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Chapter 9. Dark, Mysterious, Cold And Dangerous
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2025-09-02 19:13:33Bliss
I was suddenly feeling irritated.
Betrayal like that cut deep. Deeper than any physical wound.
It settled in my bones like poison, filling me with cold fury and aching sorrow.
I wanted to scream— scream at the sky, at the universe, at the people who had turned their backs on me .
But no sound came.
Instead, memories played like a cruel movie behind my eyelids.
The feeling of drowning.
The silence that followed.
I thought about the river again.
Falling into darkness, feeling the river's icy grip wrapping around me like a coffin.
And yet somehow I woke up.
How could I have survived that? Liam and Ria had tried so hard to erase me— like I was nothing but a mistake, a threat to be disposed of.
What did I do exactly to deserve that?
The more I thought about it. The heavier the betrayal felt.
I guess people do not really have to do anything wrong to be hated or be cheated.
Ria, my own blood, had sided with Liam without a second thought. I know she liked fine men but why did she not go for him in the first place? Well… I think my sorrow made her victorious.
The man I wanted to marry, the man I thought cared, shoved me into the water.
And for what? Power? Control? Fear? Or just pleasure.
I hated them both with every part of me.
And I planned to give them the part the part of me that wouldn’t taste good
But I hated myself too for trusting Liam.
For believing that maybe, just maybe, Ria had a shred of loyalty left to me.
I had been so blind. I laughed and felt relieved when she came to my room and told me not to let her dad get to my skin.
My breath caught as I clutched my chest. The mate bond— the strange pull I felt with Kharo—was nothing like the cold , cruel deception I’d been dragged through.
It was real; it was alive.
And maybe, just maybe, it was the one thing keeping me tethered. A thread to cling to, a fragile hope.
The river was no longer just a place of death.
It was the moment I stopped being a victim; I stopped being a coward.
I was going to fight.
I was going to survive.
Because if they thought they could erase me, they had another thing coming.
I stood looking at the window once more.
The night stretched endlessly before me—dark, mysterious, cold and dangerous, much like the pack I was trapped in.
Rich people with dark secrets.
But I wouldn’t be a prisoner.
Not anymore.
A sudden knock on the door made me jump.
A young woman stepped inside— carrying a tray with food and water.
She smiled gently, her smile warm but cautious.
“I brought you something to eat,” she said softly.
I nodded, grateful for the kindness.
As she left, I swallowed a small bitter smile.
This was my new reality.
Strange faces.
Strange rules.
But beneath it all, I was still me.
Bliss. I’ve been shattered, and now…
“I was going to make the alpha, Kharo Anderson want me to stay.” I muttered to myself.
It was strange but that was the feeling I got.
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