Lahat ng Kabanata ng Fated to a Rogue: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

I noticed him the moment he entered the bar. It was hard not to.The man was a stranger, and that was a rarity in our small town when it wasn’t tourist season. Usually, we only dealt with tourists passing through during the holiday seasons.But the man didn’t look like a tourist.“I got it.”My eyes followed him through the crowd to the darkest corner where he took a seat. Exchanging the dry glass for a wet one, I watched my mate as he made his way towards him.The man muttered something without looking up.Seth lingered by the table for a second more before he spun around and walked away, frowning.Fingers brushed down my arm as my second mate joined me. “Are you going to make us fight tonight, sweetheart?”I glared at him. “I never make you fight. You decide to do that all on your own.”He smirked.“Hell,” Seth hissed. “Hadn’t taken a bath in weeks by the smell of him.”Knox scoffed. “Most of our customers don’t do that bathing thing.”“What did he order?” I asked before they could

Vesper glared at me before he stormed away. The bedroom door clicked shut softly behind him, making my lips twitch. I knew how badly he wanted to slam it shut behind him, but he was being considerate of the others sleeping.Pulling on a pair of sweats, I made my way into the kitchen to make myself a cup of tea.Through the bond, I could sense Talia’s restlessness. Her sleep was being disturbed by the cat lounging in the tree not far from us. I should go back there and kick him out of the tree and then drive him out of town to make sure that he left.But then I remembered Seth’s retelling of what happened in the bar, and I hesitated. Despite being young, Talia had a good head on her shoulders, and she had learned to trust her instincts. It was how we ended up in our current situation.Her with four mates, three bonded and one almost bonded. We needed to figure out if Vampires could form bonds like other shifters, which was what Wilder had been working on the last week.I poured hot wat

“I met your mate today.” His lips curled into a nasty smile. “She’s a pretty little thing. Small and shy.”I snarled at him.“Too bad, she’s already taken,” someone else commented.He chuckled. “I’ve never had a thing for pregnant women but…” The sentence was left hanging in the air.“If you fucking touch her, I will kill you!” My words only made him laugh harder.I thrashed, trying my best to free myself from the chains holding me prisoner. “I did what you wanted!” I yelled. “You got what you wanted, now let her go!”Instead of answering, he walked over to the door and pulled it open. A few minutes later, two of his men entered, and one of them was dragging someone behind him.Dread flooded me when he dropped the body a few feet away. I took in my mate’s unconscious form and then focused on her bruised face.“You said you weren’t going to fucking hurt her,” I snarled, jerking on the chains again.“I said a lot of things, and you were stupid enough to believe me.” Stopping behind her,

I frowned as I watched Knox storm out of the bar without a glance in my direction. It made me even more curious about what happened, because he said he was just going to check up on things.Had that man hurt them? Was there trouble waiting for us outside that he was going to take care of?Most of the time, I was fine with Knox taking care of pack business, but this time was different.There was an injured stranger upstairs who was the same kind as me. Something I hadn’t even considered or wanted to consider. When my pride banished me, I had accepted the fact that I might never encounter another panther again.And I hadn’t.Until now.Until a fucking stranger showed up in our town, in our bar, injured. A part of me expected this to happen. I knew from Talia’s reaction that the bastard wasn’t just going to disappear again.He was her mate.Another fucking mate.I slammed the glass down onto the bar, a little harder than I intended, and winced when it shattered. The few customers already

I pursed my lips to stop the words from tumbling out. The last thing I wanted was to give them something more to use against me. These people were strangers.Strangers helping you heal.Forcing the voice of logic from my mind, I closed my eyes and slowed my breathing, hoping that she’d think I’d fallen asleep. The mattress dipped when she moved. I flinched when something cold touched my skin and then silently cursed myself.“Wilder is mated to me, Knox, Seth, and Vesper,” Talia said softly. “Basically everyone in this apartment, and now you.”Whatever she was putting on the wound burned slightly.“He doesn’t need another mate, but I also don’t want you to reject him.”“He already has mates,” I muttered. “He doesn’t need more.”“You seem so sure of yourself.”I opened my eyes but got distracted by the sight that greeted me.Her hands were hovering a few inches above the wound, and a blue-white light was seeping from her skin into mine. She was completely focused on whatever she was doi