Se connecterIt was almost a month later when Liliana finally woke up.
Her eyes fluttered open slowly in the quiet guest room of the Winterchase manor. Soft morning light filtered through the heavy curtains, casting gentle patterns on the wooden floor.Liliana lay still for a long moment, staring at the ceiling. Her small body felt heavy, like it was made of stone. Every breath took effort. She tried to move her fingers, and they twitched weakly.Clementine, who had been sitting beside her beOn the other end of the line the shouting finally ran out.Clementine’s heavy breathing filled the silence that followed, rough and uneven, as if he had used up every spare breath trying to reach her through sheer volume. Liliana waited until the sound steadied before she spoke.“I’m sorry,” she said quietly. “There wasn’t time to explain. In situations like this every hour matters. Of all people, you should understand that better than anyone.”A long pause answered her first. When Clementine’s voice returned it was lower, stripped of the earlier roar and left raw underneath.“It’s exactly because I understand, that I was afraid of your safety.” He drew another breath. “I know what this disease is. I was there the first time. I watched our people work without sleep trying to find a cure. I remember how the Antitoxin was made" Clementine let out a long sigh from the speaker and continued."In this life I helped you set the whole process up again and brought i
The first volley of rifle fire cracked across the square.Liliana dropped low on the car roof and shouted over the noise. “Get down! Take cover now!”Residents scattered toward doorways, overturned carts, and the nearest walls. Bullets sparked off metal and tore chips from stone. Liliana half-shifted in a rush of silver-gold energy, claws lengthening, senses sharpening, strength flooding her limbs, while keeping her full Lycan form locked away. She launched from the vehicle as the second wave of shots came.She hit the ground running. One warrior swung his rifle toward her; she twisted aside, the bullet passing close enough to burn the air by her cheek, then closed the distance and ripped the weapon from his hands. The next man tried to fire at point-blank range. She knocked the barrel upward so the shot went into the sky, drove her clawed hand into his throat, and moved on before his body finished falling.“Hand over the vials!” another warrior shoute
The closer the car drew to the Hardtooth border, the clearer the disaster became.Residents were already fleeing along the cracked roads, and many of them had reached the final stage of the sickness. Patches of skin hung loose or had begun to blacken and peel away while they still tried to run. A few staggered into the path of the vehicle and slammed their open hands against the windows, begging for help in broken voices, only to collapse moments later in the dust.Liliana kept her eyes forward. “Don’t stop. Drive straight to the center. Hardtooth is small enough that the whole pack lives on the same ground. That makes a lockdown possible if we move fast.”Lyora tightened her grip on the wheel and pushed the car through the thinning crowds until the heart of the territory opened in front of them. Houses stood sealed shut. Some people still knocked weakly on doors that would not open; others sat against walls with empty eyes, already past hope. At the far e
Liliana reached the marked drop-off point at a full run and only slowed when the scent of fever and ash hit her.One Mist scout sat on the ground with her arms locked around the remaining box of Antitoxin, and an empty vial lay in the dirt beside her boot. The other two scouts were nowhere in sight. After shifting back to human form, Liliana turned her head and traced the path the group must have used. Scorch marks and the faint smell of burned flesh still clung to the wind.When the scout looked up and recognized Liliana, her face crumpled. Tears started falling without sound at first, then in hard, shaking sobs.“I followed the order,” she managed. “Timeon and Dabrev… they didn’t make it. I burned them. I made sure nothing was left that could touch anyone else.”At those words Liliana’s fists clenched at her sides until her nails bit into her palms. Two more names had just been added to the cost.She crouched in front of the woman and kept her voice s
When the car stopped at the edge of Redridge, Liliana stepped out first and turned to the others.“No one leaves the settlement until I say otherwise.”She did not wait for answers. She headed straight for Sendro’s laboratory with the old healer already falling into step beside her. Laclam appeared in the doorway the moment they entered, already reaching for a travel bag, but Liliana stopped him with a sharp look.“You stay. I will not risk both of our healers at the same time.”Laclam’s jaw tightened, yet he stepped back without argument. Sendro and Liliana pulled on full protective gear, sealed suits, gloves, and masks that covered every inch of skin, before they took a small case of Antitoxin vials and ran for the meeting point the SIN scouts had been ordered to hold.They found the two scouts already on the ground, chests heaving, faces flushed with high fever. Liliana dropped to her knees beside the first one while Sendro worked on the second.
Liliana gestured toward the chair again and kept her voice even.“Sit properly. This will take a while. I need you to tell me everything you still remember.”Fitz settled deeper into the seat, resting his hands on his knees. He looked at each of them in turn before he began.“I remember a cage,” he said slowly. “There were a lot of us. Most of the others were kept together, but I was in a separate one. I used to hear the handlers talking about bloodlines and prices. Hybrids were worth more, but a human-wolf mix was the lowest rank. They said it like it was nothing.”Liliana leaned forward a little. “Were you ever taken out and brought back?”Fitz shook his head. “They kept me hidden. Selling me before I could shift would have dropped the price, so they waited. I stayed in that cage until I was ten and shifted for the first time. That same night they put me in an auction. Zykos bought me there.”Matthias’s low growl rolled through the room. He repeated the wor
The dining hall went completely still the moment Matthias' voice filled the room. Everyone froze. The servants sat stiff in their chairs. Liliana was still crying loudly in his arms, her small body shaking. Matthias walked forward with heavy steps. “What happened here?” His voice was low and
Shaina returned home after her week away, and the moment Matthias heard she was back, he left everything and rushed to the mansion. They spent the next few days locked in their bedroom, barely coming out. He fucked her hard and deep every chance he got, making up for lost time. Shaina submitted c
After Richard had fully used Paloma, he leaned back in the chair with a satisfied grunt. He fixed his clothes quickly, then gave her ass a sharp slap. With a grin, he slid two fingers back into her dripping pussy, scooping up his own thick cum. He brought them to her lips and pushed them inside.
On the third day apart from Shaina, Matthias felt the emptiness like a constant ache in his chest. His wolf paced restlessly inside him, craving her touch, her warmth, the way she always submitted so perfectly to him. Work at Redborne Tower dragged on, and every quiet moment made the mate bond pu







