Chapter 71: Logan's Aftermath

LOGAN (A couple moments ago)“So, did it work—”“Get out of my bed.”The words leave my mouth the moment I realise where I'm at… and who I'm with. It all feels wrong. Instant and immediate.Beside me, I hear the fabric shift, like she adjusts in confusion in response to my countenance. “What?”I finally turn my head.Jas is propped up on one elbow, sheets pulled loosely around her waist, dark hair spilling across my pillow like she belongs there. Her boobs are bare, her lips still sunken in what I assume is proof that her and I did something after Alex… ughhh.“You heard me,” I say. “Get out of my bed.”“Logan—”“Now.”That does it.She exhales sharply and sits up, annoyance flashing across her face as she gathers the sheet and rolls off.There’s no hurt in her eyes. There shouldn't be. It's not like her and I are dating or anything. I only brought her along after my exile was lifted cause I felt I'd need a muse for the time being.Didn't have the patience to think it through.“You

Last Updated : 2025-12-31

Chapter 72: Planning Something

LIAMAfter being unconscious for nearly two weeks, Maya woke up today. I hadn't told anyone, not even Adrian. But there was only so long I could go without breaking the news. Besides, Adrian comes up to the infirmary to check on her everyday, so while I made it up there at noon, I half-expected him to already be there. Only… it wasn't him. It was—“Logan?”He leans against the railing of the windows, staring down at the almost empty training facility. Instinctively, my eyes dart back to my mate. “Maya” I mutter, rushing to her, and I guess Logan interpreted that exactly as I meant it. She groans, asleep and not in pain. That's good. “You didn't think I'd hurt her, did you?” He says. My eyes reach him and the unimpressed expression he greets me with. We haven't exactly had the best history. “What do you want?” I mutter. He searches me with his eyes, prying for information he won't find, then leans off the railings. “I actually came down here to congratulate you” he says. “Y

Last Updated : 2026-01-02

Chapter 73: A Party?

Chapter 73 ALEX The armory's slowly become the room I visit the more often in the packhouse. Though it's more Sage's job than it is mine, clearing the weaponry used for border patrol and training sessions is a lot less burdensome than being on the grounds and actually participating is. It also means less frequent moments of avoiding gazes and pretending I'm actually concerned about training or patrol rotations. Though on the downside, it's hard to pretend I don't feel Sage's glances from the table beside me every now and then. “Say it” I scribble on some logbooks as more weapons fail the viability test. “You know you want to.” For a moment, she hesitates, throwing on that unbothered cape again. My attention returns to the papers, and she lets it go… …Or so I think. “You can’t keep coming in here and stinking the whole place with that depressed look.” She tosses a pen in my direction but I smack it away before it can hit me. “I've told you you don't have to come

Last Updated : 2026-01-03

Chapter 74: Coincidence at the Border

ALEX These aren't the borders I remember. We stop just across from it and my body soaks up the details it's been dying to focus on since the drive up here. The scent of cold, almost stale air fills my nose, combatted only by what has to be blood and nothing else. Beyond us, a communion of trees and shrubs, strikingly different from the part of the plain all three of us stand.“What happened to sigils?” I mutter, and they both hide the chuckle working in their throats.“These aren't the pack borders. They're the clans” Zane says, like I understand what the difference is. All it looks like is the end of a desert where the stretch of barrenness meets cold chill of darkness. There's this awful taste at the back of my throat, gently rising as we scan the premises for foreign scents or unusual faces… or whatever Zane was muttering about back there. Can't piece together most of what he's saying when my senses keep clashing between every step we take across this place. Something feels

Last Updated : 2026-01-04

Chapter 75: Intervention

ALEXThe murmuring in the background steadily becomes more audible. Movement, and the shifting of bodies on either side of me.My eyes are heavy, but the hold on my consciousness relaxes by the second. When I finally find the strength to lift my eyelids, I have no idea where I’m at. Well, sort of. I know I'm in a room with Rachel seated on a stool a couple steps away, and her monster of a pack member flanking her right.“Finally awake?” She says in that fake-innocent, annoyingly cheery voice. I try to scan the room, but my vision's returning a bit slower than I'd want. Still, I'm able to pick up some fuzzy details. Hard earth underneath me. I dont think we're inside a house even though the four corners surrounding me suggest I'm in a room. A couple vases with healthy flowers on either side of the mirror behind her, and the only source of light… the window just above her, letting sunlight spill into the room.“Where… are they?” I struggle to get up. Surprisingly, nothings holding

Last Updated : 2026-01-05

Chapter 76: I'll Kill You

ADRIANI've been here less than a minute, and I already remember how much I hated this place. If it were only the thick, freezing breeze carrying needling air from time to time, it would've been manageable.But no. It's not just that.The whispering of winds across the trees that border these grounds, the way my skin crawls with every step I took into this place……and then, Her scent. That familiar, spine-crippling scent.I hate it!“Get her out of here. You all reach border. I'll meet you at the packhouse.”“But—”“Go” I assure Zane before he can ask. I don't look back at him though, my eyes on her, and her's on me through the mirror in front of her.“Bye Alex” she smirks as Zane carries her alongside Sage and the trio dissapear into the forest’s bed.A beat of silence lasts between us, the guided glance holding for more than a couple seconds. Then, she speaks. “You could've taken it a little easier on him though” she turns, glancing at her monster of a henchman. “I did” I answer.

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