My Second Chance Mate is a Barbarian 의 모든 챕터: 챕터 551 - 챕터 560

KaneThe Ironmaw Alpha and the woman traded a look that made my skin prickle.Then the Alpha smiled. It was a casual thing, almost friendly. "Is that so?" he asked, eyes glinting.I took it as sympathy."Yes, that's so," I said, shaking my head sadly. "She was a beautiful woman, the kind that men would kill to be near, you know?" I worked my jaw, as if I was having trouble getting the words out. "But I was wrong. She betrayed me in the worst way, broke our bond. It took me a long time to find out, but..." I trailed off, letting the silence stretch out for a moment.The woman at the Alpha's shoulder frowned, her brow furrowing in confusion. Beside me, I could feel Elara's gaze on me, but I ignored it.I was in the zone now, spinning the tale and getting lost in it. It was almost as if I really was telling the truth."When I found out what she was doing, I was devastated," I continued, letting my voice catch. "Part of me wanted to keep her close, to try and fix things, but I knew I could

KaneSera came down the length of the table, unhurried, until she stood directly in front of me, close. Close enough for me to feel the warmth of her breath. She tilted her head, looking up at me with an unreadable expression."Say it again," she said, voice quiet. "To my face, this time."She waited then, a patient stillness, as if she were collecting my words to keep. I couldn't read what she wanted.The quiet ledger-keeper I had put out of my house stood here, wearing another Alpha's mark, and looking at me as if I were small. I felt tiny before her, like a child called to task. My stomach twisted.In the face of her cool, patient silence, I reached for my charm out of habit.A smile, a soft voice, something to assure her that everything would be alright. But I couldn't smile at her, not after what I had just said in front of everyone. So I turned to the side instead."Things were complicated, back then," I said. "Between us. You know how it was."I left it there, hoping it was eno

JaceBleak winter darkness. Icy stone. I rolled over into the furs, pulling them tighter. "Mina?""Shh." Her voice, soft, from across the room. "I'm getting dressed. Go back to sleep."I sat up and squinted at the embers of last night's fire. The room was pitch dark. "What are you doing? It's the middle of the fucking night.""Middle of the night?" She snorted. "Don't be such a Southern baby. This is practically noon for us Northerners." The metallic clang of a buckle hitting the stone floor."Southern baby?" I grumbled, reaching out to catch her in the darkness. "It's still the middle of the night, woman. And so dark in here it's practically a cave.""Ooh, a cave?" Her voice was sharp with teasing. "A real man wouldn't be whining about getting out of bed. Guess that means you don't have any balls, huh?""Oh, they're there, all right."I found her and grabbed her by the waist, pulling her onto the bed with me. She squealed in surprise. "And they're about to make you late." I rolled on

JaceI was still grinning, still chuckling, the laughter fading from my lips even as I pushed through the hall door. Mina walked at my side, holding my arm tight as if she thought I might run off.Then I saw him, and everything in me just stopped cold. My thoughts, my breath, my heartbeat. All of it. I stared at Kane, my Alpha, my oldest friend, and my mind struggled to wrap around the sight.This had to be a joke, a dream, some kind of hallucination. Because Kane couldn't have gotten on a horse, travel north.He worried and paced and stayed home. He had things done to him and always felt sad about it afterward. But here he was, standing in the middle of the Ironmaw stronghold.Here he was.My throat went dry, the bread suddenly an unwanted weight in my hand. Mina's fingers tightened around my bicep in warning.I took in the rest of the room in one swift glance: the haggard grey of Kane's face, Elara standing rigid at his side, Sera's blank expression beside the stone hearth, Fenris l

KaneI stood there long after the footsteps were gone. Then I dropped onto the edge of the bed and picked up the cup she hadn't touched. I drank it down.Poured another. The fire popped. Somewhere below, laughter carried up through the stone, Northern wolves drinking like nothing had happened.I tipped the jug for a third and got a few drops, then nothing. I shook it. Empty. The cup went down on the stand harder than I meant it to. The room was too quiet, the door still hanging open, the marks of her boots still pressed into the furs.Below, the laughter rose again. That was where the drink was. I was on my feet and out the door before I'd thought any further than that.The keep was big, the halls far from my quarters. Two Ironmaw warriors were coming the other way, and the bigger one slowed when he saw me."Lost, little Alpha?" He jerked his chin at the wall. "South's that way."The other one snorted. "Leave him be. Pup's had a long day."They laughed and shouldered past, close enoug