All Chapters of Rejected and Claimed : Chapter 281

~Zegulf~Pulling Carmen close to me, I help her step over the dying ghoul.Tucking her head into my chest, Carmen asks, “What... What do we do about Marielle?”“Declan,” I say and turn my head toward him. “Is the battle done with?”“It is,” he says, staring at me with eyes I can’t quite read.“Send them off,” I order, and move through the door.Behind me, I hear Declan start to hum a tune about being happy.Weird Howling!In front of me, scattered all over the not-so-Cabin-looking-Cabin, I see countless dead bodies.Alaric slowly makes his way over to me. Blood is splattered all over his hairy, bare chest.He’s picked up a slight limp but otherwise seems whole. He has really proven himself, and it warms my heart that this town will officially become his after we get rid of the Sect, that I have no doubt its members will be scrambling away from this city once the news of Dargo’s death breaks out.Sticking my hand out to meet Alaric’s, I ask the question that fills me with dread. “How do