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The Rogue Defender
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Scent of Betrayal Old Friend
Aria There is something about the silence that fills the vehicle that makes me feel uneasy. I shrink back into myself, suddenly regret voicing those words out. Why do I care about his opinion on rogues anyway? It's not as if he's a very nice person either way. He bought a person! "Don't talk like that, Aria dear. You're going to be joining my family, we don't tolerate such opinions in my pack." His voice is grim, and I can imagine a pinched look on his face. Thankfully, I can't see his face. It suddenly dawns on me that this man is an alpha of a pack. My brain must have ignored that niggling piece of information due to self-preservation, but if he is an alpha, then he can practically force me to do anything I don't want to do. "Is your mate okay with this decision?" I ask frightfully. My throat is extremely dry, and my skin breaks out in a sweat, which causes my hands to tremble so much that I have to hold them to myself. The shadows thrumming in my veins seem to
Last Updated : 2025-04-25Scent of Betrayal The Omega with Shadows
Kaidën Good. The smell of fear permeates the air, with both men shivering and staring at me. Even the smell of their fear is pungent, and irritating, like the smell of a rotten corpse, spreading all over. These men have done horrible things—things that have tainted their scent, and presence. "I just need you to take me to the dungeon." I say, evenly. Once they have taken me to the dungeon, I can dispose of them immediately, because their survival is impossible. "It will be difficult for a rogue to go to the dungeon, but we can take you there please." The smaller man says, spluttering out in a weak tone. I nod my head, and kick at the one on his knees. "Tell me what happened to the omega in the dungeon." The man's eyes dart towards his friend, and nearly all the color drains from his face. "Uh—sir, we can just take you to the dungeon. You can—" I press my feet on his knee, and he lets out a pained yelp. "Have you forgotten what I told you? Don't ask me any questions. Just d
Last Updated : 2025-04-27Scent of Betrayal The Mirrow of Despair
Aria"They don't? Why?" I ask immediately he says those words. Everyone knows that pack shifters should always have wolves, and scents. It is what makes them part of a pack. Even the rogues I spent some time with don't smell like nothing. Despite not being able to shift, they still have weakened wolves inside them, they just can't activate it. And they smell like these wolves. I'm the only one I know who is closer to an ordinary human than a wolf. Frankly put, I'm nothing. Just an oddity. The ride gets a little bumpy as the man replies. "Let's just say my pack is a little more accommodating than most. After all my wife is in a similar situation with you."Huh? Does he mean his wife is…No, that can't be possible, right? I shake my head, as if it can take away what he's just said, but I have to ask anyway. "Are you saying that your wife is without a wolf, sir?" I ask carefully, in case it is still somewhat of a sensitive topic for him. But everything suddenly makes so much
Last Updated : 2025-04-27Scent of Betrayal The Retribution
Kaidën "Good. Now take me to the dungeon." I say without thinking about his words any further. If Aria needed to use the shadows I gave her, then she must have been in real danger. The man with my shadows wrapped around him groans in pain, and I lessen my hold. My shadows have an uncontrollable habit of sucking dry whoever is in their hold. I think that might be the source of their powers, but I've never paid much mind to it. In fact, everything about my shadows is more or less a mystery to me. If I remember correctly, my father never had shadows—and I think I remember waking up one night from a frightful dream. My body soaked in perspiration, and my mind feeling like it was departing from me. The next day, I'd fell terribly ill, and even came to the point of death. I remember crying faces surrounding me, and my father who usually looked stoic and grim, having a marring frown on his face. All I knew was, I had been prepared to die. Then suddenly the next day, I woke up feel
Last Updated : 2025-04-27Scent of Betrayal The Moments Before
Aria"Stop, please stop."My cries are nearly drowned out by the blood roaring in my ears after I heard his words. Could it be the same witch?No, the possibility of that is nearly impossible. But the same thing happened to his mate too, and it was done to her by rogues? Akira was a rogue, and a witch powerful enough to take my scent away from me. I wonder how Piper met her. Did they agree to work together because of the prophecy or did the witch know about Piper's evil plans? Either way, I can't know the answers to these questions, because she's dead. Despair rises in my chest, but I clap a hand over my mouth to stifle my sob.Grimacing, I clear my throat, the back of my neck itching with something akin to sadness at what had been done to me. "How is she now?" I ask softly. It takes a lot for someone to be able to share something like this, and I mildly wonder if his mate would be upset if she knew he told me this story. He laughs a small laugh that doesn't sound real to my
Last Updated : 2025-04-27Scent of Betrayal The Watchman
Kaidën After the death of his companion—or fellow guard, I'm not sure which it is, but after his death, the smaller man is more complacent. I almost glare at how skittish he is, because I never meant for him to see me as a monster. Although on the other hand, these aren't the kind of men I should care about their opinions. Now, he is leading me down a dark and dry path, while I strain my nose to pick up on anything. I frown to myself when I realize that the one person I want to be able to smell, I can't. Because she has no scent. Clenching my fist, I can only walk studiously behind the man who's still shaking. He looks nearly too pale as all the blood has quite possibly been drained from his face. "It's just a straight walk from here. You'll see a stone ledge, that's the second door to the dungeon." He rambles out. I quirk a brow at him. "Don't take me for a fool. If I take this path, won't I land in the middle of the dungeon?" I almost laugh when his brows shoot so high, t
Last Updated : 2025-04-28Scent of Betrayal Monster
Aria"Lugh?" I ask again, when he doesn't answer. Something about the way he answered me makes my skin start to call. It feels like dread. Or the start of something very bad. "Aria, dear?" I gulp, and try to stand on my feet, but sway with the movement of the vehicle. Gasping, I clutch the sides and press my body closer to its walls for support. There’s something in the air that feels weird. What is going on? As if I said the words out, Lugh speaks again. "There is something I forgot to tell you dear." "What?" I croak out, feeling incredibly light headed. This feeling rivals the time I was drunk, kidnapped, and forced to listen to Kaidën and that girl—Eliana—talk about their past. And that memory isn't even one I like to recall. No, my head feels light and heavy at the same time. Empty and full. Confused and clear headed.It's a feeling unlike any other, and I know I have to ask. Somehow a part of me knows that whatever Lugh forgot to say is what I need to know right now.
