Chapter one hundred and ninety-nine

Draven’s POVChanting meant people, and people meant we were already too late to simply walk in quiet."How voices " I whispered, my voice barely there as I tried to pull the noise apart to count each one." many to take on directly " Thor said, his face grim. "Ten maybe more. This isn't just guards anymore.""They're not guards " my aunt said, her eyes dark, with something deep. Something that had seen much. "Listen to the rhythm. That’s not a circle of defense. That’s a ritual already in motion."The words cut through me like ice. I felt Bella stiffen beside me. The truth hit us all at same moment same breath."They have the elder " Bella said, her voice low but sharp. "They’re not waiting for me. They’ve started without me.""That shouldn’t happen " the operative said, her voice cracking. "The files said the ritual needed your blood—given freely. If they’re going ahead without you—" Her sentence trailed off hanging in the air like smoke.Then either the files were incomplete or the

Chapter two hundred

Bella’s POVThe elder's hand closed around the blade before anyone else in that chamber fully registered what she was doing, and she turned it on herself before I could cross the distance to stop her."No " I screamed, the sound raw and useless as Dravens arm caught me hard around the waist pulling me back from a lunge that would have come late regardless.The blade never reached the chest of the woman. The blade stopped, shaking, an inch from the heart of the woman. The hands of the woman shook violently as the woman tried to hold the blade of finishing the motion."I will not be used " the elder said, voice. Fierce addressing the woman rather than any of us. "Not as leverage, against the woman."Not as a substitute for a ritual that was never meant to touch me. If you want blood tonight, you'll have to take it from someone unwilling to give it freely, and you'll have to live with exactly what that costs you."The womans face was completely empty like she was thinking about something

Chapter two hundred and one

Draven’s POVGordon picked up before the first ring finished, which told me he'd been holding the phone since the moment we left the grounds."Tell me everyone is where they're supposed to be " I said."Everyone is exactly where they're supposed to be." His voice came low and flat the voice he used when he'd already walked every room in the house twice. "Frey is on the porch with the shotgun across his knees. A blanket over the shotgun so it looks like hes cold. Jennifer is asleep in the bedroom. I'm in the kitchen with a line to the front gate. Nobody has come near this place."Bella held her phone up so I could see the photograph again. The kitchen window. The edge of Freys shoulder. Jennifer at the table with a mug, in both hands staring at nothing."She sent Bella a picture of the house," I said. "Taken through the kitchen window. Frey andJennifer are in it.""What time did it come in.""Ten minutes ago.""Then it's an old picture." A chair scraped on his end. "Jennifer sat at th

All Chapters of THE REJECTED LUNA’S SECOND CHANCE WITH THE BIKER ALPHA: Chapter 201 - Chapter 203

Chapter one hundred and ninety-nine

Chapter two hundred

Chapter two hundred and one