Lahat ng Kabanata ng Awakening the Rejected Queen: Kabanata 91 - Kabanata 100

Serena’s POV“Mate?”You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. Her? Seriously?Who was this woman? This warrior? Why was Adrian looking at her like that? Where had she come from? Everything was happening so fast.“Adrian?” I asked.His expression changed, right before my eyes. He looked like a stupid lovesick wolf pup. He was fixed to the spot, frozen.I looked back up at the woman, this ‘Astrid’. She was strong, sure. Whatever. Lots of she-wolves are. But there was something different about her. Something I couldn’t quite place at first. It was her confidence, the way she stood, the steady look on her face…It hit me.She stood like Storm.Did that mean….was she a Gamma?Her hand rested on the hilt of her dagger. Her eyes flitted over to Zane. He seemed pleased to see her. He nodded respectfully towards her.Right.Of course.She was the King’s Gamma. “Zane,” she nodded, with a curt, half smile.And all the while, Adrian just kept staring at her…with longing in his eyes.This wasn’t hap

Zane’s POVI marched into the pack house. I was glad that we’d found Serena and tossed her in the dungeon. She knew where Eden was. She refused to tell me, but I had ways…ways to make her talk. And I wasn’t above using them. As a Lycan, I couldn’t hurt a she-wolf.But my warriors could.If she wouldn’t give up Eden’s location willingly, then we’d force it out of her.“Zane?” A voice called to me from behind. I turned.Ugh. It was Chloe. She was walking towards me, a sweet smile plastered on her face. This was the last thing I needed right now. She’d been meddling in my affairs, telling Eden lies. I wished I could just get rid of her once and for all.But she knew my secret.She knew about my curse. So I had to keep her around for fear that she’d tell everyone.I couldn’t have that. It would make me look weak and vulnerable.“What?” I snapped at her, making it obvious that I was in no mood to talk.“I’ve been looking for you everywhere,” she said.“Why?”“Well, I’d like to invite you t

Zane’s POVThe look on Serena’s face was priceless. It wasn’t often I saw a she-wolf cower like that. Astrid played her part well, dramatically unsheathing her dagger at just the right moment.It was one of the reasons I loved Astrid so much.Astrid COULD hurt her, of course. She could torture her. Stick long splinters under her fingernails. Then chop off her fingers, one at a time. She could waterboard her, cover her in an itchy poison, scalp her.Like I said, we had ways to make people talk.But I would never ask Astrid to do any of those things. She’d do it, all of it, if I asked. But Astrid wasn’t really into the whole torture scene.She was intimidating as hell, though. Often, the ‘threat’ of torture was enough to make the werewolves howl. If they ‘thought’ they were going to be tortured, they started talking.“Where’s Eden?” Astrid asked, holding her dagger in her hand.Serena’s eyes flitted from the dagger to Astrid’s face. Then over to mine. She shook her head.“I…I don’t know

Chloe’s POVZane’s wet lips were delicious. It was everything I’d ever dreamed of! He pulled back and stared into my eyes, with a lustful look. I began unbuttoning his shirt. I wanted to feel his hard, muscular chest. He leaned in and kissed my neck, planting soft kisses all along my collarbone. I shivered.How many nights had I dreamed of this? How many times had I zoned out from conversations, my mind wandering to thoughts of carnal passion with Zane, the Lycan King.And now? Now it was actually happening. He nibbled my ear.“I want you,” he whispered.Yes, yes I want you too. So badly. So incredibly badly.“My Eden.”Okay, so it wasn’t EXACTLY what I dreamed of. He thought I was Eden. He was in full hallucination mode, thanks to a special concoction I’d picked up from a witch.“Be careful with this one,” the witch had told me while she brewed it. She tossed in strands of Eden’s hair (which I’d stolen from her hairbrush). “It’s potent. Fast to work. But quick to wear off.”Yeah, yea

Eden’s POVWell, this is nice, I thought to myself sarcastically.We were holed up in the basement of some shabby slum shack. Caleb and Scarlett were talking to each in whispers, as though we couldn’t hear them. It was cramped quarters down here in the basement though. Jacob and I could hear every word.“They’re everywhere,” Scarlett hissed. “Caleb, what are we going to do?”“Just…let me think,” he hissed back.“Where even ARE we?” she asked.“Rogue territory,” he snapped back.“For crying out loud, Caleb. Rogue territory?”“We had no choice! Every damned pack is out looking for us. What were we supposed to do?”We were supposed to be someplace else. They’d had a plan. But it fell through when Zane found out Scarlett and Caleb had escaped the prison. That’s what I could make from tidbits of their conversation. There was a bounty out for both of them. And a reward for me. Packs were on high alert. The forests were swarming with warriors. With nowhere else to go, Caleb had led us out