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Chapter 22: Trap or not
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2026-07-23 11:25:40
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The Mate Hunt Chapter 26: The Bond
RonanMy lips traced down the column of her throat. Bruising kisses, she'd feel them tomorrow, marks I wanted her to see in every reflection. She'd remember this. She'd remember that she didn't stop me.Her pulse hammered beneath my tongue. Racing, wild, the rhythm of a doe who'd finally let the wolf catch her."Your heart," I murmured against her skin, "is beating faster than when you fought me.""I know.""Tell me why."She didn't answer. Couldn't, maybe. Her fingers had stopped pushing and started gripping, twisting in the fabric of my shirt. Holding on.I pulled back just enough to look at her. The moonlight silvered her skin, traced the curves of her breasts, the elegant line of her collarbone. Her chest rose and fell with ragged breaths. Dirt still streaked her cheek. Blood still rimmed her nails. She'd never looked more magnificent."You're shaking," I said."Anger.""Liar."Her eyes flashed. But beneath the fury, I caught it, the confusion, the shock of her own response. She d
The Mate Hunt Chapter 25: Don't want this
RonanMaeve retreated... one step, two, before she realized I was guiding her. She stopped, eyes sharp, suddenly wary. Behind her, the trail narrowed, flanked by a wall of thorns on one side and a steep rock face on the other. She’d backed herself into the only clearing nearby without a way out.She glanced over her shoulder, saw her mistake, and stiffened.“You chose this clearing,” she accused.“I chose you.” My voice was low, rough with hunger.“That isn’t romantic.”“I wasn’t trying to be.”But the bond betrayed me, a tightness in my chest, a flicker of something I hadn’t wanted to name. I never learned how to offer softness, or gentle words, or flowers.What I offered was pursuit, protection, the promise that no other would ever touch her so long as I breathed. Dark things. Honest things.Maeve raised her blade, daring. “Come closer.”My wolf howled in answer. I closed the distance in a heartbeat.She struck, wild. I caught her wrist, and she punched my jaw with her free hand, he
The Mate Hunt Chapter 24: Many Things
RonanThe forest thickened as Maeve plunged deeper, shadows swallowing the silver edges of moonlight. She slowed enough to keep from stumbling, but she refused to stop, refused to give me the satisfaction.I could feel her sense me closing in. The moment she realized I was near, her shoulders went rigid, her breathing sharpened. She glanced over her shoulder, nothing but darkness. I moved parallel, keeping out of sight.“You keep looking back,” I called, my voice drifting like fog.Her head snapped toward the sound. “I’m checking for rabid animals.”“You found one.”She snorted. “Unfortunately.”I crossed in front of her, sliding between trees. “You don’t sound frightened.”“I’m not,” she snapped.“That’s a lie.”She shoved through a curtain of branches. “I’m not afraid of you.”Another lie, but not a complete one. Maeve feared what I could do, but not enough to submit. That was the difference that kept me smiling.“You should be,” I told her, letting the hunger in my tone curl around
The Mate Hunt Chaper 23: To me
RonanMaeve started to run again. And without a beat, I followed. The forest bent around me willingly. I knew how to move through it without disturbing the branches, how to place my feet so the leaves did not betray me, and how to allow my scent to drift in one direction while I approached from another.She ran north, heart pounding, until she dropped behind a fallen tree. I paused, several yards out, felt her breathing shift, go shallow and quiet. She was hiding. Clever. If I wanted, I could walk straight to her.Instead, I circled the clearing, letting her think she’d set the game.A flicker of anticipation sparked in the bond... she wanted me to take the bait. Her trap. I scanned the trees and spotted it: a thick branch bent low, tied with a strip of dark cloth, sharpened stakes along its length. Step across the hidden line, and it would swing straight for my chest.I almost admired her craft enough to trigger it. Almost.Instead, I stepped around, slipped a hand beneath the branc
The Mate Hunt Chapter 22: Trap or not
RonanMaeve ran beautifully when she was angry.Not with grace or delicacy... no, she tore through the forest like she wanted to set it ablaze. Every stride was a challenge, every leap over a root an act of defiance. She ripped branches from her path, punished the ground beneath her boots, her body a wild, unyielding force. There was nothing soft or frightened about her, she ran to conquer, not escape.And it was intoxicating.I followed from the shadows, close enough to hear the furious rhythm of her breath, far enough that she could not spot me. Moonlight fractured through the canopy in silver slivers, illuminating tangled leaves, pale stones, and the fleeting glint of Maeve’s dark hair. She’d torn it loose from its braid. Now it streamed behind her, wild and untamed, catching the moonlight like a banner before vanishing into the shadows.My wolf tracked her every movement, hunger curling through me.Mine. The word pulsed, raw and possessive, and I didn’t bother to challenge it.Sh
The Mate Hunt Chapter 21: Run
Maeve“Yes,” I breathed, unable to hide the way my pulse leapt beneath his touch.Ronan’s thumb circled the spot on my throat, slow, possessive. The bond between us thrummed, thick and electric, as if my veins had been carved into tuning forks for his want.“You’d put yourself in another man’s hands just to avoid mine,” he murmured, voice tight with hunger, “because you hate being touched by me.”I set my jaw. “I considered saving my sister.”His eyes narrowed, that golden fire simmering. “And if he’d asked you to kiss him for her freedom?”Anger flared, sharp as a blade. “I would have cut out his tongue.”His mouth quirked, dangerous and delighted. “That answer may have saved his life.”“You were about to kill him.”“I still might.”He leaned in. The distance between our mouths vanished, only a breath, a promise, separated us. I could smell blood on him, feel the heat pouring off his skin, sense the anger trembling just beneath the surface.My own body betrayed me; every nerve lit up
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