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The Caged Bird

Penulis: Nathan Donald
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-04-19 13:07:28

Piper

I almost want to laugh at the spectacle in front of me, even I'm not so pissed.

Aria is clutching her chest, as she screams, and takes quick steps backward.

All her false bravado is gone, I guess.

I knew that fake bravery was a sham.

The cut of the blade Kaidën held at my throat still stings slightly, and I grit my teeth at the memory.

Why is he so protective of her?

And why am I even angry?

It's not like I care what the worthless rogue king does. As far as I'm concerned, he's nothing to me.

The mate bond we had was just a senseless farce I had to get rid off, and I won't deny, I've been living the best life ever since I got rid of it.

In fact, I'll be fine never seeing either of these miserable people's faces in front of me, but for some reason, Cassius wants me to bring Aria back.

I don't know what he wants with her, but as his Luna, he's never failed to do whatever I've asked of him, so what's this little thing I can't do?

Especially if it's for the man I love.

C
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  • Scent of Betrayal   The Reason

    Aria The ride to the pack shifters realm is oddly calming, and quiet. No one says a word to me, not even Piper who's not taken her eyes off me since we started moving. The barrow-like truck I'm inside jiggles a few times, and when it does, my body is aggressively thrown to the side. During these times, Piper's face darkens with a small smile, and her mood gets lighter. She's clearly glad to see me suffering. I want to glare at her, but the force keeping me sane has decided to force a serene and calm look on my face. I can feel the flickering movement inside me, as the truck moves. It trails from my finger tips, and doesn't stop till I can feel it wrap around my slim neck, and flicker all the way to my nose. The tickling sensation nearly forces a giggle out of me, but I sneeze instead. "Stay quiet, Wench!" Piper spits at me in annoyance, and I only stare at her oddly. Ever since I found out what a lying conniving person my best friend is, I've always wondered just one thing.

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-19
  • Scent of Betrayal   The Shadows He Gives

    Kaidën "Kaidën," the voice is like a breath in the wind. Aria. She's calling out to me. I can feel it in my bones. The pain she's feeling, her jumbled emotions. The way she's trying to breathe in roughly, but barely. I want to reach out to her, and hold her, but deep down I know I can't. Something is holding me back-my present self. Because it knows we're far from each other. Around me is what looks like a room covered in white walls, and I turn around, taking in this environment in front of me. My eyes widen when I notice the blackness creeping up onto the walls. Like flames spreading over a house on fire. The black shadows fill up the entire space of the room, until the once white room doesn't exist anymore. It's all just darkness. "Kaidën," I see a tear drop. No, it's not a tear drop. It's blood. My veins throb painfully. And it feels like someone has hit me. My knees drop to the ground forcefully when I feel the blow again. It happens again, and again, and again. U

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-21
  • Scent of Betrayal   The Plans

    Aria "Get up!" Someone roughly drags me up as I groggily look around me in confusion. Where am I? For a moment, I'm deeply confused on my location, as everything around me doesn't exactly look familiar. "Bring her with me." Piper's force jolts a feeling of familiarity in me. Yes, I followed Piper and Cassius back to the pack shifters realm. I wince when I remember that I'd passed out after Piper ordered that man to hit me repeatedly. As if she knows I'm thinking about it, Piper gives me a smug dark look, and folds her hands over her chest. "Don't expect any warm welcome. The people still hate you for touching their Luna, and the ones who don't..." She trails off with the most vicious look a person can muster. I manage to look up at her, slightly worried for what she might say. It's no surprise that members of the pack still want me dead, but the ones who don't? I don't believe those even exist. Piper finally turns her back to me before she continues. "The members of the Fl

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-21
  • Scent of Betrayal   The Insider

