Semua Bab Bound By Fate: Contracted To The Enemy Alpha: Bab 21 - Bab 30

Chapter 21— Memories Are Cruel Things.KYRAI jolted awake, my body trembling so violently that for a second I thought the earth itself was shaking. My breath came out in short, frantic gasps, chest heaving as I clutched at the sheets tangled around my legs. Sweat slicked over my skin, the room spinning in and out of focus as I fought to catch my breath. It had been years since Ethan’s death. Years since I held his cold, lifeless body and screamed, cried desperately to the Moon Goddess to bring my brother back. Years since I buried that memory in the farthest, darkest corner of my mind where I thought it would stay. Until tonight. And I didn’t even know what had triggered it. Was it that nostalgic feeling I felt during the convention? Tears gathered at the corners of my eyes, blurring the ceiling above me. My throat burned as I swallowed a sob that threatened to rip me apart. For so long, I’d forced myself not to think about that night. Not to remember the last time I saw his fac

Chapter 23— The service game.KYRA“Rise and shine, Princess.” The snicker made me stir but it was the icy water raining down on me that woke me right the hell up.“What the hell…?!” My shout came out half-choked as I struggled to breathe against the stream of freezing cold water on my face.Callie stood above me, arms crossed, that stupid, annoying, smug look tugging at her lips. Beside her was one of the girls who’d been bullying Maddy yesterday, holding an empty bucket with water still dripping from its rim.“Well,” Callie said in a sickly sweet voice, “since you’re clearly too lazy to wake up on time, I thought I’d help.”I blinked, my soaked hair plastered against my cheeks, my mind scrambling to make sense of her words. “It’s not even—”Her voice cut me off. “Oh, didn’t Amanda tell you? Those on the lists are expected to be up earlier than anyone else.”I gritted my teeth, counted from ten backwards to keep myself from lashing out. “It’s not even six yet,” I spat, unable to keep

Chapter 25— His Prisoner, His Spectacle.KYRATristan stormed in like someone had lit his veins on fire. Rage rolling off him in thick, hot swirls. I couldn’t tell if it was meant for me, because somehow everything always circled back to being my fault.He got close enough that I could feel the heat radiating off his body. His eyes fell on me, and his mouth tightened, then he looked away and turned to Callie whose confident posture was betrayed by the tremble in her fingers.“What the hell is going on here, Callie?” He growled. Callie flinched, almost slightly but it didn’t miss my eyes. She swallowed, and lifted her chin looking at Tristan with all confidence as if she was unfazed.“Alpha Eric demanded an apology after being disrespected by the Ferguson bitch.” She flicked her eyes at me. “this is her way of offering it. That’s all.”That’s all? As if that justified the disgusting game she created. As if that excused the humiliation. As if I deserved to be made a spectacle of.Wh

CHAPTER 27— The Last Real Piece Of Home.KYRAI didn’t stop walking until the noise of the pack house faded behind me. I could still feel the laughter, the whispers burning into my skin, so I pushed deeper into the woods. Tristan had apologized like he really meant it. Like he wasn't the reason any of this happened, like he hadn’t been the one to give the command, and yet still had the audacity to look pained by the aftermath.I hated him. I hated how my traitorous heart had reacted when he apologized. I hated that a part of me had wanted to believe him so badly.I choked on a breath. No. It was just the stupid bond reacting.I didn't know how long I had walked before my legs gave out. I collapsed beneath a tree, hidden enough that no one would even see me if they came searching. And the place was quiet, mercifully so. I slid down the rough bark, letting my head fall back against it as the cold wind stung my face, but it was nothing compared to the memory clawing at me. The humili

CHAPTER 29— Public Opinion.TRISTANI resisted the urge to rub at my temples as the Elders droned on. Callie had barely made it out of pack grounds when Kallum informed me they wanted an audience. The moment I heard his words, I knew at that moment what this was about. I could almost taste their disapproval before I stepped into the room.Their eyes tracked me like I was a delinquent pup who was brought in for a summons. And that was what this was. I didn’t even get to sit before they started dramatically shaking their heads. “Please have a seat, Alpha Tristan. We have a lot to address.” Elder Corvin spoke.Of course, we did. Elder Corvin has never been fond of me and everything that has been happening has proved him right in all his protests.“We don’t seem to understand you, and what is going on in the pack anymore, Alpha Tristan.” And here we go. “Elder Corvin…”“…Yes.” Elder Theron supported, before I had the chance to even continue. “First, you captured the Ferguson princess a