บททั้งหมดของ BOUND TO THE RUTHLESS ALPHA : บทที่ 161 - บทที่ 170

Soraya's PovI sat alone in the cold cell staring at the stone walls and trying not to think about what was going to happen to me. The Patriarch had visited once since I woke up and his words kept echoing in my mind. He said I looked like my mother. He said I had been asleep inside myself for nineteen years.None of it made sense.I pulled my knees up to my chest and wrapped my arms around them. The silver chains were still on my wrists and they burned against my skin. I had tried to pull them off but they would not budge.My mark was different now. The seal that had always been there was starting to crack and glow with a faint silver light. It hurt in a way that was hard to describe. Not just physical pain but something deeper. Like something inside me was trying to break free.I closed my eyes and tried to calm down but the moment I did I saw something strange. A flash of memory that did not belong to me.A woman screaming. She had long black hair like mine and silver blue eyes. She

Soraya's PovI woke up to the sound of my cell door opening. My body still ached from whatever the Patriarch had injected me with and my head felt like it was splitting in two. The seal on my wrist was barely holding together now and the wolf inside me was getting louder with each passing hour.Kayla walked in carrying a tray with food and water. She set it down on the floor near me and just stood there staring."What do you want?" I asked. My voice came out rough and tired."I brought you food. You need to eat something before tomorrow.""I am not hungry.""You should eat anyway. You will need your strength for the ritual."I pushed myself up to sitting and looked at her. She looked different somehow. Her face was tight and her eyes had a strange look in them that I could not place."Why do you care if I eat or not?" I asked.Kayla sat down on the floor across from me. "I do not really. But father said to make sure you stay alive until dawn so here I am.""Father. You actually call h

Dante's PovWe made it through the pass but the ambush had cost us. Owen and Sarah were dead and Julia was badly injured. Marcus was still helping her walk but she was slowing us down.I stayed close to Darius watching him carefully. The shift had changed him. His eyes were still slightly red and his movements were more aggressive. The curse was winning and I did not know how much longer he could fight it."We need to find shelter," I said. "Julia needs medical attention and everyone needs to rest.""We do not have time to rest," Darius said. "The fortress is close.""If we do not rest Julia is going to die. And the rest of us are exhausted.""Then leave her behind. We will come back for her after we get Soraya."I grabbed his arm. "What is wrong with you? We do not leave people behind.""She will slow us down.""So what? We slow down. We do not abandon our own people."Darius pulled his arm away from me. "Fine. Find somewhere to stop. But make it quick."I looked around and spotted a

Dante's PovWe set up camp behind a cluster of rocks about a quarter mile from the fortress. Everyone was exhausted and scared and I could see doubt in their eyes. What had happened in the pass had shaken them badly.I watched Darius sit apart from the group staring at the fortress. He had not spoken much since his transformation and I knew he was struggling with what he had become.Connor approached me looking nervous. "We need to talk.""About what?""About the Alpha. About what he turned into back there.""He shifted. That is what wolves do.""That was not a normal shift and you know it. He turned into some kind of monster."I pulled Connor away from the others so we could talk quietly. "Keep your voice down.""Why? Everyone saw it. Everyone knows what he is now.""He is your Alpha. Show some respect.""He almost killed us back there. If he had not come back to himself when he did he might have turned on us next.""But he did not. He came back and he saved all our lives.""This tim

Dante's PovWe pulled back from the drainage tunnel and returned to our hiding spot behind the rocks. Darius wanted to go in immediately but I convinced him to wait until we had more information about what we were walking into."We need to scout the fortress properly," I said. "Count the guards, look for patrol patterns and identify weak points.""We do not have time for that," Darius argued. "Soraya is in there right now.""And she will still be there in a few hours. But if we go in blind we will all die and then she will be stuck there forever."He did not like it but he agreed. We settled in behind the rocks and started watching the fortress carefully.I pulled out a notebook and started making notes. Every time I saw a guard I marked their position and tried to time how long it took them to complete their patrol route."How many do you count?" Marcus asked after the first hour."At least twenty on the walls," I said. "And another ten at the main entrance. That is thirty just on th