บททั้งหมดของ SCENTBOUND: บทที่ 21 - บทที่ 30

For half a second, its glassy eyes flickered, something like awareness crossed its face. Then it screamed, the sound wasn't human. Lucien took the opening and drove his knee up into its gut, rolling to his feet. "Rian, get back!" I couldn't, my hands were still on it and every second I touched it more of my pheromones poured out. The prototype's movement slowed, it limbs twitched. "Rian, stop," Lucien said, grabbing my shoulders and pulling me back. I staggered. The prototype dropped to its knees, clutching it's head. Varn's voice cut through the speakers, furious. "What did you do to it?" "You haven't seen anything yet, just make sure my father is safe when I come out of here," I said breathing hard. The prototype let out another strangled sound and slammed it's fist into the floor, concrete cracked. "Get behind me," Lucien said. I didn't argue this time, the prototype surged up, faster than before. Lucien fired three shots, aiming for the head, one hit. Th

Lucien was steady on his feet, my pheromones had held him for now. Kael had Theo curled against his side on one cot, both of them asleep. Mara was at the comms, listening to chatter from over three cities. "They're sweeping the outer districts," she said without looking up. "New units, no IDs." "Rogue faction," Lucien said quietly. Mara nodded. "Probably they're not coordinating with central command." I sat on the edge of a cot cleaning my dried blood from under my nails, my shoulder burned but it was manageable but my pheromones weren't. They were restless again humming under my skin like a live wire. "Rian," Lucien called. I looked up, he was watching me eyes sharp. "You're leaking," he said Mara cut in before I could answer. "Movements on the upper level, two teams armed and moving fast." Kael woke up instantly hand on Theo's shoulder, Theo woke too, bond instincts kicking in. "Exit's?" Kael asked. "One," Mara said. "Through the tunnels, it will take us unde

I let my pheromones out, intentionally. Ilyana's eyes widened as the air shifted. The operatives in the room staggered. "Rian," my mother whispered. I didn't look at her, I kept my eyes on Ilyana. "You want control?" I said. "Then try controlling this." Ilyana's face twisted. "Kill him," she said. The operatives moved but too slow, my pheromones hit them like a wave. They dropped their weapons and sank to their knees, Ilyanna reached for a hidden blade but I was faster, I grabbed her wrist and twisted it. She screamed. "If you think you can walk out that door alive, then you most be a joker." "Oh, thanks for the advice, now where is the main exit." She spat at me, i let my pheromones spike. She gasped, clutching her head. "Tell me!" "Service tunnel," she choked out. "Behind you." I let her go then Lucien burst through the door a second later, gun up, Kael and Theo were behind him. Mara went to my mother, cutting her bonds. "Rian!" Lucien called, scanning me

Ilyana walked toward me, slow and deliberate."Give me Rian," she said, "And I will let you live."I laughed, breath ragged. "You don't get to have him."Ilyana knelt beside me, pressing her gun to my head. "Then you die here."My eyes were calm. "Worth it," I said."Now, I have changed my mind, bring him and the Omega too," she ordered.Theo was beside me, one of the operatives had knocked him out. KAEL POVI hit the ground hard, debris and dust filled my lungs."Theo!"No answer. I rolled, scanning the dark looking for Theo, I thouht I ran with him.I swore under my breath and moved.The bond between us frayed, stretched thin by distance and chaos. I could feel Theo's panic and fear like it was my own.Footsteps echoed from the far end. Task Force.I didn't wait, I moved, silent and fast, using the shadows. I had to find Theo and get him out. RIAN POVWe were half way to Mara's apartment when her comms flared."Kael," she said. "Kael."Then Kael's voice came in."Theo's be

"No, I won't," Lucien said."You don't understand, I won't be able to stop my self and your scent is dragging me closer."Lucien moved closer to me, at that moment. I lost every bit of my self to it, I held his hand and used a tie that was left by the bed and tied his hands together and pinned him on the bed.He used his Alpha scent to fight it, he struggled to get up, but he was no match to me or my pheromones, I was way stronger than he thought.I was desperate, the rut made me rough and I lost control. His clothes were not removed, they were torn. Everything happened so fast and angry, I went on for hours.At the end I couldn't stop my self from marking him, I brought my face to his neck, I found his scent gland and I marked him, he winced in pain.The last thing I heard him say was. "Why?" then he went steel.That was when I came back to my senses, I turned him over and brought his face closer to mine, I couldn't hear him breath, I was so scared I covered him up wore my clothes an