Lahat ng Kabanata ng Rejected by my mate: Bounded by the Ruthless Lycan : Kabanata 141 - Kabanata 150

Wisteria's brown and red-streaked wolf was barely recognizable beneath all the blood. The gashes she had carved across the rogue's forelegs and back were leaking crimson steadily into her fur but the rogue hadn't gone down. It absorbed every blow like it was built for it, and when it snapped its jaws shut around Wisteria's foot the crack of the bite was sickening. She howled. Her hind legs fired and sent the wolf stumbling backward but it caught itself before it fell, planting its massive paws into the ground and shaking off the hit like it was nothing. 'That's not normal'Zara's breath stayed locked in her chest as she watched from where she'd landed in the mud. Lycans from a royal bloodline were built differently with strength that most wolves would never touch in their lifetimes. Wisteria should have ended this already. But the rogue matched her. Every single time. Maybe even exceeded her. Zara's legs wouldn't move. Some part of her brain kept running the calculation; 'if

We're giving you a chance to escape the castle, Wisteria." Wisteria's brow arched. "Uhh no? You're looking for a spy." "Same thing," Zara retorted. A long breath left Wisteria's lips. She leaned backwards against the tree behind her, her arms loosely at her sides, like she was trying to let the bark absorb some of the weight of what she had just been told. "Coming here alone was me risking my life for you," she said. "What do you mean I need to do it again?" The disbelief in her voice wasn't exaggerated. She genuinely couldn't wrap her head around it. Zara stepped over a dead branch to close the distance between them. "I know you have it in you to be brave." She said it the same way someone would say it to a person who had already proven it but refused to see it in themselves. "I saw what you did for me and Kael back at the castle, when King James almost killed us." "It was nothing." Wisteria scoffed. "But it wasn't." Silence stretched between them. Wisteria didn't argue but s

We could use her to get information about King James and Lucian." Zara said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world. She leaned against the door frame with her arms folded, her face set into the kind of expression that made it clear she had already made up her mind and was simply waiting for everyone else to catch up. "She despises me," Kael said, his voice flat. "And she doesn't know you. So why would she help us with anything?" He didn't look at her when he said it. He was seated with one leg crossed over the other, his elbow resting on the arm of the chair and his chin propped against his knuckles. Disinterested, or at least doing a convincing impression of it. Still, Zara noticed the way his ears stayed sharp, catching every word she said. She pushed off the door frame and walked into the room, slow and deliberate, both men watching her without a word. "Because we have a common enemy." She let that sit for a moment before she continued. "She hates your father almos

Zara's eyes snapped open. Her heart was still racing, her wolf pacing restlessly in the back of her mind. Too many close calls. Too many near misses ever since she and Kael had fled the pack. Something.. or someone had been hunting her. She was exhausted down to her bones. And now even her dreams had been poisoned. She turned to look at Kael. He was still asleep, unbothered, chest rising and falling in slow, steady rhythm. His long lashes cast soft shadows against his cheekbones. His lips were slightly parted. He looked almost peaceful. Almost angelic. She shook him. Hard But he didn't move. "Kael." Nothing. She leaned close to his ear. "Kael, wake up!" He jolted upright, silver eyes flying open. Zara studied his face - every sharp angle, every familiar line - and felt her stomach twist. The figure in her dream had nothing gentle about it. And yet it had worn his face. His exact face. His exact body. "What's wrong?" He rubbed his eyes, voice rough with sleep. "Someone's bee

Kael isn't going anywhere." Zara pushed past him and stood defensively in front of him, ready to shift if need be. Reginald chuckled. "Stand back, my dear. I'm only carrying out my duty," he stated. "As am I," Zara said. Reginald's face settled back into his earlier stoic expression. He raised his hand and moved two fingers, signalling the other guards to come forward. "I must go." Kael's expression hardened as he stepped forward. He wanted to cling to hope, but if the others before him had died trying, there was no point in him trying at all. Besides, they were cornered. He was trying, but even he couldn't defeat three Lycan guards. "Listen to me-" She tried to block his path with her arms outstretched, but he pushed her aside and kept walking toward Reginald. "Kael," she called out, but he didn't answer. The two guards behind Reginald stepped forward and grabbed him. Reginald then led the way to the basement. "Goodbye, Miss Zara. We'll be back in no time to show you the way