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Chapter 25 : We're Not Mates
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Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 26 : The Underground
*Gemma*A tunnel with its own secret entrance guarded by a big, scary male who required a password. I was so in over my head."When you said 'adventure,' Diana," I hissed as she tugged me through, "I didn't think it would involve… this.""An underground market?" she asked innocently. "Would you have come if I told you that's where we were going?""Definitely not.""Well, don't worry, you're with me, which gives you very good immunity."As I tore my glare away from the tiny, confident she-wolf with her chin lifted proudly and her stride daring anyone to question her purpose, my breath was punched right out of my lungs.Nedra. It was like a miniature Niburgh. An entire unground city.The ground that made up the first street was rocky dirt, some places damp or harboring puddles from the water dripping from the stalagmites, some so low I could reach up and touch them. Lamps were somehow bolted to most of them, throwing flickering light and shadows, making the place ee
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 27 : Nothing I Want More
*Gemma*I woke up feeling like I was back aboard the ship that had taken me to this damn continent, swaying and rocking, but this time I was lying down on something soft and cushiony, staring up at a dark adobe ceiling with thick, swirling lines carved into it. I assumed it formed some sort of image, but my eyes did not even like glancing at it. I groaned and closed them, rubbing my temples where a headache pounded, making my head heavy and stuffed. It showed no sign of fading, so I tried to focus on the rest of me, which wasn't much better. I felt like I was back in Epsilon training getting battered from unblocked punches like a stuffed dummy and limping back home with my skin blooming with bruises.All I wanted to do was either throw up or pass back out, but a soft snore made my spine stiffen. Even though it hurt, I opened my eyes and glanced to my left. Sunlight was streaming in from an open window and made a pattern of light on the floor mostly covered by a woven rug. On
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 28 : Bath for Two?
*Gemma*"Kael," I rasped, my throat tightening, tears threatening, "you promise you're not joking about this?"He swallowed hard again, and his voice was still husky, but he was no longer trying to entice me. "This isn't something I'd talk about lightly, Gemma. Gemma. Goddess, I love saying your name."I rasped a delirious laugh. "I like saying yours, Kael."Without waiting for permission, both of his palms slid to my backside and yanked me close—and up. My limbs moved instinctively: arms locking around the back of his neck as my legs hooked around his torso. My breath shuddered out of my chest, and I tilted my head to the side so Kael could brush his first kiss to the underside of my jaw.It was like a spark to tinder. He started a hungry, frantic path down my neck, growling when the shirt collar only allowed a small patch of skin. So he moved back upward, loving the curve of my jaw, nibbling my earlobe. That drew another moan from between my lips, and I clung to him hard
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 29 : You Can't Trust Him
*Gemma*I wasn't sure exactly what kind of trouble Rian was in based on Diana's withholding of information, but it seemed like it could wait long enough for an emotional reunion.Jerah stepped aside, clearly stunned, for Rian to come inside. He looked around in fond appraisal. "Never thought I would miss this place," he huffed with a grin that easily marked him as Kael's brother. Their resemblance was as undeniable as Jerah and Jaci's—dark gray eyes, choppy white hair, and handsome facial proportions. "Looks the same as it did months ago." He glanced between the three shifters, gaze skipping over me. "Well? Don't I get a hello?"Diana's sob was strangled as it burst from her throat. She threw herself at him so hard and fast that Rian stumbled back, holding his arms around her in a fierce embrace when her limbs locked around his shoulders and waist. Faces buried in shoulders, chest trembling with sobs, steps stumbling toward a couch whose edge Rian's calf ran into, falling back
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 30 : Finding Home
*Gemma*It was hard to pretend like everything was okay when it clearly was not.Rian was pretending like he hadn't just been, apparently, driven back from Syrus Morven's stronghold and dropped off at the outskirts of Niburgh.Diana was pretending to be okay with that, her arms locked around his waist and refusing to let go as we left to put Nedra behind and below our feet once again.Jerah had Diana's supply bag resting in the crook of his arm, leading us back to the entrance, pretending like he didn't want to leave the apartment until Rian confessed every detail of his capture.Kael was pretending to be wholly grateful for his brother's return, but he wasn't hiding the simmering tension under his skin very well. I was the one to slip my hand into his. He started, looking at our interlaced fingers, and then brought my knuckles to his lips, brushing a kiss to them. My heart was ready to burst out of my chest. Something changed between us very fast and very strong. He wa
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 31 : When You're With Your Mate
*Gemma*I hadn't had the mindset to consider what was next for either Raisa or myself. All we had been focused on was escaping Connor and not whatever was beyond that. I didn't know about her, but I did not excel at planning ahead in anything I did, and now I realized the hard way that would be my downfall.As I lay in bed, all I could come up with were two options: leave or stay. Leave to get on a boat and a train back to Lyrehaven and somehow get a ride back to Opal Springs where my family would be waiting. I could go back to Lynn and hug her until my arms hurt. I could hug my parents and weep as I told them I was sorry, and all I wanted to do was make things better for the Brooks family. I could take that teaching job and hope everything returned to normal and put my journey to the West behind me and never look back.Or… I could stay. I could talk to Jerah and Jaci and wonder if they wanted me to join Moonwake just as they wanted Raisa to. Did they even want an Easterner, a
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 32 : Kiss Me Already
*Gemma*Mates. Kael Liviana, the Alpha of the once-mighty Moonwake pack, once the most powerful force in the West, a coy and obnoxious, sweet, brave idiot… was my soulbound mate.I never thought I would ever find my soul's other half, much less believe I ever could. I was just a she-wolf who failed Epsilon training and spent her days without thought to any kind of productive future.But if we were mates, it meant we were worthy of each other, regardless of… well, anything.The ribbon that we both felt—it was the mate bond that somehow felt visceral.I gave into my instincts and let the fire in my core flare, the muscles there tightening, desire running through my veins like adrenaline, and suddenly I knew that nothing in the world was more important than the male in front of me.The night was cool, the Moon Goddess blessing us with her light above, limning Kael in hazy white, making him breathlessly beautiful. I didn't know if I wanted him to kiss me tenderly or have him
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 33 : Betrayal
*Gemma*Kael roared my name, and I didn't give a single shit if the rest of the Moonwake pack heard. All that mattered was that the ribbon united our souls and hearts accepting it with our entire selves. All that mattered was my unyielding joy in knowing he was mine and I was his forever. From that first day of meeting, both of us drenched in blood and fueled by terror, my immediate disdain for his flippancy about our life and death situation slowly evolving to find it endearing. Looking at the progression in hindsight, it was a fast change over the course of only a few days. But what did days mean compared to the minutes and hours of each other's company? What did minutes and hours mean when it was the words said and the actions performed that brought us together like the Goddess's invisible hands pushing us closer, even if it felt like it was against our wills?After pulling out lingeringly, Kael wrapped his arms around me and rolled onto his back, drawing me with him. I re
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