All Chapters of Bonded to the Bastard: My Rejection, His Obsession: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Alanza’s POV“Your brother’s looking for you. I think he believes me that I don’t know anything, but I’m not sure. I’m deleting everything off this phone just in case. I have a bad feeling about this.”I read the text from Lucia’s burner account and swallowed hard. My knuckles were white as I gripped the phone, the cheap plastic case digging into my palm.“Be careful,” I typed back, rushing the words. “It might be better if we don’t talk for a few weeks. I just heard two shifters talking earlier today; it looks like they’re finally searching.”I didn’t wait for a reply, but one came instantly.“I love you, Alanza. I’m worried. Have I been watching too many crime documentaries? Anyway, I’ll text you when it’s safer.”I shoved the phone deep into my pocket, the message a knot in my gut. My heart hammered a frantic, uneven rhythm against my ribs. They were searching. The shifters' hushed words from the lecture hall replayed in my head like a siren.Escape. I had to get out of the buildin

Alanza’s POV“Are you... my wolf?”The words felt clumsy and ridiculous coming out of my mouth, like I was asking my Siberian husky if she could pay the rent. Yet, as the heat flushed my skin, my legs starting to tremble, I squeezed Sombra’s sturdy fur. She was the only solid thing in a world that had suddenly started to tilt. Her gaze, gleaming with an intelligence that went way past 'good dog,' held steady.A hysterical little laugh popped out. “My wolf is a husky. How does this even happen?” I wheezed.Sombra’s ears pressed flat against her skull. A low rumble came from her chest, a growl that wasn't loud but vibrated straight through my hand and into my bones. I am not a husky, her voice echoed in my head. The thought felt like a firm, unyielding shove.My laughter died. I just stared at her, trying to match the voice in my head with the creature in front of me. “But... you look exactly like one.”Appearances can be deceiving, my human. There was a hint of something like dry amuse

Alanza’s POV"That bastard was here."Sombra's voice was a low rumble in my head, rough like a snarl. The dog body she wore paced the small bedroom, hackles stiff, sniffing every corner. She was intimidating even as a husky."He won't harm you," she confirmed, her lip curling slightly. "I can smell his regret with every step he took."The fear I’d felt earlier rushed back, stronger now. The refreshed feeling I had before seeing the sign of him was gone. My legs turned to water, and I collapsed onto the floor."What am I going to do? I can't stay here," I whispered, pressing my hands to my temples. "If he found me, that means Dad can find me."Perhaps. Sombra stretched, letting out a large, theatrical yawn before fixing me with a direct stare. I would not worry yet, cub. You are not as defenseless as you once were. And you cannot run forever."But—"You cannot run forever, she repeated, the mental push behind the words sharp.The panic fluttering against my ribs stilled me. I couldn't

Alanza’s POV"You’re dropping your shoulder again, Alanza," Kiko says, wiping sweat from his forehead.I lean against the gym wall and try to catch my breath. My lungs burn and my muscles feel like they’ve been put through a meat grinder. "I know. I'm trying. My arms just feel like lead.""That means it’s working," he says with a small, encouraging nod. "Go home. Get some ice on those bruises. You’re getting faster every day."I give him a weak wave and limp toward the exit. The walk back to my apartment is a blur of physical exhaustion, but there’s a quiet sense of pride humming under the pain. I’m not the same person who ran away with nothing but a bruised ego and a broken heart.When I finally turn the key in my lock and step inside, I let out a long, shaky breath. The silence of the apartment is the best thing I’ve heard all day. Sombra, my wolf, shifts in the back of my mind. She’s been qui

Alanza’s POV"You better keep your eyes on the road before you kill us all," Mars growled.I stared past his shoulder at the blurring green of the forest. The city was long gone. Giant pines crowded the edges of the pavement like a wall. My throat felt tight, like a physical weight was pressing against my windpipe. Inside my head, Sombra was still. Her silence made my pulse skyrocket. If I had to fight, I was going to be doing it without my wolf.I looked at the shifter in the driver’s seat. He and Mars were muttering to each other in low, gravelly tones. I blocked out the sound of their voices. My stomach twisted. I felt like I might actually vomit on the floorboards.Shifters were the worst.Back when I lived with my pack, I wasn't allowed to watch human news. They called it biased. After I left, I found out why they wanted us kept in the dark. Human statistics showed that shifter violence occurred at a much higher rate than human cri