Todos los capítulos de Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate: Capítulo 101 - Capítulo 110

LUCIANAs the car sped down the street, I was filled with the overwhelming urge to turn around and tell the council that I wasn’t interested in leading the pack anymore or anything else they had to offer, but instead, I kept my hands on the wheel and continued driving.Going down that route would make no difference whatsoever, whether I decided to step aside as a leader or not, as a collective, we were endangered, and that problem needed to be solved. I’d never admit it in public, but there was the issue of not being seen as a weakling who deserted his people when they needed him most.I was still annoyed that they knew the cause of the problem, or at the very least had an idea of what was behind the issues we were experiencing, and kept it to themselves. The audacity to try to get us to do their bidding was aggravating, but Kade was right, there was no use crying over spilt milk.I had spent the last few hours driving without a destination in mind, to see if that would clear my mind,

LUCIAN“If I wanted to get insulted, I think I could’ve found a better job of finding someone who knows a lot about me and would be able to come up with words that’d hit home,” I retorted as anger coursed through my body in swift waves. “I don’t appreciate being spoken to in that manner.”“Anyone who knows you would be too scared to say anything substantial to you, given your track record of choosing brute force over solving issues with tact. I don’t care, that’s the difference.”“Why? You think I won’t reach over and try brute force because…”“As much as you let your muscles think for you, there’s still hope left for intellect. If you give it a chance and—” she started, and I squinted.“Yet another snide comment,” I interrupted.“Expect more,” she replied with a shrug. “I’m particularly annoyed that I tried to tell you and your brother how dire things were and suggest a solution, but neither of you wanted to hear me out. Now we have to deal with an escalated version of the situation.

ELLAAs she spoke, the scenery became distorted for a split second, then changed completely. We were back in the field filled with bloody puddles, and I watched the moment when she made the sacrifice replay.She had started by cutting her wrists and making specific incisions in different parts of her body.She had dropped her other weapons and begun walking toward the enemy. The pack members who were still alive saw what she was doing; they thought she had gone insane from the trauma of losing her family and didn’t try to pull her back.But they heard the chant and joined her. The atmosphere intensified, and I could see the terror in the eyes of the opponents as she edged closer to their end of the field.Her body began to release steam, and the winds picked up pace. She began levitating and glowing as she transformed from human to wolf form. No one had seen this kind of manifestation before, but the Harpers were so entrenched in their culture that they recognized it as something symb

ELLARealizing that Lucian was headed in my direction evoked something feral in me. Waves of anxiety, rage, and something I couldn’t place a label on enveloped me as I tried to come to terms with what was happening.I felt so much anger that I wanted to reach out and pummel him if that would get him to leave me alone, but from this point that was an impossible feat.My thoughts of resting before continuing the process flew out the window as I remembered why I wanted to fast-track it in the first place. My fears had been confirmed — he knew I was the one in his mind.Kade must’ve told him about our conversation, and that would be a motivating factor for him to come find me. I knew I couldn’t trust Kade to be on my side or at least keep our meeting a secret from his brother, but I was hoping that it would take a little longer for something like this to happen.For a quick second, I tried to convince myself that he was headed in a different direction and that I was just being paranoid. I

ELLAHe let out a howl that sent a chill down my spine and tried to fight back, but the others began clawing at his feet. I couldn’t bring myself to watch him in this state, and I forced myself to get back into my own body.The process began working, and I could feel myself slipping out of his mind as the scene distorted.But just before it was completed, he let out another howl. This one sounded weak and almost like he was accepting defeat, and I felt a wave of sadness fill me. I was dumbfounded at the possibility that Lucian would be defeated in a fight.Something had gone wrong, and I didn’t know what it was or how to fix it. I wasn’t sure I should care about fixing it anyway. This wasn’t my fight; I wasn’t a member of the Blackthorn pack anymore, and I owed neither of them any allegiance. Knowing this and still feeling the way I did made me wonder why I felt so distraught at the sight I had just seen.I blinked, and tears gathered in the corners of my eyes, which was the first ind