บททั้งหมดของ REJECTED MATE : บทที่ 71 - บทที่ 80

You know that jumping-off-the-dive-board feeling when you’re about to die and you see your entire life flashing before your eyes? Maybe you can get the drift, because that was exactly how my insides felt when I realized that the enchantment altering my appearance had reversed.I sat on the mattress, stark-bollock naked, still trembling from the aftershocks of my orgasm. A lock of my original blonde hair fell to my face, and I tucked it behind my ear, already feeling my features were less delicate.Griff stood three feet away, his back braced against the fabric wall of our pop-up shelter. His broad chest rose and fell like bellows, looking like he was building himself up to a hurricane of wrath.Meanwhile, Beki, my sweet innocent wolf, tried to hide in the furthest corner of my soul. Gulping, I tried not to show any weakness. She'd warned me to confess my identity to Griff, but I’d been so swept away by the knowledge that he hadn’t betrayed me that I had let him give me oral even thoug

Her ears pricked.“You and Griff’s wolf just want to be together, and we keep messing things up for you both.”She raised her front paw in a wolfy shrug. It seemed that she was used to me wrecking her love life, and this was one more setback. Beneath the resignation was a shard of hope that she would see her mate again or that maybe Griff might come back for us once his temper had cooled.As the roar of a mammoth-sized drake made Glinda slow down and allow it to pass, I swallowed hard. What if Griff returned to us so that Fenrir could bind my tongue? If Captain Caria or one of the other demon enforcers picked me up outside the gates of Shifter City, it would be me on the torture rack being impaled with hot pokers.I stared at the wingless dragon, finding a blue-skinned demon riding on its back. They were heading toward a small lake of lava up ahead where a bunch of demons had huddled together in a tight crowd.Beki’s heart plummeted, and pain lanced through her chest. I glanced around

She paused for a moment, her entire body trembling.“The demons won’t find us. This time, if he tries to leave, I’ll knock him unconscious until they’re gone.”Beki nodded her approval.Swallowing hard, I glanced behind us to find only a network of barren rocks. There were too many of them between us and the carnage I had left behind, but the demons would soon concentrate their search to this area. I had to set up a hiding spot before they did.A ten-foot-tall wall of stones surrounded the village up ahead, but it had crumbled in places, and there wasn’t a single sign of life. Brown and shriveled stalks the size of tree trunks protruded from some of the straw roofs. They curled around the settlement’s exterior, looking like it had once been overrun by a giant vine.I shuddered at what kind of plant might have caused such damage. It either took place very quickly or the village had been long deserted. Nobody would allow vegetation of any kind to run riot.Glinda took a running jump ove

I sucked in a deep breath, my entire body going still. I shrank against Glinda’s warm, soft body, trying to disappear into her fur, but Griff closed the distance between us, making the air crackle with the force of his suspicion.Beki whimpered. She knew this moment would happen eventually, which was why she had wanted me to be honest with Griff. The tiny shred of me that believed in good luck had hoped I might escape before anyone worked out I was a spy.“I’m waiting for an answer,” Griff snarled.My lips trembled, so I forced them into a tight line. What was wrong with this wolf? Why of all times was he asking such questions?“You’re feverish,” I said, my words clipped. “In case you’ve forgotten, your body is trying to recover from being impaled by a demon’s javelin.”“Cathwulf.” He said my name with the kind of hatred one would reserve for their worst enemy. Considering everything I had done to him, I guessed that he counted me as his nemesis.“Go back to bed.” I gave him a shove.

“You never answered my question,” he said in a low voice.It took every ounce of willpower not to huff an annoyed breath. “If we ever make it out of Hell alive, I’ll tell you everything you need to know.”A dragon swooped down from one of the clouds, gliding in a circle above us before making a 180-degree turn.My heart plummeted into my stomach. I whispered to Griff, “Do you think he spotted us?”“It’s safe to assume that he has just left to report the presence of a suspicious Hellhound to his superiors.”“Glinda,” I whispered. “Can you go any faster?”She picked up her pace, but it was nothing like the rapid stream of movement she made when it was just her and me and the soul crystal. Part of me wanted to suggest that we hide the crystal so Glinda could move faster, but I couldn’t sacrifice thousands of souls to save my life.Beki barked a rebuke, making my insides clench.“Can you honestly say that we should risk all those people just so we can make Glinda run faster?” I asked her.