All Chapters of MATED TO MY BULLIES : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Maya POV Karl comes at me like a machine. No hesitation. No emotion. Just programmed violence executing Seraphina's commands. His fist swings toward my head. I duck. The punch passes so close I feel the air displacement. He's faster than he ever was alive. Stronger. The modified serum has turned his corpse into something beyond enhanced. "Karl, stop!" I keep backing away. "I know you're in there. I know you can hear me." No response. Just those empty black eyes tracking my movements. Calculating. Hunting. He lunges. I barely dodge. His fingers catch my armor, tearing through reinforced material like tissue paper. If that had been flesh, I'd be dead. "Maya!" Alexei's voice cuts through the chaos. He's back on his feet, clutching his ribs. Through the bond, I feel his pain. Sharp. Intense. But he's pushing through it. "Get away from him! Let me handle this!" "He's not a threat to handle! He's Karl!" "He's a corpse." Alexei aims his rifle. "And corpses belong in the ground." "No!

Maya POV The detonator clicked. Nothing happened. Nathan stared at the device, confusion flickering across his face for the first time I'd ever seen. He pressed the button again. Still nothing. "Looking for these?" Zara materialized behind him, holding a bundle of wires and what looked like detonators. She dropped them on the ground. "Found them about an hour ago. You're not the only one who can plan ahead." Nathan spun, reaching for a weapon that wasn't there. Zara vanished before he could move, reappearing beside me. "You're welcome," she said. "Now can we kill him?" Nathan's mask slipped back into place. "It doesn't matter. The explosives were insurance, not the primary plan." He reached into his jacket slowly. "This is." He pulled out a syringe filled with glowing blue liquid. Before anyone could stop him, he jammed it into his neck and pressed the plunger. "No!" I lunged forward but Zara grabbed my arm. "Wait," she hissed. "Something's wrong." Nathan convulsed. The syring

Zara POV I watched Elena make her choice. Watched her abandon Maya to save the Alpha. Watched my sister's chest stop moving. Idiots. All of them. I appeared beside Maya's body, shoving Elena out of the way. "Move." "Zara, I can't save them both.." "I know. That's why I'm here." I pressed my hands to Maya's chest and let my power flow. The enhanced healing that came with twenty six years of serum exposure. "Keep working on him." Elena hesitated for half a second, then ran back to Alexei. Dr. Morrison had his hands locked over Alexei's sternum, pumping rhythmically. Sweat dripped down his face. I focused on Maya. Her heart sat motionless in her chest, the failing serum unable to restart it. The severed bond had created a void where vital energy should flow. "Come on, little sister." I pushed power into her, feeling it drain from my own reserves. "You don't get to die. Not after I spent fourteen years finding you." Nothing. Her body was shutting down, cells dying one by one. I'd s

Maya POV The cabin transformed into a war room within hours. Maps spread across every surface. Eastern warriors filed in, reporting numbers and resources. Captain Mikhail arrived with the latest count: two hundred and seventeen fighters, most injured. Against Seraphina's estimated eight hundred. "This is suicide," Mikhail said flatly. He stood at the head of the table, scarred face grim. "Even if every fighter was at full strength, we'd be slaughtered." "I know." I studied the map of Blackwood territory. Three entry points, all heavily defended. "But we don't have a choice now. I made the threat. If we don't follow through, every pack sees us as cowards." "Better a living coward than a dead hero," one of the other officers muttered. Alexei slammed his hand on the table. The movement made him wince, clutching his ribs, but his voice stayed strong. "We're not cowards. We're outnumbered and outgunned, but not beaten." He looked at each face. "My father built the Eastern packs to be t

Maya POV Midnight came too fast. I stood in the forest outside the cabin, checking weapons for the third time. Silver knife on my thigh. Two guns with regular ammunition. One with silver rounds for emergencies. My hands wouldn't stop shaking. "You don't have to do this." Alexei appeared beside me, still moving stiffly. "We could wait. Plan better." "Every hour we wait, she kills more prisoners." I holstered the last gun. "I'm done waiting." "Then I'm coming with you." "You can barely walk." "I can fight." He met my eyes. "And you need everyone you can get." Zara materialized on my other side. "The warehouse is five miles into Blackwood territory. Heavy guard presence. Maybe thirty warriors outside, more inside." She paused. "I can teleport four people maximum. Any more and I'll collapse from the energy drain." "Four is enough." I looked at the small group assembled. Zara, Alexei, Elena, and Victoria, one of the Eastern scouts who'd volunteered. "We go in, grab as many prisoners