All Chapters of This Mate Bond Is Poison: Chapter 1 - Chapter 6

Chapter OneShe had forgotten what warmth felt like. The cold, the darkness… they were all she had left.The damp walls of the dungeon reeked of filth and rotting straw. Shackles clanked as Eileen Sanders stirred, her limbs too weak to resist the pull of gravity. The wounds on her wrists had dried into cracked, angry lines, and a testament to her three weeks of suffering. She didn’t know how long she had spent curled against the cold stone floor, only that she no longer flinched at the scurrying of rats or the dripping of water that never reached her parched lips. Hunger had gnawed at her for days, but the pain had dulled into an emptiness she had grown used to. Then, footsteps. The dungeon door opened and the sudden flood of torchlight made her squint, her body tensing out of habit. The last time they opened that door, she had been dragged out and beaten until she couldn't move. This time, a rough hand seized her arm and yanked her forward. "Stand up, traitor," the guard sneered

Chapter Three“Lilith, my darling. You came back.” her chest tightened. Suddenly his voice was soft as he kissed her on the lips. She was no longer afraid. Something in his voice had struck sympathy in her. How funny this was. When she should be frightened. Everyone in the pack knew who Lilith was to him. She was his childhood sweetheart. The woman he wanted to marry. But she mysteriously died. He locked himself in his room for fifteen years and only came out once in a while.Eileen didn't know what she looked like but she didn't think she looked like her. “My beautiful Lilith,” his fingers traced the line of her collarbone, his touch slow, and absentminded. The anger in his voice had completely faded, replaced by something quieter… something lost.Why was she feeling sorry for him? Her father had told her about how he lost his mother and sister. She never cared about the story. But now that she thought about this, she understood why his room had so many bottles lying on the ground

Chapter Five “Get out,” he barked.She didn’t move. Callister’s patience snapped. “I said, get out!” Eileen flinched but obeyed after the second time he shouted the words. She climbed out of the trunk on unsteady legs. She was trembling, and her arms wrapped around herself in a poor attempt to stay warm after she was out for so long.Callister barely spared her a glance. 'Not my problem.' he told his wolf when he noticed he wanted to say something. They were in this situation because of him. He didn't understand why his wolf had forced them to mate with her. That was so unlike him where women were concerned so why and how was she any special?He slammed the trunk shut and stalked the door to the driver’s seat. He didn’t care where she went. She could wander these roads until dawn for all he cared. She deserved worse. But just as he reached for the door, the deep rumble of engines filled the air. His grip on the door handle tightened. "Shit."He closed his eyes to count the