บททั้งหมดของ Sinful Desires: Fatal bonds: บทที่ 21 - บทที่ 30

Lyra noticed, of course. She walked in before the kiss happened, I didn't know if to be glad or disappointed. Aldric just walked away from me like nothing had happened and then I was left to pick up my unrequited love and wait for him to reciprocate hopefully. But Lyra, she had always noticed what I did not yet have the courage to admit. She sat across from me in the mess hall, fork paused halfway to her mouth, eyes sharp as ever. Our friendship was new, she was from a third rate pack who had joined the council by merit.“You are ridiculous,” she said when I told her about the uniform and Aldric's favour.She replied never hiding the affection in the roll of her voice. “Do you know how you look? Like a wolf who got lost and found a crown instead of a pack.”“You are supposed to console me,” I mumbled.She snorted. “Sorry. Consolation counselling is not in my skill set. But if it helps, the way Aldric looks at you is not entirely neutral. It is not pity. It is not approval. It is… I d

This was a mistake.I knew it the moment I stepped into the shadows beyond the academy walls, the wind colder here, quieter. The path toward the old stone bridge that marked the edge of wolf territory felt longer than usual. My boots scraped against gravel, each step sounding too loud in my ears.I almost turned back three times.But I had already decided.If I was going to sign my name into werewolf defense, if I was going to stand against the vampires instead of lingering between both worlds like a confused stray, then I owed Seraphiel honesty. If I couldn't own up to a man I owed honesty? What good would I do in a battlefield? My heart, brain, and stomach twisted and churned.He was already there when I arrived.Leaning against the broken pillar near the bridge, silver hair loose over his shoulders, dressed in pale blue. The fading light caught on his pale skin, making him look almost unreal.“You look troubled, little wolf,” he said softly.He did not move toward me.That made it

I did not even have time to process the tearing pain in my chest. Before I could understand why Aldric’s name had surfaced so violently in my heart, I felt it. His presence. A not so subtle presence at that. The night, which had been cool and almost tender beneath the moonlight, turned heavy. The bridge seemed to shrink. The wind stilled as if it too was waiting. Seraphiel’s arms were still around me. My fingers were still curled into his coat. And then I saw him. Aldric. Marching toward us. His charcoal black hair moved slightly with his steps, shoulder length and untamed, framing a face carved from something colder than stone. His eyes were darker than I had ever seen them. Not simply cold. Livid. For a brief second, something else flickered in them. Something sharp and human. Hurt. It vanished before I could be certain it had ever existed. My body locked. Seraphiel did not move away from me. He only turned his head slightly, lips curling faintly.

Morning came slowly.I woke before the sun fully rose but I could swear I didn't sleep a wink.Aldric’s arm was still around my waist, it was heavy, possessive and warm. Wrapped around my lithe waist my petite body pressed against him buried under covers.For a long moment I stayed still, listening to the steady rhythm of his breathing behind me. The events of the night replayed in fragments.Seraphiel’s promise.Aldric’s fury.Kisses, lots of kisses.The way Aldric had looked at me under the moonlight as if I were something fragile and dangerous at the same time.My chest tightened as I wondered what it would be like to choose Aldric leaving Seraphiel.Carefully, I shifted, but Aldric stirred immediately.His grip tightened reflexively before his eyes even opened.“Where are you going?” he asked, voice rough with sleep.“Nowhere,” I murmured.His eyes opened then. Dark. Focused instantly.He studied my face as if checking for cracks.“You feel better?”“My head isn’t spinning anymore

The moment I stepped back onto the academy side of the bridge, reality crashed over me.I had stayed, had let Seraphiel pull me into his world, let him touch me, let myself forget everything else.Now the night felt heavier and colder, nervousness settling into my stomach like stone.Aldric would know.He always knew.Even if he didn’t see it, he would sense it. The shift in me. The lingering scent of another realm clinging faintly to my skin.I should go back to my dorm.I should avoid him.Instead, I walked the opposite direction.Deeper across the bridge.The sky above the forest had changed. Clouds rolled thick and low, swallowing what little moonlight remained. The lanterns that usually marked the edge of academy territory flickered faintly behind me, ahead was pitch darkness.I knew where the boundary was supposed to be, everyone did.Beyond the old stone markers was forbidden territory.A buffer zone between academy lands and the outer wilderness.And beyond that..Rogue territ