Alle Kapitel von His Human Second Chance Mate: Kapitel 21 – Kapitel 30

LENORA “Orion!” My voice tore out of my throat before I could stop it, raw and sharp, echoing through the clearing as the creature lunged at him. Everything happened too fast. One moment, Orion stood between me and the Noctari, his body tense, eyes blazing with a fury I had never seen before. The next, the creature’s arm twisted unnaturally, its claws elongating in a grotesque, jagged stretch before slashing across his chest. I gasped, my breath hitching painfully. “Orion!” But he didn’t fall. He didn’t even flinch. The claws had torn through his shirt, slicing skin beneath, but he barely reacted. His jaw tightened, eyes narrowing as if the pain meant nothing, as if it only fueled him further. “Is that all?” he growled, his voice low and dangerous, laced with something that made my pulse stutter. The Noctari tilted its head, its lips stretching into a crooked, unnatural smile. “You bleed,” it rasped, its voice scraping against the air like broken glass. “Good. That means you

27 LENORA “Punished!?” The word tore out of me before I could stop it. I pushed myself up on the bed, ignoring the sharp, burning pain that shot through my body. It was worse around my shoulder and neck, spreading like fire beneath my skin, but the shock of his words drowned it out. Orion didn’t move. “Yes,” he replied, his voice tight, controlled in a way that immediately made my chest constrict. I stared at him, my breath coming faster. “I got bitten by a… a vampire-werewolf thing,” I said, my voice trembling despite my effort to steady it. “Isn’t that punishment enough? I might not even survive and—” “Don’t say that.” His tone cut through mine, sharp and immediate. I froze. The intensity in his voice made something inside me falter, but the fear already clawing at my chest didn’t stop. It only grew, twisting tighter, dragging memories I didn’t want to feel back to the surface. “I didn’t know, Orion,” I whispered, my voice breaking as my fingers curled weakly into the sheet

LENORA I turned slowly toward the voice, my body still tense from the sharp, mocking tone that had cut through the quiet of the kitchen. The girl leaning against the doorway didn’t look particularly intimidating at first glance, but there was a restless energy about her that made me wary. Her hair was a deep shade of red, falling in loose waves around her shoulders, and her green eyes gleamed with open mischief. The kind that didn’t bother hiding itself. “Well, well,” she drawled, pushing herself upright as her gaze dragged over me, taking in my appearance with deliberate slowness. “If it isn’t Sleeping Beauty.” I straightened instinctively, even though my shoulder protested at the movement. “Hello,” I replied cautiously, keeping my voice steady despite the irritation already building beneath my skin. Her lips curled, not quite into a smile. “What’s a prissy little princess doing down here?” she continued, tilting her head as if genuinely curious, though the mockery in her tone wa

LENORA I should not have been there. That was the only thought running through my mind as I stood in the shadows behind the ceremonial grounds, my heart beating so loudly it felt like it would give me away before I even took a step forward. The air itself felt different tonight; thick with anticipation, humming with a quiet kind of reverence that made my skin prickle. The full moon hung high above, impossibly bright, casting silver light across the clearing where the entire pack had already begun to gather. Voices filled the space, low and excited, blending into a restless murmur that only grew louder with each passing second. I tightened the cloak around my shoulders, pulling the hood lower over my face as I moved along the edge of the crowd. No one paid me much attention. Why would they? Everyone was too focused on the ceremony, on the young wolves who would shift for the first time tonight. Sixteen. My chest tightened at the thought, but I pushed it aside, forcing my breathi

CHAPTER 33 LENORA I could still feel it. The weight of every stare pressed into my skin like a physical force, heavy enough to make breathing difficult. My cloak clung to my trembling fingers as I held it shut, even though it did little to cover the fact that I had just… shifted. That I had just become something no one expected, something no one had even prepared themselves to see. “She’s an outsider!” The words cracked through the crowd again, sharper this time, louder, like the pack had finally found something solid to latch onto. I flinched at the sound, my feet instinctively stepping back even as my body refused to fully obey me. My legs still felt unfamiliar, like they had not decided whether they belonged to me anymore. “I didn’t do anything,” I whispered under my breath, though it sounded useless even to my own ears. My fingers curled tighter into the fabric of the cloak as my chest rose and fell too quickly. “I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t—” “Lenora.” Orion’s voice cut