Semua Bab MATES: REMNANTS OF A BETRAYED BOND : Bab 441 - Bab 446

VALEN’S POV“Rauk!” Zuzu swooped down out of nowhere. Her feathers turned to savage red flames, and she attacked the third tendril before it could ever slam into me.Fueled by rage, I tensed my body and forced the churning power in my core to build to its breaking point. A turbulent growl resonated at the base of my throat as the power inside me roared outward in one vicious explosion, billowing the black, smoky binds away and tearing me free.I scrambled to my feet as Zuzu expanded in phoenix form. She spread herself over me, coating my body in her flames like a second skin, and all my lacerations began to heal.Amplified power coursed inside me. Her fiery head rose above mine with a sharp screech while I worked fast.I raised my hands, palms facing each other, and a whirling sphere of violet mana formed between them. I pulled my hands back to my chest, then thrust them forward at the rift.The sphere ripped away from my palms into a violent streak of violet power and slammed into th

VALEN’S POV“Wicked liar!” My razor-blade vermilions clashed with his Prussian ones.Rejection? Break my bond? Never.“That's crazy. Come up with something else.” With seething breaths, I pressed my Beta with crushing pressure against the steel pillar. “You expect me to believe she has to reject me to gain the full power of the sword? What the hell is wrong with you?”Devin’s sad confusion gave way to anger as he gripped my wrist, struggling to push my hand off his throat. He strained out. “It’s the truth, Val.”Zeus roared and raged inside me, his emotions swelling like the rolling thunder above us.“It’s not!” I bellowed, shooting an alpha-fast fist to his jaw. “You’ve been plotting behind my back.”Devin staggered sideways, slipping out of my grasp. He caught himself against a pillar and swung back.I blocked it and snarled coldly, “What did I ever do to you? Of all the excuses to come up with, why this one, Devin?”Why hit me with the one thing that could crush me? He knew my weakn

RAINA’S POV“It's a bond without love, not a gap filler. Bonds are compelling, but loving is easier, and you're my chosen love. My heart knows who it wants.” Valen tilted his head, his eyes pleading for me to believe him.My heart ached at the pain in his eyes. I felt emotionally drained, but I knew if I sank into all my feelings, I would probably break down.“Stop worrying about that,” he said, clutching my coiled hands and bringing them to his lips. “The entire universe can attest to the years of love I've held for you. It doesn't fluctuate. It grows every second I spend with you.” He kissed my knuckles. “I don’t think it's possible to live without that love. You're all I know.”“I want to believe you, but how can I? We both know you've always wanted her.” I needed his words and reassurance to keep going.“I'll keep away. Wait a minute.” He shook his head as if coming out of a spell. “We’re really doing this?”No matter how much we calculated and planned, something bigger always got