All Chapters of Fated To Ruin You: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

I trailed after Dawn back into the building down the elevator with Kael not too far behind. They were fast in their search. So fast that it made me wonder, bitterly, how someone so efficient could have failed to look for me all these years, if what he claimed was true.The thought struck a raw nerve.I swallowed hard and forced it down. No. I wasn’t going to that to myself, instead I let myself focus on the fact that the one who bit Maya was not too far from us.Dawn slowed her steps beside a different metal door from where Calen was in and threw a sideways glance my way with a raised brow. “You want to take the lead—?”I shook my head before Dawn finished asking. I didn’t care if this was a form of taunt from her on whether I was able to handle this or not. I knew this was different and I wasn’t a fool who didn’t know how to back down.This was too different from the case with Calen because there was no trying to prove this one was innocent. I did

I let out a groggy moan. Everywhere felt heavy. My tongue felt thick in my mouth, and I had a nauseating swirl turning in my gut. Someone was shaking me too hard, and voices jabbed into my skull like splinters.What in the…“Alpha! Kael!” Someone barked angrily.It sounded familiar.My throat felt like sandpaper, and my mouth tasted like stale wine and something bitter beneath it. “What… the hell…?” he muttered, squinting against the dim light as the ceiling spun.My chest tightened with disorientation. The pounding in my head was relentless, every heartbeat like a drumbeat behind my eyes. A sour burst of panic coiled in my stomach. I wasn’t just drunk, I’d been drugged.“Alpha!”I blinked and my vision swam as I made out Dawn’s silhouette. “What’s… what’s going on?”“She’s gone,” Dawn snapped. “Ashina is missing.”That cut through the fog instantly as the words rang in my head. I surged from my seat too fast, causing a

I stumbled backward, my grip on my phone slipping instantly. It clattered to the floor with a sickening crack that echoed through the lab. My hand flew to my chest as my lungs locked in their panic mode. The other hand flailed blindly, searching for anything to keep me upright. My fingers brushed the cold edge of the lab table, and I latched on like I might fall straight through the floor.What in the…How did anyone even…My thoughts tangled, and my breath hitched. A tremor raced through me as I stared at my phone lying face-up on the ground, its screen glowing with the still-open email and those words.I spun around, scanning the lab like a hunted animal. My gaze darted to the smoke detector above the door, to the shadowed corners of the ceiling, to every piece of equipment lining the sterile counters. Looking for the impossible. A lens. A shadow. A blinking red light. Something to explain how they were watching me.But there was nothing.No camera. No trace. No eyes.Then how the h

My words must have hit the mark right at the center with the way her jaw clenched and her hands twitched like she wanted to rip something in half.Bringing war to herself was the last thing Dr. Veyra wanted. She stood stiffly, staring at the console. As much as she didn’t want any kind of war, she didn’t like the idea that the Alpha, acting or not, of Silverclaw had found the lairs of her lab.Her body shook with the anger she could barely contain. This was the most uncomposed I’d ever seen her, it was nerve-wracking."Dammit,” she muttered, swearing under her breath. “Of all the cursed wolves in the world, it had to be the acting Alpha of Silverclaw, huh? What the hell does he want with my lab? I’ve never even brushed their radar."I didn’t know the answer to that either, but I had a feeling we were about to find out."So what, we just leave him out there?" Veyra snapped. "Because we’re scared of a little war?""That’s what we have to find out,” I tried to patronize, my heart skippin

My heart slammed wildly in my chest. Kael?! How the hell did he get my number? And why the hell was he calling me now?Before I could think too hard about it, Dain reached over and plucked the phone right out of my hand."What do you think you're doing?" I snapped, my voice coming out sharper than I intended.Dain didn’t flinch. His thumb hovered just above the decline button as he responded calmly. “If you don’t want to answer," he said, eyes locked on mine with concern, "you don’t have to. You shouldn’t if you’re not ready. I don’t know everything going on right now, but you know you’ve always been my priority. I can handle everything if you need me to."My throat constricted. This was Dain. Steady, loyal Dain. Even though Kael was his friend first, he’d always stood by me. Even if it meant pissing Kael off.But that loyalty wasn’t enough now. Not when he didn’t k