NovelEnglishChapter 237 Sadie.
I'd just cfrom a run. Sleep had been a distant thought, elusive and half- formed, slipping from my grasp every tI closed my eyes. My mind had been too full of everything and nothing. When day came, and I still couldn't get any sleep, I decided to go for a run to clear my head before I started my day.
Aspen wasn't in the room when I got back, and by the ton my phone, she had probably already had breakfast and was either with Martha or playing.
I padded to the bathroom, needing something to wash away the ache pressing against my chest. I turned the shower on hot and stepped under the stream, pressing my back against the cold tile as the water poured down my body. I stood there for what felt like forever, trying to sort through everything that had unraveled in the past twenty-four hours.
Nyx's words echoed in my head.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtXena and Kaden are mated... but they're not true mates.
How was that even possible? You couldn't mark someone who wasn't your fated mate. It went against every law we knew, every piece of biology and magic in our world. Unless... unless Kaden being a demigod changed the rules. How does being mated to a demigod even work? I scrubbed a hand down my face, frustrated. No matter how I twisted the puzzle, the pieces didn't fit.
Eventually, I got out, dried off, and pulled on a soft pair of gray leggings and a loose tank top. I went back into the room, put my shoes on and left.
But my thoughts wouldn't settle, even as I settled in the kitchen for breakfast. They drifted to Alec.
To the way he had stood there in my doorway last night, sheepish but gentle. His eyes had softened when they landed on Aspen. And when he'd kissed her forehead, his lips had lingered, as if he were grounding himself with her. And then... then there was that moment between us. That silent, tense moment when the air had grown thick with something unspoken. His scent had infiltrated my senses-earthy and warm, like cedar and smoke and my body had responded in a way that made my skin burn.
I'd wanted him. Desperately. Shamefully.
The bond was getting stronger, and I hated it. Hated the way it pulledto him, the way it twisted my emotions until I couldn't tell what was real and what was the pull of the moon. But if I was honest with myself-which I rarely was-there was a part ofthat wanted it. That wanted him.
And that scaredmore than anything else.
Because I had buried those feelings for Alec a long tago.
Or at least... I thought I had. I shouldn't be feeling anything for him. I shouldn't be wanting him despite the effects of the moon, so why was I desperate for him? I was sure the feelings I had for him died in the dungeons three years ago, so why were they bubbling to the surface all of a sudden? it because of the bond or because they never really died? They were just buried under rubbles of hatred, anger and bitterness? I was still tangled in that thought when my phone rang. I blinked at it for a second before picking it up. "King," I greeted softly.
"Hey, Sadie," his voice was warm and familiar. Comforting. "Just checking in.
How's everything going over there?" I let out a breath. "Busy. Complicated. Exhausting." He chuckled. "Sounds about right.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmelThe pack's doing good, though. We've gotten a couple of new contracts signed, and a few packs from-up north are considering merging with us." "That's great news," I said, allowing myself a small smile. "And the warriors?" "Holding strong. They've been training hard, especially after the last hybrid hunt.
Morale is decent. Everyone's just... waiting." "Waiting for what?" I asked, already suspecting the answer.
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"For the next move. The next strike.
Something. But here's the weird part, Sadie there haven't Xeen any, sightings. Nothing. No rogue movements. No werewolf attacks. It's quiet. Too quiet." I frowned, my hand gripping the phone tighter. "That's not good." "No," he agreed. "It's not. Something's coming. I can feel it."
We fell into silence for a moment before I began to fill him in on what we'd uncovered-Xena, Kaden, the hybrids the memory wipe.
e Everything. By the tI finished, he was completely silent on the other end. sŵ "Damn," he finally breathed. "You weren't kidding about complicated." "No," I whispered. "I wasn't." "And Alec?" he asked carefully.
I paused. "Things are... more complicated by the second."
King sighed, but it wasn't a frustrated sound. It was thoughtful. "Do you still feel something for him?"
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