Semua Bab Betrayed Luna To Alpha Queen: Bab 111 - Bab 120

The blade pulled away from Laura's chest. Blood dripped onto the stone floor. Kieran wiped the knife clean. "That's enough for now," he said. "We don't want to rush things." Laura's head hung forward. The crack in her bond with Dante throbbed like a broken bone. "My turn," Elise said. She walked to the corner and picked up a small mirror. The glass was black and seemed to move like water. "What is that?" Laura asked weakly. "A shadow mirror," Elise smiled. "It shows truth. The kind of truth you don't want to see." She held the mirror in front of Laura's face. "Look." "No." "Look!" Elise grabbed Laura's chin and forced her head up. The mirror's surface rippled. Images began to form. --- Laura saw the war camp. But it was different now. Broken and savagely torn apart. Lucian stood over bodies. His sword dripped with blood. "Where is she?" he roared at a terrified warrior. "We don't know, Alpha! We've searched everywhere!" Lucian's face twisted with rage. "Then you're usel

The heavy door creaked open. Laura didn't lift her head. She recognized that walk. Those footsteps that has been tormenting her ever since she was brought here.Kieran."Leave us," he said to someone behind him.Elise's voice came cold and sharp. "I'm not finished with her.""I said leave."Laura dimly heard Elise's heels click across the stone floor. The door slammed shut.Now they were alone.Kieran moved closer. Laura could smell him. Death mixed with something that used to be familiar. Something that used to be home."Look at me, Laura."She kept her head down. Blood dripped from her nose onto the floor."I said look at me."His hand grabbed her chin. Forced her head up.Laura gasped. Kieran's skin was even more gray. Like ash. Dark veins crawling across his face and neck, and they seem to throb now. His eyes were still blue but they seemed cold and empty."There's my beautiful mate," he said softly.His touch burned. Actually burned her skin where his fingers touched.Laura trie

The chains bit into Laura's wrists. Blood dripped down her arms. But she forced herself to stay alert. Something was different about the shadow magic today. Elise stood across the room, holding a black crystal. Dark energy poured from it like smoke. "This will hurt," Elise said coldly, but Laura was done caring at this point and braced herself for it. The shadow magic hit Laura's chest. Pain shot through her body. But this time, instead of just suffering for no reason she decided to study how it moved. The dark energy swirled around her primordial marks. The marks on her chest glowed faintly as if fighting back. "Interesting," Laura whispered. "What did you say?" Elise snapped. "Nothing." But Laura had seen it. Her marks weren't just glowing. They were subtly pushing the shadow away. Like water pushing against oil. Elise raised the crystal again. More shadow magic poured out. This time Laura watched her marks more carefully. The tattoos on her arms grew brighter and the pain

Dante stumbled through the dark forest. Each step sent pain through his body. His shirt was still soaked with blood - some his, some Kera's. His wolf healing wasn't working right. Too much damage and just too much pain. "I'm sorry, Kera," he whispered to the empty woods for the eighteenth time in a row. "I'm so fucking sorry." His voice broke on the words. She was dead because of him. Because he'd charged into that fight like an idiot. Because he couldn't protect the people who mattered. Just like always. Dante pressed his hand against a tree to steady himself. His legs shook from exhaustion. But he kept walking. He had to find Laura. Had to save someone this time. The information they'd gotten pointed north. Toward the old ruins where Kieran was hiding. Dante looked at the stars. Tried to figure out which way was north. Everything hurt. His ribs. His back. His heart. But he kept moving. --- The smell hit him first. Smoke and something rotten. Dante crept closer through t

Cold water hit Nikolai's face. He jerked awake, coughing and spitting. His body screamed with pain. Every muscle hurt. His ribs felt broken. "Wake up, lover." That voice. Sweet as honey but deadly as poison filled him with dread. Nikolai raised his head. Elise sat in a chair across from him. Her blue eyes watched him like a cat watching a mouse. "Hello, Elizabeth," he said quietly. "Don't call me that." Her voice cracked like a whip. "That girl is dead. You killed her." Nikolai tried to move. His hands were chained to the wall behind him. His feet barely touched the ground. "I know," he said. "I'm sorry." "Sorry?" Elise laughed. But there was no humor in it as she repeated. "Sorry doesn't bring back the dead." She stood up. Walked closer to him. "Do you know what happened after you sold us out?" Nikolai closed his eyes. "Elizabeth—" "I said don't call me that!" Her hand cracked across his face. Hard enough to split his lip. "My name is Elise now. The woman who survived w