Semua Bab Bound To My Father’s Foe: Bab 11 - Bab 20

ElainaThe air shifted immediately. A heavy, forceful silence enveloped the room. Monica’s lips froze before she could utter a word, her eyes etched with pure fear as the towering figure stepped in. I swallowed an invisible lump. Every beat of my heart slammed into my chest like a hammer. The room seemed to shrink around his masculine body as he moved forward. His eyes, sharp and commanding without the need of words, sweep across the room. And then, that voice that haunted me in my sleep rumbled softly as he spoke. “Well, well,” he drawled, and I wanted to shrink under the scrutiny of his emerald gaze. “Did I misheard, or is a stranger trying to convince another of trustworthiness?”Monica stiffened beside me like a dough in harmattan season. She twitched her hands nervously like a toddler before forcing a sweet, practiced smile. “Lord Aiden ... .you shouldn’t be up,” she stammered helplessly. “The healers said you needed to rest.”Why in the goddess’ name are they referring to him

ElainaTwo days pass. No sign of Orloff, and no sign of my tormentor either. I was forced to spend my days and nights in this haunted room. His mute or ‘warned not to speak’ maids come in every morning and night to wash and clean me up as if I’m some kind of doll. I had refused their super suspicious hospitality the first day, but then their eccentric king sent word that if I didn’t behave, he would start dissecting my supposed lover, Orloff, one after the other. Those were exactly his words. ‘He’ll regret breathing the same air as you.’A chill settled at the bottom of my spine. Horrific images of what he might be doing to Orloff slammed into my vision without warning. Even worse. The imagination of Orloff exposing the identity of my pups haunted more than anything. It’s as if a lethal poison is being released into my bloodstream. I suck in a sharp breath. My eyes shift to the door, my insides rising with the hope of someone walking in to save me. But the harsh truth remains, w

ElainaI didn’t need to turn around. The beautiful and suffocating scent of sandalwood clogged my nostrils. I should be holding my breath, but for some known reasons, I steal pints of his scents into my lungs.Damn me. I nearly moaned. What the hell is happening to me?Why is my body attracted to a monster? Why does my stupid wolf still crave his touch?A few days ago, he was choking me against the wall, threatening to kill the one person that truly understands me. The one person that took me in after all the hell I’ve been through. Damn Aiden. Damn him to the darkest pit of hell. He is a monster, but maybe he doesn’t know that. Or maybe he knows but just doesn’t care. Everyone surrounds him like a god. Hell, from the little I’ve seen, they even treat him like one. I won’t show that same reaction. I’m not one of his minions who will cower at his every presence. He’s nothing but a black-hearted monster, and I’m going to tell him what he is. Maybe. Just maybe he’ll leave me alone

ElainaI could see the despair on every single face around me, and for a moment it made my stomach twist in a strange way. I knew I should not be feeling sorry for them, not after everything their alpha had done to me, and not after the terrible things he did to Pa Orloff. Their dying alpha was the same man who had locked me up and threatened me more than once. He was the same man who tortured Pa Orloff until he barely had strength to breathe. So I knew I should not care at all. I should have felt nothing but cold inside me.But I cared. My heart cared so much it hurt. And my wolf, the annoying creature inside me, kept cooing softly like she wanted to comfort someone. Maybe she wanted to comfort me, maybe she wanted to comfort Aiden, or maybe she wanted to comfort the whole messed up room, I had no idea. All I knew was that the feeling grew stronger and stronger and refused to go away.I stepped forward even though half of me screamed that I should turn around and pretend I saw noth

ElainaMy legs moved before my brain could think. I was running. Running so fast that the wind slapped my face hard. My bare feet pounded against the cold floor. I did not care that I was still wearing the bloodstained dress from Aiden’s surgery. I did not care that healers were shouting behind me. I did not care about anything except finding my babies.“Raven! Ryker!” I screamed their names so loud my throat burned.Monica ran beside me, her face red and wet with tears. “I am sorry, Elaina. I am so sorry. I only left them for a few minutes. Just a few minutes to get them food and—”“Where?” I cut her off. My voice was sharp like a knife. “Where were they last?”“The west wing. Near the servant quarters. I hid them in a storage room because I thought no one would look there.”We burst through a door and into a hallway that smelled like old wood and dust. My wolf was clawing inside me. She wanted out. She wanted blood. She wanted to rip apart whoever took our pups.I could feel her pus