernandez
Yeappp mom needs to know and now faster
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Marlenny Fernandez
That’s the attitude my girl. If Adrian can’t come find your own path
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  • Fated In Darkness   111  Visceral Urgency

    AdrianI didn’t know what to do.Had Dimitri stolen her, desperate to claim what he knew he was about to lose? Or had Carson made his move, collecting on the contract while I was still in the air?The questions spiralled like smoke, choking my thoughts.I was unravelling.All I knew was I needed answers—fast—before this turned into something I couldn’t control.I was about to storm the Phi Umbra stronghold—Strigoi blood still fresh in the air, their scent coiled like a challenge around the perimeter—when Nikolas called.“She’s with the wolves,” he said.I stopped moving.My breath caught—then came the sound.A growl, raw and violent, erupted from deep in my chest, unfiltered, full of rage and heartbreak and something far older than either.I didn’t care who heard it.Didn’t care who ran from the sound.Carson… Dimitri…They had touched the one part of me I hadn’t protected enough.Natalie.I didn’t even want to imagine what Carson was doing with her. But deep down, I knew—he hadn’t to

  • Fated In Darkness   110  Visceral Urgency

    AdrianFlying back to Hawkshire, I felt it.A sharp, sudden pang—deep in my chest, like a cord snapping somewhere inside me. It wasn’t just physical pain. It was hers.I’d only felt this once before—when Natalie first laid eyes on Carson in his wolf form in the woods. That time, I was close. Close enough to stop what might have happened.But tonight?Tonight I was in the sky, miles away, powerless.I pulled out my phone, heart pounding now, and called her immediately.Straight to voicemail.Unreachable.The feeling in my chest twisted. I didn’t hesitate. I dialled Nikolas.He picked up on the first ring, breath ragged—his voice tense.“Adrian—”“What is it?” I snapped.“We just fought off some Strigoi,” he said quickly. “They came for Nicole Pierce.”I didn’t need him to say anything more.I already knew why the pain hit me so hard.Natalie.“Was Natalie there?” I asked, already knowing the answer—hoping I was wrong.Cainebrielle was supposed to be neutral ground. Owned and guarded by

  • Fated In Darkness   109  Ashberge Stronghold

    Adrian“Brian went to your family here in Ashberge,” Eric said quietly, “and they turned him down. Why do you want the contract now?”I didn’t answer right away.I couldn’t.Telling him it was about her—about something that slipped past my usual control—would be giving too much away. I didn’t know where Eric stood on that. I didn’t know if he’d see it as sincerity or weakness.And I couldn’t afford weakness.“The situation has changed,” I said simply, carefully.Eric studied me for a moment, then nodded. “Very well. I’ll have to bring this to Cain,”I felt my hand tighten into a fist at my side, unseen beneath the desk.That wasn’t good. Not at all.“There’s no need to wait,” I said, voice cool but edged. “Just state your price.”He hesitated, eyes narrowing—not out of arrogance, but thoughtfulness. There was something behind his silence. Something he wasn’t saying.And I could feel it.“What is it?” I asked, then softened my tone. “Speak freely.”He gave a reluctant nod, folding his

  • Fated In Darkness   108  Ashberge Stronghold

    Adrian“I’m here to see Alpha Rainwater.”I stood at the gate of the Ashberge werewolf stronghold, the midday sun glaring down like judgment. After the conclave, I hadn't returned home. I couldn’t. Not with everything at stake. The moment I saw that parchment, I knew—Natalie’s contract hadn’t yet transferred to Carson.That meant there was still time.And I wasn’t going to waste it.If anyone was going to win her, it would be me. Not through manipulation. Not through war. But through a direct appeal to the one man who could grant me full rights over her: the Alpha of Ashberge.A wolf stood at the gate, arms crossed. He eyed me without recognition.“State your reason,” he said, his tone clipped.I smiled.He didn’t know who I was. If he had, that wouldn’t have been his opening line.“Tell your Alpha,” I said calmly, “that Lord Adrian Balshov requests an audience.”The name alone should’ve sent him running.Instead, confusion furrowed his brow.“How are you out in the afternoon?” he ask

  • Fated In Darkness   107 An Unexpected Rescue 1

    Natalie I wanted to run. God, I wanted to run. But my legs wouldn’t move. Not from injury—just shock. I was frozen, locked in place by the sheer brutality of what I’d just witnessed. This wasn’t fantasy. This wasn’t some stylised vampire movie where danger was choreographed and neatly resolved. This was blood. Real blood. Pain, loyalty, violence—unfiltered and up close. And the wolves? They weren’t just fighting. They were protecting me. Even as they bled for it. Eli staggered back from Willis, mouth stained red, his pale skin torn open and steaming under the moonlight. His breath came in ragged pulls. Around him, the battlefield was slipping away—one of his followers lay unconscious in a crumpled heap. Another crawled backward with a shattered leg. A third limped in circles, his face mangled, one eye gone. Only Eli still stood, barely. Then he looked right at me and hissed the words that chilled my blood: “This isn’t over.” With that, he gave a sharp, guttural command—and

  • Fated In Darkness   106 An Unexpected Rescue

    Natalie“Alpha Carson’s message to Lord Orlov,” Willis said coldly. “Tell him to back off, Eli.”I froze.Carson was the one pulling strings tonight? The reason I was still breathing?The Strigoi leader—Eli—bared his teeth in a snarl. “Until the parchment is verified, she’s still ours.”Willis didn’t budge. “She remains untouchable until then. Eli, listen closely—tell your parasite of a lord he’s already crossed pack territory twice. A third time... and we will respond.”Eli growled, low and venomous. The sound scraped at my spine like claws on bone.“Oh, but Lord Balshov strolls in and out,” he spat. “Picks her up like some prized pet. I don’t see you stopping him.”The accusation dripped with venom—he was trying to call out the wolves for playing favorites.Willis didn’t flinch. “Lord Balshov doesn’t feed on tributes, and he isn’t turning her. There’s a contract in place to prevent exactly that. Even he knows when to step back.”Then his voice dropped to a threat wrapped in steel. “

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