Semua Bab The Wolf Hunter's Daughter : Bab 121 - Bab 130

Magnus“You’re leaving? Now?” Elise came running after me. “Magnus… Where are you going?” The desperation in her voice stabbed at me.I turned around to answer her, taking her hands in mine and wishing I could feel something more for her than I do. “I’ll be back before the ceremony, Elise. This is something I must do.” The ball and the ceremony will take place next week. There was still time to find Erina.“You’re running after Erina.” There was no accusation in her voice, just a small, sad statement. She shared my bed, but that was all it ever was. I used her. I used all of them to fill the void left by Victoria. But it was only Erina who filled the emptiness. I needed her.“I must bring her home.” But I wanted to give her the choice she never had. Still, I hoped she would choose me. “She must birth her pup here. He belongs to the pack.” It was a valid excuse. As king, I couldn’t allow one of my own to grow up rogue.Her face showed her doubt and fear that I would not honor my promis

ErinaI kept on walking, having nowhere in particular to go. Just one foot in front of the other. I have no plans, no one to turn to. This was it. I was truly on my own, and it was a scary place to be. Just breathe, Erina, keep on breathing. Keep on walking. Walking away from the carnage I left behind, the wailing of sirens followed.Traffic rushed past me on the tarmac. I welcomed the smell of rubber on tar, exhaust fumes expelling the metallic aftertaste of blood in my nose and mouth.“Don’t think. Don’t think.” I whispered to myself.But the shock of what I did kept on echoing in my mind. The blood. There was so much of it. His heart in my hand… I killed him with my bare hands. No, not me. It was the wolf. It was her. She ate his heart.Threw up again in the bushes next to the road, crying on my knees, “I didn’t want to. I swear I didn’t want to kill him.” Raw sobs tore from my throat, but there was no one around to hear them. No one to absolve me of my sins.Never would I have tho

ErinaWaiting for Magnus to phone me back, I ate slowly, every bite a torturous effort because of the knot in my stomach. Even the clatter of cutlery as the servers cleared the tables set me on edge. Calm down, I told myself. Don’t draw attention to yourself. But the smell of various foods and the overwhelming aroma of coffee nauseated me. I struggled to keep my breakfast down, but I did. My body needed it. I haven’t eaten a decent meal in days.Magnus… It was so good to hear his voice last night. I was so overwhelmed I couldn’t speak properly. Oh God, I never realized how much I missed him, his deep voice that rumbled through me, his eyes, his touch… But what if he hated me for leaving? What if he didn’t want me back? What if he… No, Magnus wouldn’t kill me. Would he punish me?An icy shiver ran through me, remembering the way he tortured Hanna with no emotion, no compassion. He was a marble statue then, watching as the whip shredded her back. Surely he wouldn’t let me be whipped? I

ErinaDarkness. Pressing down on me. Suffocating… I gasped for breath and inhaled the familiar coppery smell of blood. My last coherent memory: Lee and Paulette, faces blurry, forcing me into the car after the prick of a needle. I blinked a few times. My brain was foggy. Focus. Magnus was out there, searching. I had to escape these…humans. When did I start thinking of myself as not human?Dread coiled tighter in my gut as my vision slowly adjusted to the gloom. Still in the car, in a silent, shadowed alley. Eerily quiet. Too quiet. Where were they? Had they left me? Why the blood? I pushed myself upright.Lee slumped against the car door. Sleeping? I desperately wanted to believe it, but the metallic scent screamed the truth. I warned them. She would come. Reaching out, I touched his shoulder. No need to search for a pulse. His body toppled forward, slamming against the steering wheel. The sudden, deafening blare of the horn pierced the silence, setting my teeth on edge.“No, no….”

ErinaLove. It was a four-letter word. So easily said, but what did it mean? Just something said to get what you wanted?I looked at him, the Lycan who said he loved me. For the first time.Hein and Yves said it to get what they wanted from me- my body.He knelt by my chair, and the streetlights cast moving shadows over his handsome face. I reached up to touch his cheek, and my fingers lingered over the coarse stubble. He had some gray at his temples that wasn’t there before. Of course, he was aging now, mortal.“Do you?” I asked, my voice harsh. “Would you love me if you knew what I did?” I wanted to shock him, to show him just how far I had fallen from the innocent virgin I had been. “How many times I let Yves fuck me, use me like a whore? You see, I am not so different from Victoria.” I left out what happened between Hein and me. What would he do if I told him how Hein took me like an animal, and I loved it? I didn’t even care how I hurt my sister, not while Hein was fucking me.Ma