    Kaidën The dungeon has dark dim walls that don't allow any light to come in. Anyone trapped in here would lose a sense of time. It's like being trapped in perpetual darkness. Only the most horrible crimes deserve that. Surprisingly, the woman who kidnapped my supposed mate and Luna isn't locked in here. Her crime is worthy of it-no doubt, but she's not just a common criminal. No matter what, I have to remember that she's Eliana Greenleaf too. The daughter my father never had. The girl I grew up with in this place where family is a fleeting memory. In a separate cell, not too far from the dungeon is where I have Eliana locked up. Because whether she's like family to me or not, it doesn't excuse the crime she committed against her Luna. And that's where I see her-her mass of familiar dark hair falling over her face, as she holds her head down. Her hands are bound by chains connected to opposite ends of the wall. When I arrive in front of the cell, she doesn't rea

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-23
  • Scent of Betrayal   The Dungeon

    Aria The smell of body waste is the first thing that greets me when I realize where Piper has brought me. There are a few torches burning about. But none of them seems to shed much light; it is as though they are empty, sullen things. "No," my voice is a broken whisper, and I take a retreating step back. I won't let her lock me up in here. She'll have to kill me first. There is no way. People don't come out of places like this. I know a few people grandmother has sent here, and I don't think a lot of them are part of the living now. This is a place for criminals, the worst kind of people. The people who have committed crimes considered unthinkable. I haven't done anything! Why is she doing this to me? Why? What did I ever do to her? I loved her. I cared for her. She was a sister to me-my grandmother's second daughter. The girl I've always looked up to, and listened to, and now she's turned into this. This monster who wants to drag me through hell, and laugh in my face. E

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-23
  • Scent of Betrayal   The Massacre

    Aria There's something my grandmother always tells me-Aria, being a Luna isn't all you're meant to be. The first time she said this, it was because I had lashed out at her, complaining about going for my Luna training. In my words, "my life isn't just made to be a Luna. I'm a person too, grandmother." Ironically, I wanted to escape my duties to hang out with Piper, and learning to be a Luna felt too stifling anyway. It isn't like some people don't get thrown into the position, and have to work with what they have. That is a natural possibility. Grandmother was just someone who didn't like being thrown into things. She always believed we must take our stand for what we wanted-that was the way of the Flynn women. A long standing line of strong Luna's, who had ruled beside equally strong alphas. Her words that day had been, "it isn't all you're meant to be, but it's a great honor, and something you should not take for granted." Then she'd taken me outside, "Look at

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-23
  • Scent of Betrayal   The Shifting Rogue

    Kaidën "Alpha, where are you going? Is everything alright?" Riven tries to step in front of me, but I shove him out of the way. A surprised look appears on his face, but he resumes what he's been trying to do. "Did Eliana tell you something? Please talk to me," he pleads again. I stop, finally realizing myself. "You were down there for six hours. Did you discover something?" My eyes shoot towards him when he says that. Six hours ago, Riven had come down to the place Eliana was locked up to find me. My eyes had been shaky, my breathe coming out in ragged breathes, my body as stiff as stone. He hadn't been able to tell what was wrong, and I'd been too dazed to explain to him that the woman in front of me was dead. Riven hadn't noticed, and I hadn't told him. Those empty eyes still feel like they're haunting me even as I walk as far away from that place as I can. She's dead. My only remaining family is gone. I'm not too surprised by the guilt I feel-maybe if I hadn't locked

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-23
  • Scent of Betrayal   The Imposter

    Kaidën Finally feeling a different type of soil under my paws, I shift back. Stretching and groaning to ease out my stiff muscles. It is safer to do this as often as I can, so my body can get used to it, but I don't care. It will be better if I lost the ability completely, than shift anymore behind my camp members back. When I'm done stretching, I walk down a further path, trying to find the exact spot I'm looking for. It takes me more than a while, due to the darkness-even though every time I come here, it's under the cover of darkness. Maybe my mind likes to believe meeting up here is something of a make believe. Something I can't possibly be doing, but I'm desperate. I hate that after seeing Eliana's slumped body, dead and without life, my first thought hadn't gone to her killer. No, I had shamefully been more worried about who was after Aria's life again. I shake my head, and clench my fists in annoyance. "This is even worse than a mate bond." I mutter to myself, sudde

