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Chapter 37 : Mates
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Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 38 : Lost in Passion
*Kael*Despite my shoulder still crying out in pain and my extreme aching desire to make love to my mate, I knew Gemma deserved some answers.Left alone, I made her promise to wait until I finished my retelling for demands or questions. I made it as brief as possible for her impatience. "…So Seri and Ferio parked next to your car and were greeted by Di—Helie, I mean. I think that suits her better. It honors her origin. Now that my brother's a traitor, it's no use keeping that name, even though she's a part of Moonwake—"Gemma placed her forefinger to my lips, silencing me. "My patience is limited when you ramble, my mate. But I am glad you're safe now and those two are alive." She rested her palms on my chest, pausing for a moment before asking, "Are you done yet?"Knowing I was going to regret saying yes, I said, "Yes."She punched me in the gut again. "You fought with Connor?!""Almost! The 'almost' is key, my lovely mate!" I protested, dodging her next punch. "Feri
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 39 : Royalty is Overrated
*Kael*"So," Gemma said lightly as she wrapped clean gauze around my shoulder. "Your cousin."More truths she deserved. "My mother's cousin, so technically, he is my second cousin. Really, I had no idea they escaped the raid, much less survived." It was a grim statement, one that I believed to be true for the last twelve years. "I even forgot that he was the Alpha. My mother's side of the family is—or was, I'm not sure—pretty large. The Deva family of the Nightguard pack…""You're double royalty," Gemma mused, giving the gauze a final tug. I flinched. "Oh—sorry. Here." She bent to gently press a kiss to my lips. After coming down from the high of completion, we actually bathed, scrubbing away all the sand and blood that we could manage, full-well knowing that it wouldn't be long before the grains would find their way back sooner or later, which was one of the hazards of fleeing from enemies in a desert.Now, we were in the bedroom that Raisa led us to. She said that
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 40 : Meant to Be Here
*Gemma*Making love to Kael was better than I hoped it would be. Much better than it would have been if we tried it down in Nedra while I was tipsy.I felt empowered by my desire for him, to get the release and pleasure I wanted, but… I wanted to make him happy most of all. I wanted to distract him from his pain and fear and worry about his family and his encounter with Connor. Heavy was his crown. But I told him I wouldn't let it fall on my feet. I would keep it from falling at all. And if it did, I would catch it and bear its weight too. I fell asleep quickly in his arms, surprised and secretly overjoyed that I slept straight through the night, and when I woke, he was in a fitful sleep. His brows were knitted in pain, eyelids moving rapidly back and forth as his eyes tried to follow the madness of a nightmare, his body trembling as it overheated despite the still-cool morning.Fighting to remain calm for both our sakes, I woke him. And I was able to breathe a sigh of r
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 41 : A Double-Edged Sword
*Gemma*Kael and I followed Izar to the next empty house over after our company was dismissed to share a meal with the other shifters hidden somewhere in Cargan. Though I was desperate for food, and I knew Kael was too, we were more interested in securing the next steps in Izar's plan. It was mind-boggling. I was now willingly walking into a secret resistance.We sat across from the Nightguard Alpha on a plush rug, Kael's hand on my knee. Although it was unnecessarily protective, I enjoyed it. "Right," Izar said, propping his forearms on his own knees, "catch me up. Start at a year ago."After Kael regaled him with this past year's events, he repeated once more what happened after he was kidnapped by Hazel. With every word my mate said, I sank deeper into sorrow and guilt. Every single day he snuck out wearing an ugly black wig to gather supplies for his pack, and do everything in his power—which wasn't much—to keep his packmates' morals lifted by making sure everyone wa
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 42 : The Night There Was No Moon
*Kael*I remembered the night of the raid in haunting clarity.It was an oddly cloudy night, the moon nowhere in sight, the Moon Goddess turning a blind eye to the devastation about to occur.My mother, Kaelin, set me and my other siblings to bed—except Kitron, of course, because he and my father, Adelio, were going to accompany the nightguard Epsilons—not too long after dinner. We slept in the same large, circular room, a third of it having floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking all of Crescent in its shining white glory.Rian was already fast asleep, so my mother returned to my bedside, kissing my forehead and whispering goodnight. I caught her hand. "Mama?"She turned, and with the night breeze stirring her hair, the few candles still alight dancing in the reflection of her blue eyes, I thought she could be the Moon Goddess. I loved her more than anything. "What is it, my love?""I'm fifteen, Mom," I reminded her as if I didn't just two days ago. "Do I have to go to bed
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 43 : Betrayed
*Kael*Jerah and Jaci keep that promise. They did protect me.But they protected me too much.Did they make the same promise to Elara and Rian? If they did, they failed.And I couldn't trust them anymore.Gemma was trying to stop me, but I ripped free to storm to the room that Bly pointed to. I slammed the door open, making Helie shout in surprise and snap, "Hey!" Then, seeing my face, she bolted to her feet and pressed her palms to my chest to hold me back. "Get out of here, Kael. You can't pull this shit—"Both lucky and unlucky for me, Ferio, the silent, steadfast pillar, was there, too, and suddenly took Helie's place to block Jerah from my view."Out of my way," I snarled. "That bastard betrayed me—betrayed my entire pack—""I know," Helie said desperately, "but that doesn't mean—""It's okay, I can take it."We froze at Jerah's voice. Hesitating, Ferio stepped aside. I stalked to Jerah's bedside. Like Bly, he was worse for wear. Some part of me cared and wa
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 44 : Why Are You Hesitating?
*Gemma*The events of the past two weeks flashed in my mind's eye like a bolt of lightning, striking my entire system. My brain fritzed. My heart seized. My fingers curled into fists. Tears sprang to my eyes, and I clenched my teeth so hard it hurt.I could barely get the words out. "I took Lynn's place not as a breeder… but as a spy." It wasn't a question. It was a rage-filled statement. "She backed out of a promise to kill Connor, so she made me go to get out of it?!""The future of my pack rested on your sixteen-year-old cousin's shoulders," Kael said flatly. "What in the Moon Goddess' f*cking hell were your uncles thinking?!""Hell if I know! I can't… I can't believe it. I just… F*ck." I swallowed hard, trying to keep my emotions in check. "All I wanted was to travel. Not walk right into a revolution."It was all so f*cked up. It was just too much to process. There wasn't time to process anything. I looked at everyone in the room and decided that I needed to block
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 45 : Blood-Soaked Sand
*Gemma*The driver slammed his foot down on the brake. Kael, Helie, and I smashed face-first into the seats. The car skidded, swinging sideways, the tires unable to keep traction on the sand. Ahead, the car holding Izar and four other Nightguard shifters was crushed. I couldn't see anyone moving inside it. The two males in the front seats made to open the doors and jump out to rescue their Alpha—but then I looked to see who was climbing out of the enemy car's wrecked doors.The scream ripped from my throat. "No!""Why?" they barked in tandem. "They're just Herrick's guards. We can take them—"Maybe they could, but I didn't want them to risk their lives for my kidnappers.Gralyn and Hadley's feet hit the sand, and they stalked toward Izar's car."Gemma," Helie hissed. "What's wrong?"I wasn't afraid of them, but I was afraid of what I didn't know–their capabilities. Maybe they could be taken down by any of the Nightguards shifters—or maybe they could be strong enough
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