All Chapters of TEMPORARY MATES, PERMANENT CRAVINGS : Chapter 431 - Chapter 440

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Four hundred and thirty-one

Emma POVThe ride back to the pull-off was quieter than the trip into the camp. Lucas drove the Jeep and seemed lost in thought.I glanced over at him, breaking the silence. "In two days, I'm going to send someone to pick you and some of your men up. We need to get supplies into the main camp."Lucas scoffed. "Supplies? You mean more of your charity handouts?""I mean food, Lucas," I said. "Bags of grain, flour, and meat, enough so the kids and elders don't go hungry. But you can't show up looking like rogue insurgents."Lucas shifted gears. "What's wrong with how I look?""Your leather jacket, dyed hair, edgy look," I said, raising an eyebrow. "You stick out like a sore thumb. I need you to keep it simple and look like regular people so the border guards don't second-guess."Lucas let out a sarcastic chuckle. "Right. Beggars can't be choosers, can they? You want me in a sweater, town girl?""If it keeps you from getting arrested before we free Alexander, yes," I shot back.He didn't

Four hundred and thirty-two

Alexander POVSix days left. Six days until the trial, and there was still no sign of who we needed to make my innocence weightier.The powerlessness of being trapped within these four walls, not knowing what those outside were doing or how far they had gone, was enough to drive me mad.Lucas was terrific at finding people, but he was a rogue, and without help from Emma, it would be almost impossible to find the Cook. Emma had assured me when she visited that she would do whatever she could to get me out of here, and I was banking on it with everything I had.They moved us out of the cell block at noon for a surprise search. The guards lined all of us up in the main hallway while they flipped our mats and searched our stuff. Kobe's eyes met mine, and I dodged through the crowd to reach him while acting as if I wasn't heading his way. After our last separation, it was obvious the head guards were keeping a close eye on me.Kobe leaned sideways just enough. "Six days, huh?""Yeah," I re

Four hundred and thirty-three

Emma POVMy morning started with my head buried in the toilet bowl.The morning sickness wasn't just bad. It was turning into a physical nightmare. Every smell in the house made my stomach flip, and the weird sensation in my midsection was getting harder to ignore. It felt like my skin was stretching, accompanied by a dull ache that made it impossible to stand up straight for too long.Anita stood in the doorway of my bathroom, leaning against the frame with her arms crossed. "You look like hell, Emma. We're going to the clinic today, whether you want to or not.""I'm fine," I wheezed, wiping my mouth with a wet towel. "It's just standard pregnancy stuff.""No, it isn't," Anita said flatly. "You haven't kept a full meal down in two days. If you keep ignoring this, she's going to call a private pack doctor to the house. You want them asking questions about who the father is?"That shut me up. My parents knew I was pregnant, but I had lied through my teeth and told them I didn't know wh

Four hundred and thirty -four

Charlie POVThe digital feed on my desk held steady. I sat in the monitoring room of the estate, watching Emma emerge through the vault's open iron gates, black bars framing her as she stepped back into the estate.She thought she was slick with her excuse of log sheets while I sat upstairs like a fool.I had watched every second of it on camera. She stood in front of the empty filing cabinet, panic rising on her face when she realized Alpha Edward's trial dossier wasn't there.I leaned back in my chair, rubbing the bridge of my nose as the pieces started clicking into place.Nobody requests archive clearance for a border tax audit. Emma was hunting for evidence to clear Alexander, the bastard rogue currently sitting in Iron Wells prison.It made my stomach turn. I had known Emma for years. She was practically allergic to chaos. People like that don't just up and get pregnant with an "unknown" father. They don't risk their entire reputation on random hookups.Two days ago, Zachary had

Four hundred and thirty-five

Alexander POVEverything was a blurry haze when my eyes cracked open.The overhead light burned into my retinas, making my head throb. I was lying flat on a hard cot in the prison medical wing, the smell of antiseptic heavy in the air.Memory of the door creeping open rushed back, the masked bastards who tried to kill me.I looked down at myself. I was back in human form, wearing thin prison pants. The guards must have hit me with a tranquilizer after they dragged the attackers off me, forcing my body to drop the wolf shape while I was knocked out cold.My wolf seemed completely uninjured, but my human body was an absolute mess. Thick white bandages were wrapped tightly around my left ribs where the knife had sliced deep.But that wasn't the pain making my breathing shallow. It was the burning behind my sternum. The tightness I had felt earlier had morphed into a razor-sharp heartburn that radiated outward with every heartbeat. It felt like someone had poured liquid fire directly into

