Semua Bab His Rejected Mate (Game Of Wolves Book 3) : Bab 81 - Bab 90

“It’s not that.” He looked at our claiming marks again. “It’s just that, now that we know the fated connections were all wrong, I’ve been thinking.”“About?” I asked, eyebrows raised.“When I was rejected, it sort of broke my heart. Almost ruined me, but that was only because it was set up through the blood test. I assumed, as everyone did, that these tests were blessed by Heline and set in stone.” Abel licked his lips and looked away.A small smile tugged at my lips. “There’s someone you want to see, isn’t there?”Abel nodded. “A girl. A really good friend, but, well, now that I know the mate I was originally paired with wasn’t really my mate, I thought I could find her. We’d always had this really intense connection. It’s why were such good friends. I’ll be honest, I did the blood test hoping I’d get paired with her. Maybe, uh, maybe I can still have that happy ending. What if she’s the one I’m meant to be with?”I hated being the voice of reason and raining on his hope. “I don’t kn

“Yeah, that’s our alpha!” Darius called out from where he stood beside a few Eleventh Pack warriors.“Oh, for fuck’s sake,” I muttered to myself, rolling my eyes. I was not the alpha. We didn’t even have an alpha leader.Kira looked at me, a sardonic grin on her face.With a sigh, I said, “If anyone wants to join the pack, I’ll talk to them shortly. Until then? Sit your asses down. That way, we don’t need to worry that the fighting will start again.”The group settled down while members of our forces surrounded them to make sure no one got any ideas about going back on their word.Gavin ran up to me and Kira, a shit-eating grin on his face. “I can’t believe we did it.”“Do we have you to thank for this?” I asked, my voice monotone.He nodded eagerly. “Once word went through the pack that I’d survived The Reject Project and returned home, a lot of them looked at me with more respect than they ever had before. They all thought I was dead. Seeing me come back was, like, a miracle or some

“The Ninth Pack still has some members who are loyal to Jayson. We watched them run off at the end of the battle. If we leave, we’ll need someone here to help out if they decide to attack again.” I turned to Zoe. “Why don’t you help, Zoe? The Haveners know and trust you, and Kira’s packmates know you as well. It would be a huge help to know we’ve got people we trust here.”Zoe’s jaw clenched as I spoke. I could see she wanted to argue, but she must have heard the desperation in my voice. I did not want my mate to deal with the heartache of losing her friend if something went wrong.At last, Zoe rolled her eyes and huffed a sigh. “Fine. I can take a hint, I guess. But, only if I get to keep my sexy bodyguard around.” She tugged Mika close.I looked at Mika, the two of us having an unspoken conversation as we stared into each other’s eyes. Finally, he nodded, and smiled down at Zoe. “You got it. We’ll hold the fort down while you guys are gone.”The four of us made our way back to Kira’

The sights below grew clearer and easier to see as we descended. Now I could see the bodies. Dozens were dead or writhing on the ground. I did this. My stupid rant on that show had tipped everything over the brink. These deaths were on me. With a few quick words, I’d overturned the whole world. Men, women, and maybe even children had been killed.A heavy, icy knot twisted in my chest. Deep down, I knew some type of catalyst had been necessary. Nothing big ever happened without it, yet the enormity of it ripped at my mind. So many dead, so many hurt, and it was my all fault. No matter how much I told myself that this upheaval had to happen, the idea of all this suffering made me sick with guilt.As the thoughts bounced through my mind, Wyatt put an arm around my waist. “I don’t like seeing this, either, but it was coming. Nothing you did or didn’t do could have stopped it. If you didn’t say something to start it, someone else would have. You can’t put all this on yourself. All we can d

Off balance with two wolves on its arms and a surprise visitor on its head, the thing buckled, falling forward. Wyatt let out a shout of victorious rage as he slammed the head down onto the snapped pole. The point pierced the bottom of its jaw and then burst out through the top of the thing’s head, coated in blood and gore. The abomination twitched for a moment before going still.Our victory was short-lived, as the battlefield had gone silent. The other shifter groups stared at us in awe. My wish would have been for them to accept our elevated fighting acumen and depart, leaving us to our mission. Instead, they all decided that we were a bigger threat than they’d first realized and converged on us.Crew howled, calling us over, where we circled ourselves around Eli’s body. The shifters inched forward, growling and snapping at us, forcing our circle smaller. There were too many. We’d never be able to fight our way out. The realization that we were about to die turned my guts to jelly.