Last Updated : 2025-04-28Scent of Betrayal The Oddity
Kaidën "Does it matter who the person is to me?" I give the man in front of me a pointed look. A jarring smile lines his face, enhancing his harsh eyes. I finally notice something I have been ignoring—something so glaringly obvious—something that has been staring me right in the face. As if picking up that I've noticed the oddity he is, he quirks a curious brow at me. "You're different too, aren't you? I can sense it." He takes a step closer, but doesn't drop the sword he has pointed at me. "I don't know what you're talking about." I give him a bored look, deciding this talker might not have the intention of killing me. He moves the sword lazily, his eyes tracing my every movement, not missing a thing. I don't know if he's aware of my shadows yet, but the thing different about him isn't his ability to handle a sword with shocking agility. No, it's his scent. The thing is, this stranger doesn't smell at all like a wolf—it's not like he doesn't have a wolf inside him.
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Scent of Betrayal The Mate
Riven"I—I think you should leave."The words don't even sound like mine as I say them, but the look on Piper's face shows that she's more taken aback by them than I am. Why do I care that she hates Aria? Maybe because she is our Luna and the one who will bring an end to our curse. Piper doesn't understand what it feels like to be a rogue—to be treated like a dirty criminal from the time you're born. Some of us never even got the chance to find a pack before we were declared unfit to be accepted into society. That's the kind of pain all rogues have to live with. That is why Akira gave her life to change that. The Alpha might believe I am waiting for a chance to pay the pack shifters back in their coin, but he's slightly off the mark. Once the goddesses' prophecy has been fulfilled, then we can finally find true happiness. The pack shifters won't be able to attack us anymore. "Riven?""Yes," I answer limply, unable to meet her eyes. I'm not the young beta she met the first tim
Scent of Betrayal The Strangeness of The Man
Kaidën I clench my fist and pin him with a hard look. "I don't have the time for this."Before he can blink, I pull out my sword again, already letting my shadows peek out until I can feel them on my fingertips. One wrong move and I'll let them suck the life out of him without losing sleep over it. After all, this man stands in the way of me and reaching my Aria—no, just Aria. I furrow my brow with a mix of annoyance and confusion. When did she become my Aria? Darien chuckles. "Unlike you, shadow King I know the full extents of my powers, do you really think you can win a fight against me?" I bristle at the meaning to his words. I've long stopped wondering how he knows what he knows. How he knows that I don't fully understand the extents of my shadows. It doesn't matter, because they've never failed me before. "Alright, if you still want to raise your sword against me, then be prepared to die, because those shadows of yours won't save you this time."The words roll out of his l
Scent of Betrayal The Eye of Beauty
Riven The room is still as silent as a graveyard despite my question, and I begin to wonder if she's even heard me. “I asked you—” “Shut up, Riven.” She cuts me off with a stony glare that looks so vicious, I have to take an involuntary step back. It seems I have forgotten this woman is still the Luna of all the pack shifters. Long gone is the gangly wide eyed woman who smiled at everything I had said, and let her fingers brush mine. Every time I look at her, I feel even more foolish. To have been caught in the snare of somebody like her—a member of the pack shifters, and one ruthless enough to do anything to climb to the top. I've just been a stepping stone for her, but my heart isn't willing to accept that fact. That is why I still scramble for whatever affections she throws my way, like a pathetic dog. Heat prickles under my palms when I look into her eyes, but I don't say anything to her. With a pleased smile on her face, she turns away from me, as if satisfi
Scent of Betrayal The Vengeful Spirit
Riven It's been eight hours since I've seen the Alpha, and the link between us isn't telling me anything. Normally, it doesn't say much since the alpha is a really private person, and he likes to mask his scent well, but it hasn't been this dead before. No matter how much I reach out to him, I get nothing in return. These troubled thoughts have been plaguing my mind ever since he left without a word. At least if he'd told me where he was going, I wouldn't be so worried. A part of me thinks, maybe despite his words on the matter, he might have gone to search for the Luna. The Luna. Could I even call her that yet, considering she doesn't have the Alpha's mark on her. She's also an omega—not the strongest choice for Lunas. But now that I think about it, I've always heard that in the pack Shifters realm, they love to pick Omega's as Luna's. I'm not sure if this is because they want someone weaker than the Alpha for a Luna, or just the work of fate making Omega’s Alpha’s m
