Lahat ng Kabanata ng Chase.: Kabanata 61 - Kabanata 70

Rose I knew full well proximity to your mate made healing easier and quicker, but it couldn’t work miracles. That being said, I had to think Liam’s hands inflicting this torture must hurt less than if someone else did it. I had been able to grit through the pain of Liam recleaning the wounds on my neck, but by the time he got to my back, I was nearing the end of my rope. My neck was mostly healed, but my back wasn’t. It stung, and these wounds were much larger and had much more jagged edges and were immensely deeper. I whimpered in pain, not even able to distinguish the words he was cooing in my ear to try and distract me. What I couldn’t ignore, though, was when his lips found my mark. Warmth shot through me, going directly to my core. I could tell his hands were still moving along the tears in my skin, but all I could think about was the feeling of desire thrumming through me. “That’s cheating,” I mewled as his teeth scraped against the mark, making the warmth spark into a flame

Rose I walked into the one bar this town had, glancing around for Adara. It was a weeknight, so I assumed it would be a pretty slow night, but as it was one of the few establishments in this town, it was busy. I caught sight of her at a corner table and walked over, offering her a nervous smile. I wasn’t good at the whole friends thing, but I needed to get out of my comfort zone a little bit. “Hi,” Adara chirped, returning my smile with one that held much more confidence and warmth. “I’m glad you decided to show up.” “Of course I would,” I tried to laugh. “I was the one that invited you.” She flagged down a waiter to take our drink orders before turning back to me. “Yeah, but I didn’t exactly peg myself as the person you’d want to spend time with.” “I didn’t expect you to save my life,” I retorted, trying to keep the bite out of my tone. Adara furrowed her eyebrows at me. “How did you know that?” I just shrugged. “I heard people talking. Everyone had decided to keep it a sec

Rose If there was one thing Liam had not learned about me, it was the part I was still learning about myself. Namely, that I could be a loose cannon when I wanted to be. I had only recently discovered the ability and power to make decisions for myself, and I would find a way to do it. We needed information, and I had the power to get it. I had heard what Liam said about this potentially having nothing to do with Snow Moon at all. That was what made me feel like I had the liberty to play outside the rules. From my understanding, being a Wulver was part of my future, even if I wasn’t one yet. Doing my part to protect them felt like it was necessary. It was easy to get information out of Adara. She bragged endlessly about the house Derek had moved her into the second she graduated from her warrior training. It was the largest house in the town, positioned farthest from everything else. I knew that somewhere in that house were the answers we needed. All I needed to find it was time.

Rose The one thing I wanted from tonight was confirmation that I was someone to be heard. I left the Gamma’s house knowing I had that. Adara didn’t know I was directing our conversation on the training field today toward this information, but she had single handedly betrayed every single one of Derek’s biggest secrets when she ranted about how it was so frustrating he wouldn’t allow her anywhere near his home office, going so far as to put a lock on it once she moved in. She thought she was just complaining about a lack of trust between mates, too. A quick call down to Cyber and a giant ‘I owe you’ disabled their security system. All I had to do was jimmy a window open, crack the code to the safe, and take the information I needed. Derek was smart, but I was smarter. His safe was built into a drawer of his desk, which I nearly missed, but it was easy enough to see which numbers were the most used. I was glad I had decided to bring my tablet and simply take pictures of all the

Rose My blood ran cold. All color drained from my face. That couldn’t be right. “I was hoping I’d read something later on that would suggest they chose a different path,” Jade said quietly. Liam glared over at his cousin. “This says they will kill the Wulver Alpha, directing all control of the Wulvers to them. What else could they decide to do?” “Well, clearly they don’t know too much about the Wulvers, then,” Jade pointed out. “The alpha link can only go to a Wulver. Otherwise, we would have been overthrown generations ago.” I looked to Gregory, hoping he would have an idea. His voice drifted through the mindlink, for my knowledge only. ‘You said you wanted to be a rogue, right, girl?’ ‘Yes, sir.’ He gave me an almost imperceptible nod. It was all the confirmation I needed that the plan I had slowly been developing was on the right track. Brandon joined Liam and Gregory in front of the timeline. “Maybe it’s still about Snow Moon, and they’re looking to weaken Olli