บททั้งหมดของ BOUND BY THE ROGUE ALPHA: SWORN TO THE LYCAN KING: บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 18

RiaMy shoulder still felt warm from Kael's bed when I stepped out into the stone corridor on the morning of the second day .He had let me sleep beside him without touching me again, his hand heavy and protective over my waist all night. I was on my way to fetch a fresh set of clothes from the lower washrooms while Kael spoke with his commanders.The corridor was long, cold, and quiet. The morning sun was barely breaking through the high slit windows.I had just passed the turn toward the guard posts when a arm reached out from a dark alcove. A hand slammed around my wrist and yanked me sideways off the main path."Get your hand off me!" I snapped, my heel sliding on the damp stone.Darius shoved me back against the cold wall. His eyes were wide, bloodshot, and frantic. He reeked of stale liquor and cold sweat, and the sword at his hip clattered loudly against his thigh as he crowded into my space."Where are you going in such a hurry, Ria?" Darius whispered. His thumb pressed down h

RIAThe sex was good, but we both knew we had tocontinue with the healing, Kael stood directly behind me, his hand resting on the small of my back. He felt like an iron furnace against the damp chill of the room. Down below us, Tonia’s skin looked gray inside her glass coffin."Are you ready?" Kael asked."No," I said. "I am never ready for this room.""It takes ten seconds, Ria," he said, his voice dropping low near my ear. "Just ten seconds, and then I carry you back upstairs.""You do not need to carry me," I said, stepping forward until my knees hit the stone base of the coffin. "I can walk.""You did not walk yesterday," Kael said. "And you barely walked the day before.""Because your crypt is an icebox, Kael.""Because you are giving up your life force," he corrected. He pulled the silver dagger from his belt and reached for my left hand. "Give me your finger."I held out my hand. He held my wrist steady, his thumb resting over my pulse point. He pricked the tip of my index fin

RIAI stood near the fireplace in Kael’s room. I used a towel to dry my wet hair. The main hall downstairs was still quiet after Darius killed Selene. The blood on the floor was gone, but the room still felt cold.Out at the iron gates of our territory, Kael was finishing pack business.Lyra Vale stood in the cold water outside the gates. Her jacket was soaked. Her black hair was stuck to her face. She had helped Selene spread lies about me to the elders. She had tried to turn the whole pack against me. Now her time in our territory was over. Kael stood right in front of her. His big frame blocked the light. His face was cold and hard."Please, Kael," Lyra begged. Her voice shook from the freezing wind. "I was only loyal to the Beta rank! You cannot throw me away like this. We have history together! I supported you for years!""Your history means nothing to me," Kael said. His voice was flat and harsh. "You betrayed this pack. You tried to ruin Ria’s name. You helped a traitor."Kael

KAELThe door of our private quarters slammed shut behind us, cutting off the chill of the pack house corridor.I hauled Ria against my chest before she could take two steps into the room, my hands gripping her waist hard enough to leave bruises through her cotton shirt. The duffel bag containing my travel gear hit the floorboards with a heavy thud, but I didn't care about the pack meetings, the council elders, or the border disputes waiting for me two territories away. All I cared about was the frantic, uneven rhythm of her heartbeat hammering beneath my palms, wild and desperate."You're leaving too soon," Ria whispered, her voice tight with a sudden spike of panic as her hands pressed flat against my chest.She tilted her chin up to look at me, her silver-flecked eyes wide, restless, and shadowed by a dark premonition she refused to name."It's a mandatory council review," I growled, my voice low and vibrating with a dark, restless edge that scraped against my own ribs. "Three day