All Chapters of His Human Mate, His Greatest Threat: Chapter 181 - Chapter 190

AVAI woke up the next morning with the feeling that somebody had replaced my entire body while I was sleeping, and honestly, whoever had done it could have at least left a bloody instruction manual beside the bed.My eyes opened slowly, but the room was already too bright, the faint ticking of the clock sounded like somebody hammering against my skull, and I could hear footsteps moving somewhere down the corridor. I could smell the flowers on the table, the coffee in the adjoining room, the soap on the nurse's hands and something metallic coming from the medical equipment.Everything was too much.I pressed my palms against my ears, although that did absolutely nothing to stop the sounds, and tried to sit up before a sharp wave of dizziness forced me back against the pillows. My stomach felt strange, my muscles ached, and when I looked down at my hands, I noticed how clearly I could see every little line across my palms."Easy, Ava. Your senses are still adjusting, and you need to st

DAMIENI had spent centuries studying werewolves, their bloodlines, their instincts and the strange differences that separated powerful Alphas from ordinary members of a pack, but nothing in the records had prepared me for what Ava had become.She had moved a training post secured into the floor with her bare hands, damaged equipment without understanding how much strength she was using, and resisted an Alpha command without consciously deciding to challenge me. That last part bothered me more than I wanted to admit, because even powerful wolves felt the pressure of an Alpha's authority, yet Ava's wolf appeared to recognise mine without accepting that recognition as an instruction to submit.I returned to the old records that evening while she slept beside our daughter, searching through accounts of completed mate bonds and the transformations they had produced. Most ordinary transformations followed established patterns, but the records concerning genuine fated mates were different.

AVAFor several seconds, I simply stared at Elias Vane, wondering whether the man had actually heard himself speak. A political threat? Me? The woman who had spent most of her life trying to keep food in her kitchen, pay her bills, and avoid people who thought they could decide what happened to her body?I looked around the table, hoping somebody would explain the joke, but nobody appeared particularly interested in laughing."Let me get this straight, because perhaps I misunderstood something while you were all busy making yourselves important. You invited me here, watched your members kneel when I walked through the door, and now you're telling me that I'm a political threat because I happen to be married to your Alpha and gave birth to his daughter?"Rowan Black leaned forward, his fingers resting against the table."Your position is considerably more complicated than that, Ava. You have acquired influence over wolves who have served this territory longer than you have been alive,

AVADamien was bleeding, and the worst part was that his body wasn't doing what it was supposed to do.I had seen him injured before, badly injured, with wounds that would have killed an ordinary man, but those wounds always closed. His skin pulled itself together, the blood stopped, and whatever damage had been done disappeared beneath that frightening supernatural strength of his. Now the black lines spreading from the cut on his side were getting darker, and the blood running down his clothes showed no sign of stopping.He stumbled backwards, one hand pressing against his ribs while his other arm tried to keep Cassian away. His knees buckled slightly, and I watched him fight to remain standing, his teeth clenched so tightly that the muscles in his jaw looked ready to tear."Damien, you need to stop fighting him for a moment because that wound is getting worse, and you're barely able to keep yourself upright."He looked towards me, his eyes flashing with the warning I knew too well.

DAMIENThe journey back from the Council chamber was the longest stretch of road I had ever endured, and it had nothing to do with the distance between the building and my estate. Ava sat beside me with her fingers locked around mine, occasionally looking through the window as though she expected Cassian's men to appear between the trees, while Garrick followed in the vehicle behind us with the remaining security team.I could feel her thoughts through the bond only as emotions, not words, and what reached me was a mixture of anger, fear and the desperate need to get home to our daughter. My own wolf was considerably less patient. Cassian had threatened Aurora, and every instinct in my body was demanding that I tear apart anything that came between me and the child.When we reached the estate, I didn't wait for the vehicle to stop completely before stepping out. The guards opened the entrance, and I went straight towards the nursery, with Ava close behind me and Garrick already shouti