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Chapter 48 Part 2: Over My Dead Body

Penulis: Eden Jeweledwolf
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-09-30 13:19:18

That night, Rowan found me in the gardens.

Not the war room — I couldn't stand to look at those maps anymore, all those pins that led nowhere. Instead I sat on the bench by the pond, the same bench where Nina had talked to me about the bond a week ago.

It felt like a lifetime.

"Thought I'd find you here." Rowan settled beside me, close enough that our shoulders touched. "The war room was empty. Figured you finally cracked and started talking to the fish."

"Not yet. Give it another week."

"That'
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  • The Rogue’s Savage Claim on Me   Chapter 49 Part 1: Mother Knows Best

    FAOFourteen days.Or maybe fifteen. The line between them had blurred, smeared by pain and exhaustion and the endless cycle of Seraphina's visits.I lay on the cold stone floor where the guards had dumped me after last night's session. They didn't always strap me to the table anymore — sometimes they left me here, curled in on myself, too weak to move even if I wanted to.The collar was still around my neck. She never took it off now.I was drifting somewhere between sleep and consciousness when the voices started.Arguing. Outside the door. Muffled by stone and wood, but loud enough to penetrate the fog.I forced my eyes open. Forced myself to focus."—can't keep coddling him forever." A woman's voice. Older. Sharper. Cracked around the edges like old ice. "Let me have him. I'll make him compliant."My blood went cold. I knew that voice. Vivienne. Seraphina's mother. The mad bitch who wanted to flay me and breed me like livestock."He's MINE." Seraphina's voice, hard as steel. "I'll

  • The Rogue’s Savage Claim on Me   Chapter 48 Part 2: Over My Dead Body

    That night, Rowan found me in the gardens.Not the war room — I couldn't stand to look at those maps anymore, all those pins that led nowhere. Instead I sat on the bench by the pond, the same bench where Nina had talked to me about the bond a week ago.It felt like a lifetime."Thought I'd find you here." Rowan settled beside me, close enough that our shoulders touched. "The war room was empty. Figured you finally cracked and started talking to the fish.""Not yet. Give it another week.""That's not funny.""No." I stared at the water, at the reflection of stars on its surface. "It's not."We sat in silence for a while. The night was cold, but I barely felt it. Barely felt anything except the dull ache in my chest where the bond lived."He's getting worse," I finally said. "I can feel it. The first week, he was angry. Fighting. Reaching for me constantly." I wrapped my arms around myself. "Now it's just... pain. And shame. And this horrible resignation, like he's accepted that this is

  • The Rogue’s Savage Claim on Me   Chapter 48 Part 1: Over My Dead Body

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  • The Rogue’s Savage Claim on Me   Chapter 47 Part 3: Calling Her Mate

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  • The Rogue’s Savage Claim on Me   Chapter 47 Part 2: Calling Her Mate

    I tried to focus on her words. Tried to find something useful in them."They think I'm obsessed." She laughed softly. "Maybe I am. But they don't understand vision. They don't understand what we could build together — you and I. The de Grandmesnil bloodline merged with Varen power. Our children would rule for generations.""Never," I managed."Never is a long time." She squeezed, and I saw stars. "And you're already halfway broken. I can feel it — the way your body arches toward me, the way you've stopped fighting the restraints. Part of you wants this, Alaric. Part of you has accepted it.""My body isn't me.""Isn't it?" She brought me to the edge — right there, right on the precipice — and stopped.The sound I made was inhuman. A keen of desperation that echoed off the stone walls."Beg me," she whispered, leaning close. "One word. That's all I need."I bit down on my tongue until I tasted blood."Your little pet is probably crying into her pillow right now," Seraphina continued, he

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