Semua Bab Omega's Reckoning The Trials: Bab 41 - Bab 50

Veyra POVThe moment he slams me against the wall, is the moment my wolf lunges. She's not scared, she's not submitting, she's wanting to challenge him. She surges forward, her muscles coiling beneath my skin as she tries to overpower the pressure of his wolf with her own.Snarling at him, she's trying to prove she's not prey, but a predator, and desperate to prove we're not weaker than him. That we're not the ones meant to fall.I push against his chest to help her, using my strength and hers. My wolf presses against his, willing him to back off, to yield, and for a second, I feel like he might. His hands twitch, and his weight shifts. The balance between us teeters, breath for breath, strength for strength.Just as I'm convinced we're winning, my heat roars, and everything tilts. It coils in my gut and spreads low, hot and aching, seeping into my bones until the drive to dominate twists into something else. Instantly, my breath catches, and my body betrays me. The need is insidious

Dagen POVI’m not sure what happened. One minute, I was watching the trials, and the next, the bond between me and Veyra snapped into place so strongly it nearly knocked me over. I ignored that; ignoring the bond is easy. What my wolf couldn’t ignore was her Heat, then the way her body shared all its pleasure with me.My wolf reacted before I could stop it, which is why I’m now standing here between Veyra and Vane.My chest still heaving, jaw locked tight. My wolf is barely under control, claws close to the surface, ready to tear into Vane if he moves even an inch closer to her. The scent of the bond is thick in the room, wrapping around all of us. Hers. Mine. His. It clings to the air like smoke. I don’t like this, I don’t like that she’s my mate, but I hate it even more that he and Maddox are as well.My back is to her, my focus on Vane, because if I look at her right now, I won’t be able to think clearly. I already feel the heat of her body just behind me. I can smell the sharp edg

Veyra POVI hate every part of this. Every look, every breath in this room feels like a weight pressing down on me. I almost let Vane take everything. My wolf had control, my Heat had taken over, and for a moment, I lost all sense of who I am.The Heat is still there, curling in my stomach like smoke. Ignoring it doesn’t help. It’s growing stronger, bolder, the longer I deny it. But I won’t give in. I won’t let biology make my decisions. I’m not their mate, no matter what the bond says. I’ll never be.I’m the Omega they swore would die during the first trial. I’m the one who trained to be Alpha, and I should have been Alpha, regardless of what my designation is. Not that it matters here. Not when I’m standing in a room with four monsters who wear their Alpha status like a crown and sharpen it into a weapon.They think they’ve won. That the bond changes something. That I’ll fall in line because of Heat. That I’ll beg for them. But they don’t understand what they’ve actually done. They’

Maddox POVThe floor beneath me is cold, and I can still taste blood in my mouth. My own from the hits, maybe some of Dagen's from when my wolf shot forward and bit him, some is Veyra's from when I claimed her.I drag myself to my feet, chest heaving, hands clenched at my sides. My wolf is still snarling under my skin, smug and satisfied, but I want to tear him out. Rip him apart for what he just did. For what I just did.The room stinks of blood, sweat, and the bond. It’s thick in the air now, too heavy to ignore. I don’t look at Veyra. I can’t. If I do, I’ll see what I already know, that she didn’t want this. That I didn’t either.Dagen is breathing hard, eyes locked on me like he’s one second from shifting again. Rael stands between us, teeth bared, not to protect me but to hold the line.Vane doesn’t move. He stands at the back, arms folded, silent, eyes tracking every twitch of my muscles. Waiting.I spit blood onto the floor, wipe my mouth, and speak through gritted teeth. “We t

Veyra POVThe claim mark burns like fire against my neck. It pulses with every beat of my heart, deeper and sharper than pain. I hate Maddox more than I ever hated Dagen. I had Maddox more than everyone. I didn’t think that was possible.That is a lie, if I am honest. I hate Kieran more. I hate Lyra more. Kieran rejected me and gutted me in the process, and Lyra smiled as they stripped everything I had away. But Maddox? He is quickly catching up.Dagen tried to break me. Maddox succeeded. He didn't just try to control me, he bit me. He claimed me when he knew what it would do. He knew what it would awaken in me. He knew the bond would shift and that my Heat would worsen. When an Alpha marks you, your body stops resisting the Heat. It feeds it, intensifies it, and digs in like claws.He chose to do that. He chose to make this worse.Now I am caught in something I cannot fight. My body feels wrong. The burn in my skin, the ache in my gut, the bond pulling tight every time I breathe, non