All Chapters of THE OMEGA'S VOW: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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CHAPTER ELEVEN

~ LYRA ~I sat on the bed for a long time after Kael left.The fireplace crackled gently, and the room was warm. It was quiet. But my hands wouldn't stop shaking.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the back window of the SUV shattering. I heard the gunshots. I felt the glass spraying across my skin, and Kael shoving me toward the floorboard.I looked down at my jeans. There were still tiny pieces of glass caught in the fabric. I picked them out one by one, dropping them onto the nightstand. My fingers were clumsy and stiff.This was my life now. Running from hitmen and hiding in a compound on a mountain with a man I had known for days.I stood up and walked to the bathroom. I turned on the faucet and splashed cold water on my face. The chill slowed my breathing, brought me back into my body.I looked at my reflection. The woman staring back at me was a mess. Dark circles under her eyes, a fading bruise on her cheek, hair tangled from the wind. The oversized t-shirt Kael had given me h

CHAPTER TWELVE

~ LYRA ~The sun hadn't even risen when the pounding on my door started.*Bang. Bang. Bang.*I groaned and buried my face in the pillow, trying to block out the noise. My body felt heavy, weighed down by exhaustion and the lingering ache in my side."Go away," I mumbled into the fabric.The door opened.I sat up and clutched the duvet to my chest, blinking against the sudden intrusion of light from the hallway. Kael stood in the doorway. He was fully dressed in black tactical gear—cargo pants, boots, and a fitted shirt that emphasized the width of his shoulders. He looked alert. Too alert for this hour."Get up," he said."It's dark outside," I argued, squinting past him at the pitch-black window. "And I'm recovering from surgery, remember?""Enemies don't wait for the sun," Kael said, ignoring my complaint. "And they certainly don't care about your medical history. Five minutes. Meet me in the courtyard."He didn't wait for a response. He turned and left, leaving the door wide open s

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

~ LYRA ~Breakfast was a quiet affair.I sat across from Kael in the dining hall. The table was long enough to seat fifty people, but it was just the two of us. The high ceilings and stone walls amplified every sound—the scrape of cutlery, the clink of glasses."You did well today," Kael said, not looking up from his tablet. He scrolled through something, his expression focused."I landed one hit," I said, picking at my toast. My appetite hadn't fully returned yet. "And you let me.""I didn't let you do anything," Kael said. He looked up then, meeting my gaze. "You're faster than you should be. Stronger too. Your recovery time is... unusual.""Adrenaline," I suggested, though I knew that wasn't the whole truth."Maybe," Kael said. But he looked thoughtful. "Or maybe it's the bloodline.""The Veyrith thing?" I asked. "Marcus mentioned a stone.""The Veyrith Stone is an amplifier," Kael explained. "But the Veyrith *blood*... that's a myth. They were a clan of Alphas so powerful the othe

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

~ LYRA ~"You're a Queen."The words hung in the cold morning air, heavy and impossible.I stared at Kael. His hand was still gripping mine, tight enough that I could feel the tension running through him. Behind us, the Enforcers stood frozen in place. Marcus had his mouth slightly open, his briefcase hanging loosely at his side.Nobody moved. Nobody spoke."That's not funny," I said finally."Do I look like I'm laughing?" Kael asked.He didn't. His grey eyes were locked on mine, and there was no trace of humor in them. No sarcasm, no games. He looked shaken, and that scared me more than the glowing eyes or the kneeling Alpha or any of it.Because Kael Draven didn't get shaken."I need to sit down," I said.My legs were already giving out. The energy that had surged through me was completely gone, and a bone-deep exhaustion had taken its place. Kael caught my elbow before I could stumble and guided me back toward the house."Everyone back to your posts," Kael ordered over his shoulder

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

~ DARIUS ~The bourbon burned going down, but it didn't calm the storm raging inside my chest.I stood in my office, staring at the phone on my desk. Thorne's voice was still echoing in my head, the way it trembled when he described what happened at Draven's gate. Alpha Thorne, a man who had fought in three territory wars, reduced to a shaking wreck by an omega girl."Darius," Selene said carefully from the doorway. "You need to calm down.""Thorne pulled his alliance," I said without turning around. "That's twenty percent of our military support gone because my ex-wife apparently has powers that shouldn't exist."Selene walked inside and closed the door behind her. She wore a white silk robe, her blonde hair loose around her shoulders. Her hand rested on her stomach the way it always did now."He's exaggerating," Selene said as she lowered herself onto the couch. "She's an omega. She can't even shift properly.""An omega who forced an Alpha to his knees without speaking," I snapped.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

