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3. His gaze, my undoing
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2025-10-01 15:55:32Nalini
My day had barely begun and I'd already been hit with series of events. I was bullied and then saved by an alpha prince in a space of forty minutes. An alpha prince who's piercing gaze made me short of breath, made my wolf excited-which was very unusual and who's face I could stare at for hours on end. "Hello?" He said, jolting me back to focus. I felt my face heat up in embarrassment. He caught me ogling at him, and that wasn't a good first impression. "Umm...yes...yes I'm fine" I gave a throaty reply. His lips curved in a small smile and my heart resumed it's palpitation. "You're new here, right?" He asked. I nodded my reply. And then I did something impulsive, something crazy. I moved closer to him, invading his space. He inhaled sharply, visibly taken aback by my bold move and I immediately took a step back, shocked by my actions. Goddess! It wasn't me! I wasn't bold enough to throw myself at a guy like that. Then I figured it was Dahlia! "Dahlia!" I hissed internally. "What are you doing?" "Let's get you to the administrative block so you can settle in" the alpha said. The shock on his handsome features had been replaced by curiosity. "Thanks" I mumbled, following him. The walk to the administrative block was silent and filled with stares from people who either ogled at the alpha prince or wondered what he was doing with an omega like myself but I wasn't focused on that. The visceral reaction induced by Dahlia a few minutes ago bothered me. "Dahlia" I called her through our mind link. "What's wrong with you?" No guy had ever made my wolf this excited. I just couldn't understand it because as I walked beside him, I felt the overwhelming need to brush my fingers against his or run it through his hair as my lips crash against his in a heated kiss. Goddess, this was an unsettling feeling! "He's ours!" Dahlia replied "What do you mean?" "Mate" she growled. "Alpha prince Timothy is our mate!" "What?!" I exclaimed in shock. "Stop playing around, Dahlia!" I hissed. "I'm not! He's our mate! Don't you feel the mate bond?" The crazy part was that I did! I felt the the bond, an irresistible pull to him, making me shiver as I thought of all the things I could do to him. "It's impossible to find a mate before the day of the blood moon!" I replied, frantically. "But the moon goddess has given you alpha prince Timothy before the day of the blood moon" said Dahlia. "You should be grateful" I was far gone in my thoughts, I didn't know we'd reached the administrative block. "Here we are" he said and I stared at him again, wondering if he felt the bond too. Was it the reason why he saved me from the bullies I met earlier? Was he nice to me because he felt it too? "Hello..." He said again bringing me back to focus. "Th-thank you" I whispered. "Are you okay?" Him asking me that again made me feel crazy. Maybe I did look crazy. Zoning out and staring at him like that. "I'm okay" I gushed out. "Thank you for your help" I said and then I headed towards the first door I saw. "Not that way" He said from behind me and I stopped. He came to me. "Walk down this hallway to the seventh door on your right. A lady will attend to you" "Thanks" I mumbled and made to leave. "What's your name?" He asked and I was compelled to meet his gaze which didn't help my jumbled thoughts. "Nalini" He caught a flying strand of my hair and gently tucked it behind my ear. My heart went into a frenzy. "Nice to meet you, Nalini" he husked. Luckily for me, he walked off before my knees which were already weak from his heated stare, bucked beneath me. "I want to claim him so bad!" Dahlia howled in elation. "You're not helping!" I hissed in frustration.
