Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Lycan Captain's Off Limit Obsession : Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 50

KesheraI sat up fast, pulling away from him, my heart hammering against my ribs."Romani, what did you just say? About your brother?"He didn't answer right away, his jaw tight, his eyes avoiding mine in a way that told me immediately he'd said more than he intended. His fingers flexed against the sheets, knuckles whitening for a second before he forced them flat again."Romani.""It's nothing.""It's not nothing. You said your brother is going to wake up wanting this too. What does that mean?"He stayed silent, the only sound the low hum of the city far below the penthouse windows. I watched the muscle jump in his cheek as he stared at some fixed point on the wall, refusing to meet my gaze. The dual marks on my neck throbbed in the quiet, one still faintly silver, the other darker, newer, both reacting to the sudden shift in the air between us.I shifted closer on the bed, the sheet slipping down my shoulder. "Don't do that. Don't shut me out now. You don't get to say something like

KesheraI didn't knock. I didn't need the code, because Romani opened the door before I'd even reached it, his expression shifting the moment he saw the folder in my hands."Where did you get that," he said."Does it matter?""Keshera.""I know everything," I said, shoving past him into the apartment. "I know about Drey. The hospital. The location you've been hiding. I know about the note you wrote, telling someone to kill the messenger if I ever found out."His jaw tightened. "That was never meant for you to see.""Obviously.""Keshera, you don't understand the danger of what you're holding.""Then explain it to me!" I shouted, throwing the folder onto the counter between us. "Stop keeping me in the dark and actually tell me the truth for once!""I've been trying to protect you.""By lying to me?""By controlling what you know," he said, his voice rising to match mine. "Some truths are dangerous, Keshera. The more you know, the more of a target you become to people who would use that

ElissaI watched the three of them through the small camera I'd had installed weeks earlier, tucked into the smoke detector above the penthouse hallway, a tiny lens no larger than a pinhead feeding footage directly to the tablet balanced on my knees."They're all in the same room," I said into my phone."Perfect timing," Debra said from the other end."I need you to trigger the ventilation system remotely. Now, while they're distracted.""Give me a second."I watched the footage closely, Romani's hands cupping Keshera's face, Dexter hovering just behind them, both Alphas radiating the kind of tension that made for excellent chaos."System's accessed," Debra said. "Building maintenance credentials worked exactly like you said they would.""Good. How long until you can actually release anything?""Thirty seconds, maybe less. I'm just confirming the dosage settings now.""Don't confirm too slowly.""I'm not going to rush this and risk them smelling it before it's even circulating," Debra

DexterI set the phone back down on the nightstand, my jaw tight, my mind racing through every possible meaning behind those four words."What does he mean, he ends this tomorrow?" Keshera asked, her voice still shaky from whatever she'd been through."I don't know.""That sounds like a threat.""It sounds like Romani," I said. "Which usually means a threat."She pulled her knees up to her chest, wrapping her arms around them, her eyes still carrying the exhaustion of whatever she'd experienced while unconscious. "I'm scared, Dexter.""I know.""Everything keeps getting worse. The marks, the fever, now someone's trying to poison us with silver inside our own home.""It's not your home," I said quietly. "It's his home. And apparently, it's not as safe as either of us thought.""Where are we now?""A cabin," I said. "About forty minutes outside the city. My pack doesn't know about it. His pack doesn't know about it. Nobody knows about it except me.""How did you even think to bring me s

RomaniThe penthouse felt too quiet when we finally walked through the door, the destruction from the earlier fight still scattered across the living room, a grim reminder of everything that had happened in the last twenty-four hours."Sit down," I told Keshera, guiding her toward the couch. "Rest. I need to make a call.""Is it about your brother?""Yes.""Romani, what's happening to him?""I don't know yet," I admitted. "Jason said his vitals spiked. I need details."I stepped into the hallway, dialing Jason's number, my pulse already racing faster than it should have been."Talk to me," I said the second he picked up."Heart rate's through the roof," Jason said. "Brain activity's the highest it's been since the injury. The doctors are standing by, unsure whether to sedate him further or let it run its course.""Don't sedate him.""Romani, if this is some kind of seizure…""It's not a seizure," I said. "It's the bond. I can feel it pulling at my own chest right now.""You're saying