Scent of Betrayal The dead Pack
Aria Everything was a lie? What does he mean by that? "W-what do you mean? A lie? Are you Lugh?" I ask rapidly, feeling my heart nearly beating out of my chest. Is this happening because I still didn't want to go with Lugh willingly despite his story? The rumble of his voice rattles my bones. "I am Lugh Darg, the Alpha of the dead pack. Only I exist in this realm," His voice drops till it's nearly a whisper carrying across my skin like a chilly embrace. "You can be here with me too, Aria dear. All you have to do is accept me." He croaks the end of the words out, like a fish trying to speak out of water. I press my hand against the wall of the vehicle behind me, wondering how I can escape someone like this. A part of me still thinks that maybe Lugh can help me. Maybe he's somewhere in here. "You naive fool." A torn laugh comes from him, and my eyes fly back to him. "What do you want from me?" I try to say firmer, but I'm still shaking with fear. This is more than
Scent of Betrayal The Oddity
Kaidën "Does it matter who the person is to me?" I give the man in front of me a pointed look. A jarring smile lines his face, enhancing his harsh eyes. I finally notice something I have been ignoring—something so glaringly obvious—something that has been staring me right in the face. As if picking up that I've noticed the oddity he is, he quirks a curious brow at me. "You're different too, aren't you? I can sense it." He takes a step closer, but doesn't drop the sword he has pointed at me. "I don't know what you're talking about." I give him a bored look, deciding this talker might not have the intention of killing me. He moves the sword lazily, his eyes tracing my every movement, not missing a thing. I don't know if he's aware of my shadows yet, but the thing different about him isn't his ability to handle a sword with shocking agility. No, it's his scent. The thing is, this stranger doesn't smell at all like a wolf—it's not like he doesn't have a wolf inside him.
Scent of Betrayal Monster
Aria"Lugh?" I ask again, when he doesn't answer. Something about the way he answered me makes my skin start to call. It feels like dread. Or the start of something very bad. "Aria, dear?" I gulp, and try to stand on my feet, but sway with the movement of the vehicle. Gasping, I clutch the sides and press my body closer to its walls for support. There’s something in the air that feels weird. What is going on? As if I said the words out, Lugh speaks again. "There is something I forgot to tell you dear." "What?" I croak out, feeling incredibly light headed. This feeling rivals the time I was drunk, kidnapped, and forced to listen to Kaidën and that girl—Eliana—talk about their past. And that memory isn't even one I like to recall. No, my head feels light and heavy at the same time. Empty and full. Confused and clear headed.It's a feeling unlike any other, and I know I have to ask. Somehow a part of me knows that whatever Lugh forgot to say is what I need to know right now.
Scent of Betrayal The Watchman
Kaidën After the death of his companion—or fellow guard, I'm not sure which it is, but after his death, the smaller man is more complacent. I almost glare at how skittish he is, because I never meant for him to see me as a monster. Although on the other hand, these aren't the kind of men I should care about their opinions. Now, he is leading me down a dark and dry path, while I strain my nose to pick up on anything. I frown to myself when I realize that the one person I want to be able to smell, I can't. Because she has no scent. Clenching my fist, I can only walk studiously behind the man who's still shaking. He looks nearly too pale as all the blood has quite possibly been drained from his face. "It's just a straight walk from here. You'll see a stone ledge, that's the second door to the dungeon." He rambles out. I quirk a brow at him. "Don't take me for a fool. If I take this path, won't I land in the middle of the dungeon?" I almost laugh when his brows shoot so high, t
Scent of Betrayal The Moments Before
Aria"Stop, please stop."My cries are nearly drowned out by the blood roaring in my ears after I heard his words. Could it be the same witch?No, the possibility of that is nearly impossible. But the same thing happened to his mate too, and it was done to her by rogues? Akira was a rogue, and a witch powerful enough to take my scent away from me. I wonder how Piper met her. Did they agree to work together because of the prophecy or did the witch know about Piper's evil plans? Either way, I can't know the answers to these questions, because she's dead. Despair rises in my chest, but I clap a hand over my mouth to stifle my sob.Grimacing, I clear my throat, the back of my neck itching with something akin to sadness at what had been done to me. "How is she now?" I ask softly. It takes a lot for someone to be able to share something like this, and I mildly wonder if his mate would be upset if she knew he told me this story. He laughs a small laugh that doesn't sound real to my
