Todos los capítulos de Once Betrayed Now Untouchable : Capítulo 21 - Capítulo 30

Karina POV I slipped out of my parents' house at five in the morning, leaving nothing but a note on the kitchen counter. Mom and Dad were still dead asleep. They'd been grilling me about my hospital visit until 2:00 a.m., and the exhaustion had finally won.One. After pulling on a pair of sunglasses and a baseball cap, I hailed a cab to Camille’s. When she opened the door, the dark circles under her eyes told me everything.She hadn't slept a wink since I'd called her, panicked in the middle of the night."You look like hell," I said, trying to inject some sliver of normalcy into the nightmare we've been living."Right back at you," she shot back, but the joke landed with a thud as she yanked me inside and shut the door.I walked her through all of it — the trap, the drugs, the men Lyla had hired. I told her how Adrien had shown up out of nowhere and saved me.By the time I finished, Camille looked like she was ready to burn the whole city down. "Edward isn't even human anymore. He's a m

Karina POV I hit the floor hard. The cold marble stinging my palms. The pain was sharp, but it was nothing compared to the chaos erupting around me. Edward was still reeling from my request for a divorce when Lyla's next words brought the entire ballroom to a dead stop."Edward, she's contaminated," Lyla shrieked. Her voice so shrill it felt like it could shatter glass. Her perfect makeup seemed to crack under the force of her rage."She slept with eight men last night. One of them has AIDS. She's disgusting. She's ruined. How can you still want her?"Evil. What a combination. I turned my gaze to Victoria, whose mouth was opening and closing like a fish gasping for air."Is this your idea of a proper Luna? Someone who pulls criminal stunts right alongside you? Someone who'll share your prison cell?"Edward's expression turned terrifying. All the warmth drained from his face, leaving a cold, murderous mask. The temperature in the ballroom plummeted as his w

Adrian's POV I turned to Karina, letting my gaze soften. My voice was quiet, respectful."I heard what they were saying, and couldn't just stand by," I said. "I hope I didn't overstep by jumping in."I watched her closely, saw the flicker of surprise. She tried to hide it. My wolf, Lucas, stirred with satisfaction. He'd been on edge ever since we caught her scent in that hotel hallway."No, I'm the one who's made things awkward for you, Adrian," she replied. Her voice steady, despite the tension radiating from her."Do you want me to explain what happened?" I offered, leaving the choice to her. She hesitated for a beat."If you wouldn't mind."I could practically hear her heart hammering against her ribs. Turning back to the crowd, I let my voice cut through the silence with calm authority."I was the one who found Karina Bennett last night."The room went still."I was at the hotel for a business meeting," I continued. "On my way out, I ran into Karina in the hallw

Karina POV I've already got a taxi on the way, I said, startled, when Ethan pulled up out of nowhere. Cancel it, he said, with an easy smile. Before I could even protest, he was out of the car, grabbing my suitcase and tossing it in the trunk. The whole thing happened so fast that if he wasn't driving a car that cost more than my apartment, a bystander might have thought I was. Oh. Judging by it, I was being abducted. He held the back door open, with the practiced ease of a valet. Come on. Don't be weird about it. It's on the way. His casual warmth was almost more awkward than a formal gesture would have been. Someone like him holding a door for me felt fundamentally wrong. But refusing would have been ruder, so I just mumbled a thank you and slid into the plush leather of the backseat. And that's when I saw him, Adrian, sitting on the far side of the car. He wasn't in

Karina POV The bed shifted beneath me, suddenly. Surely, before I could react, a large hand pressed against the back of my head, pulling me forward. My lips brushed skin. Warm, smooth. Solid. Not his shoulder, not his neck. His jawline. My eyes flew wide. The shock hit me like a truck, and then everything else came rushing in behind it. The faint heat of his skin, the crisp scent of his cologne, the sheer masculine warmth that radiated from him like a furnace. It was way too much, too real. Adrian froze beneath me for a breathless beat. Neither of us moved. Then his hand eased, not away, just enough to tilt my face back slightly, creating a whisper of space between us. His palm still cradled the back of my head. Our eyes met. Mine were wide with alarm. His were unreadable. Too still, t