Lahat ng Kabanata ng Two Loves, One Destiny: Kabanata 131 - Kabanata 140

KiaraJake looked at me as if I were crazy. As if being kidnapped had changed the way I acted and spoke.I noticed his brows furrow. I knew he would defend her. I knew he didn’t believe me. To be honest, I didn’t expect him to believe me right away. Judging by the way he treated Irina, it wasn’t going to be easy to convince him. That hurt, but I couldn’t expect more from him. Irina had trapped him, manipulated him so much that Jake himself was no longer someone I could fully trust.The way he looked at me hurt; the way his eyes told me not to say something stupid. But why would I say something stupid right now? This wasn’t about jealousy. This wasn’t about him. It was about the fact that Jake had no idea he was sleeping with the enemy every night. Jake had replaced me with my sister, believing she had always been there to help him, but that wasn’t true. It was only a slow plan of destruction. A well-crafted one. Even I had fallen for the story that Irina was in love with Jake and woul

KiaraI had to start the car, but guilt relentlessly took hold of me. I didn’t want to leave them, but Jake and Thomas had given me a clear order.What if I drove away and they came back right after? I couldn’t just leave like that, so I waited two more minutes. I promised myself that if they didn’t appear within those two minutes, I would leave and do as I was told.But then I heard cracking sounds behind the car, and my instincts forced me to turn around to see who it was. For a brief second, I hoped it was Jake, or Thomas, or both, but that made no sense. They were in the opposite direction.So who could be behind me?Derian.I looked back, gripping the steering wheel tightly in case I needed to drive off. And I saw him. I saw Derian walking slowly toward me with a smile on his face. He wasn’t in a hurry. He wasn’t going to hurt me or kidnap me again, but he was going to scare me and torture me psychologically.I threw the car into reverse.Fear acted for me.I hit him without thin

Jake“You have the perfect opportunity to be with her without me in the way,” he told me, fear in his voice.Thomas pretended to be strong, but I knew death scared him, because it had scared me too when I stood in front of it.“Are you seriously thinking about that right now? You’ve got a bullet in you,” I said, tearing his shirt and using it to wipe away the blood pouring out of him.I needed space to clearly see the bullet. I had to remove it, and all that blood was making it impossible to work calmly.My betas had taken down all the members of Derian’s pack. A few were dead, while others were being tortured for information about Derian’s whereabouts.That was one of the differences between Derian and me. I wasn’t a coward who hid behind his pack. I wouldn’t abandon my betas. I would always fight alongside them, like today. I didn’t leave with Kiara. I stayed with them in the war because that’s what a good Alpha does: fight with his pack against injustice.Derian simply ran when thi

KiaraRose waited for me to take a hot shower before accompanying me to the hospital to see my children and have a doctor examine me. She told me that Jake and Thomas had reported my disappearance and that it had been days of constant searching, during which neither of them slept, and they took turns caring for the babies.I felt grateful that both men had taken such good care of my children while I was gone. I could trust them.I spent some time with the babies. Having them in my arms, rocking them, and seeing Juliette being a responsible grandmother and caring for her family recharged my energy.Juliette didn’t hesitate to hug me when she saw me and told me how sorry she was for what had happened to me. I told her how little I knew about Thomas and Jake. The last thing I saw was the war, the gunshots, the screams, the blood.The doctor examined me, and Rose stayed by my side the entire time so I wouldn’t feel alone.“Don’t you have any news about what happened? Do you know anything

JakeKiara’s comfort was all I needed to soothe the pain in my heart—a pain I never thought I’d feel again because of Thomas or because of her after the betrayal. But the number of recent events showed me just how wrong I was.Kiara’s arms around me rested gently against my body, giving soft pats to help calm me, something typical of her hugs. Not even my wife’s embraces would help me as much as Kiara’s did.“At least I know you’re okay,” I admitted, offering her a sad smile.“Thanks to you,” she nodded, holding my cheeks. “Thanks to Thomas. You both helped me be here.” A tear rolled down her cheek.“I thought I was going to lose you,” I confessed, letting myself be vulnerable.I felt like I was on my knees, my ego shattered, as exposed as if my flesh had been skinned.“You are two good men. You’re a good Alpha, Jake.”“An Alpha protects his woman—I mean, the people he loves,” I corrected myself, though the correction tasted bitter in my throat. Kiara was beyond that. She was much mor