Semua Bab The Omega's Curse: Zanna To Tia Moon: Bab 41 - Bab 50

Zanna/Tia's PoV"Because this is more than urgent than you think," Vyn responded, and Shirley reclined in her seat, flicking a finger at the bar man. I turned in his direction, wondering what she motioned for. My brows fused into a frown. I hoped she wasn't asking him to do something absurd to us. He pulled out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to her. Somehow, I felt relief washing over me. She opened the box and placed a stick of cigarette in her mouth, while the bartender held a lighter over it, allowing the flame to turn it on. I watched her like a predator watching its prey as she sucked a lung full of the cigarette and puffed it out. My jaw ticked, and my left eye twitched as I felt my patience hanging at the edge of a cliff. "I doubt it's my business," Shirley responded, and I stiffened, ready to pounce on her. "Even if it's life and death?" Vyn inquired, peering into her eyes as if searching for answers. I curled my fingers into fists. "That's even the more reason why

Jayven’S POVMy eyes followed the black van as it disappeared down the street. My wolf howled in my chest, clawing at the barrier in my mind to be let out. The hunt was on and he wanted the blood of whoever hurt his mate.The squeal of more tires coming from the other side of the street made me growl. It was foolish of me to not think they would have backup. Humans were stupid; they lived peacefully in their cocoon unaware of the dangers that walked with them in broad daylight. Wolves were forbidden from killing humans, it was an unspoken rule all of us adhered to.A rule was also a rule and it could be broken when other things were on the line. My body tensed, ready for the attack. I was knocked out of my red haze when Tia groaned; she stirred and tried to sit up.I lifted her into my arms and dashed towards the house, whispering apologies when she screamed in pain. Gunshots rang out behind me and I ducked my shoulders, covering every part of Tia’s body with mine.I made it back int

The encounter with Lyra left me shaken all the way back to the pack. I was an all-time low when we happened, my mate was in a coma and I was depressed- excuses! I was excusing my disgusting behavior.If I was so sure Tia would forgive me then why hadn’t I told her yet? It was because if I was in her position, I would never forgive her. I knew in my heart that I would never let it go.My heart constricted at the thought of losing my mate, or her leaving me. Any of those scenarios would ruin my life. Lyra was a problem that needed to be dealt with and fast.She was a secret I had held close to my heart, too ashamed to admit to anybody else that I had been weak, while my mate was fighting for her life. I was also ashamed to admit I didn’t know the way forward from here.She held the ultimate blackmail chip over my head and she could use it anytime to destroy the life I’d built, lost and now recovered. Lyra was a woman who had nothing to lose except her job or her place in the pack.Swamp

Jayven’S PoVThe musical was long forgotten after I arrived, Tia was wrapped inside my arms and refused to watch or do anything. I loved the attention and my wolf barked happily, content that our mate was safe.Tia needed a break; we’d gone through a rollercoaster of baffling encounters and near-death scenarios. I didn’t mind not looking over our shoulders for a day. She wasn’t out of the cross fire, but today was not the day to talk shop.Tia was our Alpha, but she was my mate and my purpose was to protect her even from herself sometimes. We lay on the ground in the movie room because a certain someone had destroyed everything in sight.“I went out earlier because I wanted to surprise you.” I kissed Tia’s head, “You reminded me that I hadn’t changed your phone since the accident so I went to an Apple store earlier to get you new gadgets.”“Knowing you I am pretty sure you bought everything they showed you.” Tia rested her chin on my chest. “You’re too gullible when it comes to shoppi

Jayven’s POVTia and I hadn’t spoken in two days, not like I was counting. I avoided her whenever I felt her drawing close to me, it was childish and silly but my wolf and I were hurt.Her words kept me awake most nights. Was I wrong for wanting to take some of the burden off her shoulders? I was fully aware she was the Alpha, but I was her Beta; her second-in-command. Did that mean nothing?I felt her probing our link every night, but I kept it shut, staying away from the bedroom as well. Fucking like rabbits was not going to make things right. My nether region did not agree with me.Slade hadn’t returned, that knowledge pissed Tia off and had me worried. It wasn’t like my best friend to be incommunicado for so long. I wanted to go in search of him, but that required seeing Tia and I didn’t want to.I tried reaching out to him through the mind-link everyday, but it was always quiet on his end, meaning he was still far away from the pack. I felt his bond pulse strongly in my chest and