All Chapters of My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian : Chapter 371 - Chapter 380

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378 Where Is This From

LyraI stepped back, blinking, as the light flooded the room. Nadia stood beside me, barefoot on the floorboards. We stared at the wardrobe together."Let's do this," I said."Shit," Nadia said. "You really want to clean right now?""Yeah." I turned and went for the drawer."Lyra, I don't care about your clothes. I care about your ass."I pulled open the drawer, saw the mess inside, and closed it. I turned to the wardrobe and pulled open the doors. My clothes tumbled out. Nadia sighed and came to stand beside me."Well, here we are." She picked up a sweater, sniffed it, and tossed it aside. "This one's clean."I took a dress off a hook. "I haven't worn this since my fifteenth birthday.""I remember." Nadia gave it a quick glance and nodded. "That stays. You look hot in it."I set it on the bed and took another dress off the hook. "This too.""What the hell, you've got a whole rack of dresses in here. When do you ever wear them?""Weddings, funerals." I pulled a shirt off a hook. "An e

379 That’s Not Fair

LyraI stared at the withered flower pinched between Nadia's fingers. "Where's this from?" she asked, tilting her head, a smile playing at the edge of her lips. Her dark eyes glinted with amusement as she turned the brittle petals over and over.I felt my skin crawl under the weight of her scrutiny. My heart rate spiked. I swallowed hard against the urge to snatch the flower from her grasp, to cradle it against my chest like the precious, secret thing it was."You sentimental little thing," she teased, voice light, careless. "Since when are you keeping trinkets like this?"I tried to deflect. My throat was tight, but I pushed out words. "It's nothing, Nadia. Please put it back."Nadia only laughed. The sound was rich, rolling over me like a wave, but it did nothing to loosen the knot in my chest. I'd already reached my breaking point, but still she held onto the flower, taunting me with it. She waved the delicate petals near my nose and I had to clench my fists at my sides to stop mys

380 Man With Hunger

TayaI rubbed my fingers lightly against my throat as I walked away from the fight with Sera and Mina, the small ache there fading fast, easy to ignore. No one would ever see the mark of Sera's grip on my skin, and they'd never hear a hint of it in my voice.But I kept turning the strength of it over in my mind, anyway. Sera's hands had closed on my throat with crushing force. It hadn't been meant to hurt me in a real way, I understood that much. Just enough to make me know I could die. But it had been real, and meant to hurt.Sera wasn't an omega anymore, not now that she was Luna. She'd become something else entirely. But that kind of strength was still a leap I couldn't make sense of.I headed for Rurik's cabin instead of going to my father's house. I hadn't slept under my father's roof in days, and I'd stopped going there altogether except to look for him. I had done just that earlier today.Found the house empty and cold, his scent faded. I'd run into Sera and Mina on my way back

381 You Wouldn’t Dare!

TayaNo response. He didn't flinch or even blink, glazed eyes fixed hungrily on the moaning bodies in front of him. The wet slur of a woman's tongue and the slick smack of a cock pushing into tight flesh filled the air."Rurik!"His hand kept moving, fingers squeezing and stroking the thick ridge of his cock straining against his underwear. The fabric was soaked through with pre-cum, a wet patch darkening at the tip.The moans filling the room started to grate on my nerves. I crossed the distance to him and slapped him hard across the chest. "Rurik!"He jumped, turning to face me fully, startled. Behind us, neither pair even glanced over. They were completely lost in their own thing.I looked past him at the room, then back at his face. "I thought we agreed you wouldn't do this while I'm staying with you. At least not until I'm out of here."Rurik sighed and glanced toward the door, then back at me. "Fuck, I'm sorry. I didn't think you'd be back this early. I thought we'd be done befo

382 I Challenged Her

TayaWe stared each other down, neither backing off, a real standoff between us. Rurik, usually so blithe and carefree, had finally reached the limits of my patience. His father was strict enough, and I wasn't about to let his own son run wild without consequences.Rurik broke first. He sighed heavily and rubbed the back of his neck. "Fine, come on. I was sure you'd be gone longer than this. If I'd known you'd be back so soon, I would have wrapped this up before you got here."I didn't accept it. "No. I expect you not to do this while I'm around. Just wait." My jaw clenched. "This is weird, Rurik. And maybe it would have been better if you'd done it the regular way, not like this. What the fuck is this?"Rurik rolled his eyes, as if I were being unreasonable. "Fine. Sometimes I just wish you were more open-minded."I folded my arms over my chest. "I'd rather not be," I said curtly. There were some things I could never accept, and this was one of them.Rurik huffed and turned to walk o

