บททั้งหมดของ Echoes of the Fractured Bond: บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

The explosion shook the entire den like an earthquake. Dust and small rocks rained from the ceiling as the alarms blared through every corridor. My heart slammed against my ribs so hard it hurt.Kael was already moving. He pulled out of me in one swift motion, ignoring my whimper at the sudden emptiness, and grabbed his pants. “Get dressed. Now.”My hands shook as I threw on the first clothes I could find one of his large shirts and a pair of loose pants. The bond between us was screaming with urgency, feeding me flashes of his battle-ready focus and the cold fear underneath it.Another explosion rocked us, closer this time. Shouts echoed from the halls.“They breached the outer perimeter,” Kael growled, strapping on weapons. He tossed me a small knife. “Stay close to me. If anything happens, use the resonance. Push it outward like we practiced.”We ran out into the chaos.The common hall was in pandemonium. Pack members were grabbing weapons, some already shifted partially with glowi

Jax’s betrayal hit harder than any corporate bullet.I was still locked on Kael’s knot, trembling from the force of our shared orgasm, when Jax and three other pack members raised their weapons toward us. The tunnel smelled of smoke, blood, and the sharp chemical tang of the corporate disruptors. My heart hammered so violently I could barely breathe.“Don’t do this,” I whispered, voice hoarse. My hands clutched Kael’s shoulders, feeling the tension rippling through his muscles as he fought to stay in control.Kael’s amber eyes burned with lethal fury even as his knot kept us physically bound together. “You would sell your Alpha’s mate to save your own skin?” His voice was a low, dangerous growl that sent shivers down my spine.Jax’s hand shook on his gun. “It’s not just about me. My mate is pregnant. Varen promised protection. The corporations… they’ll wipe us out if we keep her. She’s not worth all our lives.”Rafe appeared from the side tunnel, bloodied but furious. “Traitor! After

The traitor’s finger tightened on the trigger.Time seemed to slow. I was still impaled on Kael, his knot locked deep inside me, our bodies fused together in the middle of hell. His muscles strained violently against the secondary failsafe, trying to move, to protect me, but his body wouldn’t obey.“No!” I screamed.Instinct took over. I pushed every ounce of resonance I had left through the bond and outward in a desperate wave. Blue-gold energy exploded from us both. The traitor’s gun jammed with a spark. He staggered back, eyes clearing for a split second before confusion took over.Kael roared a sound of pure rage and relief and finally broke free from the paralysis. He spun us, shielding my body with his as he pulled out of me with a wet slide that left me aching and empty. Warm seed ran down my thighs as he shoved me behind him and launched forward.His claws tore through the traitor’s chest in one brutal swipe. The man dropped without a sound.Harlan’s voice crackled over the s

Kael’s roar tore through the tunnel like thunder, raw and primal. His body shook violently as the failsafe clawed deeper into his mind, trying to turn him into the weapon the corporations had designed him to be. His hand around my throat tightened, not enough to cut off air, but enough to remind me how easily he could snap my neck if the programming won.“I trust you,” I whispered again, tears streaming down my face. “Even if you have to hurt me… fight it, Kael. Fight for us.”His amber eyes flickered wildly between glowing gold and dead, mechanical black. “Elara… I can feel it. It wants me to kill you. To finish what they started.”The battle raged around us. Rafe was down, bleeding from a deep gash in his side. Loyal pack members fought desperately against both corporate soldiers and the traitors who had turned. Varen circled us with a bloody grin, waiting for his moment. Director Harlan’s voice continued to echo coldly through the speakers, giving orders like we were still in a lab

The beast leapt.Time fractured. I saw every detail in horrifying clarity: yellowed fangs, glowing red eyes, muscles rippling under scarred, chemically-enhanced hide. The corporate hound was bigger than any natural Echo, twisted by their experiments into something monstrous.Kael was frozen mid-step, eyes black with the failsafe, his body betraying him at the worst possible second.I didn’t think so. I screamed and threw every last drop of resonance I had left into a desperate shield. Blue-gold energy burst from my chest, slamming into the hound mid-air. It howled in pain as the wave hit, but it wasn’t enough to stop its momentum completely. Its claws raked across my shoulder as it crashed into the wall beside me.White-hot pain exploded down my arm. Blood soaked my torn shirt instantly.“Elara!” Kael’s voice broke through the failsafe for one precious second. He roared and finally shattered the programming again, tackling the hound off me with brutal force. The two crashed into the g