All Chapters of MATED TO MY BULLIES : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Maya POV We collapsed in a drainage tunnel three miles from the compound. The concrete walls pressed close around us, water dripping somewhere in the darkness. Alexei slumped against the curved wall, breathing hard. Through the bond, I felt every throb of pain from his broken ribs. "We need to keep moving," I said. "I know." He didn't move. Blood soaked through his shirt where the ribs had pierced skin. "Give me a minute." I didn't have a minute. None of us did. But I sat across from him anyway, close enough that the bond didn't pull. The mate connection hummed between us, carrying his exhaustion and grief straight into my chest. "Your father," I started. "Don't." His voice cracked. "Just don't." The bond showed me everything he wouldn't say. The terror of losing Konstantin. The crushing weight of three thousand warriors who now had no Alpha. The certainty that he wasn't ready, wasn't strong enough, wasn't his father. "You are strong enough," I said quietly. His head snapped

Maya POV Pain exploded through every nerve in my body. Not my pain. Alexei's. The poison burned through the bond like acid, destroying everything it touched. I dropped to my knees beside him. He convulsed on the cave floor, black veins spreading from the injection site across his neck and face. His heart hammered erratically through the bond, skipping beats, stuttering. Mine followed. Every time his heart faltered, mine did too. "No no no." I pressed my hands to his chest, feeling his ribs shift under broken skin. "Stay with me." Nathan watched with clinical detachment. "Fascinating. The bond synchronization is more complete than theoretical models predicted. You're dying together in real time." "Shut up!" Zara appeared beside Nathan, her hand around his throat. "You want to observe? Observe this." She slammed him into the wall hard enough to crack stone. Nathan's silver eyes tracked her movements but his enhanced body couldn't match her teleportation. She hit him again and ag

Maya POV I woke to screaming. Not real screaming. Memory screaming. The sound of Konstantin dying played on repeat in my head, mixed with the feeling of the severed bond, an empty hole where Alexei used to be. "Maya." Elena's face appeared above me. "Thank God. Can you hear me?" I tried to speak but my throat was raw. I managed a nod. "Don't move. You flatlined. We had to sever the bond to save you." Her hands checked my pulse, professional despite the tears on her face. "How do you feel?" Empty. Broken. Like half of me was missing. But I didn't say that. "Alexei?" I croaked. "Alive. Unconscious but stable." Elena helped me sit up slowly. "Zara saved you both. She gave you enough enhanced healing to restart your heart." Zara stood by the window, arms crossed. She didn't look at me. "Don't thank me. You're still dying. Just slower now." "How long?" "Days. Maybe a week." Elena's voice cracked. "Maya, I'm so sorry. The bond was supporting your failing systems. Witho

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

Maya POVMidnight 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 as pos