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-23

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  • Scent of Betrayal   The Imposter

    Kaidën Finally feeling a different type of soil under my paws, I shift back. Stretching and groaning to ease out my stiff muscles. It is safer to do this as often as I can, so my body can get used to it, but I don't care. It will be better if I lost the ability completely, than shift anymore behind my camp members back. When I'm done stretching, I walk down a further path, trying to find the exact spot I'm looking for. It takes me more than a while, due to the darkness-even though every time I come here, it's under the cover of darkness. Maybe my mind likes to believe meeting up here is something of a make believe. Something I can't possibly be doing, but I'm desperate. I hate that after seeing Eliana's slumped body, dead and without life, my first thought hadn't gone to her killer. No, I had shamefully been more worried about who was after Aria's life again. I shake my head, and clench my fists in annoyance. "This is even worse than a mate bond." I mutter to myself, sudde

  • Scent of Betrayal   The Shifting Rogue

    Kaidën "Alpha, where are you going? Is everything alright?" Riven tries to step in front of me, but I shove him out of the way. A surprised look appears on his face, but he resumes what he's been trying to do. "Did Eliana tell you something? Please talk to me," he pleads again. I stop, finally realizing myself. "You were down there for six hours. Did you discover something?" My eyes shoot towards him when he says that. Six hours ago, Riven had come down to the place Eliana was locked up to find me. My eyes had been shaky, my breathe coming out in ragged breathes, my body as stiff as stone. He hadn't been able to tell what was wrong, and I'd been too dazed to explain to him that the woman in front of me was dead. Riven hadn't noticed, and I hadn't told him. Those empty eyes still feel like they're haunting me even as I walk as far away from that place as I can. She's dead. My only remaining family is gone. I'm not too surprised by the guilt I feel-maybe if I hadn't locked

  • Scent of Betrayal   The Massacre

    Aria There's something my grandmother always tells me-Aria, being a Luna isn't all you're meant to be. The first time she said this, it was because I had lashed out at her, complaining about going for my Luna training. In my words, "my life isn't just made to be a Luna. I'm a person too, grandmother." Ironically, I wanted to escape my duties to hang out with Piper, and learning to be a Luna felt too stifling anyway. It isn't like some people don't get thrown into the position, and have to work with what they have. That is a natural possibility. Grandmother was just someone who didn't like being thrown into things. She always believed we must take our stand for what we wanted-that was the way of the Flynn women. A long standing line of strong Luna's, who had ruled beside equally strong alphas. Her words that day had been, "it isn't all you're meant to be, but it's a great honor, and something you should not take for granted." Then she'd taken me outside, "Look at

  • Scent of Betrayal   The Dungeon

    Aria The smell of body waste is the first thing that greets me when I realize where Piper has brought me. There are a few torches burning about. But none of them seems to shed much light; it is as though they are empty, sullen things. "No," my voice is a broken whisper, and I take a retreating step back. I won't let her lock me up in here. She'll have to kill me first. There is no way. People don't come out of places like this. I know a few people grandmother has sent here, and I don't think a lot of them are part of the living now. This is a place for criminals, the worst kind of people. The people who have committed crimes considered unthinkable. I haven't done anything! Why is she doing this to me? Why? What did I ever do to her? I loved her. I cared for her. She was a sister to me-my grandmother's second daughter. The girl I've always looked up to, and listened to, and now she's turned into this. This monster who wants to drag me through hell, and laugh in my face. E

  • Scent of Betrayal   The Insider

    Kaidën The dungeon has dark dim walls that don't allow any light to come in. Anyone trapped in here would lose a sense of time. It's like being trapped in perpetual darkness. Only the most horrible crimes deserve that. Surprisingly, the woman who kidnapped my supposed mate and Luna isn't locked in here. Her crime is worthy of it-no doubt, but she's not just a common criminal. No matter what, I have to remember that she's Eliana Greenleaf too. The daughter my father never had. The girl I grew up with in this place where family is a fleeting memory. In a separate cell, not too far from the dungeon is where I have Eliana locked up. Because whether she's like family to me or not, it doesn't excuse the crime she committed against her Luna. And that's where I see her-her mass of familiar dark hair falling over her face, as she holds her head down. Her hands are bound by chains connected to opposite ends of the wall. When I arrive in front of the cell, she doesn't rea

