Semua Bab BOUND BY THE ROGUE ALPHA: SWORN TO THE LYCAN KING: Bab 11 - Bab 16

RIAThe underground crypt was freezing. Kael held my thumb over Tonia’s glass coffin. He pulled out a silver blade, his face pale and tight in the dim light."You ready for this?" Kael asked."Just cut it, Kael," I said. "We agreed to seven days. Let us get the first drop done."He pressed the sharp edge against my skin. A thick drop of red blood formed on my thumb. He tilted my hand over the glass slider, and the blood dropped straight onto Tonia's cold lips.The moment it left my body, a sudden cold hit my chest.It felt as if my heart stopped beating. The stone walls blurred around me. My knees gave out, and my legs went totally limp. A freezing shiver slammed through my spine, making my teeth chatter so hard my jaw hurt."Ria!" Kael shouted.He dropped the blade and caught me before I hit the floor. His hands were shaking against my cheeks."It is... so cold," I managed to say. My breath came out as white fog. "I cannot feel my hands.""Your core temperature is crashing," Kael sai

RiaMy feet dragged on the stone floor as Kael led me back inside the master suite.The mark on my shoulder was still throbbing hot from his bite in the courtyard. The blood on my linen tunic had dried into a stiff red patch over my collarbone, and my legs felt like lead from the second blood drop we had just completed in the crypt."Sit down on the bed," Kael said, closing the heavy oak doors behind us and throwing the iron bolt into place."I do not want to lie down," I said, my voice quiet. I walked slowly toward the tall silver vanity mirror near the balcony windows, resting my hands on the carved wooden frame to keep my knees from shaking. "If I lie down right now, I will not wake up until tomorrow."Kael walked up behind me. He did not have his tunic on. His broad chest was bare, his skin still marked with the red lines my nails had left on him yesterday. In the mirror, his dark gray eyes watched my reflection."Your face is pale," Kael said. He reached for a wooden comb on the

RIAThe pack hall was packed to the limit. High-ranking wolves stood shoulder to shoulder around the heavy stone table.. They whispered back and forth, trying to guess why the Alpha had called an emergency assembly of the pack council.Kael stood at the head of the table. His tall frame threw a massive shadow across the floor. Darius sat at his right hand, his dark eyes locked on the crowd. I stood right between them, my pulse hammering against my ribs. The elders stared at me with heavy, doubtful eyes. I held my ground and stared right back."Silence," Kael growled.His command crashed through the room. The hall fell dead silent. Nobody dared to breathe when the Alpha spoke like that."There is a snake in our territory," Kael said, his voice cold enough to freeze blood. "Information has been leaking to rogue packs. Tonight, the traitor gets exposed."Beta Selene stepped out from the front row of the council. Her face was a mask of perfect calm, but her scent was spiked with sour fear