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389 Bath

Author: Jenne Lopes
last update publish date: 2026-07-31 23:51:29

Sera

The keep had gone quiet by the time I reached my chambers, the corridors empty in that particular way they went empty when word of something strange had already run ahead of me. I could feel it in the way the few servants I passed kept their eyes down. Nobody stopped me. Nobody asked.

I got the door shut with my shoulder, the rogue still bundled against my chest, and stood there a second in the dark before I remembered to light anything. She hadn't made a sound the whole walk back. Just he
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  • My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian    392 El Cuerno (Error! Don't Read!)

    FenrisLas brasas en la chimenea se apagaban lentamente, pasando de un naranja furioso a un rojo sordo y moribundo.La guarida se estaba volviendo a helar, pero el frío no registraba. Solo me quedé sentado en la pesada silla de roble en el rincón de la habitación, perfectamente inmóvil, observando la piel oscura de oso subir y bajar sobre su pecho.La respiración de Sera era entrecortada. Esa curación forzada era un impuesto brutal sobre el cuerpo. Vaciaba los músculos, canibalizando grasa y energía solo para coser la piel de nuevo. Cada vez que inhalaba, un débil silbido húmedo traqueteaba en el fondo de su garganta.Los olores en la habitación eran un desastre. Mina le había untado un ungüento agudo de alcanfor sureño sobre las costillas amoratadas que me picaba el fondo de la nariz. Debajo de eso estaba el hedor pesado y metálico de la sangre de Taya todavía incrustada bajo mis uñas. Pero cortando a través de todo eso —espeso y sofocante— estaba Sera. Cítricos, vainilla, y el almiz

  • My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian    390 Unnamed

    SeraWhen I'd done what I could with the cloths and the basin, I went to my own wardrobe and found something that would fit close enough, a plain shift, soft wool, nothing that mattered to me if it never came back the same.I got her into it the way you'd dress a child who couldn't manage it herself, guiding her arms, easing the fabric down over her shoulders. My hand grazed the soft weight of her breast on the way past, an accident of the motion more than anything else, and it stopped me half a second longer than it should have before I made myself keep going.She wasn't a child. Whatever was still missing behind her eyes, the body under my hands belonged to a grown woman, full breasts, the curve of her hips under the fabric, nothing built like a child anywhere on her, and there was no taking that back once I'd felt it.I wondered, and hated myself a little for wondering it, what it would be like once the memories came back the way Fenris said they would. When she was back, whole, a

  • My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian    389 Bath

    SeraThe keep had gone quiet by the time I reached my chambers, the corridors empty in that particular way they went empty when word of something strange had already run ahead of me. I could feel it in the way the few servants I passed kept their eyes down. Nobody stopped me. Nobody asked.I got the door shut with my shoulder, the rogue still bundled against my chest, and stood there a second in the dark before I remembered to light anything. She hadn't made a sound the whole walk back. Just her face pressed into me, breathing slow, the furs tucked tight around her, and that same doubled pulse ticking under my hands, hers and mine running close enough together that I couldn't always tell which was which.I laid her down on the bed. Not the floor. Not a chair by the fire. The bed, because some part of me had already decided that before I'd thought it through, and by the time I noticed I was doing it, it was done.She curled into the furs and watched me with that same open, hungry look,

  • My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian    388 Strong

    SeraI sank to a crouch in front of her, hand hovering. Then I brought it to her hair, stroking it carefully at first. She leaned into my palm, nuzzling my hand as though seeking comfort, like it was something she'd been missing for a long time.I stayed that way for a long minute, stroking her hair and feeling her settle against me, her pulse slowing. I forgot she was a rogue wolf. I forgot she was a prisoner in a cell. I forgot everything but the weight of her against my thigh and the blood moving under my fingertips."Fuck, Sera, why're you smiling?" Mina's voice cut through the quiet."What?" The word came out from my lips, but it was mostly a laugh than a question.I felt it then, a smile pulling at the corners of my mouth, and I realized she was right. I was smiling, and whatever this was, it felt good.I ordered one of the guards to fetch me some furs. The man moved quickly, returning within moments with the thick, heavy pelts. I took them from him and wrapped them around the r

  • My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian    387 Outside and Inside

    SeraNo one moved for a long second after the rogue woman went still. The yard was quiet now, the crowd thinned out, leaving behind only those who hadn't mustered the nerve to slip away. My heart still pounded in my chest, and a slow sense of absurdity crept over me.Mina's hand tightened on my shoulder. "That's an insane thing to say," she hissed. "You weren't here to see what that thing just did." She pointed at the man on the ground, the claw marks still raw down the side of his face and his chest. "You're going to let it go after it did that to him? Not that long ago?"She stared at me, incredulous, searching my face. Her Southern drawl was harsh, her words sharp with disbelief. Her grip on my shoulder remained tight, unyielding.In that moment, she looked less like my sister-in-law and more like a version of Lyra.And maybe, I admitted to myself, I didn't fully understand either. My heartbeat slowed, the tightness in my chest loosening. I looked from her face to the rogue's limp

  • My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian    386 Just Let Her Go

    SeraI didn't move. "How did she get out at all?" I asked plainly, looking at him. "You were supposed to be stationed right outside her door the entire time. How did she get past you?"He shifted his weight, his shoulders rolling down as he glanced at his comrade, then back at me. He parted his lips, but the words stalled in his throat."Luna, I—"His eyes darted to the floor before he forced himself to meet my gaze once more. "I just took a break. I knew it would be a minute, maybe two, and I was sure there would be no—""Quit lying, Dagen… You went out to drink with the others in the great hall." The other guard snapped at me.He shot his fellow a look with real anger in it for having said that, then turned back to me."Forgive me, Luna. It was only meant to be a few minutes. I never imagined she could get free of a locked cage in that time. I genuinely didn't think this could happen."He glanced down at the rogue and shook his head. "I'm sorry.""Why, if you needed to step away at

  • My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian    09 Talking To No One

    SeraNight fell fast, and with it, the temperature plummeted. We had three fires going, but the heat didn't seem to travel more than six inches past the flames. I sat on a log by the middle fire, pulling the wagon fur around my shoulders, shivering so hard my teeth were literally clicking together.

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  • My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian    110 Mechanical Voice

    LyraShe ignored me. She dropped to her knees, her hands sliding down to the waistband of my trousers. She shoved her fingers inside the fabric, gripping my hips tight. With one sharp pull, she dragged the pants and my underwear down to my ankles. I stepped out of them, kicking my boots off in the

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  • My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian    113 Monster

    Lyra"Tell the girl to step into the room," he said."Leave her out of this," I said. My voice came out as a pathetic, raspy whisper. I cleared my throat, trying to find some spine. "She didn't do anything. It was my idea to come in here.""Tell her to step into the room," he said, his eyes going d

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  • My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian    111 Aldric Is Back

    LyraThe voice didn't belong to Nadia. It didn't belong to me. It came from the metallic object resting directly behind my hip.Nadia froze. She pulled her mouth away from me and yanked her fingers out of my body. She stood up quickly, wiping her wet mouth with the back of her hand, her chest heavi

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