Semua Bab BOUND TO MY ALPHA ENEMY : Bab 21 - Bab 30

Alina’s POV I shook my head, my voice soft but firm. “I don’t wish to interfere. I just want to look at what’s happening.”It was a lie. A tiny one, maybe. But it came out too smoothly for my liking. The truth was, I needed to know what kind of man I was really tying myself to, even if temporarily. But I didn’t want to scare Lily more than she already looked. Her pale face and trembling hands gave her away.“You can’t go there… it’s horrible,” she whispered, almost pleading. “His beast mode is always activated in there. People say he becomes someone else, bloodthirsty and cold.”I placed my hand gently on her shoulder, mustering a reassuring smile. “Don’t worry. You won’t get in trouble. I won’t go in. I just want to see… from a distance.”My words sounded more like a promise, and after a brief hesitation, she gave in with a reluctant nod.We walked in silence, tension curling in the air like a snake ready to strike. The path behind the packhouse felt longer than it truly was. With e

Alina's POV I walked into my room like a ghost, shoulders sagging under the weight of what I had just witnessed. The air was still, almost suffocating in its silence. The bed was neatly arranged, the pillow fluffed as if it were expecting me to lay down and forget the nightmare just outside those walls. But how could I?Cade’s words echoed in my mind: "You can still rethink it."Was it more than a warning? A plea? Or just a seed of doubt planted deep enough to grow roots? I didn’t know. All I knew was that the man I agreed to align myself with, the man who once tormented me, had just put a bullet through a woman’s skull without blinking. A mother. For what? Dominance?I sat slowly at the edge of the bed, numb and cold. My thoughts tangled into knots I couldn’t undo. My heartbeat was slow, heavy, like it had become too exhausted to keep pace with the storm inside me. I stared blankly ahead, unsure how long I stayed like that until I heard a soft knock and the creak of the door ope

Alina's POVBy the time I reached my room, I only then realized I’d been holding my breath since storming out of Lucian’s chambers. The air rushed out of my lungs like I had just escaped a collapsing building. I leaned against the door, pressing it shut with my back, as if it were the only thing keeping his memory from clawing its way back in with blood-stained hands.How won’t I fucking be on edge?That jerk wiped out a family, or so I thought, and nearly did it in front of me like it was just another chore in his day. After hearing Lily’s trembling warnings of his beast mode, I’d been walking on a tightrope stretched over hellfire. The tension hadn’t left me, not in my legs, not in my spine, and definitely not in the knot curling at the pit of my stomach.When Lucian grabbed me earlier, I swore my heart stopped. The fire in his eyes wasn’t just rage. It was feral. Untamed. Like a wolf with no conscience. I’d stood up to him, foolishly, maybe, but I wasn’t fearless. Far from it.

Alina’s POV The days blurred together like ink smeared on wet parchment.One moment, I was dreading this union. Next, I was standing in front of a ceremonial altar for our marriage, hands bound in red silk as the final words of the Luna Binding were uttered.And just like that, I became the Luna of the Alpha of Hell.The ceremony wasn’t small, yet oddly enough, not all the Alphas of the city attended. Their absence lingered like whispers in the shadows. Fear? Loathe? Perhaps both. But Lucian didn’t seem to care. In fact, he looked like he was enjoying the theatrics more than me, his mouth fixed in a near-smirk the entire time like he was acting out some grand victory.Ritual after ritual, vows cloaked in blood oaths and flame sigils. We weren’t just pronounced bonded, we were sealed. It was sacred, and exhausting.I never got a moment to breathe, to scowl at Lucian for dragging me through this hell. I smiled until my cheeks hurt. I nodded at elders I didn’t know. I held Lucian’s ha

Lucian's POV I hadn’t intended to kiss her again.Not when she had been hot and cold from the first kiss. Not when I could still hear the echo of her moan that had shut Sabrina and the rest up and sent them away from the door. Not when I knew it had already worked.But hell, I just didn’t know why, I wanted to taste her again.Maybe it was the curiosity, or something darker I didn’t want to name. Whatever it was, I leaned in, brushing my lips against hers again. Softly this time. Tasting. Just one more.She didn’t push away.Not even a flinch.And that sent a pulse straight through my chest. My fingers twitched at my side.Then…Clara.Her face flashed in my mind like a curse. My lungs clenched. My eyes opened, and the ceiling suddenly felt like it was falling.I pulled away. Fast. Like I had been burned.I stayed still, chest heaving slightly, trying to pull myself back together.She blinked at me. Her chest rose and fell, lips parted slightly. "Why... did you do that?""I just...