Todos los capítulos de Marked for Ruin: The Alphas’ Rejected Mate: Capítulo 141 - Capítulo 150

LUCIANKade was right—it was a crazy idea, but it had to be done. Our lives as we knew them had drastically changed. The thought of people following me while I drove to the Montgomery house was jarring.I didn’t have the words to describe how invasive it felt, so I decided to focus on how I was going to present the case to Lyla. I took a left turn and drove into the area where her house was located.I let out a low whistle and briefly thought about the perks of living in the high-rise part of Dennison. It was a privilege not many of us had, but I wasn’t one to complain. Our part of town was better than most.I rolled my eyes at how frivolous the thought was. My actual worry should have been what would happen to my plan if she refused to go. I was hinging this entire plan on the premise that she missed her friend and would be willing to go in search of her—but what if she didn’t want to?Ella had left without saying anything to her; her annoyance would be justified if she wanted nothin

UNUSUAL ALLIANCESLucian hadn’t been planning to drive all the way to La Derte, but there was no turning around now. He could get clothes and any other supplies he needed at stores they’d come across on the way.The only things he was worried about were the fact that they didn’t have the crowd they needed to ward off attacks and that he wasn’t sure what Lyla’s reaction to being watched would be. He decided to keep that part of the conversation off until it was absolutely necessary to divulge such information.Lyla was confused. She had been in an argument with her mom about leaving Dennison. Her aunt had suggested they go to her beach house until things got calmer, but she had been fighting against it. Deep down, she wanted to stay back in case Ella came back.There was a part of her that felt a tad betrayed that she had left without her, but she wasn’t going to show that to Lucian of all people. He had shown up on her doorstep with a tale of helping the pack, but she had chosen to go

ELLA“Lucian?” I asked and looked around. “He’s here?” I added, then turned back to her.“No, well—yes, he’s here in La Derte, but we didn’t come together. He thinks you wouldn’t want to see his face,” she replied, and I shrugged.“He’s not wrong about that, but I’m surprised he came at all and brought you here. With the way things ended between us, I could swear he never wanted to see my face either.”“Well, he thought you’d like to see mine. And no, he didn’t do it because he cares so much about our relationship—he had his own selfish reasons.”“I’m not surprised,” I responded, and we laughed.“He told me everything. That was the bargain for coming to see you. He told me about Kade becoming unconscious, how the council thinks you play a huge role in everything that’s happening, but you want to permanently sever the cord between the three of you.”“He didn’t tell me most of those things—or even anything meaningful, now that I think about it. I found him in the woods. Did he tell you

LUCIANEverything that had happened from the moment I set foot in the Montgomery house took me by surprise, and it took a lot of willpower not to show that I was rattled.I had expected Lyla to show some sort of emotion other than what she had displayed, but that wasn’t forthcoming. When she decided to follow me to La Derte, I knew that choice would come at a cost, so when she asked that I explain everything to her, I wasn’t caught off guard.I had told her what she needed to know, or at least what I thought was necessary, but repeating what had happened to someone who was seemingly neutral in the grand scheme of things helped shed light on a few gray areas.For one, she was right about my approach with Ella. I had gone about things the wrong way, and I needed to find a way to initiate a conversation between us—something geared toward cordiality. I wasn’t necessarily apologetic about what I had said, because that would mean admitting I was wrong.In retrospect, the only thing I was wr

LUCIAN“Who’s asking?” the man who had spoken earlier said, and I turned my gaze to him. I could tell he was the one I was looking for by his gait and the way he seemed to command the respect of the others—and possibly everyone else in the room—even if he wasn’t doing anything significant.“Hello,” I replied and scanned the group, which was made up of seven people. Excluding the bodyguard, there were four men and three women, all of whom seemed to be watching their environment earnestly. “I’m…” I began, but decided against saying my name.I didn’t know who they were, and while introducing myself was the polite thing to do, I still remembered that I needed to stay cautious.Danger was lurking at every corner, and the sensible thing to do would be not to walk into it with my eyes open. “I was sitting at the bar having a few glasses, and the bartender, Martell, told me you had picked up my tab. I just wanted to say thank you.”“Oh, you don’t need to do that. We saw a man sitting alone an