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017 - Ashina

Penulis: Lakisha Ivy
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-05-17 18:01:24

I swore under my breath, dragging my gaze back toward the bar, my mind spinning useless in circles.

I hadn’t really gotten anything. Just a vague description of the attitude of the man and he was creepier than usual creepiness. But when I’d spoken about the bite, Kael had reacted. Something had clicked in him. I didn’t know what exactly, but it was enough to make my stomach twist.

He knew something. Maybe not everything, but something.

And he was using my need for answers to manipulated me. Just like Dr. Veyra had done.

I hated this. Hated that I needed answers and that the two people I loathed most knew more than I did and didn’t hesitate to find a way to use it against me. Hated that Maya’s life might now be hanging in the hands of a man who’d shattered me.

My life was once again not my own. And gods, that burned.

With a heavy sigh, I turned away, and stalked toward the black SUV, ignoring the subtle look of victory on Kael’s face and the neutral nod from the man still holding the d
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  • Fated To Ruin You   017 - Ashina

    I swore under my breath, dragging my gaze back toward the bar, my mind spinning useless in circles.I hadn’t really gotten anything. Just a vague description of the attitude of the man and he was creepier than usual creepiness. But when I’d spoken about the bite, Kael had reacted. Something had clicked in him. I didn’t know what exactly, but it was enough to make my stomach twist.He knew something. Maybe not everything, but something.And he was using my need for answers to manipulated me. Just like Dr. Veyra had done.I hated this. Hated that I needed answers and that the two people I loathed most knew more than I did and didn’t hesitate to find a way to use it against me. Hated that Maya’s life might now be hanging in the hands of a man who’d shattered me.My life was once again not my own. And gods, that burned.With a heavy sigh, I turned away, and stalked toward the black SUV, ignoring the subtle look of victory on Kael’s face and the neutral nod from the man still holding the d

  • Fated To Ruin You   016 - Ashina

    My head spun, ringing with his words.He knew?He knew where to find who I was looking for?How the hell did Kael know that? How could he possibly know? Unless—My blood ran cold.Was he in on it?I spun on him so fast he didn’t even have time to smirk before I shoved him against the wall. My palm slammed flat against his chest, and he raised a brow, a lazy smirk tugging at his lips like he was enjoying our reversal of positions.Typical.But any amusement died the moment I opened her mouth."You bastard. What did you do?"His smirk faltered."Is my life such a joke to you?” I snapped, jabbing a finger into his chest. “Was it not enough that you ruined my life five years ago? That you tore everything apart? Now you're coming after the only person I care about?"My voice rose with every word, as anger bubbled hot under my skin. I didn’t care that I was shouting in his face or that his brows twitched in slight confusion."Maya is innocent, damn you! She didn’t do anything! Do you hate m

  • Fated To Ruin You   015 - Kael

    An encrypted ping buzzed from my wristband, startling me from the monotone voices of the regional heads I was having an enforcement schedule meeting with.I took one glance at the message that came in, and my heart stopped.We found her.My chair screeched back."Meeting's over," I snapped, already halfway to the door as my head was ringing with the message.Several officials called after me, confused at the abrupt dismissal. I was the one who’d called them in for a meeting after all, but I didn’t spare them a glance. Didn’t have time for that.Not when I didn’t know if I’d be getting a ‘we lost her’ message from my guys again.I hadn’t earned my title by coddling egos or caring to play politics. When something needed to be done, I did it. Fast. And without permission.There was nothing more important than Ashina in that moment. As I stormed down the stairs, having no patience for the elevator, my body tingled with anticipation. All I’d wanted was for them to just follow her and keep

  • Fated To Ruin You   014 - Ashina

    Once I had confirmed that Maya was stable in her induced sleep, I instantly hammered Dr. Veyra about getting out to get the answers we needed.Since she shared my school of thought, within minutes, I was escorted out of the lab by a pair of stone-faced guards. For “my safety,” Veyra claimed, but we both knew the truth. It was about preserving the secrecy of her hidden lab. They didn’t want me remembering the way back if I somehow got caught.A blacked-out SUV waited for me just outside, engine already humming. The moment I climbed in, the doors slammed shut and the tires squealed into motion.The silence gave me space to breathe, think and to let the panic and rage I was feeling simmer without boiling over.I didn’t even register how long the drive took. Time bled together until we reached a bustling patch of civilization. The guards dropped me off with a cold warning—“Be back at 10 p.m. tomorrow. Or you don&rsq

