Semua Bab Bonds at War: The Untouched is Mine: Bab 271 - Bab 280

TESSARowan and Calla had gone to the river. He said they were going to catch fish, and though I’d insisted on coming, he’d stopped me with a stubborn look.“You need to rest,” he said, brushing a strand of hair away from my face. He wasn’t wrong. My body was still tender from last night, and even if I wanted to pretend otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to keep up with them. And truth be told, I wanted them to have this time together.Karl had tried to tag along, saying he’d teach Calla how to bait properly, but Luna Mila had stepped in swiftly, giving him a sharp look.I nearly laughed when his shoulders slumped, his big frame looking sulky. Who would’ve thought? Just days ago, he was someone I feared. Now, I could truly see his resemblance to Rowan.I still didn’t forgive them for hurting Rowan, but in the end, I had to understand that they had lost a son. I could see how they were improving, too, especially Karl. He already looked like a grandfather desperate for more time with

TESSAI knew that Ingrid’s words would change a lot about my life. However, I set it aside for a moment because we were surrounded by warriors gasping for air, their veins glowing with poison. What mattered now was saving as many lives as possible.So I shook off the tremor in my chest and met Ingrid’s desperate eyes with a nod. “Let’s move.”She was startled by how easily I’d agreed, but she didn’t waste another second. Together, we spread out, moving between rows of warriors. I didn’t think. I just acted. My hands hovered over the first man’s chest, and I pulled deep from within me, letting the familiar feeling of my gift flow through my fingertips.The warrior sucked in a clean breath, his eyes fluttering open with relief.“Thank you, doctor,” he rasped, mistaking me for one of their own.I smiled softly, brushing his shoulder before moving to the next. “You’re welcome.”Ingrid was across from me, her brow slick with sweat as she worked on another soldier. Every so often, she glan

TESSA We were in a car—one of Elias’ cars, to be exact. He told us we could take it as a token of gratitude for helping his pack. With his gesture, I realized that True Alphas were genuinely different. How could he give away a car just like that? Still, even with that thought running inside my mind, I felt drained. I was tired from the detoxification, but most especially from the revelations Ingrid and Ben had thrown at me. My forehead rested lightly against the glass, watching the blur of trees and lamps as the road stretched out into the night. I couldn’t even pretend to keep up with the conversation in front, because there wasn’t any. It was silent, except for the sound of the radio. Some rapper’s voice filtered through, low and suggestive, talking about someone “riding someone.” Normally, I’d roll my eyes, maybe even laugh under my breath at how ridiculous some lyrics could get. Tonight, I didn’t have it in me.I tuned it out. Or at least, I tried to. The words slipped past my

ZARIA “Let me go!” I shrieked. They gripped my wrists like I was some filthy thing that’d been picked off the bottom of someone’s shoe. Way to make me feel more worthless than I already felt! After my reputation was tarnished in the South, I was now being overlooked here. Is this going to be my life now? I won’t let it be this way. “I am important,” I spat at them. However, they only tightened their hold on my arms. Their faces were blank as they led me inside a large palace-like infrastructure. They looked like they had seen every kind of treachery in the world and had grown tired of being surprised.From somewhere within the stone-walled manor, a scream rose. It made the hairs on my forearms stand up. Woah. Whoever that person was seemed to have a lot of pent-up anger. I can’t blame them. I have a lot of it buried inside my body, too. I mean, the world was getting more complex yet somehow stupid, so it was just expected.I was actually intrigued by such anger, making me hasten

ZARIA“You’re lucky my mother didn’t actually fling your body to the river.”I lifted my head to look at the man who practically worshipped the ground Azalea Rose walked on. How strange. A son usually wouldn’t go to such lengths for the approval of their mothers—unless he was also born by trauma that he couldn’t shake off, no matter how hard he tries.“I’m way too precious to be thrown away,” I said with a smirk, sitting up on the bed in the room they had provided for me.He shook his head and closed the door, and in an instant, he was right in front of me.I wasn’t fazed.After all, I had seen these things before…Kyle narrowed his eyes at me in confusion. He probably didn’t understand why I was so unfazed. “Are you serious about what you said?” he asked suddenly. “About your sister’s weakness?”“Of course,” I said with a smile. “You would know that siblings have a connection that is unlike anything in the world.”“You are born with a connection by blood. However, they are also your