Rune.The four days without Kane let me in on a very shocking revelation. The one thing I tried my hardest to avoid finally happened, and I couldn’t move on from it.I unintentionally developed feelings for Kane outside the bond we shared. The realization struck me on the day he left while I hugged myself to sleep, missing the scent of him that lingered in the air whenever he was close. I quickly banished the thought. I tagged it as a negative reaction to his absence, as it didn’t seem likely that I had developed feelings for him out of the blue. However, I couldn’t deny the evidence any longer. My mind was stuck on the last encounter we had, the way his grey eyes stared deeply into mine with a spark of undefinable emotion in them, the feel of his rough fingers on my face, and the jittery feeling it left me with. I couldn’t tell at what point in time I developed feelings for him, but I knew I did, and I couldn’t hide it anymore.I turned in my bed towards a sleeping Kimi, who was sno
Rune.I blinked my eyes into focus, but I was plagued by darkness. It was only after a few seconds when I felt a certain pressure wrapped around my head that I realized I’d been blindfolded. Adrenaline shot through my system, and I felt a tingling in my chest as panic settled in. My head felt heavy and memories fuzzy, trying to make sense of where I was and why I was in such a state. I tried to lift my hands to pull the fabric used to blindfold me from my eyes, but I realized my hands had been bound so tight the fabric dug into my skin. I let out a shaky breath as a sudden, overwhelming sensation of dread overcame me. I’d been kidnapped, and I was tied and blindfolded. There was only one outcome to it: my kidnappers were going to kill me, and I would die without knowing my crime, without knowing why some wolves thought my life was not worth a thing and why it was so important for me to be removed from the earth. “She’s conscious. Thank fuck!” A familiar voice yawned, and my body
Rune.Doc didn’t kill me. Yet. Although, he tried.After my outburst, he wrapped his fingers around my neck, choking me and cutting my oxygen supply. I truly felt like I was going to die and contemplated begging for my life, but I didn’t because it was all a mind game. I was scared, but I couldn’t show them I was scared, or they’d treat me far worst than they did. My time as a servant taught me that much. Back then, I felt guilty and thought I had to take the insults and maltreatment to pay for what my father did. The more pathetic I was, the worse they treated me. Not again. Even after Doc released me–thanks to the other wolves that reminded him that killing me was not the plan–I still felt threatened by the parting gaze he shot me that I refused to eat everything they offered. They agreed it would be their loss if they killed me because it meant they would have a lesser chance of reaching their goal. But I was not convinced.It was my third day in captivity–or at least I believed
Kane.“Shh, don’t let Alpha hear you. You know how he’s been since the news,” a wolf whispered outside my tent. “I’ve never seen him so angry before,” a second wolf sighed. My brows drew together in a hard frown. Weren’t they aware I could hear them?“I heard it’s been a hassle dealing with him. Last night, he even choked the commander until he fell unconscious. That kind of rage is out of this world,” the first wolf said.“I just hope she returns in one piece, or else he will burn down everything in his path,” the first wolf said and other wolf sighed. Their retreating footsteps followed after. Jett cleared his throat and folded his arms. “Such a nice reputation you have, Alpha, don’t you think?” I gritted my teeth but said nothing, pacing back and forth to the calm, the storm brewing inside of me. It had been eighty-two hours since my mate was kidnapped and twenty hours since I sent for her rescue—against my judgment, as I wanted to go myself, but Jett strongly advised against
Rune.Kane pulled me into his lap almost immediately, cradling my face to his chest, whispering to me that I was fine and I didn’t have to worry about anything. He was right; I didn’t have to worry about anything because he was with me. I felt safe with him; the relief that flooded my body at perceiving his scent was enough proof, but I couldn’t stop the tears that poured from my eyes. I was overwhelmed by everything that had happened in mere days. I’d had a few near-death experiences, and each time I was saved and recovered, I always thought it was the worst thing that could’ve ever happened to me, but this was it. My body was weak, I could barely move, and I’d lost Kimi; I ran until I fainted, after which I woke up in Black’s arms. I found out last night that Mystery Wolf had a name, and it was Black. The escape was not easy. It would’ve been impossible if Black had not made a difficult decision, which I was against but didn’t have the time to protest.
Rune.My fluttered open and shut them immediately. Rays of sunshine infiltrated the room, and it was too bright. I tried the second time, making sure to keep my eyes open for them to adjust to the brightness. I couldn’t tell what time I fell asleep or how long I slept for, but I know I did so on Kane’s body. However, when I looked around, I was met with an empty cold bed and tent. Kane had never been into extravagant decorations—the pack house was proof— so I wasn’t surprised to see the minimal decorations and arrangements of the tent. The tent was quite spacious, with the bed on the right end and a large desk rivalling the one he had back at the pack house on the other end with a tall chair behind it. A small rack filled with clothes hung on the wall beside the bed, and his little belongings lay here and there. I sighed at the same time the tent’s’’ cover was pulled back, and a shirtless Kane emerged. His eyes found me immediately, and a faint light appeared in them. “You’re awak
Rune.The first thing I inhaled was the stench of blood as Kane marched toward us. I trailed my eyes from his face down to his hands, where blood was dripping from them. An alarm went off in my head, and I shot to my feet immediately, concern flooding my body. “Are you okay?” I asked, bewildered. Instead of replying, Kane wrapped his bloody fingers around my wrist, pulling me to him before he carried me in his arms and out of the cafeteria. Embarrassed, I shut my eyes as he took me in his arms across the entire base and back to his room. “What did I say right before I left?” He heaved heavily. “You said you wanted to find me here when you returned,” his face hardened. “I went to eat,” I defended myself. His face hardened further. “You weren’t eating when I found you,” he breathed, and I swallowed. “I was talking to Black, thanking him for saving my life,” I blinked. Kane growled in response. I did not understand where his anger was coming from. He’d been the sweetest to me before
Rune.Kane’s scent spread across the room; all I could smell was him. Gone was the stench of blood, but Kane must’ve hated seeing the blood on his hands. He pulled away from me and went to wash his hands; when he returned, I still expected him to say he made a mistake and leave, but he came to me, reclaiming my swollen lips. His now clean fingers trailed the lines of my body, stopping at the swells of my breast and kneading them softly as he kissed me. “Tell me to stop when you’ve had enough,” his voice pleaded against mine as though he could barely control himself. I nodded, knowing very well that I’d go all the way with him. I tugged on the hem of his shirt with pleading eyes, and he took it off in one swift motion, returning his warm fingers to my breasts. He squeezed and caressed my breast gently at first, then rougher as his breath picked pace. I couldn’t keep up with his kiss; he was too much for me, but I loved it. My nipples hardened, and Kane’s fingers flicked the hard b