  • Fated To Ruin You   013 - Kael

    I paced around my office like a caged beast, as my wolf gnashed at the inside of my skin, wanting to come right out and rip someone into pieces.Six hours.It’s been six long, torturous hours since I was told they’d lost Ashina, and there was still nothing. No scent trail. No street footage. No damn whisper of her. Almost like she’d once again vanished into thin air.Every tick of the clock made the fury in my chest grow hotter and tighter. My claws had already shredded the edges of my desk. The only reason no one had been torn in pieces yet was because the entire building had had the good sense to stay out of reach. Smart move.I also knew that ripping someone into pieces would not help my situation, but even that school of thought was wearing thin.The door of my office creaked open.I spun around instantly with the rage flooding every vein and was very ready to unleash it, and demand the reason for the lack of answers in the past hours.Tyro stepped in first, calm and steady as alw

  • Fated To Ruin You   012 - Ashina

    It felt like torture.Watching Maya convulse under the fluorescent glare of the lab with her body thrashing as the sedative-trance cocktail surged through her veins, tore at every thread of restraint I had. The ragged, guttural, laced with pain sounds that came from her mouth felt like knives scraping against my soul, twisting deeper with each cry.They shattered whatever strength and composure I had left, but all I could do was stand there with my fists clenched, my nails biting into my palm and my stomach churning.Dr. Veyra had managed to convince me to go through with it because I wanted answers and doing nothing was so much worse. I’d tried to find out exactly what the procedure and process was but Dr. Veyra had looked me dead in the eye and said, "It’s better if you don’t know."That answer was scarier than any explanation ever could. The agony that followed was unbearable.When Maya started screaming again, I couldn’t take it anymore. I stormed out of the lab with my boots echo

  • Fated To Ruin You   011 - Ashina

    Everything felt stiff and suffocating inside the lab with its harsh white light and sterile. The floors were spotless, polished to the point of blindness, and the sheer reflectiveness made my temples ache badly. There was so much high-end equipment that blinked silently, each with a purpose I could identify but couldn't care less at that moment.It should have thrilled me to see so much advanced devices. The place was state-of-the-art lab dream for any researcher, but instead my skin crawled with every step I took in the place. There was nothing but a cold and heartless reminder that I was at my wits end and I needed help from people who went by moral conducts that I didn’t believe in.And so all I could feel was dread and disgust as Maya was wheeled in and everyone snapped into a blur of motion.It was like watching a hive spring to life.They had already alarmingly prepared for Maya with the little time I’d informed her, and soon were moving her into a vertical stasis capsule, fitte

  • Fated To Ruin You   010 - Kael

    I scrunched up my nose the moment I stepped into the run-down motel that reeked of mildew, stale sweat, and decades-old cigarette smoke. The air was thick and hard to breathe through. This place was a condemned pitstop off the highway, the kind of place I wouldn’t be caught dead in under normal circumstances. But tonight, it served a purpose.The rusted back door groaned shut behind me like it, too, wanted out of this place. My boots sank slightly into the water stained carpet, and the fluorescent lights overhead flickered like they were barely hanging on to life.I moved to the bar, keeping my pace loose, casual. Just another traveler looking for a warm cup of caffeine and a little anonymity. I ordered black coffee—no sugar, no cream, and scanned the room while waiting, cataloguing exits, blind spots, and the energy of every soul present. In my world, paranoia was just a different name for survival.The server handed it to me with a bored glance and I took the seat facing the far wind

  • Fated To Ruin You   009 - Ashina

    The drive to the lab was draining.Each mile I covered felt like a count to something I couldn’t come back from.The coordinates were precise, thankfully. It helped to give my mind something sharp to cling to, something that wasn’t the guilt clawing its way up my throat. Because I needed to focus on that and not miss it.Like I had with Maya.UntiI I turned by the last coordinates.The narrow road was twisted like a serpent, curving through shadowy woods. The dense trees on either side of the road cast long arms across the cracked pavement.My hands were slick on the steering wheel, despite the death grip I had on it. I slowed down as the final GPS marker blinked green.And just ahead of me was the gate, that was hidden beneath a blanket of overgrowth, rusted and was sagging on its hinges like it has not been maintained in decades, was a gate.I stopped the car. The engine idled in a low rumble as I stared ahead, trying to make sense of what I was about to walk into.My eyes flicked t

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