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Mine to keep, mine to break 184. Wardens
Nalini The howl did not fade the way ordinary sounds do.It sank into the bones of the land and stayed there, vibrating beneath my feet like a second heartbeat. The pack outside had gone silent—no whispers, no shifting, no nervous laughter. Even the wind seemed to hesitate, unsure whether it was allowed to move.Myron was the first to react. He rose in one smooth motion, already half-shifted, claws flashing briefly before he forced them back. His instinct was raw, unfiltered—protect, fight, destroy whatever dared to reach for me.Timothy didn’t move at all. That was more unsettling. His stillness was the kind born of calculation, of a prince who had learned that panic killed faster than blades. But his eyes… his eyes were locked on me, searching my face as if the answers might be written there.“I didn’t call it,” I said hoarsely, before either of them could accuse me with silence. “I swear to you. I didn’t even know something like that existed.”“We know,” Timothy said quietly. “The
Mine to keep, mine to break 183. Tri-bond
Nalini Leaving the council’s territory did not feel like freedom.It felt like the quiet before a storm decides where to strike.The forest thickened as Alpha Thane led me deeper into his lands, ancient trees closing around us like sentinels that had seen empires rise and rot. The air smelled different here—pine, damp earth, iron-rich stone. Power lived in this place, not loud or oppressive, but old and watchful.My father walked ahead of me in his wolfskin cloak, broad shoulders rigid, as if holding back words that had waited years to be spoken. The guards flanked us at a respectful distance. Not jailers. Not escorts. Witnesses.I wrapped my arms around myself, not from cold, but from the ache settling deep in my chest.The bonds were… restless.Myron’s presence flickered at the edge of my mind—angry, pacing, like a caged flame. Timothy felt farther away, but steady, his emotions carefully leashed, though I could sense the strain in him. Kael—Kael was different.There was no clear
Mine to keep, mine to break 182. The weight of what comes after
Nalini The world does not end when a prophecy is revealed.That was the first lie I had believed.Instead, it keeps breathing. It keeps arguing. It keeps sharpening its knives.The council chamber was louder than I’d ever heard it—voices crashing into one another, elders standing, others pacing, some outright shouting as if volume could undo what the Moon Goddess herself had spoken. I sat very still between Myron and Timothy, my body aching in places I didn’t yet understand, my wolf curled tight inside me like she was bracing for impact.Kael stood a few steps away, unmoving. He didn’t argue. He didn’t bow. He didn’t look impressed or afraid. He watched the room like a man who had already survived worse than this.I envied him.“This is unprecedented,” one councilor snapped, slamming his palm against the stone table. “A tri-bond violates every ancestral statute—”“Your statutes,” another elder cut in bitterly, “were written after the last great fracture. Perhaps this is how it heals.
Mine to keep, mine to break 181. Boundaries
Nalini The silence after my words was not empty. It was listening.I felt it first through my feet—an answering pulse beneath the stone circle, like a heartbeat waking from a long sleep. The sigils carved into the ground brightened, lines of silver-blue light crawling outward, ignoring the council’s careful boundaries. Someone shouted. Someone else swore under their breath. The elder who had spoken to me took an unconscious step back.Good.For once, they were reacting to me.“You overstep,” another councilor snapped, his voice sharp with panic poorly disguised as authority. “This is sacred ground.”“So am I,” I replied, surprised by how steady my voice sounded. “Or didn’t the Goddess make that clear enough?”Myron moved closer, not touching me, but near enough that the heat of him steadied my racing pulse. Timothy mirrored him on my other side, jaw tight, eyes burning. And then there was the third pull—subtle but insistent—threading through my spine like a hum just below hearing.Th
Mine to keep, mine to break 180. The weight of becoming
Nalini The bow of the old guard didn’t feel like victory.It felt like a line being drawn.The forest was still bent around us, branches lowered as though the land itself had chosen a side. I could feel it—roots humming beneath my feet, ancient and awake. Not answering me exactly, but listening. Watching. Measuring.Power like that doesn’t bow easily. And it never bows without demanding payment later.“Enough,” I said finally, my voice carrying farther than it should have. The echo startled even me. “Leave. Before the land decides you no longer belong here.”The guard in the broken crescent hesitated. For a heartbeat, I thought he might challenge me. Instead, he pressed his fist to his chest in a formal salute—older than the council, older than packs—and rose.“As the vessel commands,” he said.That word again.They retreated into the trees, armor dissolving into shadow until the forest swallowed them whole. The moment they were gone, the pressure snapped loose all at once.I sagged.
Mine to keep, mine to break 179. Rebellion
Nalini The answer came faster than I was ready for.The first arrow shattered against the warded window, exploding into blue sparks that screamed like torn metal. The sound punched straight through my chest, yanking my wolf fully to the surface. Power rippled out of me without permission—raw, instinctive, protective—and the stone beneath our feet groaned as if it recognized me.“They’re not here to arrest,” Kael said grimly, already moving. “Those tips are spell-forged.”“To kill,” Myron finished, his voice darkening as his canines lengthened.Timothy didn’t speak. He reached for me instead, his fingers brushing my wrist, grounding me just as the third bond flared hot and sharp, threading something ancient through my veins.Eryx turned toward the door, calm in the middle of chaos. “They will not stop,” he said. “The council believes fear will restore order.”“Fear never restores anything,” I said, surprising myself with how steady my voice sounded. “It only breaks it further.”The do
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