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Chapter 12
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2026-06-27 07:50:50
Shana AllenThis is certainly overwhelming and new for her.
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BRIELLA.My head was spinning. Not from the kiss itself, though that alone would have been enough to shake me. Something foreign and hot threaded through my blood, pulsing in time with my heartbeat. With it came questions I couldn't silence fast enough.Was this real?Was he reacting to me, or to the bond that fate tied us together with?Did Ryder actually want Briella, the girl who was the opposite of him, or was he just craving whatever the bond had decided for him?I tried to quiet them. I pressed the questions down, buried them beneath the weight of his gaze. Because the way he was looking at me right now…those half-lidded eyes, his tight jaw, had me feeling something I'd never felt before. Something that didn't have a name I knew.Mated people had tried to explain it before. The bond is overwhelming, they'd say. Intense. Powerful. Like nothing else. But none of those words came close. This was all-consuming. Every nerve ending blazed. Every breath I drew came back saturated with h
The Darkness Between Us Chapter 12
BRIELLA. When he kissed me, I wasn’t ready.I had time to pull back. I had time to laugh it off or change the subject or stand up and put distance between us. I did none of those things. His palm settled warm against my cheek, and then his mouth was on mine, and every thought I had been organizing for the past hour scattered like papers in a gust of wind.I had been kissed exactly zero times before that moment. I had imagined it, of course. Vague, soft-focused daydreams that bore no resemblance to the reality of Ryder's lips pressing firm and certain against my own. The mate-bond lit up between us like a current completing a circuit. Sparks raced across my skin wherever he touched me, and my nerve endings fired in a cascade that made every moment before this one feel like I had been living underwater.A voice in my head, thin and rational, said to stop. Said this was too fast. Said I should slow down, breathe, think. That voice had always been the one I listened to. It had kept me car
The Darkness Between Us Chapter 11
RYDER. Her eyes widened. For a heartbeat, she simply stared at me, and I watched the emotions flicker across her face like shadows. Surprise, first. Then uncertainty that made my chest tighten. Her gaze searched mine with an intensity that felt like being seen all the way through.I could practically hear the questions that were undoubtedly running through her mind. 'Does he mean it. Is this just the bond. If I say yes, what happens after? What if this is real and I'm not enough? What if it's not real and I let myself believe anyway?'The silence between us lingered, delicate and heavy.I held her gaze and waited, forcing myself not to move, not to lean closer, not to do anything that might feel like pressure. This had to be her choice. Completely, entirely hers.No assumptions.No expectations.Just a question hanging in the space between us.Her throat bobbed as she swallowed hard. A blush spread slowly across her cheeks, painting her skin that soft shade of pink I was quickly becom
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RYDER. "...and then Cassie had the audacity to hand me a microphone."I leaned back against the loveseat, already grinning because I could tell exactly where this story was headed."She didn't.""Oh, she absolutely did." Briella covered her face with one hand, groaning dramatically. "She told the DJ it was my birthday.""I'm guessing that it wasn't your birthday.""Nope!" she said, popping the p, and smiling fondly at the memory."So, everyone thought they were celebrating you?""Worse. They started chanting my name."I lost it. The sound of my own laughter filled the room, and judging by the way Briella dissolved into giggles herself, neither of us had any hope of recovering anytime soon."I panicked," she managed between breaths. "I was trying to escape through the emergency exit when Cassie physically shoved me onto the stage."My stomach hurt from laughing. I hadn't laughed this hard in a long time."That's what cousins are for," I told her, thinking about my own cousins."She's l
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BRIELLA.The moment Ryder's hand cupped my cheek, the world ceased to exist. Warmth exploded across my skin from the mate-bond sparks. It felt powerful yet comforting, overwhelming yet calming. I had never felt anything so intense before.The sensation stole every coherent thought from my mind. All I could feel was him. His hand against my skin. The warmth of his body standing so close to mine. The rich cocoa and spice scent wrapping around me like a blanket I never wanted to leave.My eyes fluttered closed for the briefest moment. His presence felt utterly intoxicating. Not in the way people often described attraction. This felt like finding something I hadn't even realized was missing. Like a piece of me had been wandering through life incomplete and had suddenly found its way home.A soft involuntary breath escaped me.No matter how much I tried to imagine what finding a mate might feel like, nothing could have prepared me for this. Stories didn't do it justice. People talked about
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RYDER.The silence stretched between us like a living thing. Not exactly awkward. Just... charged. Electric.All I could focus on was Briella.The way moonlight painted silver highlights through her hair. The way her beautiful eyes remained locked on mine. The way her pulse fluttered wildly beneath the delicate skin of her throat.'Mate,' Axel purred, having the time of his life.I resisted the urge to roll my eyes.'Yes, thank you. I'm well aware.''How come all you're doing is staring? Perhaps try talking to her, dipshit.'My jaw tightened. Axel could be a real asshole sometimes, but he was right. And I couldn't seem to stop.I was the future Alpha of the Crescent Moon Pack. I regularly negotiated disputes between pack members. Could address dozens of wolves at a time without hesitation. Yet somehow, standing in front of one woman had rendered me completely useless.‘She probably thinks you’re weird,’ he whispered as if telling me a secret.‘You’re not helping,’ I snapped.Briella sh
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BRIELLA.The moment Cassie and I stepped into the gathering hall, every instinct I possessed screamed at me to turn around and leave.It was almost unrecognizable here. The familiar packhouse gathering hall had been transformed into something beautiful. Soft ivory fabric cascaded from the exposed wo
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RYDER.I watched Briella from my spot without her even realizing it. I wasn't certain how she hadn't picked up on my scent yet, but I took it as a temporary blessing because it gave me a minute to think, to consider everything.This turn of events was entirely unexpected and fucking impossible to w
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BRIELLA.Morning came far too early.I was tired as hell because my body had been too keyed-up for any type of good rest last night. It had taken forever to actually fall asleep after I got back from Tala's run—too long spent replaying what happened at the lake. The peacefulness. The shadows.But m
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BRIELLA.The world had a way of reminding me I was nothing. That I didn’t exist. That was what the world had beaten into me over the years.My family.My pack.They whispered and mocked me, always finding different ways to tear me down. They were creative. I had to give them that. But I survived be
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