บททั้งหมดของ SCENTBOUND: บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

Chapter 11 - The Illusion Of Safety

RIAN POV The safehouse sat at the edge of a dead orchard, twenty kilometers past the last city checkpoint. One floor, no windows on the ground level, Lucien called it off-grid I called it a tomb with plumbing. But it had a lock that worked, a generator that hummed and no Task Force drones in the sky. For now that was enough. Theo collapsed on the cot the second we got inside. Kael didn't leave his side, he just sat on the floor beside him, close enough to catch him if he fell but far enough not to crowed. Lucien locked the door, checked the perimeter cameras twice, then turned to me. "You're pale," he said. "So are you," I shot back. He didn't smile. "When did you last sleep." "Before the breach." "Then sleep now," I shook my head. "Not until you you tell me what the council wants with Theo." Lucien's jaw tightened. "They want leverage. Omegas with instable heats can be weaponized. They wanted to see if they could force it and control it. "And Theo?" "They t

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Chapter 12 - Together

RIAN POV "Down!" Lucien hissed, dragging me off the bed onto the floor. His body covered mine before I could think to move. Outside, Boots hit the dirt and voices. "Council forces," Kael said from the doorway rifle already raised, his voice was flat but his hands were shaking. "They found us." Theo sat up, eyes wide and glassy. "How many?" "Too many," Kael said. "And they're not here to negotiate." Lucien was already moving, pulling me to my feet. "We need the back exit now." "No," I said, pulling away. "We fight." Lucien grabbed my chin, forcing me to look at him. His eyes were cold and furious. "You die if you fight, I'm not losing you." "Then don't let me fight alone." For a second I thought he would argue. Then his jaw clenched and he nodded once. "Stay behind me." Kael moved to Theo, helping him up. "Can you run." Theo nodded, though I could see the effort it took, at that moment I knew running was the best option. "Yeah," he said. "Good cause we are

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Chapter 13 - Across The Line

The border wasn't a wall, it was a scar. Old concertina wire, rusted watchtowers and a stretch of no-man's-land that still smelled like ozone from the last skirmish three year's ago. The council called it a "Containment zone" Everyone else called it the line. we reached it at dawn. Lucien killed the engine a kilometer out. "Cameras are blind here for 22 minutes. That's our window." Kael was already out of the car, scouting ahead. He moved like a ghost low and quiet checking sightlines. Theo stayed in the back seat, eyes closed, conserving energy, the heat had passed but it had taken too much out of him. I sat beside Lucien watching Kael through the windshield. "He's good," I said quietly. "He's trained to be, Lucien replied, "The question is whether he's trained to stop." Kael signaled. Clear. We moved. crossing the line on foot was faster than trying to drive. The car would be flagged the second it hit a scanner. Lucien carried our pack. Kael carried Theo when his

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Chapter 14 - Black Site

I knew it was the black site the second I opened my eyes. Sub-level 4, facility K-9 old Task Force holding. Decommissioned on paper, still running off the books. My hands were zip-tied again, my head still rang from the takedown at the border. "Rian Kade," a voice said from the dark. "Unregistered Enigma. Bounty confirmed, you're popular." The light flicked on. Agent Mirelle. Task Force. Mid-30s, sharp eyes, she had been Kael's second before he walked out. "Where's Kael?" I asked. "Not here," she replied. " And if he was, he wouldn't be helping you." I kept my face blank. "Then what do you want?" "Answers," she leaned forward, elbows on the steel table. "Where's the Omega?" I smiled, slow and sharp. "You first, where's Lucien?" Mirelle's jaw tightened "He escaped." "Good," I said. " Now you have to kill me or I walk away." Her eyes narrowed. "You think you're untouchable." "I think you're scared of what happens if Lucien comes." The door opened befor

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Chapter 15 - The Third Faction

RIAN POV "Looks like we are late to the party," I said. Mirelle turned furious. "Mr. Voss! you're interfering with a federal operation!" Lucien ignored her. His eyes found me for half a second, checking if I was intact, the locked onto Kael. "Kael," he called. "Stop." Kael paused, chest heavy. Lucien walked forward calm, deliberate. "You're going to get Theo killed, you're going to get yourself killed for it," Lucien said. Kael's jaw clenched. "He's safer with me dead." "Bullshit," I said. "He's safer with you alive and pissed off." Theo made a small sound behind Kael. Kael's shoulders dropped a fraction, he lowered his gun. Mirelle seized the moment. "Take them, all of them." Agents moved in. Lucien moved faster. He stepped in front of me, between me and the nearest agent and let his scent hit the room. Full S-class Alpha no suppressants. The air went thick. Three agents staggered back eyes watering, one dropped to his knees. "Anyone else, who wants try

