Todos los capítulos de Rejected by my Mate, Claimed by His Rival: Capítulo 11 - Capítulo 20

The old pack chapel had been deserted long before Nyra's father died. No one still held ceremonies there. The council had deemed the building unsafe after part of the roof collapsed during a winter storm. The place had remained behind the northern woods since then, hidden beneath years of neglect. Yet tonight, a single light burned within. Nyra spotted it from the car. "Someone's there." Kael slowed but did not stop."I see it.""That's where the message told us to go.""I know." He stopped a few yards from the church instead of driving all the way to the entrance. Nyra frowned."Why stop here?""Because the one who sent the message knows we are coming.""So?""So, I don't want them knowing exactly where we will come from." He turned off the engine. Neither of them moved for a moment. The silence outside felt unnatural. Nyra studied the chapel through the windshield."Do you think my father is there?""I

The ticking stopped. For three seconds, Nyra heard nothing. Then the emergency backup lights flashed on. A red hue bathed the underground chamber and Kael was still standing in front of her."Are you hurt?" Nyra shook her head."No." He turned, scanning the room, as if he expected the walls to swallow him whole."Stay behind me." She would have snapped at him, except she realized something. Kael was not looking at her. He was looking at the radio. The voice had shaken him. Nyra had not missed it."Who was that?""No idea.""Liar." Kael turned to look at her. His face was hard."Not everything is a lie, Nyra.""Then tell me what is not." He did not answer. She walked past him and retrieved the black box from the desk. There was a second compartment beneath it. Inside was a folded piece of paper. Nyra unfolded it and read the words written across it.'THE TRUTH IS UNDER THE PACK HOUSE.' She looked up at Kael."U

Nyra stared at Kael's hand around her wrist. He wasn't hurting her, but he wasn't letting go either."Let go of me." His grip loosened and she pulled her arm back."That was my father.""I know.""You heard him.""I heard the voice." Her eyes narrowed at him."You think it wasn't him?""I think we don't know who it was." Another knock sounded from the staircase. Then there was silence. Nyra turned her gaze toward the darkness above."Father?" She waited, but there was no answer. She took a step toward the stairs. Kael moved in front of her."Wait.""I've waited for years.""Nyra.""No." Her voice cracked through the chamber."I've waited for years for someone to tell me my father was dead. I've waited for years for everyone to stop pretending there's nothing left to find. Now I hear his voice and you want me to wait?" Kael's jaw tightened."I want you alive.""And I want the truth." Ryker stepped forward."She's right."

Nyra woke with a headache. The first thing she noticed was the smell. Damp earth, old wood, and something metallic underneath it. It was blood. She opened her eyes. Darkness was the first thing she saw. Her hands were tied to a wooden chair, her ankles bound as well. She tried to pull against the ropes, testing their strength, twice. They are too tight. Her heart was pounding, but she took a deep breath. Panic would not help her. She looked around the room, her bindings digging into her wrists. A bulb swayed from the ceiling, flickering every few seconds. The walls are made of concrete, and she could see no windows. The last thing she remembered was the passage, Kael's hand around her waist, and the voice that said: 'Your father was never trying to protect you.' Nyra swallowed hard, her throat dry. The door opened, and she stopped struggling immediately. Footsteps sounded in the hallway, and a man walked into the room, his f

Every wolf had dropped. They didn't stumble or fall, they dropped. The sound of bodies hitting the stone floor echoed in the corridor Nyra stood motionless, watching them with wide eyes. Her father was on one knee, Kael had stumbled against the wall, his weapon falling from unsteady fingers. Even Marcus had stopped smiling Nyra looked down at her hands. She saw nothing, or felt any strange sensation. "What is happening?" No one seemed to know. Then Ryker appeared at the top of the stairs, his breathing uneven, one hand clutching at the side of his head. The moment his gaze fell on Nyra, his knees buckled. He hit the floor with a heavy thud. Nyra's stomach twisted."Ryker?" He looked up at her, his expression contorted with something close to panic"Stay away from me," he growled. Nyra stumbled back."I haven't touched you.""I know," he hissed. Ryker's fingers curled into the stone floor."It's inside me.""What is?"