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26. Declan
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It’s a close call but I might actually be getting away with what happened. Just remembering being stood in front of that blood covered ape gives me chills. She didn’t die but it’s been a week now and apart from eating some soup like an animal and allowing herself to be walked to the bathroom, Lyra is lost. Completely sunk. I had wanted her to die at the hands of Ronan. On balance, this alternative will do. Every time I feel a twinge of guilt at her shambling around in her white nightgown I remember my fathers teachings. The rules are different underground. Fear has people by the throat already, with a little bit of pressure they will see your way on any matter. Just look at my loyal Howen. Wearing black, confessing my accidental sins, Howen swearing he found Ronan first like a good boy, I'm almost innocent. Almost. Declan looks like shit. He’s started sleeping in the bunk above her. He doesn’t seem to care who knows about his crush on her. He leaves her for mere minutes at a t
Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy 28. Lyra
Time stopped the instant Ronan snarled and shoved his shoulders into the silver bars. His face was covered in blood from me smashing him with a metal pan as I tried and failed to get away. The crunch of it meeting his skull was sickening. In little snatches of memory it rains tiny pieces of terror into my semi-awareness. Tiny threads such as the drop of my stomach when I realised the other doors were useless to hide in. Realising I was trapped like a rat just as the cell door slammed open. The first clawed grab of his that traced all the way down my body, slicing my hip, my dress, my thigh. The feel of his rough, calloused hand on my ankle as I managed to scrabble over him to get back into his room. When he moved that first bar, my shaking only increased. As it became clear he intended to plough through silver itself in order to ruin me it suddenly felt like I was pulled underwater. I retreated to a space I did not know. Like a dream I had awareness but no function. My eyes were o
Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy 29. Lyra
The thudding bass of the Black Hall thundered down the corridor, paired with the familiar ebb and flow of my wolf rising within. I knew Elvie or Mara would have already washed and cared for me but I needed to shed this invisible layer. Scrub off the fear that I almost drowned in. I lifted the narrow sleeves of the nightgown from my shoulder, the cotton material quickly pooling at my feet. Twisting the taps to a steamy heat I stuck my head underneath. My long hair was instantly soaked, forming a black veil. The heat and rush of the water did nothing to stop the impact of the moon. Almost without thinking my hand wandered over my breasts and down towards my stomach. Then with a hitched breath I closed my eyes and allowed my fingers to slide in between my legs. To my surprise I was already slick, eager to feel pleasure. My body had woken to the sound of Declan’s voice in more ways than one. Had my wolf pushed me back to the surface for this purpose? I sighed and kept my forehead pres
Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy 30. Declan
Somehow we ended up in my room. I probably carried her, in all honesty, we might have just rolled all the way down the corridor for all I know. The shower alone almost sent me savage. She has no idea how beautiful she is, I don’t see a single scar when I look at her. She is just Lyra. My Lyra. My wolf and pulse stirs at just the thought of her, but she is resting in my arms. Crashed out on the cold concrete floor. I lean over and grab the blanket from my bed, covering her small frame. Even with me holding her, it can get cold underground. Reluctantly, there will need to be an address to the council tomorrow. It will be necessary to admit I was wrong and pretty much beg for a vote to allow relationships underground. Corina and Howen will be smug, but it’s worth it. Otherwise, I am a leader who lies and deceives. I want her by my side, with no hiding. Even the idea of Lyra sleeping in the dorm in the other corridor leaves an ache under my ribs. At my pulse quickening, Lyra stirs back
Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy 31. Lyra
“DORMS Everyone! Don’t make me lock this place down! No movement until noon!”Only Declan’s voice chased me down the corridors. The man himself had let me go. My blood is pumping so hard I can feel a headache cresting. Every sinew is tensed, fists clenched imagining I still had her hair in my hands.Despite never entering the Black Hall before, it didn’t take me long to find her. Even in the darkness, her extravagant moans were easily distinguishable. Every sense was heightened by my rage, my wolf urging me to fight. Fight and finally take some justice for myself.I had never even considered that she would not be locked up. She is guilty of trying to have me hurt, if not murdered by Ronan. How can everyone not see this? How could Declan? How could he talk of love, possibly being mated and wanting me to keep me safe! Pack first, survival first. Fuck him then.“Wait up!” Elvie cried, her bare feet slapping the concrete. “What the hell just happened? You nearly scalped her!”“Would I hav
Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy 32. Lyra
His lips were on mine. His hands clench my hair. How is this happening? I knew if I lifted my hands up from the metal door, I would find his solid smooth chest. I would feel the warmth of his skin, the rush of his pulse. If I opened my eyes, his irises would be blazing gold. The confidence that oozed from him was almost hypnotic. Around Viktor, everything seemed so possible, so easy. Cat burglar, escape artist, seducer, lock picker, master forger. So many twisted skills, a dozen lives lived already. He never had a care in the world. Even now. He’s been practically starved for a week, and he’s still smiling, still making me giggle. As my mouth opened just enough to allow his tongue to find mine, I felt uneasy. It felt so good because it wasn’t real. It was betrayal. Deep in the back of my mind, I knew danger swirled alongside his swagger. This was the man who held a knife to my throat, who tricked me with that same knife when I first found him hiding. All this, suddenly finding me
Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy 33. Declan
I don’t know if Reu left his door open on purpose but like the sneakiest lowlife I eavesdropped. I stood with my back planted against the concrete wall and squeezed my eyes shut as she wept. Weeping into another man's arms. I love Reu like a brother, I trust him with my life but it should have been me she poured her heart out too. I was holding the long cotton top she had flung back at me. The slightest hints of vanilla simultaneously wounding and lifting me. What Reu said about anger, about both of us being damaged. Well, there might be some truth in that. What direction does my life take now that I have achieved my twenty year aim of destroying Valdis? I could be installed as Alpha of this pack. Or a mercenary, employed by the Rogue council for further dirty work. I don’t have a clue. “Reu, I can’t look away from the past either, how am I meant to help Declan?” Hearing her say my name made that bit under my ribs ache. Reu groaned in frustration, I could just imagine him running
Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy 34. Lyra
After Reu silently escorted me back to the dorm I climbed into bed and collapsed into a void of sleep. Yesterday’s recovery, the full moon, Corina, Viktor and his knife all happened in just a few short hours. I had nothing left to give. . “Do we wake her? It’s been like eighteen hours now?” Mara whispered, her voice full of concern. Adding up without frowning takes me an embarrassingly long time to realise it is almost midnight. Shit, that’s a hell of a sleep. “No! She’ll wake when she’s ready. She’s not locked in that weird fear-thing anymore. She's just tired. So, fancy moving to a guys dorm now the rules have changed?” I could easily imagine Elvie’s mischievous smirk and dazzling eyes flashing with amusement as Mara floundered. In a low voice filled with hesitation, Mara said. “No, no there’s nobody. Just the Full Moon fun and games. It’s not love, so what’s the point of dressing it up? What goes on down here as something more?” Underneath my blanket I felt my heart race in a
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Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy Epilogue
### FIVE YEARS LATER ### The truck has seen better days. More grey than black it trundles us wherever we need. Declan has become the expert at fixing it, fully aware that I absolutely love it when he gets oil on his hands or face. Rolling up his sleeves, showing his huge forearms that are solid from hard work, I offer up a daily prayer of thanks to the Goddess. “You are sure this is the place?” “I heard about it from the others back home.” Home was our small fishing village named Filney. Today was an unusual adventure for us, having barely left our little world for so long. Leaving the fortress all those years ago we had just headed south. With no more diversions or magnetic tourist attractions to show me, Declan took me to the very furthest tip of our nation. It still took a couple of months to get so far south. Just as he had dreamed, I fell asleep in the truck, waking up to him gently nudging me. However back then there had been no bump, just the first twinges of nausea and
Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy 84. Lyra
The rumours were true. Only a minute or two after we got Howen and Pearl onto the ground did a silent shaft of light blaze down. Watching from outside the fortress it appeared painful, the way everyone dropped to the floor covering their eyes. Even I had to shield my eyes with my hands.From what I could see amidst the whiteness Elvie appeared to have lost her mind, stood tall, flailing her arms and shouting upwards. Declan held me close, wrapping his leather jacket back around my shoulders and kissing the top of my head.“Thank you,” leaning into him, loving the warmth of his huge body against mine.“What for?”“For not wanting to change us.”Declan shifted, leaning against the black truck door. “Can I say I am happy with myself without sounding like a dick? I’m covered in damage but I don’t care anymore.”“Well you are perfect, to me at least.” I smiled, watching him roll his eyes even though he squeezed me a little tighter. As quickly as it descended the beam vanished. From a dista
Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy 83. Elvie
The past few months have been a blur. When the Goddess light first appeared I didn't have a clue what to do. Instinct took over as I shredded into Reu's jacket with my claws, my wolf somehow emerging for the first time since I accidentally shifted at fourteen. I was whipped so severely for just my claws emerging in front of a Beta that I never tried it again. But when the light subsided, returning us to cold darkness I was sprawled underneath Reu in my wolf form. "What the fuck just happened?" Dill shouted, as everyone rubbed their eyes and huddled. Nearly everyone had dropped to the floor, unable to find their way indoors in the searing brightness. "Is everyone okay!" Reu shouted, clambering to his feet, his white hair a ragged mess. "Does anyone need help!" Everyone gasped as he stood up, revealing my shifted form. All the originals knew what a big deal it was. "Elvie is that you!" Arlen cried out, pointing in surprise. Then Sol gasped. "Arlen your…your hands!" "Dill your fac
Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy 82. Lyra
