Broken Bonds Summary Novels & Stories

I had pushed her out of the way to protect her, taking the impact myself and ending up paralyzed, never to walk again. One of my kidneys had even ended up failing. However, since Queenie had been pregnant at the time, I had begged the doctor not to tell her to avoid upsetting her. When I had first learned I was paralyzed, I hadn't wanted to burden Queenie and had even considered divorcing her. But she had stubbornly refused, saying she loved me and would stay by my side no matter what. Yet, time could be both cruel and unyielding. The woman who had once said she would always love me and stay by my side had eventually disappeared. Now, as I looked at her holding a knife to Leroy's neck, deman

Because the ritual doesn’t fully work. A shudder tears through me as her scream fades—but not completely. The chain at my core snaps, not in release, but in rupture. I collapse, my limbs trembling uncontrollably, but something inside me burns still. She is not gone. Not truly. Not whole, either. The bond is broken—but not severed.

“Maybe I’ll die.” “Don’t say that.” Elinor’s voice was sharp. “Don’t you dare say that.” She helped me into bed, pulling the covers up. My whole body ached. Not just my chest where the bond had been, but everywhere. My bones felt like they were breaking. My skin too sensitive to touch. My head pounding. “This is normal,” Elinor said, wringing out a cloth in cool water. “After a bond breaks, the body goes through a kind of… mourning. It’ll get worse before it gets better.”

‎My ribs ached as though they were grinding shards, fragments of something that used to be whole. ‎ ‎Lucien. ‎ When two people become mated, they seize to become separate entities and become one. When the mate bond is broken, it's said that you're half dead. ‎That blasted mate bond is causing this pain. It was now fractured, shattered, like a smashed mirror that was now reflecting back an odd sensation. I didn't think this decision through. It was made in a hurry and out of anger. I knew breaking our bond was going to hurt, I've seen it happen to people but I didn't know it hurt this much.

"Why are you helping me?" He took out an eagle-shaped badge from his pocket. "I recognize your extraordinary talent, Miss Maddox. But in return, you must bring value to my endeavors." His gaze held an enigmatic depth. I smiled, accepting the badge. "Guess I have no path but forward. It's a deal." I swore to make Dustin, Nathan, and Valerie pay for the agony they had inflicted upon me. ... Maurice arranged for the finest facial reconstruction surgeon to attend to me. "Your burns have not irreparably altered your facial structure. Are you certain you wish to remove these bones?"

"And I always will." I walked into my office at the shelter and closed the door. As rewarding as it has been to run this place, it's also so depressing sometimes. The women need so much help sometimes and they are so broken and it's just so hard emotionally. I wouldn't change it because I love that I get to help them but when we have a new girl here and she has been beaten to a bloody mess it just breaks something inside of you. That is what we had come in this morning. She had to wait until her boyfriend went to work to be able to leave, but he did a really bad number on her. We had to have our staff doctor come in and stitch her up and also put a splint on her arm.

The moment I heard my father's voice, all my defenses collapsed. "Dad, I lost. I lost everything…" I admitted defeat weakly. His voice immediately turned sharp as he demanded, "Tell me where you are. I'll tear him apart myself!" I opened my eyes. There was no love or hatred left in me, only resolve. "Dad, there's no need to dirty your hands. But I need a potion to dissolve the mate bond. I want to sever the bond with him completely. I… want to go home."

At the time, he seemed to feel nothing special toward me. That was how my one-sided crush began. Fortunately, he would often help his mother deliver supplies to me. We ended up keeping in touch that way. My diary from those years contained nothing but daily training notes and everything about him. Later, his childhood friend and one true love, Lisa, returned. They broke up and reunited over and over. Their romance became a long-lasting gossip within the Blood Moon Pack. My brief one-sided love story ended without ever truly beginning. I wished him happiness and gradually let go.

I stood up and grabbed my suitcase. As I walked past him, I paused. "Kaelen," I said softly. "Since the bond between us is broken, then let it stay broken." "Don't give me another reason to hate you." He didn't move. He didn't even look up. I walked past him, and this time, he didn't try to stop me.

"He's like my brother. He suddenly fainted and the doctor said it might be a spiritual problem because the medications aren't working for him." “Bring him in,” she said. "Please help. I can't carry him alone." We carried him and laid him on the bed in Alina's work pace. Alina placed her hand on his forehead and muttered some words. Then she shook her head. “What is it?” I asked. Alina looked up at me. “This is a broken bond. A violent one.” My stomach dropped. “Oh, Serena broke the bond?” “It looks like she severed it with force. The backlash hit him hard. That’s why the doctors on campus couldn’t find anything wrong. This isn’t something medicine can fix.”