  • Scent of Betrayal   The Plans

    Aria "Get up!" Someone roughly drags me up as I groggily look around me in confusion. Where am I? For a moment, I'm deeply confused on my location, as everything around me doesn't exactly look familiar. "Bring her with me." Piper's force jolts a feeling of familiarity in me. Yes, I followed Piper and Cassius back to the pack shifters realm. I wince when I remember that I'd passed out after Piper ordered that man to hit me repeatedly. As if she knows I'm thinking about it, Piper gives me a smug dark look, and folds her hands over her chest. "Don't expect any warm welcome. The people still hate you for touching their Luna, and the ones who don't..." She trails off with the most vicious look a person can muster. I manage to look up at her, slightly worried for what she might say. It's no surprise that members of the pack still want me dead, but the ones who don't? I don't believe those even exist. Piper finally turns her back to me before she continues. "The members of the Fl

  • Scent of Betrayal   The Shadows He Gives

    Kaidën "Kaidën," the voice is like a breath in the wind. Aria. She's calling out to me. I can feel it in my bones. The pain she's feeling, her jumbled emotions. The way she's trying to breathe in roughly, but barely. I want to reach out to her, and hold her, but deep down I know I can't. Something is holding me back-my present self. Because it knows we're far from each other. Around me is what looks like a room covered in white walls, and I turn around, taking in this environment in front of me. My eyes widen when I notice the blackness creeping up onto the walls. Like flames spreading over a house on fire. The black shadows fill up the entire space of the room, until the once white room doesn't exist anymore. It's all just darkness. "Kaidën," I see a tear drop. No, it's not a tear drop. It's blood. My veins throb painfully. And it feels like someone has hit me. My knees drop to the ground forcefully when I feel the blow again. It happens again, and again, and again. U

  • Scent of Betrayal   The Reason

    Aria The ride to the pack shifters realm is oddly calming, and quiet. No one says a word to me, not even Piper who's not taken her eyes off me since we started moving. The barrow-like truck I'm inside jiggles a few times, and when it does, my body is aggressively thrown to the side. During these times, Piper's face darkens with a small smile, and her mood gets lighter. She's clearly glad to see me suffering. I want to glare at her, but the force keeping me sane has decided to force a serene and calm look on my face. I can feel the flickering movement inside me, as the truck moves. It trails from my finger tips, and doesn't stop till I can feel it wrap around my slim neck, and flicker all the way to my nose. The tickling sensation nearly forces a giggle out of me, but I sneeze instead. "Stay quiet, Wench!" Piper spits at me in annoyance, and I only stare at her oddly. Ever since I found out what a lying conniving person my best friend is, I've always wondered just one thing.

  • Scent of Betrayal   The Caged Bird

    Piper I almost want to laugh at the spectacle in front of me, even I'm not so pissed. Aria is clutching her chest, as she screams, and takes quick steps backward. All her false bravado is gone, I guess. I knew that fake bravery was a sham. The cut of the blade Kaidën held at my throat still stings slightly, and I grit my teeth at the memory. Why is he so protective of her? And why am I even angry? It's not like I care what the worthless rogue king does. As far as I'm concerned, he's nothing to me. The mate bond we had was just a senseless farce I had to get rid off, and I won't deny, I've been living the best life ever since I got rid of it. In fact, I'll be fine never seeing either of these miserable people's faces in front of me, but for some reason, Cassius wants me to bring Aria back. I don't know what he wants with her, but as his Luna, he's never failed to do whatever I've asked of him, so what's this little thing I can't do? Especially if it's for the man I love. C

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