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Chapter 16 - Collapse

"Get in the car," Lucien told the merc, voice dominant. The merc turned and walked to the SUV like a puppet. Lucien shut the door behind him and turned back to me. "Rian, breathe." I couldn't, my chest was tight, my heart racing, the wound burned but it was the pheromones that scared me. I'd never lost control like that before. "Look at me," Lucien said. I forced my eyes open. cold, steady, anchoring. "Breathe with me," he said. "In. Out." I did once. Twice. The pull receded, my scent settled Lucien exhaled like he'd been holding his breath too. "Good," he said quietly. "You're okay." I wasn't okay, my shoulder was on fire and fir the first time I was scared of what I could do without my control. Kael was now at the back seat, Theo still in his arms. Theo's eyes were wide and scared but clear, he couldn't do anything to help. "You good?" Kael asked me. "Define good," I said voice shaky. Kael nodded once. "That'll do." Lucien helped me to my feet, one arm around my w

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Chapter 17 - Rut And Bond

KAEL POV I dropped to my knees in front of him, my scent was sharp with distress and restraint. "Look at me," I said. "Theo look at me." Theo couldn't. I reached out, cupping his face. "I'm here, I am not leaving you." Lucien stood behind Rian breathing hard his scent was changing again, cedar turning darker, heavier. His hands closed around Rian's wrist, his jaw clenched. In my hand Theo let out a broken sob, my control snapped. I pulled Theo into my arms holding him tight, murmuring low in his ear. My scent flared, Alpha, protective, possessive. "I have got you," I whispered. Theo shuddered against me, clinging like he was drowning, I looked up at Rian, eyes wild. "If i don't mark him, he will hurt himself or worse." We all understood, without a bond, an Omega in full heat could tear themselves apart trying to find relief. "Then mark him," Rian said. My face went blank with shock. "Are you sure?" Lucien asked behind Rian. His voice was dangerously qui

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Chapter 18 - Breakfast And Ash

I woke up because Theo's breathing changed. Not that sharp inhale he used to do when nightmares had him by the throat, just soft like his body finally figured out we are not in danger anymore. Safe and warm. I crack one eye open, he was curled against my chest, face all relaxed for once, his scent hit me, clean and sweet, his Omega scent but calm. For weeks, waking up meant, to check locks, hand on a weapon, but today I wake up with an arm full of Theo and zero panic. I grinned into his hair. "morning mate, you were snoring." Theo mumbled into my chest, voice all rough from sleep and tiredness. "I don't snore, you snore like a bear." "An S-class Alpha bear," I corrected, smiling. He laughed the kind that used to get knocked out of him back when we were running, it vibrates through our bond and hit me right in the ribs. Warm, bright and happy. Theo tilts his head up, he stared at me with his beautiful big eyes. "Kael, I thought when I opened my eyes, you would be gon

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Chapter 19 - Infiltration

Lucien's expression went still. "They have him," He said quietly. "And they're using him to make sure I come out," I said. Theo stepped forward. "Where is this?" "Facility K-9," I said. "The same place they took me." Lucien looked at me. "We go," he said. I nodded. There was no other choice but as we went to the car I felt it, a shift in my scent, uncontrolled and unwanted. My Enigma pheromones were raising again and this time, I wasn't sure I could stop it. The car smelled like blood and rut. Kael drove with both hands on the wheel, jaw tight. Theo sat in the front seat with one hand on Kael's laps, the bond between them was new and raw and every jolt of Kael's tension hit Theo twice as hard. I sat in the back seat with Lucien arm around my waist, my shoulder pressed against his side. "Talk to me," he said. "About what? the fact that my father's in K-9 and we are driving straight into a trap?" "No, I just wanted to know how you feel about everything," he said.

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Chapter 20 - Extraction

The central lab smelled like antiseptic and burnt wiring. Cold steel tables, monitors blinking with data I didn't want to understand. My father was strapped to the center table, eyes closed, chest rising and falling too fast, electrodes ran from his temples to a machine the size of a fridge, humming with a low wrong frequency. "Rian." Dr. Elias Varn stepped out from shadow, he was in his late 50s, lab coat, eyes too sharp for a man who hasn't slept in day. He smiled like he'd just found a rare specimen. Lucien stepped forward, putting himself between me and Varn. "Let him go." Varn's smile didn't change. "I can't do that, Mr. Voss, not when he's the key." His gaze slid past Lucien to me. "Come closer Enigma, let's see what you can do." My shoulder burned, my pheromones were unstable again, reacting to the machine's frequency, the air felt heavy like before a storm. "Turn it off," I said. "Not until I get what I need," Varn said. "Your father's brain chemistry is uni

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