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Chapter 33 : Betrayal
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Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 34 : Escape
*Gemma*My heart that was full to bursting only minutes ago now broke for Diana. She loved Rian more than I could know, but to him had it been a complete farce? Or did he love her up until he felt the mate bond with someone unattainable? He had called her his love, his sun. Was that a lie? Was that him pretending she was the Sun Mountain breeder?It made me angry and sick.The Moonwake shifters were equal parts devastated and furious by Rian's Goddess-blessed betrayal, shocked into silence. I pulled Diana into a fierce hug. "You deserve better, Di."She hugged me back and her voice hardened. "You bet your ass I do."I admired her shift from despair to take-no-shit fury, though I did worry that it would lead her to do something rash.When I pulled away and Diana pressed her ear to the door, Kael grabbed my hand and murmured, "Don't let me do anything stupid."He was a completely different Kael than had made love to me. Now he was serious and deadly-focused. His pe
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 35 : Sacrifice for My Mate
*Gemma*Bryn flung open the car door and landed right as Raisa threw herself at him in an embrace. He spun her around, both of them weeping. "Oh, my Raisa.""I thought you were dead," she sobbed. "I thought—""Lovely reunion," Diana shouted, "but we're a little busy!"The Sun Mountain males wavered at the sight of the Hazel Coast Alpha's machinery, but once they realized a very non-threatening wolf jumped out and started hugging a helpless female, three of them shifted into their wolf forms and lunged forward.Bryn hoisted his mate into the passenger seat of the car, wrenching open the back door so Diana could dive into the backseat. I was one step behind but then paused. "Kael—"Bryn shoved me inside and slammed the door. "He'll be fine!" he yelled. "Just drive!"Diana had already climbed into the driver's seat. "Where?!""West!""West?! There's nothing for miles!""Trust me!" With that, Bryn shifted into his wolf form and launched himself at the Sun guards.
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 36 : The Way He Killed My Mate
*Connor*"Alpha!" My Epsilon hauled me to the side of the street before I could be run over—by my own Goddess-damned car—after I was f*ckng hit with it. I could feel the shards of glass embedded in my skin—peppering my back, my neck, skull, and face. Some bone I didn't know the name of was broken in my arm. The puncture wound in the bubble between my vertebrae made by that bitch Gemma Brooks stabbing me with that damn knife—where the f*ck did she even get it?! Damn Raisa. She had me fooled. Goddess be damned if I don't rip their pretty throats out. I shoved the fur brains away and got to my feet. "Get the f*ck off, you idiots!"I stumbled like I was drunk. I made use of it by snatching one of the Epsilon's throats. He choked but knew better than to fight back."Find them," I spat, blood and spit spattering his face. "I don't care if you have to crawl to do it.""Alpha," another guard said. "They went westward.""So?" I released him with a shove; he shifted into
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 37 : Mates
*Gemma*The atmosphere of the car ride was desolate. Two mates found, and before long, two mates lost. An almost-mate turned villainous. Moonwake was forced to flee once again. I could only imagine their morale plunging further into despair. How many more times, how many more hideouts, would they burrow and be chased from until they could return to their homeland? How many more sacrifices were they going to have to make?"He is our last hope. Do not let him go."I failed in my promise to Jaci. All this was my fault."Do you still feel it?" I whispered to Raisa."Yes," she whispered back. "I thought it was gone. When we were running down that damn tunnel under Hazelstone, I felt it just… disappear. I searched until I thought I would lose my mind." Raisa looked over her shoulder at me. "I accepted his death. I didn't feel it tug back. But he lived and saved us and now I feel it, stronger than ever because now we have both escaped death." She looked out the window at the infi
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 38 : Lost in Passion
*Kael*Despite my shoulder still crying out in pain and my extreme aching desire to make love to my mate, I knew Gemma deserved some answers.Left alone, I made her promise to wait until I finished my retelling for demands or questions. I made it as brief as possible for her impatience. "…So Seri and Ferio parked next to your car and were greeted by Di—Helie, I mean. I think that suits her better. It honors her origin. Now that my brother's a traitor, it's no use keeping that name, even though she's a part of Moonwake—"Gemma placed her forefinger to my lips, silencing me. "My patience is limited when you ramble, my mate. But I am glad you're safe now and those two are alive." She rested her palms on my chest, pausing for a moment before asking, "Are you done yet?"Knowing I was going to regret saying yes, I said, "Yes."She punched me in the gut again. "You fought with Connor?!""Almost! The 'almost' is key, my lovely mate!" I protested, dodging her next punch. "Feri
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 39 : Royalty is Overrated
*Kael*"So," Gemma said lightly as she wrapped clean gauze around my shoulder. "Your cousin."More truths she deserved. "My mother's cousin, so technically, he is my second cousin. Really, I had no idea they escaped the raid, much less survived." It was a grim statement, one that I believed to be true for the last twelve years. "I even forgot that he was the Alpha. My mother's side of the family is—or was, I'm not sure—pretty large. The Deva family of the Nightguard pack…""You're double royalty," Gemma mused, giving the gauze a final tug. I flinched. "Oh—sorry. Here." She bent to gently press a kiss to my lips. After coming down from the high of completion, we actually bathed, scrubbing away all the sand and blood that we could manage, full-well knowing that it wouldn't be long before the grains would find their way back sooner or later, which was one of the hazards of fleeing from enemies in a desert.Now, we were in the bedroom that Raisa led us to. She said that
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 40 : Meant to Be Here
*Gemma*Making love to Kael was better than I hoped it would be. Much better than it would have been if we tried it down in Nedra while I was tipsy.I felt empowered by my desire for him, to get the release and pleasure I wanted, but… I wanted to make him happy most of all. I wanted to distract him from his pain and fear and worry about his family and his encounter with Connor. Heavy was his crown. But I told him I wouldn't let it fall on my feet. I would keep it from falling at all. And if it did, I would catch it and bear its weight too. I fell asleep quickly in his arms, surprised and secretly overjoyed that I slept straight through the night, and when I woke, he was in a fitful sleep. His brows were knitted in pain, eyelids moving rapidly back and forth as his eyes tried to follow the madness of a nightmare, his body trembling as it overheated despite the still-cool morning.Fighting to remain calm for both our sakes, I woke him. And I was able to breathe a sigh of r
Stolen by the Rival Alpha Chapter 41 : A Double-Edged Sword
*Gemma*Kael and I followed Izar to the next empty house over after our company was dismissed to share a meal with the other shifters hidden somewhere in Cargan. Though I was desperate for food, and I knew Kael was too, we were more interested in securing the next steps in Izar's plan. It was mind-boggling. I was now willingly walking into a secret resistance.We sat across from the Nightguard Alpha on a plush rug, Kael's hand on my knee. Although it was unnecessarily protective, I enjoyed it. "Right," Izar said, propping his forearms on his own knees, "catch me up. Start at a year ago."After Kael regaled him with this past year's events, he repeated once more what happened after he was kidnapped by Hazel. With every word my mate said, I sank deeper into sorrow and guilt. Every single day he snuck out wearing an ugly black wig to gather supplies for his pack, and do everything in his power—which wasn't much—to keep his packmates' morals lifted by making sure everyone wa
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