Semua Bab Alpha's Heat His To Ruin Hers To Heal: Bab 21 - Bab 30

I sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the closed door. Axel had been gone for almost an hour, and the silence was driving me crazy.To find out what you are.His words kept echoing in my head. What the fuck was I? A week ago, I thought I knew. Just a normal, human senator's wife.But now I was apparently some kind of supernatural creature with weird dreams and maybe blood that vampires wanted.I don't know about that last part. I mean that's how the script goes right? blood.The thought of Blake made my stomach turn. He was in a god-damned cult. Our whole marriage had been a lie.But then I thought about Axel, and my body reacted immediately. I felt myself getting aroused, just thinking about him. What the fuck was wrong with me?Something worth fighting for.Stop it, I told myself. You can't keep doing this.But I couldn't stop. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw him above me. Inside me. Making me feel things I'd never felt before.The way he'd commanded me to tell him who I belon

CallaWhat the hell was wrong with me?I sat on the medical table while Rika cleaned my wounds, trying not to think about what had just happened. But I couldn't stop replaying it in my head.The way Axel had looked covered in blood. The raw power in his movements as he fought. The sound of his voice when he called me his.My body had responded like I was some kind of animal. Getting wet while people were dying around me.This was the second time. The second fucking time I'd gotten turned on by violence.The first was when that vampire attacked me days ago. When Axel had saved me. I'd been terrified, but underneath the fear was something else. Something hot and needy that had scared me more than the fangs."You're tense," Rika said, dabbing antiseptic on my back. "Try to relax."Relax. Right. While I was having a mental breakdown about being aroused by bloodshed."Is this normal?" I asked without thinking."The wounds? They're not too deep. You'll heal fine.""No, I mean..." I stopped.

The smell hit me first. Death, blood and fear all tangled in the early morning air.I crouched behind a fallen tree at the edge of town, watching the street below. Another body had been found this morning. Drained dry like the others.The humans were talking now. Whispering about the devil's work. About monsters in their quiet little town.They weren't even wrong.My wolf paced under my skin, also pissed like I was. The peace I'd fought so hard to keep was cracking. And I didn't know how to fucking fix it.Jace appeared beside me, moving silently as always."How many this time?" I asked, bracing myself for the worst."Three. All found near the old church."I cursed under my breath. "Those bastards are getting bolder."The vampires had been testing us for days now. Picking off stragglers. Leaving just enough mess to scare people but not enough to bring in outside help.It was smart. And it pissed me off."There's something else," Jace said. His voice was tight.I looked at him. "What?"

The morning air tasted like ash and fear.I gunned my bike through the empty streets of Ravenridge, Jace riding beside me. The town looked like a ghost had walked through it. Boarded windows. Drawn curtains. Even the birds felt like they had stopped singing."Thought we'd find bodies by now," Jace called over the engine noise."Day's still young."But he was right. After last night's threats, I'd expected blood on the streets by dawn. Instead, there was just this sick quiet. Like the whole town was holding its breath."They're messing with our heads," Jace said as we slowed near the town square. "Playing the long game. Fear makes monsters out of men."Smart bastards. A scared and tense enemy was easier to control than a dead one.An old man swept his porch and nodded when he saw me. Mrs. Chen waved from her flower shop window. A group of teenagers gave me thumbs up from across the street.These people trusted me to keep them safe. And I was failing them."Axel! Axel, please!"A woman

"Training ground. Now."Rika's voice cut through my spiral of guilt and self-pity."I don't think I should—""I don't give a shit what you think. You want to survive, or do you want to lie down and die?"Her words stung. But she was right.I followed her to the training pit. A few pack members were already there, watching."Same rules as always," Rika said, wrapping her hands. "Hit me like you mean it."We started circling each other. But I felt off. Shaky. The emotional breakdown from earlier had left me drained.Rika came at me fast. I barely blocked her first punch."Where's that freak strength yesterday now?" she taunted, throwing another combination.I stumbled backward. My vision was starting to blur."Come on!" she shouted. "Fight back!"I tried. But my body felt like it was moving through water. Everything was slow and wrong.Rika swept my legs. I hit the mat hard."Pathetic," someone in the crowd muttered.Rika grabbed my shirt and hauled me up. "You done? Ready to quit?"Som