“The contract Lachlan had to sign with your father to bring you back to life, my princess. We were all forbidden from telling you anything. It was a blood contract. He couldn’t tell you even if he wanted to, which I’m sure he did. Actually,” Cedric took another step forward, “I know he did.”I looked at Lachlan, Val stirring in my mind, desperate to know if that was true. “You made a blood contract with the Siren King? You?” He never would have made himself vulnerable to the leader of a different race before. Why would he do such a thing with my father? “Why?” I simply asked, wanting to understand. He had never trusted other races before. Is that why he was so open to sirens in this life? Because he had to be?His eyes are imploring me; for what, I do not know. He looks so desperate, so forlorn, that I feel my eyes softening in response. The stupid mate bond has my body reacting to him, even though I don't want to. It's like I can feel Killian searching for us somehow. How he has the
“I don’t need you to keep me safe,” I whispered. “I needed you to talk to me. To listen to me.” My eyes are burning, hot tears streaming down my face. “I tried to tell you. Countless times, I tried to meet with you to tell you why you couldn’t feel the mate bond, and that I was your mate. You wouldn’t even see me. You sent me away, then would fuck one of your Leonas, making me bare that pain.” Someone gasps, and I hope Percy doesn't find offense with me saying this. I know Yasmin was often one of those women in my first life, but I also know she would never do that now in this life, especially with Percy as a mate now. That was one of the reasons I thought this was an alternate timeline or another world mirroring the one I died in. So much did change, but I was still married to the same person in the end.... “I didn’t know,” his voice cracked, tears running from the corners of his own eyes. “Seeing you when I didn't know made resisting you even harder.” “THEN YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE RES
Update is coming in the morning. I’ll try to make it a double at least. I have one chapter done now but need to edit and my eyes won’t stay open and I keep messing up my edits. Sorry guys! Lachlan POV coming first thing in the morning. Also….Would you guys like a brief look at Riley as a special? I’ve been thinking about adding a chapter about his new life, but since it’s not important for the main story, I can not decide. I was thinking a special chapter of when Riley meets Wesley for the first time, or Riley being adopted by Kent even. Maybe just to lighten things up? What would you guys want?
Lachlan POV Seeing Lira on the dock as I came running from the packhouse was like a dream come true. That dream quickly turned into a nightmare as I saw how affectionate she was with this other man, watching him whisper in her ear and seeing her smiling brightly back up at him. His hands on her bare shoulders and his protective stance he had over her made Killian snarl in my head. He was ready to take over and remove the threat by force, but then she stepped forward, instantly calming him. All Killian or I cared about was getting to our mate, only….our mate didn’t want us near. She moved away from me when I tried to touch her, and I could see Val shining through her eyes, and recognized the tension in Lira’s body, like Val was ready to take over at a moment’s notice if she felt the need. Val, for the first time, didn't want her mate either. She was protecting Lira from me. I just wanted my mate, and I thought, with everyone on my side for once, that I might actually be able to co
“You never should have said that about the betrayal pains,” Killian tells me in a dead whisper, his pain too great. “You should never have mentioned the pain you felt. You should have fallen to her feet and begged for her forgiveness. Why?” He groans. “Why did you have to try to compare pain?”“I don’t know,” I tell him, my insides shattering with each breath I take as what Lira said plays over and over again in my head. “I’m an idiot.”“You are an idiot,” he agrees, then curls inward on himself, “Mate,” he whimpers, “My poor mate.”She went through too much. Her pain is something that would have destroyed anyone else. Thinking about how she suffered, I wish I could bring back every single one of those men we killed and kill them all over again, making their pain last weeks, just like hers. I am going to kill Wayne. There is no doubt about it. I will destroy him for what he did to her. “Who are you to bring up rejections at times like this?! You have no idea what he has done for her
Jack POV That bastard. My entire frame is shaking. Oisin, my Lycan, is snarling loudly, wanting blood. That bastard, Alpha Lachlan, basically called me a coward. Me. Cowardly is something no one has called me before. Oisin’s pride is critically damaged, and it’s taking all my strength to keep him at bay. Alpha Lachlan was the one who harmed Ela. He was the one who betrayed her endlessly for two years. He was the reason she ran away from him, not once but twice. Why am I the one who feels ashamed right now? He said I ran away? I’m a runner? He insulted not just me, but all my men. Running is what we all had to do. It was the only way of life for us after our packs were destroyed. He doesn’t know what it’s like being overrun but Alpha Wayne’s forces…. But that’s what he was trying to protect himself from. The thing he told Ela about thinking she was a trap sent by Wayne comes back to mind. Maybe he has an idea, but he doesn’t know what it feels like to have your mate raped and
12 HOURS EARLIER…. Elelira POV “We have a visitor,” Beretta nods in the direction of the treeline as she gets dressed. We just shifted back and she is slipping back on her pants after cleaning off in the stream. “I noticed.” Val sniffed him out the second he got there, but she was too focused on fighting with Beretta to stop and ask why he followed us. I’m glad it’s him and not Lachlan. That would have just angered Val more. Cherum was more than welcome to follow me around all he liked as long as he didn't try pulling that babysitter nonsense on me like he did before, have an army stalk me everywhere I go. Val would tear through any army he sent. Even the thought of taking on that many warriors in a fight excites her. She doesn't want to be overlooked or underestimated ever again. He didn't call an army, though. Cherum just watched, wincing when the fighting got heavy, and twitching like he wanted to step in several times. Val was winning the entire time, her aura and larger fra
I bite my lip, fighting back the heat building behind my eyes. Val got most of our aggression out while fighting Beretta, leaving us with mostly sorrow and despair from everything that has happened and was said earlier. If it was anyone else but Cherum that followed us out, I wouldn’t like feeling this vulnerable. I’d probably lash out and let Val take over, like I did with Lachlan earlier. I can’t lash out at Cherum that easily, though. He is still my Delta. My ultimate protector. I feel safe with him, even now. I know I can physically handle myself, but I also know emotionally I can still be a mess, and I trust Cherum to help me through that mess right now. “There is too much damage there,” I whisper, welcoming some of the calm he is trying to pour into me. “When I thought he was someone different, it was easy to consider that kind of life with him. I didn’t know he was the same man as before. Now….” I shook my head.“Ela,” Cherum took my hands. “He is not the same man as before. I