Semua Bab My Mate Is Another Woman's Fate: Bab 41 - Bab 50

Every touch feels like a spark, and resisting the beast inside me is getting harder and harder. I want him to touch me. You get used to something good so easily.After washing my hair—well, more or less—I step out of the river. Hiding behind a tree, I take off my wet clothes and pull on a dry tracksuit. My damp underwear and T-shirt I hang on a nearby bush that’s bathed in sunlight from all sides.When I return to the riverbank, I see Kos standing barefoot in the shallow water, pants rolled up to his knees, shirt off. He’s gazing into the stream. Oh, that broad back—sunlight gleaming over damp skin, tracing the lines of a strange tattoo across his shoulder blade.Of course, I don’t have my medication—it’s somewhere with my luggage, if it even survived the crash at all. The full moon is only a few days away, and panic creeps in. If only they find us before then.My wolf, however, snorts in disagreement.She’s perfectly fine with this situation. She’d happily stay here with him forever,

When our eyes meet again, the pull between us becomes unbearable. We lean toward each other and our lips finally meet in a soft, hesitant kiss. His lips are warm, impossibly gentle, and I feel a dizzy rush of euphoria. I’ve dreamed of this.We kiss slowly, as if trying to learn each other through touch alone, deepening the kiss bit by bit. One of his hands slides to the back of my head, his thumb brushing my cheek tenderly, while the other curls around my waist, pulling me closer. The heat between us spirals — low in my belly, sharp and consuming. A helpless moan escapes me, my inner wolf rejoicing, urging me to give in completely. The kiss grows hungrier, needier, until reason starts to slip away. He kisses like a god.When air becomes scarce, I finally pull back, gasping. It’s only then I realize — I’m sitting on his lap, straddling him, my thighs pressed around his hips. One of his hands has found its way under my T-shirt to my breast, while the other grips my waist, pressing me do

We walked in silence for quite a while. Then, little by little, we started talking again — casual at first, then easier. Apparently, she’s quick to let things go, and that’s good. The tension from yesterday was gone. We talked freely about all kinds of things and found we actually had a lot in common.“Can I ask you something, Dana?” I said. When she nodded, I continued,“Tell me — what does it feel like when you transform? I mean, I can’t even imagine what it’s like for your whole body to change into something else entirely. No offense, I’m just curious.”Dana smiled and explained,“Well, honestly, it was painful only the first few times. Especially the very first one. Let’s just say it’s far from a pleasant experience.”She shivered slightly, probably remembering.“My bones broke and reshaped themselves completely. My skin burned and itched so badly it felt like I was being scalded with boiling water — and then run over by a bulldozer for good measure.”Hearing that, I actually stop

As we expected, the door to the cabin wasn’t locked. Inside, the house turned out to be surprisingly cozy, despite the years of abandonment. It must have been built solidly back in the day, because it had held up remarkably well. Only in a few places had the wood rotted or been eaten by insects — otherwise, it was nearly intact.The house had just two rooms: a kitchen and a bedroom.The kitchen had a stone hearth on one side and a window on the other, beneath which stood a small wooden table with benches. A few shelves and cabinets lined the walls. Above the hearth hung a painting — a forest scene with two wolves standing side by side.The bedroom was slightly larger, with two windows on one wall and a small, old mirror hanging between them, so tarnished that the reflection was barely visible. Beneath the windows stood a wooden dresser, and on top of it, a framed photograph of a young couple — the same blonde woman and a dark-haired man. They looked at each other, smiling, radiating h

Judging by the carefree look on Kos’s face, he didn’t hear a thing. Understandable—my hearing was much sharper than his. For some reason, my wolf was desperate to break free, to run toward those sounds.“Kos, something’s happening over there,” I said — though my legs were already carrying me toward the forest.“Dana, where are you going? I don’t hear anything!” The man hurried after me, confusion written all over his face. The closer we got, the clearer the sounds of a struggle became. I didn’t even realize I was stripping off my clothes as I ran.“Dana, what are you doing?” Konstantin asked in disbelief, gathering my clothes from the ground as he followed.And then we saw it.On a small clearing in the forest, a terrible scene was unfolding. The torn bodies of several wolf pups lay scattered across the grass, and just a little farther ahead, a massive bear was ruthlessly attacking a she-wolf. She was in a pitiful state, barely standing, but still fighting back with every ounce of str