Todos los capítulos de The Awakening of Slave: Capítulo 91 - Capítulo 100

Senna’s POVThree weeks into staying at the Marrow estate, I stopped expecting locked doors at every turn. That didn’t mean I trusted the place.The estate ran like a well-oiled machine. Everything was on a time table. The staff appeared at predictable hours, and the meals arrived without me asking for them. The guards rotated in patterns, at the same times, in the same circles. It was very different that Kalev’s estate. It felt more controlled.I learned quickly everything I needed to know about the estate quickly.In Sector 6, survival meant ‘usefulness’. You stayed alive by being useful. That was an instinct that followed me here whether I wanted it to or not.When a heating system in the east wing stopped working, I fixed it. No one else had noticed the vents were clogged with ash buildup. When a stable hand nearly lost two horses to ruined grain, I pointed out that the grain was moldy before any other horses got sick. When the servants struggled with moving supply crates through

Senna’s POVViktor sat across from me near the fireplace. He had one ankle crossed over the opposite knee. The sleeves of his white shirt were rolled neatly to his forearms. He looked relaxed.“You reorganized the eastern staff schedules,” he said, lifting his tea. I looked up from the book I wasn’t really reading.“I had to change them. They were inefficient.” There was no tone in my voice.“The staff has taken a shine to you. They’re terrified of disappointing you now,” he told me, sipping his tea.“That sounds like a them problem.” I looked up and saw his mouth twitched.“There she is,” he said with a bemused smile.I narrowed my eyes.“Who?”“The strong and sarcastic Victor.”“Careful,” I said dryly. “You’re starting to sound like you’re fond of me.”He smiled outright then.“Oh, I am fond. I am very, very fond of you.”There was something about the way he said it that unsettled me. Verity was on edge. She always was when we were around Viktor. She reminded me again that he had no

Senna’s POVThe nights were the worst. At least daytime at the Marrow estate came with distractions. They was training. And the staff. And all the ways I’d made myself useful. There was Viktor and our tea meetings. During the day, there were tasks to occupy my hands.But the night left too much room for thinking. I didn’t like it, being alone with my thoughts.The estate was quiet around me. Outside my bedroom windows, the grounds disappeared into darkness. The moon shone overhead. Viktor didn’t have a private forest, not like Kalev had. There was nowhere for me to let out Verity. There was nowhere for us to run.I sat cross-legged near the fireplace, sharpening a knife I did not need to sharpen. The memory of Kalev standing in the ballroom flashed through my mind. The sharp burn of the rejection. I shoved the thought away hard enough to make my chest ache. No. I was not doing this tonight.I stood up and went to the window. Something was moving across the dark lawn. It was a figure.

Kalev’s POVThe island was finished.The news of the games had spread far and wide. But no one knew that I’d changed the island. It was my final surprise. An island fully integrated to be a platform for flora wolves.The mere thought of flora wolves made me think of Senna.I missed Senna so much. That’s what I was thinking about as I stepped onto the island. I had gone there to see if for myself.The helicopter sat behind me. The air here was different from the Capital. I inhaled it. I was thicker and damper with salt. I could feel the living things all around me.Senna’s island. Verity’s island. Constructed with them in mind. This was their tribute.I stepped down onto the soil and the ground responded immediately. It was subtle at first, just a small shift under my boot. It was as though the earth was acknowledging the pressure from my foot rather than resisting it. The sand bent in a slow ripple outward from where I stood. Not away from me, but toward me, like it was deciding wheth

Senna’s POVHis arm was wrapped around my back. He stared down at me, fire in his eyes. He was so close I could feel his breath on my lips.“I’m sorry, Senna,” he said, his voice husky. “I know there’s no way I can ever make it up to you. The pain I caused you. But please know, I was doing it for you. Viktor is dangerous. Way more dangerous than we originally thought. But we can take him down. Together.”My heart hammered in my chest. My mind spun. Being this close to Kalev, I felt like I couldn’t think straight. Our bond was broken, but our sexual chemistry was still strong.It was so confusing. I loved him. But all the pain of the mate bond was still raw in my memory. I could never go through something like that again. It had been too hard. I wouldn’t survive it a second time.But he only done it to save me. So there was that. He hadn’t wanted to break our bond. The look in his eyes made that very clear. He’d been a wreck without me. I could see it on his face. And he’d spent this e