All Chapters of The Human mate: Marked for vengeance. : Chapter 81

Teya’s POVThe weight of his words pressed down on me, thick and suffocating.I remember Reya.He said it like a curse. Like a promise.I clenched my fists at my sides, trying to still the tremor racing through me. My wolf stirred restlessly beneath my skin, snarling against the chains I was barely holding in place. Every instinct I had screamed to attack, to dig my claws into him and demand answers, but Kael… Kael was calm. Too calm.“I don’t want riddles,” I snapped. “I want the truth. All of it. What happened to her?”Kael moved slowly, crossing behind his desk like he had all the time in the world. “The truth,” he mused. “You think you’re ready for it, but you don’t even know what it costs.” He poured himself a drink—only one glass this time—and leaned against the edge of the desk, swirling the amber liquid lazily.“I loved her once,” he said, almost to himself. “In my own way. But she was reckless. She asked questions she shouldn’t have. Pushed boundaries that were meant to remai