Todos los capítulos de The Awakening of Slave: Capítulo 81 - Capítulo 90

Kalev’s POVI stayed in my office for the rest of the day. I was sick to my stomach. Several maids came by, but I didn’t eat. My mind spun. I had to think of a way out of this, but no matter how hard I thought, I kept coming back to the same thing.They were offering me a deal. The council. They wouldn’t hurt Senna if I broke the mate bond. Viktor had said as much.I’d been such a fool. I’d been blinded by love. I wasn’t in control of anything. They were. They always had been. I was just a pawn in their fucked up games. And now Senna was implicated in it too.It was after nine when I finally went back to my bedroom. Senna was sitting at the vanity, brushing her long hair. She glanced over her shoulder at me.“You missed dinner,” she said. “Is everything okay?”My heart broke. It literally broke as I saw her sitting there. She was so wonderful. So strong and beautiful. It wasn’t her fault she was born with a flora wolf. It wasn’t her fault she was sold to me. And it certainly wasn’t he

Senna POVThe Moren estate always felt too large when it was quiet. Not empty because it was never empty. But sometimes it felt like the walls had been built to listen.I knew I would never be completely comfortable in this estate. Which was why I wanted to move to Sector 3. In the future. Once we’d sorted everything out with the siphon and found a way to prove that Viktor’s wolf was fake. If it even was.I wasn’t born for this life of luxury. I was born for the forest, with a bow and arrow in my hand. That was the only place I would ever truly feel comfortable.I was surrounded by maids, getting ready for the gala at Victor’s house tonight. I was surprised we were going, given the circumstances. But Kalev insisted. He said we had to keep up appearances, so that people didn’t become suspicious. And attending tonight was one way to do that.Late afternoon light filtered through the tall glass windows. Dust moved lazily in the rays of sun. I sat in front of the mirror while maids moved

Senna POVThe world did not break loudly. It didn’t have to. That almost made it worse. One moment, we were holding hands. I felt beautiful and loved. Happy.And the next, these awful words were spiling out of his mouth.I didn’t understand. He was speaking but I couldn’t understand what he was saying. Everyone was watching. Nothing felt real. Surely this was some sort of joke? Some sort of cruel twisted joke?Verity howled. It was the saddest sound I’d ever heard. And then I knew, in my heart, that it wasn’t a joke. This was really happening.I understood.He’d broken our bond. He’d rejected me, in this room, in front of all these people and cameras.It felt like something had been cut out of the world. For a second, I couldn’t tell if I was still breathing correctly. The air in the Gala hall suddenly felt too large for my lungs. It felt like air no longer knew how to stay inside me. The lights above didn’t change, but they seemed wrong now, too bright. Too glaring.People moved. I c

Kalev’s POVBy morning, my rejection at the Gala had already been repackaged into footage. There was commentary and carefully edited comments. I watched it on the TV, my heart heavy.Everyone knew. Everyone in the city and everyone in the sectors. Her shocked place replayed over and over. She turned around. Her dress brushed the floor. Then she ran out.Fragments of the night flashed through my mind. The look on her face. The way the council had smugly congratulated me after for doing the right thing.I left the gala shortly after the rejection. I knew that Senna would be in the guest room. I gave her space and didn’t go to check on her. I doubted she would even let me in her room. I expected her not to. But even still, I needed to know that she was okay.The waited until the next morning to check on Senna.On my way to her room, I ran into Thistle.Thistle stood near the far end of the corridor when I passed him. He had been there often enough in the last months that I had stopped ex

Kalev’s POVI stood in the architect’s room.It had been four days since Senna left. I hadn’t heard a word from her. I tried to contact her. she wouldn’t take my calls. I shouldn’t have been surprised. I wouldn’t have taken my calls either.Everyone in the estate was still shooting me daggers with their eyes.And, to make matters worse, Orrin was gone.He’d disappeared. He’d pulled away from me and went somewhere I couldn’t reach him. He’d been so mad at me before he left. He’d tried to push out. He threatened to rip me apart from the inside. He wanted Verity back.But that was the one thing I couldn’t give him.His absence had settled into me the way bone sets after a fracture. It wasn’t sharp anymore. It just felt…permanent.I closed the door behind me and didn’t lock it. No one came here unless they were invited. That was the only reason I still had access. My authority was inherited, not earned.I walked to the central table.The surface lit up at my approach. For a moment, I just