Lahat ng Kabanata ng A Pulse And Betrayal : Kabanata 121 - Kabanata 130

Chapter 122 – The Unexpected KnockDiana’s POVI unlocked the door and stepped into my house. It was quiet. The kind of quiet that feels soft. I held the grocery bag with the steak in it and laughed to myself. The “dog” lie I told Xander was silly. If he ever found out I didn’t have a dog, he would tease me forever.I set the bag on the kitchen counter. I turned on the small lamp near the sink. Warm yellow light filled the room. I washed my hands. I filled the kettle and set it to boil. The sound was low and steady. The house smelled like lemon soap and clean floors. It felt safe.I walked down the hall, slipped off my shoes, and let my toes touch the cool floor. I opened my closet and pulled out my nightwear. It was a silky, dark slip with thin straps. It wasn’t too revealing, but it made me feel pretty. It brushed my knees when I moved. I put it on and tied a soft robe loosely around my waist. I wanted comfort. I wanted to feel like the day was finally over.Back in the kitchen, the

Chapter 124 – The Shadow at the DoorDiana’s POVChris’s grip was hard on my arm. His fingers dug into my skin like claws. He was dragging me toward the door. I could feel the hate in his hand, heavy and ugly.Star was crying beside me. His little voice cracked like glass. “Mom!” he cried again. His small hands grabbed at my robe, refusing to let me go. My heart split in two at the sound.Then….everything changed.The air shifted. It was heavy. Thick. The kind of air that presses on your chest before you even know why.At first, it was only a shadow—a shape in the doorway—a tall figure standing very still.Chris froze. His hand stopped dragging me. He turned his head, and I followed his eyes.Xander.But not the Xander I knew. Not the calm man who had driven me home. Not the steady friend who smiled softly when I teased him. This Xander was something else. Something wild. Something strong.His eyes glowed red, bright, and burning, like fire trapped in glass. His teeth showed when his

Chapter 126 – Diana’s ChoiceDiana’s POVThe room grew very quiet after Xander’s words.His voice was still echoing in my ears, heavy, steady, impossible to shake off: “Bring him… bring Star. Move into my home with me.”I held Star close to my chest, my hand rubbing small circles on his back as if the motion could calm me. But nothing could calm the storm inside me. My mind was spinning fast, chasing one thought after another.Move in with him? Leave everything behind? Just like that?I looked at Xander, standing before me with those red eyes dimmed to something softer now, something almost human, though the wolf inside him was never far. His face was firm, his jaw tight, but behind all of that strength, I could see something else. Something like hope. Something like fear.He was waiting for my answer.But I didn’t have one.My voice came out small. “Xander… It’s not that easy.”His brows drew together. “Why not?”I shook my head slowly, the words catching in my throat. I wanted to sc

Chapter 128 – My planChris’s POVI ran.I didn’t look back when I bolted out of Diana’s house. My chest burned, my legs felt like fire, but I didn’t stop. My ears still rang with that growl, that inhuman snarl Xander had made when he came through the door.His eyes.Red. Burning.Not like the eyes of any man. They glowed in the dark like a beast from the pits of hell.And his teeth. God…those teeth. Sharp. Hungry. Too sharp to belong to anything human.When he hit me, it was like being struck by a truck. My bones rattled. My face throbbed. I thought he would rip me apart right there, in front of Diana.I had never been so afraid in my life.So I ran.The streets blurred as I stumbled forward, gasping, bleeding, half-blind with terror. Every shadow looked like him. Every sound made me flinch. I didn’t care who saw me, I just wanted to get away.At some point, I don’t even know where, my knees gave out. I collapsed on the pavement, chest heaving, vision spinning. People shouted. Someon

Chapter 130 – Gathering StormChris POVThe night was heavy. Dark clouds covered the moon, and no star could be seen in the sky. I stood near the wide window of my mansion, staring outside, my hands pressed against the cold glass. My reflection looked back at me, pale, angry, restless.Since leaving the hospital, I had not been able to sleep. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Diana’s face. Not the soft, smiling Diana I once thought I could have, but the cold, terrified woman clinging to that monster Xander. Her choosing him over me burned like fire in my chest.And then there was that little monster he calls a son that boy with glowing eyes and strange energy. He wasn’t human. I knew it the moment I saw him. Diana had birthed something dangerous, something unnatural. And she dared to protect it with that beast?No. I would not let them live in peace.I turned away from the window and walked back to my desk. On the surface lay a thick envelope of documents, bank records, and photograp