All Chapters of Fated To Ruin You: Chapter 31 - Chapter 37

“You don’t have to go,” Dain muttered the moment I dropped the call as he watched me with quiet disapproval in his face.I didn’t stop moving around, brushing past the rising weight in my chest. “I told you, I need to talk to him. I need to understand what’s going on.”He didn’t argue again. Just watched me with that familiar concern that always made my throat tighten. I slung a bag over my shoulder and turned to Maya’s chamber. The moment I stepped closer, my chest cracked open with a silent ache.My fingers hovered against the glass, brushing it gently like I could reach her soul through it.“I’m going to fix this,” I whispered. “I promise.”Dain shifted to stand beside me, staring at Maya too, before huffing a deep breath and turning to me. “Let me drop you off,” he offered gently. “You shouldn’t have to go alone.I paused at the thought. There was no need for him to remain in the lab if I was going to go out of it after all. So it made sense for him to offer.“But I’ll have to rep

“Ask,” I prompted her. “Ask whatever you want to know.”She straightened, and her eyes sharpened. “I want to know everything, from the beginning. If there’s any chance we work together, I need to know what’s real and what isn’t.”I nodded, tensing slightly. I’d known this was coming. Still, it didn’t make it easier.Ashina exhaled, most likely noting the way I’d tensed up. “Back to this? You used to be better at sharing.”“With you,” I said quietly. “Only you.” I didn’t say the rest; that losing her had stripped that ability from me.Her eyes softened, just a touch, as if she didn’t need me to say it because she already knew that.“Why did you reject me before you died?” she asked. “You said you were saving me. From what?”I drew in a slow breath. My fingers tightened slightly on the edge of t

My chair screeched across the floor as I stood so abruptly it nearly toppled backward. My heart was thundering, and my fingers trembled wildly as I reached for my bag, needing to confirm that the information was wrong. I could barely grip the zipper because everything blurred into one another.All I could hear was my heart's fast beating. Even Kael’s low voice, trying to break through my panic, was just noise.I snatched my phone out with my numb fingers and dialed Veyra’s number. One ring. Two. It was greeted with the beeping tone of her voicemail.No, no, no.My hands moved faster as I redialed. There was still nothing. My thumb slammed on the screen of my phone repeatedly as fear tightened its grip around me.“Stop!”The phone was yanked from my grip.I snarled as I spun around. “What the hell do you think—”Kael.His hand was raised, holding the phone just out of my reach. &l

“No!” I screamed at the sight of Maya as a wolf, my heart shattering into a million pieces. “Maya!”A strong arm caught me mid-step, locking around my waist and yanking me against a broad, solid chest. Kael. His grip was strong, but I thrashed against him, my teeth bared in a half-shifted snarl, as panic swirled through me.“Let me go, Kael! Let me go!” My voice cracked, but I didn’t care. I needed to get to her.Heavy boots pounded behind us, Kael’s guards fanning out in a perimeter. Their guns were already raised, barrels pointed directly at the trembling wolf. My chest constricted as Maya’s hazel eyes scanned the threat around her, confused, terrified, on the edge of snapping.“No!” I screamed, my voice sharp with fury. “Put your weapons down! Now! Do not fire!”Her lips curled back over her teeth, a growl building in her throat. One wrong move and she would attack. Or