I squealed as Declan roughly shoved me into Pearl, scattering us to the ground.Then I saw why. Holding a long-barrelled shotgun, eyes blazing a furious gold stood Viktor. He was red-faced, sweating with exertion. Blonde hair now hung down to his shoulders, dirty and tangled. “What the fuck are you doing here,” Viktor said with a sneer, keeping the barrel pointed directly at Declan’s face. Manoeuvring so he could see all three of us togethe, his once handsome face twisted in smug victory.Gesturing the gun quickly towards me I gasped in fear as he mocked us. “You’re looking good Lyra, and a pretty friend too. My Declan, aren't you getting adventurous. Or did you fancy a less damaged slut for a while?”“Fuck off,” Pearl growled but this was no time for trading insults. Not when my mate had a gun waved in his face.“You’ve hidden the golden wolf here then?” Declan said flatly, flexing his huge chest, parting his legs to try and cover Pearl and I. From my crouched position I could feel
Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy 81. Declan
Lyra, forever formed of kindness and light raced to her side, Skidding into the blood and straw, not caring about her light cotton dress as she cradled Mara’s long blonde hair in her hands. “Mara what happened to you! Shit! Pearl, get some help, quick!” As the guard swore and cursed his bad luck, Pearl ran off. I heard her rummaging around in the guard room at the top of the corridor. Mara spluttered, her teeth stained with blood. Lyra carefully stroked her blonde hair away from the blood on her face, as gently as a mother would a newborn. “Lyra he…I did everything he asked.” “But you hurt people for him? The guards at the fortress, the men in this gold sale?” “I had to! I didn’t want to but he told me it was the only way. The only way we could be together. We put the golden wolf safe then came here to sell the little trinkets,” as she got upset her words became more ragged, her breathing starting to rattle. “We had such a good time…it was, he was perfect.” Pearl came scampering b
Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy 80. Declan
I have failed. Six months ensuring nothing harmed her happiness and I’ve gone and trashed it anyway. Those green eyes are filled with confusion and it’s all because of me. Because of something as simple as a dream. Albert having finally waddled downstairs, I slowly walk towards her. For the first time she steps backwards. Fuck. “You want to find Viktor? Howen? Both of them?” “I have to,” I confessed sadly, slumping down to sit on the soft bed. I rubbed at my eyes, running my hands through my short brown curls in frustration. “Lyra, these nightmares…these dreams are telling me I’ve got to do something.” “What dreams?” her voice softening, even though her arms are still folded. I keep my head in my hands, gripping my hair tightly as I force the words out. “Last night, I saw Howen as he was, as a young man being led away from me by Viktor, into a crowded road. I run, I search. I kill strangers in the streets to try to get to him. It drives me feral to the point where my dream ends wi
Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy 79. Lyra
Of course leaving the Fortress wouldn’t be complete without some final bloodshed. Seeing how Declan’s brotherhood had torn themselves to pieces the instant Beldon died was sobering. When I asked if we needed to tell the rest of the Rogues waiting back at the base, Declan shook his head. “The ones that made it out would have high-tailed it straight back there anyway."“What made Beldon and Morrell so…angry?” “I think they let their Bond fail. I don’t think you can live a life that violent, however well intentioned and not let it taint something pure,” Declan replied flatly. “Once that starts to rot, it all falls apart. Like how you described Corina.”So with Beldon’s body gingerly dragged from the flatbed of the dented black truck, we left. We were silent for the first few hours. Mainly because I was staring out of the window like an idiot at everything new. Declan was content to just drive, and watch me from the corner of his eye. Seeing the cragged black mountains up close, actual
Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy 78. Reu
Declan and Lyra left a few days ago. Elvie and I insisted on being the ones to take them back to what was left of the Rogue camp. On the snowmobiles, carrying machine guns and blades, we found a site of devastation. Blood had been spilled. A huge amount of it judging by the snowy corpse-clumps in the ground. Only one truck remained, Beldon’s frosted corpse. Tent sheeting flapped with claw marks, chunks of leather clothing shredded. Elvie and Lyra had shuddered to discover Amelie under one of the collapsed tents. “So this is Rogue law?” Elvie had muttered with a bitter tone. “You never know with Amelie, she may have struck the first blow or tried to lead a group attack,” I said after a minute's consideration. She always wanted to play big.She wouldn’t have even been up here had she not begged to come. Sitting quietly around every campfire for years, I have learned to watch people when they think they aren’t being studied. Amelie wanted more than her usual piece of Dec the instant
Night of the Rogues: Trapped with the Enemy 77. Lyra
Seeing Declan standing above my bed, blanket in hand, face flushed with desire I had for a second assumed it was just another fantasy. Too much hugging of the sandalwood-scented pillow, tricking myself again.Then he kissed me. He was so real. With a desire that bordered on frenzy, he seized and fucked me so exquisitely I felt I was coming apart at the seams. Only his gruff, heavy hold over my body kept me together. There was no feeling like it in the world when he sunk that deep inside. Laid next to him, watching the rise and fall of his chest, my toes curled at the memory of how he grabbed my ass, admiring me even though I knew my back was littered with scars.I love how even in his sleep, if I try to move away he instinctively pulls me closer. So excited to have him home I study him, unable to rest myself. His brown hair is shaggy and unkempt. That brown beard I love is even more ragged and needs trimming after so many days away.Despite the fighting and lack of food, Declan’s bod