~ LYRA ~Mara didn't believe in warm-ups.The next morning, she was waiting for me in the courtyard before the sun came up. She wore dark robes that brushed the stone floor, and her silver hair was braided tightly against her scalp. She looked like she hadn't slept, but her eyes were sharp."You're on time," she said. "Good.""Kael threatened to drag me out of bed if I was late," I said, pulling my jacket tighter against the cold. "I believed him.""Smart," Mara replied. She pointed to the center of the courtyard where a circle had been drawn in white chalk on the cobblestones. "Stand in the center."I walked over and stepped inside the circle. "What is this?""A containment boundary," Mara said. "In case you lose control.""Lose control of what exactly?" I asked."That's what we're going to find out," Mara said. She began circling me slowly, her eyes tracing every part of me like she was reading a book written on my skin. "Yesterday, you pushed your energy outward without knowing how

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

~ SELENE ~The call came at midnight.I was sitting on the edge of the bathtub in Darius's penthouse, staring at the phone in my hand. The screen was dark. The contact name glowed faintly.Kael.I hadn't spoken to him in over two years. Not since the night I left his apartment with my suitcase and told him I didn't love him anymore. Not since I chose Darius.That was the biggest lie I had ever told.My thumb hovered over the call button. Lucinda's instructions played in my head on a loop. Tell him you're scared. Tell him Darius is out of control. Tell him the baby might be his.The baby.I pressed my hand against my stomach. The bump was barely visible, just a slight curve beneath my robe. Darius's child. Not Kael's. I knew that for certain.But Kael didn't.I pressed the button.The phone rang three times before he answered."Who is this?" His voice was low and flat. The same voice I used to fall asleep listening to."It's me," I said.Silence.Long, suffocating silence."Selene," Ka

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

~ LYRA ~I couldn't sleep.My body ached from the training with Mara, and my side throbbed where the surgical scar was still healing. I needed rest, but my brain refused to cooperate. Someone inside this compound had been in my room. Someone who moved through locked doors without leaving a trace. And I needed to find out who.I sat up and swung my legs over the side of the bed. Sitting here staring at the ceiling wasn't going to get me anywhere.I pulled on a sweater and jeans and slipped out into the corridor. It was dark and quiet, the sconces dimmed to a low glow. The compound felt completely different at night. No guards marching past, no staff moving through the halls. Just silence and shadows.I headed downstairs toward the kitchen. I needed water and I needed to think.The kitchen was large and industrial, with steel counters and hanging racks of pots. A single light above the stove cast a warm circle on the tile floor.I filled a glass from the tap and leaned against the count

CHAPTER NINETEEN

~ LYRA ~Mara was already waiting when I reached the courtyard at dawn."You look tired," she said."I didn't sleep well," I replied."Good," Mara said. "Tired is honest. It means your body is adjusting to the energy shifts. If you had slept like a baby, I'd be worried."She led me to the chalk circle again. I stepped inside without being told."Yesterday was about finding your core," Mara said. "Today is about controlling what comes out of it.""Controlled projection," I said, remembering her words from the day before."Exactly," Mara said. "What you did to Thorne was a blast. Raw, unfiltered power thrown outward with no aim and no restraint. It worked because he wasn't expecting it. But against a trained opponent, or an Inquisitor, a wild burst like that will get you killed.""So what do I do differently?" I asked."You aim," Mara said simply. She walked to the edge of the courtyard and dragged a wooden training dummy into position about fifteen feet away. It was battered and scarre

CHAPTER TWENTY

~ DR. VOSS ~The girl was holding her own medical file.I had expected this, though not quite so soon. Mara must have pointed her in my direction. The old wolf had never trusted me, and now she was using the girl to dig.Clever.I closed the door and locked it. Not to trap her, but because what I was about to say couldn't leave this room."Sit down," I said.The girl didn't move. Her body was tense, her feet planted, her weight shifted slightly onto her back leg. Ready to run. Smart instinct."I'm fine standing," she said."Suit yourself," I replied. I walked past her to my desk and sat down in my chair. I folded my hands on the surface and looked at her steadily.She was young. Younger than I expected, given everything I had heard. But her eyes were sharp, and they were watching me with the kind of intensity that told me she had already made up her mind about who I was."You drew my blood," she said. "While I was unconscious.""I did," I said. "Standard protocol after a medical event

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