Semua Bab Fated To The Rouge Alpha : Bab 1 - Bab 5

Chapter 1The forest had no business being this quiet.I pressed my back against the oak tree, bark biting through my thin jacket, and strained to hear something, anything beyond my own ragged breathing. The hiking trail had disappeared twenty minutes ago. Or maybe it was an hour. Time moved differently when you were lost, when the trees pressed close like they wanted to swallow you whole.My phone was dead. Of course it was. I'd ignored the battery warning because I'd been so sure I could find that stupid rare orchid my botany professor had mentioned. Extra credit, he'd said. Easy points, he'd said. He hadn't mentioned that the coordinates would lead me into a part of the Cascade foothills that felt wrong in a way I couldn't articulate.The silence wasn't natural. No birds. No insects. Not even the whisper of wind through the canopy above.I pushed off from the tree and forced myself forward. My boots squelched in the damp earth, at least I was heading downhill. Downhill meant water.

Chapter 3I didn't sleep.How could I?Every time I closed my eyes, I felt him. The bond hummed between us like a live wire. Constant. Inescapable. I could sense his location in the main lodge. Could feel the tension coiled in his body even from here.He wasn't sleeping either.The cabin was simple. A bed with rough blankets. A small table and chair. A tiny bathroom with a toilet and sink but no mirror. The walls were bare wood, gaps between some of the planks letting in slivers of moonlight.I sat on the bed, knees pulled to my chest, and tried to make sense of everything.Werewolves were real.Mate bonds were real.And I was tied to an Alpha who'd murdered his last mate.My hands were shaking. I pressed them against my knees but couldn't stop the trembling.A betrayal, Vera had said. Thirty-seven wolves dead. His sister.No wonder he looked at me like I was a curse.Maybe I was.A soft knock on the door made me jump."It's just me," a voice called. Female. Young. "I brought food."I

Chapter 5:My mind kept running through it, is there any way I could confront him? I'm locked up in this cabin, I felt the bond tighten every minute, I felt him panting, and as if the bond knew it was gonna be broken soon.I felt my heart hurt, so badly like it wanted out.And soon it was sunset, my heartbeat increased, he'd be here anytime soon, to free me and doom his pack.I should be happy to leave this place, happy I'd meet my parents and Jess but, I feel so uneasy like some strong pull toward this place.And just like I'd expected, a knock came on the door “Aria?” It was Vera's voice.I quickly stood up, gulping down nothing and trying not to panic.I opened the door, an uneasy smile played on her face “it’s time and you'd finally be free” she was trying so hard not to show her nervousness…well it didn't work.“I won't let him break it, I'd find a way to tail him or something, or disrupt it midway, somehow…anyhow” I muttered reassuringly.“Don’t, you'd only piss him off, he's ma