Chapter 101
Chapter 101:
The Lycan King was standing right behind her, his massive frame shielding her from the wind. He gathered her dark hair in one hand, keeping it away from her face, while his other hand rubbed soothing, agonizingly tender circles on her back. When she finally stopped, he handed her a water bottle, his hand resting possessively and protectively on her lower back as he guided her upright.
My Inner Wolf roared, thrashing against my mind with a blinding, murderous rage.
That stance. That sickeningly gentle devotion. I knew exactly what it looked like. It was the undeniable, instinctual posture of an Alpha guarding his pregnant Mate.
She was vomiting. She was mating with a Lycan.
She’s pregnant.
The realization hit me like a freight train. I gripped the steering wheel, the leather groaning and tearing under my suddenly elongated claws. I was going to lose her forever — and become the laughingstock of every Pack on the continent.
Kain POV
I settled Adelina back into the passenger seat, wrapping a thick cashmere blanket from the backseat around her trembling shoulders. She looked so fragile, her breathing shallow and uneven.
She leaned her head against the cool glass of the window, her eyes half-closed.
𝗥еa𝖽 𝗐it𝗁𝘰𝗎t iո𝘵𝗲r𝗿up𝘁𝘪𝘰𝗇𝘀 𝗈n ѕ.𝘤𝗈𝘮
“You played the husband too well back there,” she whispered, her voice raspy and weak, barely carrying over the sound of the engine. “Almost had me fooled p>
Her words were a silver blade driven straight through my chest. I swallowed the agonizing growl rising in my throat, keeping my eyes fixed on the road ahead. I didn’t answer. I couldn’t.
I waited until her breathing deepened, until the soft, rhythmic rise and fall of her chest told me she had finally succumbed to exhaustion.
I reached out, my fingers hovering just an inch from her pale cheek, craving the violent spark of our bond but refusing to wake her.
“I’m not acting, my little wolf,” I whispered to the empty air, the truth tearing at my throat.
Jase POV
The traffic finally broke. I slammed my foot on the gas, my SUV tearing down the highway, leaving the Aston Martin far behind. But the image of Kain’s hand on her waist burned behind my eyelids like a brand.
I wouldn’t let him win. I would destroy everything before I let that bastard claim what was supposed to be mine.
I opened the encrypted mind-link, my rage bleeding through the psychic connection to the one person who hated Adelina as much as I did.
Kira, I snarled, lacing my voice with the absolute, crushing weight of an Alpha’s Command. Find out if she’s pregnant. Now.
Adelina POV
The transition from the charcoal grey Aston Martin to the Master Den at Blackstone Tower was a blur of agonizing heat and the overwhelming, intoxicating scent of ancient cedar. I drifted in and out of consciousness, the toxic aftermath of the silver burning through my veins like liquid fire.
When I finally opened my eyes, I was sinking into the center of a massive bed. The room was dim, illuminated only by a single bedside lamp. Kain leaned over me, his massive frame casting a protective shadow. His fingers brushed my collarbone as he reached for the top button of my rain-soaked shirt.
Panic, rooted deep in my insecurities as a wolfless Omega, flared to life. I weakly pushed his hands away.