All Chapters of Reckless Hearts : Chapter 41 - Chapter 48

~ ZION ~My car screeches to a halt outside of Sia’s as I see Uncle run a knife through a man. One swift glance around, I realise there are several men already sprawled on the ground, and Uncle is limping.“Get inside. Roman’s there and so is Milena,” Uncle Zade informs me with a sharp jerk of his head towards the house.Panic courses through me as I break into a run. What the fuck happened? I was told to get here by Xander, who said stuff has happened, but aside from that, I couldn’t get in touch with anyone on my way here.I now race towards the door, slamming into it with extreme force, ripping it straight off its hinges. The door falls to the ground with a deafening bang.I see Milena down the hall, staggering to her feet, her chest heaving, blood and destruction surrounding her. She stands there, holding a piece of glass in her hand. Blood covers it, but what makes my own blood boil at the sight of her is the bruises and cuts that cover her, and her torn clothes.At her feet, Roma

~ MILENA ~The door opens quietly and my eyes snap open. I reach for the fork I had kept from lunch earlier, but I relax realising it's Zion, recognising his footsteps.“You really need to stop creeping around like a thief in the night,” I say, sitting up, gritting my teeth at the way my body groans with pain. I’ll get better soon. I’ve lived with more pain than this, but the annoying thing is I don’t like being stuck in a hospital.He smiles, the dim light of the hospital room illuminating his face, and I can tell he looks tired.“I didn’t want to disturb you, yet my woman clearly can’t relax unless I’m here.”My woman…We haven’t talked about us properly, but we’re falling into old patterns, becoming something. I never thought we would again. He leans over me, caging me between his arms before he kisses my forehead softly.“I won’t break,” I point out firmly.He smirks. “Trust me, I know, but this isn’t the kind of pain I want to give you.”He’s about to sit in the armchair when I sl

~ MILENA ~I look at the men sitting as if they own the entire damn world, and in a way, they have.“So, what is it that couldn’t wait?” Shade asks, he’s sitting on the left, his dark eyes fixed on me.“I can take him down.”“Who?” Reaper asks, he’s sitting in the middle, his calculating eyes fixed on me. Why does it look like I’ve seen him somewhere else, and I mean not in the Arkan, but elsewhere…“Zion King.”“And how do you think that you’ll manage that?” Reaper asks.I pull down my collar with a jerk, schooling my face to repulsion. “I found out I’m his fated mate,” I mock, hating myself for this; but I’ve lived my life hiding my emotions, putting on an act, so it isn’t too hard to do. I just wished Zion wasn’t listening in on this. It would hurt him more.My eyes flick across all five, whose faces change. “He bonded you?” Blood asks. He’s the eldest here, but despite his aged face and almost fully white head of hair, his eyes are as sharp as steel.“Yeah,” I say, wrinkling my nos

~ ZION ~Chaos explodes around me. Shouts and gunfire spreading, the sounds ring in my ear. The sharp scent of blood fills my nose as bodies fall. Through the madness, I catch sight of Sean, staggering backwards as he tries to flee with one arm ripped off entirely from earlier. His other shoulder looks mangled, too, but he’s still strong enough to try running.Milena charges after him, and fear envelops me. I want to scream for her to stop, to be careful, but I can’t, not in this form!I snarl, but she doesn’t even look this way, even as another, more dangerous one rips from my throat as I whip my head to the side and hurl the broken body of the hunter who attacked me to the floor. He lands like a discarded rag doll.‘Protect Milena!’ I command through the mind-link, my voice edged with fury.A bullet whizzes past me, and I duck. Spinning around, I wrench the rifle from the hunter’s grip with my teeth and fling it across the room. Running towards her as fast as I can, tearing down the