Lahat ng Kabanata ng Kidnapped by the Alpha: Kabanata 181 - Kabanata 190

His words no longer had the effect on me they once had. The word "orphan" didn't affect me like it used to. As I looked at that male, at that Alpha of the black wolves, all I felt was rage and disgust.He had treated Marius and everyone around him like garbage; he had treated me like garbage. A cruel and bloodthirsty wolf.Kilian stood up from the armchair with his posture erect and proud, his eyes locked on me as if I were nothing more than a frightened kitten. Easy prey for him. His jasper gaze traveled down to the silver knife I held defensively, and he smirked."Is that for me?" he asked, almost as if flattered."What do you think?" I replied through gritted teeth.I was still standing at a particularly safe distance from him, but I knew he could close that gap in a second.*“We don't stand a chance against him; we should run,”* Selene announced in my mind.*“I’m never running away again,”* I shot back.If he attacked me, I would make him bleed at the very least."You're different

My entire body trembled. I opened my eyes, which I hadn't even realized were closed, and the moment my gaze met the prince's, he caught the scent.The male suddenly pulled away, looking around and searching for the source of Marius's scent, just as I was. And as suddenly as it had appeared, it disappeared. The male looked in my direction, his expression a mixture of emotions, and I recognized every single one of them. Disbelief, then anger, and finally, jealousy.Demetrius felt betrayed."That's impossible. He..." His words died in the air.But I knew it was possible. Marius was alive, and he was close.So close that I suspected that, for a moment, he had been here.My heart was beating wildly, and at that moment, all I longed for was to be alone. Alone so that he would come to me, so I could hold him, so I could kiss him.But what I wanted most was his forgiveness."I'm not going with you," I said.His gaze immediately turned toward me, and for the first time, I saw him angry."What?

I blinked, shocked by his words.Marius continued holding my hands by the wrists and shook me lightly, his gaze fixed on me, firm and shrewd."Tell me, Jane! How many times did he kiss you? How many times did he tell you that you were his and no one else's? Is that how you suffered for me? In his arms?"My wolf began to stir inside me, sensing my blood rushing faster and the anger of being accused wrapping around me like a serpent carrying a bomb ready to explode.My claws began to lengthen, and the male looked at my hands."Are you angry because of my words?" he asked in a cynical tone. "Then just go back to him. Be his princess."The male let me go, and when he turned his back on me, I shoved him against the counter.Marius fell onto the bottle of wine that rolled off the counter and crashed onto the floor, its entire contents spilling out.The male looked at me, surprised by my reaction, and I exclaimed:"How dare you accuse me like that? And I can tell by your words that you didn'

Kilian crossed his arms in the doorway and leaned against it. His cynical smile was wide now, and his gaze was amused as he looked at us. Marius stepped in front of me defensively.But Selene and I were no longer afraid of Kilian, and I didn't care if he was stronger. I was faster.I looked him in the eyes without fear."Shouldn't you be enslaving females right now?" I taunted.Kilian turned his gaze toward me."I'm taking a few days off. Why, do you want to offer yourself and come with me? I could tell there was something between us when I went to your apartment..." Kilian insinuated, and I immediately felt Marius's body tense.My wolf growled in my mind and tried to take control, longing to sink her teeth into Kilian's throat, but I held her back."Leave her alone," Marius growled.I climbed down from the counter and positioned myself beside him, my body tense and my eyes probably changing color, my claws lengthening."You're a pig, and one day you'll get exactly what you deserve,"

Marius was trembling, his shoulders tense, and he lowered his gaze as he spoke those cruel words about himself.Die alone? "How can he say that about himself? Can't he feel our love?" Selene said, and I realized that even though she could feel the powerful mate bond with Demetrius, she wasn't oblivious to what I felt for Marius. She felt it too and was trying to communicate with Gaius, his wolf.My heart began to beat more slowly as Marius's sadness in those words enveloped not only him, but me as well. Melancholy surrounded us in that hidden clearing, the icy breeze blowing against my back and face. There were only the sounds of the forest between us, and that made me remember the time when it had been just the two of us in that cabin.In the beginning, when my only concern was whether I could trust him not to kill me, and then, slowly, the male standing before me had won my heart.His Jasper eyes were now fixed on his own hands as he stood there, motionless as a statue, and suddenly