Borderland Rhys Novels & Stories

And I'd destroyed it all with one lie of omission. "She'll understand," Rhys said, though he didn't sound convinced. "When we explain—" “What if she doesn't?” "She will. She has to. We're mates!" “The mate bond doesn't matter if she doesn't trust me.“ Rhys went quiet. Because he knew I was right. It was past noon by the time I reached Ravenwood’s territory. The guards at the border step out as I approach, hands raised. "State your business," one of them said.

"I will. The connection is strong today. I can sense Elio's thoughts bleeding through. The trap is set. We go together or we do not go at all." We rode to the border at dawn. The air was thick with tension, heavy with the promise of violence. Jax Thorn waited on the other side with his guards, his smug face illuminated by the rising sun. The two alphas faced each other across the invisible line that divided their territories. Jax smiled, his voice dripping with false pleasantry. "Rhydian. You look tired. The pack is falling apart without proper leadership. Give me the borderlands. Save yourself the trouble. You know it is the right choice."

Ryan looks… not necessarily exhausted, but his eyes are glazed and heavy as he packs his things. “Sydney’s forces crossed the river in the Roguelands last night, a few hours after you arrived,” he says into the silence. “The border in the Roguelands is secure now–under the control of warriors from Crescent Falls and the Roguelands. They’re moving their armies over in preparation to invade. I’m heading to Navvan to do the same on our edge of the map.” He murmurs the last words as he shrugs into a thick wool jacket, stuffing a pair of gloves in his pocket.

Amira must have done a pretty good job if she hadn’t acted too far out of character. “Well, I just had a taste… I don’t think I can go back to regular pussy now,” Rhys mused, though as he did, his chest tightened and ached. He felt uncomfortable by the words he spoke. Baltir’s head whipped to the side so quickly Rhys thought he might have almost broken his neck. “What? That’s what I can smell? Her scent?” Baltir jumped away from Rhys. “Stop speaking like that, or you really will lose her. Is that what you want?”

If only he would show up so I could do exactly that. Suddenly a figure appears across the meadow. I watch Landon, step over the fence wires with ease. Only around a week ago, he struggled to pull his legs over. A part of me is happy he's changed. For his sake, I mean. Sure, any girl cannot help being attracted to him, I mean he's an Alpha.

She doesn't protest when I whisper what I heard in her ear and relayed what my plan was. She's too smart for that. Disappearing into the night was the easy part. We lived close to the border, and the shadows give good enough shelter for us. Alpha Rylan doesn't worry much about security around these parts...around any parts. I had just hoisted Lucy up the wall when it had happened. I had underestimated him, and it came back to bite me in the ass. As a line of Guards emerged from the shadows of the marketplace, Lucy had just managed to conceal herself. It was me against them, brandishing their weapons. It may have been only three of them, but it's enough for me to know I stand no real chance o

I should have warned Marissa again. I tried something else, I tried to redirect him to where less people were, but he wasn’t listening. His beast was full of rage, oddly. At the border, it just got worse. Outsiders trying to sneak in were caught unprepared. One man tried to raise a weapon, but Ryker’s claws sliced through him with a sickening rip. I caught glimpses of other bodies with throat slashed. The ground was wet with people's blood. His growls filled the air, scary abd terrifying.

Finally, he stepped past me into the washroom, the door clicking shut behind him. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. My hands were shaking. I hated myself for the weakness of the previous night. Fuck, what have I done. When Rhys emerged a few minutes later, the playfulness was gone, replaced by the sharp, focused energy of the Alpha. He was strapping on his leather bracers, his expression unreadable. "I'm heading to the border for a week," he said, his voice clipped. "There have been reports of unrest near the frost-line. I’m taking a contingent of scouts."

I had just finished folding some baby clothes with Mer’s help, and we were talking about what names we liked when the door suddenly flew open. Rhys rushed in, and from the look on his face, I instantly knew something was wrong. His eyes were wide, and his breathing was a little fast like he had run all the way from the border. His hair was slightly messy and his shirt was damp with sweat. My heart started beating faster. “There are rogues at the border,” Rhys said quickly, looking between the two of us. “Kai sent me to tell you to stay in the room. He’s placed guards outside to make sure you’re both safe.”

The crazy, impulsive, thinks-he’s so-funny, younger brother. He might not have caught your interest much in this book, but trust me, he has a lot of things going on that you still don’t know about. And not to forget that he is now the leader of the clan after his brother supposedly died along with his wife. Even though they didn’t really die, but that doesn’t change the fact that he almost truly lost them. Eliciting a major character development and growing up. The next book will be called ‘Across The Border’. It will carry out two POVs, Lucas and the mysterious woman referred to in the epilogue as ‘Angelina’.