Four hundred and thirty six

Emma POVMy hands were shaking so hard I could barely keep my steering wheel straight.Every time my phone buzzed on the dashboard, my heart leaped into my throat. Lucas’s name flashed across the screen over and over. Right under his, Anita’s calls kept popping up. I ignored all of them. I couldn't pick up. If I heard Lucas tell me one more detail about Alexander lying bleeding in a cold prison cell, I knew I would completely lose my mind right behind the wheel.Nausea rolled through my stomach in violent waves, and my vision blurred around the edges as I slammed my foot on the gas.I was running out of time.The lies were collapsing. I couldn't fix this by myself anymore. I couldn't play administrator while my mate was getting executed in the dark.I took the turn onto Wesley’s estate driveway way too fast, gravel spraying against the underside of my car. I threw the vehicle into park, taking deep, ragged breaths in the front seat.Pull yourself together, Emma.Don't run in like a cr

Four hundred and thirty seven

Emma POVMy knees trembled against the stone floor, and Wesley’s harsh words hung over me. I sucked in a shaky breath, forcing my hands to unlatch from his leg.He looked at me as if he were disappointed, and even then, I could tell he was trying hard to hide how afraid he was that this could blow up. He had every right to be furious. I had come into his home without warning, only to disrupt his evening, confessed to forging his authority, and ended it with a desperate threat.I was losing my head, and losing my head right now wasn't going to get Alexander help."I'm sorry," I choked out, wiping the tears from my cheeks as I dragged myself back up. "I'm sorry, Wesley. I just... I don't know what to do anymore. I'm completely out of options."Isabella stepped between us, giving Wesley a pleading look while wrapping her arm around my shoulders."Sweetheart, please, take it easy on her," she said to Wesley, as though she were afraid to speak. "Look at the state she's in."Anita looked ge

Four hundred and thirty eight

Charlie POVWeekend dinners at Lisa's were usually non-negotiable, and missing them always felt like leaving a week feeling completely undone.Mom and Dad were completely unaware of the absolute mess I was bringing to the table. I had introduced Emma to them, but they didn't know she was pregnant, and now she was actively aiding a condemned rogue and throwing her entire future away for a killer.The disgust made my throat burn every time I hit the gas.A blast echoed through my cabin, and the steering wheel jerked to the left."Damn it!" I swore, wrestling the truck to the shoulder.A blown front tire.I slammed the gear into park and pulled out the jack, my hands getting covered in grease and grit as I cranked the metal frame up. In the middle of loosening the lug nuts, my phone buzzed in my pocket."Charlie, man, where are you?" Wesley's voice came through the speaker. "Are you on your way over already?""I'm stuck on the access road," I grunted. "Blown tire. I'm fixing it now.""Co

Four hundred and thirty-nine

Emma POVMy chest heaved as I paced the garden, pure adrenaline and fury burning through my veins."How dare he?" I gasped out, my hands trembling as I turned to Isabella. "How dare Charlie think he has the final say?""Emma, please, just calm down. You need to breathe.""Calm down? Did you hear how he tried to frame everything? He refuses to help simply because he's trapped in his own wounded ego! He's a ticking time bomb who genuinely thinks he's some saint playing by the rules!"Isabella held my hand and forced me to look at her."Emma, stop. You don't get to tell people how to react. You can't drop something that shatters someone's whole worldview and expect them not to make a mess of it."I opened my mouth to bite back, but she cut me off."Remember how long I hid my bond with Wesley? I was terrified and had all the worst-case scenarios running in my head. I thought Wesley didn't want me. I felt so rejected and empty, and on top of that, I had a son. Who would want someone in my

Four hundred and forty

Emma POV"Breathe, Emma," Isabella said, kneeling beside my chair, her eyes scanning my face. "You aren't going into heat. You're already pregnant, so biologically, you can't. You're just overwhelmed. Take a deep breath and calm down before you hurt yourself."I forced air into my lungs, my chest shuddering. Beside the couch, Anita had moved over to my mother, pulling her into a hug while Mom wept silently."It's going to be okay, Aunt Nadia," Anita said softly, rubbing her back."The worst has already happened," Uncle Cameron said. "We can't undo the baby. All we can do now is make sure Emma is taken care of."He looked down at me, the concern growing and the annoyance fading. "Starting tomorrow, you'll formally apply for your clinical appointments. We're cutting your workload at the pack center by half, and your meals will need to be monitored."Luna Lisa nodded in agreement. "We also need to run a full blood panel to check for Meridian poisoning."My heart skipped a violent beat.I

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