Semua Bab My mate's betrayal: Bab 101 - Bab 110

IzanOf all the things I could imagine in life, watching Axel crawl on the floor was not one of them. It was somewhat shocking to realize that he understood perfectly what he had lost with Selene.Axel was not my favorite person in the world; a part of me wanted to beat him senseless for daring to hurt my mate, but another part also understood that he had been the victim of something else. And that, as much as it bothered me, I could totally understand.“Are you going to make sure Axel isn't a problem and doesn't do something to get Selene out of your pack?” asked Nick, Axel's Beta, briskly.I looked at the dark man with a frown.“You think what I warned you about inside my house was just a bluff?” I asked him in a lethal voice. "If anything ever upsets Selene in the slightest, rest assured I'm not going to give a damn about the rest of the world. Rest assured I'm going to take down whoever upset her, even if it's not on the fringes of the law."Nick stopped and looked at me seriously

AxelEver since I was a child, I always knew that it was my duty to beget.It was a rule that my father's father always instilled and passed down from generation to generation as a consequence of a legacy. As men and Alphas of a pack, our duty was to ensure that our bloodline remained in power.“The day I die, you will become Alpha of the Crescent Pack,” my father said one August morning as he took me hunting in the woods when I was just ten years old.I remember those words well because it was the first time he spoke to me openly about his death.“You're never going to die, Father,” I said, not knowing that as I grew older, he would become a stern and at times ruthless father.“That's going to happen,” my father said sternly. "Death is the surest reality we have. We are not immortal beings; anything can kill us."“Humans can't do that,” I said with a frown, and my father softly laughed.“Sure they can, if they know how to do it,” my father said and sighed. "That's why I need you to t

Axel“Why would you say that?” asked Aria immediately, genuinely perplexed by my attitude.“Because if I had any hope left of engaging in any kind of decent copartenial relationship with Selene, you just ruined it by undermining her like that,” I said without hesitation.Aria raised her eyebrows and looked at me as if seeing me for the first time.“I thought that's what you would want and that—”“You're the sanest advisor I have, a person I really trust, but what's going on with Selene is for me to handle and for no one to meddle in,” I spat firmly and looked at everyone.Nick smiled sadly at me, as did Beth and Mara.Eugene looked genuinely surprised, as did the guards around us.“But Alpha—”“I don't want to hear about it,” I said flatly. “The situation is very critical, too critical, and Selene has been kind and gentle in narrating things.”“But she has your son; they can come back, and I don't think she is the Alpha Izan's mate,” Aria said in desperation. “Are you going to let her

Axel My parents' fights were more common than I wanted to remember, but the threats he made to my mother were something I blocked out of my brain. I didn't want to deal with it, and I didn't know how to deal with it.It was easier to forget the past and focus on other things.And there was a whole world to deal with, but the reality was that I did absolutely nothing. And I was resenting it to inexplicable levels.“I really don't know what to think anymore,” I told Aria. "Right now, I have to package all of this up as evidence and attach it to the counselors who participated and are in prison. I think, at this point, we may not have salvation."“The restructuring will go well,” Aria said. "There are already people trained and willing to help at Crescent. And if you need witnesses, then I can be called to testify."I raised my eyebrows and looked at her seriously.“That's not the best idea,” I said calmly.“On the contrary,” she said sadly. “I witnessed certain things; whether I like i

AxelI saw for the first time the horror of reality.Selene, even though she was emanating fear, was controlling herself and shooting without hesitation. Right there, in another pack, on a very high terrace, and in the house of the man who had taken her from me, she meant so much to me.I could sense her fear; it was more than evident, but she wasn't letting the fear consume her. And that was a clear sign of how opposite we were. In that instant I opened my eyes to reality.Selene was not a woman for me; she needed more, and I could not give her that.Nor, even if I didn't try, would I succeed in awakening her as she had awakened in Eclipse.I don't know if it was either that or seeing how determined she was that made me put myself in her shoes, and she had a more than valid point. I adored the baby she had in her womb, but I wasn't good parent material. Instead, she would not only be the best mother ever, but she would also truly be a great example of resilience, virtue, and struggle