Lahat ng Kabanata ng BOUND TO THE ALPHA I SWORE TO KILL: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 14

🐺ADRIAN🐺I immediately pulled back from the kiss and shoved her against the stone wall hard."Alpha Adrian!" Esme yelped painfully, her eyes going wide with shock.I blinked, realizing my hand was wrapped around her throat in a choke hold.Fuck.It was Killian's doing.He'd surged forward the moment her lips touched mine, violent and furious, demanding I hurt her for daring to…I loosened my grip and stepped back, forcing him down. Fighting him not to take full control."Why would you kiss me, Esmeralda?" I used her full name deliberately.I only called her that when I was angry.She rubbed her throat, eyes watering, but she didn't back down. Esme never did."I'm sorry. I was just caught up in the moment." Her voice was defensive. "That doesn't warrant choking me, Adrian."She looked me directly in the eyes.Bad move.Killian snarled, clawing at the edges of my control, demanding I teach her a lesson."You know better than to make eye contact with me, Esmera

My mind was racing twice as fast as normal.I couldn't stop thinking about why he'd lied. I couldn't find a single logical reason why Adrian would back up my lie like that.It didn't make sense.None of it made sense."Because he's our mate," Kira chipped in, her voice smug in my head. "He's protecting us.""He doesn't feel the bond," I muttered. "If he did, I don't think I'd still be here. So that's not the reason. There must be another reason."There has to be."What reason?" The voice came from behind me, and I spun around.Asher.Relief flooded through me, and before I could stop myself, I was moving. He met me halfway, pulling me into a bone-crushing hug that knocked the air out of my lungs.I hugged him back just as tightly.I'd missed my best friend."What reason are you talking about?" he asked again, pulling back to look at me with those concerned brown eyes."Oh." I forced a casual shrug. "I'm just trying to figure out why he killed my parents and destroyed our pack."The li