All Chapters of Bound To The Night Reaper: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Maya's POV:“The child is mine.” His words echoed in my head as I clutched the wall, one hand pressed to the wood paneling and nails bit into the grain until my fingertips went numb. Inside, Victoria’s voice sliced through the silence.“What do you mean, the child is yours?” She demanded.“Six years ago, before Samantha left for Nolan’s pack, I went to her and we spent a week together right before she left for her wedding. A week into her marriage she found out she was pregnant but knowing that she hadn't been intimate with Nolan that long, she waited until the fetus was three weeks along so she could pin it on Nolan. Eventually she divorced him because of his promiscuity but when she came home, her father wouldn’t even look at her. So I brought her here and rented her an apartment, only then did she finally open up to me. I ran a DNA test just to be sure and it confirmed that Devlin is indeed my son.”Every word landed heavier than the last, crushing the air out of me and I couldn’t

Declan's POV: The council chamber felt smaller than usual with me seated at the head, fingers drumming once against the wood before I forced them still. My mother, Victoria, occupied the chair to my right, her posture ramrod straight, lips pressed into that familiar line of disapproval. The Elders, five of them, all gray-haired, filled the rest of the seats, eyes boring into me like I had personally betrayed the pack. Elder Harlan leaned forward first, his deep voice cutting through the silence. “Alpha Declan, the entire pack is unsettled by this sudden divorce. We were never consulted, and the council received no word beforehand. What exactly led to the end of your marriage with Maya, and why did you move forward without involving us?”I had been so furious the day she demanded for a divorce that I forgot to speak to anyone. Instead, I had my Beta make the announcement online, convinced she would come crawling back because I knew how deeply she felt for me. For days afterward I

Maya's POV: “This can't be real.” I said, pinching the skin on my forearm, hard enough to leave a red mark, desperate for the sharp sting to pull me out of this dream. Pain bloomed instantly, which told me that this wasn’t a nightmare. Declan had truly gone this far, crossing every line, and stooping to kidnapping just to bend me to his will.Realizing this, my knees buckled and I grabbed the doorframe to keep from collapsing, fingers digging into the wood until my knuckles turned white. “Declan, please ” I begged, voice cracking as tears burned behind my eyes. “If anything happens to Ethan, it will destroy my mother. Her heart is already so weak. You know that. You’ve seen how fragile she is since the cancer came back.”“Her weak heart is exactly why you should say yes, Maya. She’s probably already breaking down from the news that Ethan went missing. If something happens to him, she’ll die. And if your parents’ bond is as strong as you always claimed, then your father might follow

Maya's POV:“Why?” I whispered into the empty room, my voice cracking. Why did the Moon Goddess let my life unravel like this? First she allowed those horrors to swallow my family, then she forced me into a marriage of convenience with Declan who I gave him five years of my life and what did I get in return? He chose his ex over me the moment she returned, casting me aside like I was nothing. Now I was trapped here with a man who had proven himself a demon, a monster who admitted he killed my baby without a flicker of remorse.Sobs tore from my chest as I clutched my still-flat belly, fingers pressing against the emptiness where my child had been only hours ago. The tiny life I had secretly begun to love, my last fragile connection to the man I had foolishly adored, was gone. The door creaked open and I looked up to see a middle-aged woman in a white coat, her dark hair pulled into a neat bun and a stethoscope draped around her neck. She looked every bit the professional doctor, her

Jasper's POV"I take it that she's not pleased with being held here against her will," I commented as I walked into the room and looked at Cassian.He was facing the window, and looked over his shoulder briefly."Have you gotten word from our commanders?" He inquired, completely ignoring my question.I would've easily pushed for that conversation, but I knew Cassian.He wouldn't be able to resist ignoring it, as long as I played my cards right.All I had to do was go with his flow, and everything would eventually circle back to Maya."All nine packs unanimously pledge their allegiance to you.We have the full support of the leadership structures that we have implemented.We also have eradicated nearly all of the rebellious factions that had started growing roots within the packs." I reported to him."Nearly all?" He asked, slowly turning around.I should have seen that coming.Cassian was a perfectionist. And I knew exactly how he felt with the idea that someone could be plotting agai