383 I Don't Need Your Help

Taya Rurik stared at me, unmoving, the water around him still. He seemed frozen, unsure whether to believe me or not. Finally, he spoke, his voice shaking. "You're joking. Please tell me you're joking." I said nothing, holding his gaze steadily. The smug little smile from my laugh still lingered on my lips. Rurik heaved himself out of the tub, water streaming off his naked body. He grabbed a length of linen from the ledge, wrapping it hastily around his waist as he moved. "There has to be a way out of this," he said urgently, striding to me. "You can't actually go through with it." "There isn't a way out," I replied flatly, not looking away. "I said it in front of the whole pack. In front of her. Backing out now would be worse than the fight itself." He kept pacing, still damp, as he tried to argue me out of it. "Say you misspoke. Say you were still shaken from the fight with her, not thinking straight." I shook my head. "That's worse. That makes me look weak on top of it."

384 Day Seven

SeraFor seven days, I'd checked the bond every hour, hoping it would give me more than it ever had. The thin thread between Fenris and me hummed with his steady heartbeat, a reminder that he was still alive and unbroken. But beyond that? Nothing. No sense of his surroundings, no indication of whether he'd slept or eaten, if he'd been wounded or worn down. I knew less about him now than I would have about a stranger back home with a phone.I'd been trapped in this room for longer than I could track, rolling in and out of the furs, dozing in fits and starts, and losing all sense of time. The bed had stopped feeling like a bed long ago. I'd been so still for so long, my body ached. My mind ached more. I wasn't grieving, not yet. I was just so, so bored, restless with pent-up energy, that standing in the dirt trading blows with Taya right now would at least be something to do with my hands.I sat up, groaned at the room like it was the one holding me captive, and ran a hand through my gr

385 Coming Close

SeraI sprinted across the yard behind Mina, the cold air of Ironmaw burning my throat. We were close enough that the crowd's voices reached us, low and confused."What in the gods' name is she? A witch? She reeks of witchcraft, I tell you.""No, a mad wolf, look at the eyes. The venom. That's not normal.""A mad wolf would have torn their heads off by now. Look at her, she's half-naked and bleeding everywhere. I don't know what in the fuck she is.""Gods, if this is what they're sending now, I think I'd rather a rogue. What is the Luna even doing here?""Maybe she knows what this thing is.""Knows what? She's barely holding the keep, if you ask me, and you think she can sort this out?"Mina glanced back at me, then reached out and took my hand. Her fingers were small and warm."You okay?" she said.I squeezed her hand without answering, and then she pulled me through the edge of the crowd, and I was standing in the center of a circle of wolves, their faces tilted and eyes lowered."L

386 Just Let Her Go

SeraI didn't move. "How did she get out at all?" I asked plainly, looking at him. "You were supposed to be stationed right outside her door the entire time. How did she get past you?"He shifted his weight, his shoulders rolling down as he glanced at his comrade, then back at me. He parted his lips, but the words stalled in his throat."Luna, I—"His eyes darted to the floor before he forced himself to meet my gaze once more. "I just took a break. I knew it would be a minute, maybe two, and I was sure there would be no—""Quit lying, Dagen… You went out to drink with the others in the great hall." The other guard snapped at me.He shot his fellow a look with real anger in it for having said that, then turned back to me."Forgive me, Luna. It was only meant to be a few minutes. I never imagined she could get free of a locked cage in that time. I genuinely didn't think this could happen."He glanced down at the rogue and shook his head. "I'm sorry.""Why, if you needed to step away at

387 Outside and Inside

SeraNo one moved for a long second after the rogue woman went still. The yard was quiet now, the crowd thinned out, leaving behind only those who hadn't mustered the nerve to slip away. My heart still pounded in my chest, and a slow sense of absurdity crept over me.Mina's hand tightened on my shoulder. "That's an insane thing to say," she hissed. "You weren't here to see what that thing just did." She pointed at the man on the ground, the claw marks still raw down the side of his face and his chest. "You're going to let it go after it did that to him? Not that long ago?"She stared at me, incredulous, searching my face. Her Southern drawl was harsh, her words sharp with disbelief. Her grip on my shoulder remained tight, unyielding.In that moment, she looked less like my sister-in-law and more like a version of Lyra.And maybe, I admitted to myself, I didn't fully understand either. My heartbeat slowed, the tightness in my chest loosening. I looked from her face to the rogue's limp

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