Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Mafia's Forbidden Heat: Kabanata 141 - Kabanata 150

RIN POV I ran until my lungs burned and my legs gave out and I collapsed against a dumpster in an alley that smelled like rotting food and piss and desperation.The suppressant bottle was empty in my pocket and I had nothing left to take the edge off the heat that was building again under my skin and making everything feel too tight and too hot.Three days since I walked out of that facility and three days since I had felt Thorne through the bond and I knew he was looking for me but I could not face him yet because every time I thought about what he had done and what he had let them do to me I wanted to scream until my throat bled.The demonstration had been two weeks ago and I still had nightmares about feeling those twelve subjects die one by one through the bond network and feeling my body change and break and rebuild itself while people watched and took notes like I was nothing more than an interesting science project. I remembered Thorne's teeth on my neck and the way the bond

Twenty minutes later he hung up and looked at me with an expression that was all business. "I have two contacts who can meet us with weapons in one hour. They are going to want payment upfront and they are going to ask questions but I can handle them."How much payment?" "Everything we have plus a favor to be named later?""That is a steep price.""Your sister's life is worth more than money."He was right and I nodded and started gathering what little supplies we had. My wallet had three hundred in cash and a credit card that was probably being tracked but we could use it once before we had to ditch it. Rin had nothing except the clothes on his back and the burner phone."We need to move now," Rin said and he was already heading for the door. "The meet is happening in forty minutes and we need to be there early to make sure it is not a trap."I followed him out and we made our way down the stairs and out into the street where the sun was starting to set and the shadows were gettin

RIN POVI walked away from Thorne and his sister and felt the bond stretching between us like a rubber band pulled too tight and ready to snap. Every step I took made my chest ache and my wolf whine and some part of me that I did not want to acknowledge was screaming at me to turn around and go back to him.But I kept walking because staying meant watching him take care of his sister and pretend like everything was fine when nothing was fine and I was tired of being the problem that everyone had to solve or eliminate.The message from Kai was still on my phone screen and I read it again as I walked."Meet me at the old Luna Temple in one hour. Come alone or the evidence goes to the council and you become the most hunted creature in Verano City. Also I have something that belongs to you and you are going to want it back."I did not know what evidence he was talking about or what he thought belonged to me but I knew Kai well enough to know that everything he did was calculated and desi

RIN POVThey moved us through the facility in restraints with guns pointed at our backs and I counted every guard and every exit and every camera as we walked. Thorne was next to me bleeding through the makeshift bandage I had wrapped around his shoulder and I could feel his pain through the bond like it was my own.The connection between us was different now that the mark was complete and I could sense his thoughts at the edges of my mind like whispers I could almost understand. He was calculating the same things I was and looking for opportunities to fight back and trying to figure out how to get us out of this alive."Stop trying to make plans," I said through the bond and felt his surprise that I could communicate so clearly already."We need to get out of here," he replied the same way."I know but rushing it will get us both killed. Wait until we see his father and find out what they really want.""They want to kill me and study you.""Then they would have done it already. There

THORNE POVThe fourth subject went down hard and did not get back up and I felt Rin's satisfaction through the bond mixing with my own. We stood in the center of the arena breathing hard and covered in blood that was not entirely ours and looked up at the observation windows where Dr. Voss and my father were staring down at us with expressions I had never seen before.Fear.They were afraid of us and that changed everything."Terminate the test," my father's voice came through the speakers. "Sedate both subjects immediately and return them to containment."Guards started flooding into the arena from every entrance with weapons raised and tranquilizer guns ready. I counted at least twenty of them and knew we could not fight our way through that many even with the bond advantage."We need to run," I said through the bond to Rin."Where. They have every exit covered.""Not every exit. The ventilation system. Top left corner behind the weapons rack."I did not know how I knew that but sud