Semua Bab A Slave To Submit [Alpha + Omega Romance]: Bab 51 - Bab 60

“Wake up, doggy.” A sneering voice cut through the roar of rushing water. Liora groaned, brows furrowing as she tried to gather her bearings. The back of her head throbbed repeatedly, almost drowning out her senses. She lifted her hands to soothe the spot, only to be stopped by a yanking force. “What the hell?” Liora tried to tug her wrists apart but they were securely bound by tungsten chains. She wrestled to an upright position, looking around wildly. A wave of de ja voo washed over her. The last time she was here, she was trying to escape the pack. Thaddeus had caught her and dealt her the fate that changed the course of her entire life. She felt trapped by her life back then. Now she was back near the river, and being trapped took on an entirely new meaning and form.Liora eyed the shrouded figure, narrowing her gaze. “I should have known you would’ve tried to pull some crap like this.”Nerissa stepped into a beam of moonlight. It illuminated her cruel smile and the deranged loo

“Oh my goddess! Liora, honey–are you–?”“Knocked-up? She sure is, Maia–ow!”“–I will nail your tongue to this table if you don’t learn to control it.”“Xandy! Can’t you tell Caius to back off?”“I’m happy to provide the hammer and nails–”“Settle down, please.” Liora’s mouth turned up in a small smile, amused at their reaction. They all seemed over the moon with joy that she was expecting. Except for Ronin, that is. He didn’t even acknowledge her when she entered the boardroom. When she woke up after their long night, his side of the bed was cold as if he hadn’t slept in it. Walking around towards the other end of the table, she thanked Nikolai as he pulled out her chair. “As much as I’d love to talk about this pup all day, we have much more important business to discuss.”“What could be more important than the arrival of the royal Heir?” Thaddeus grinned. “I say, we throw a party.”“That is a great idea!” Maia clapped her hands together repeatedly, her palms barely touching. “We co

“Get out of my way!” Ronin pushed at the bodies blocking his path as a crowd gathered around Liora’s still body. “MOVE!”His heart hammered against his ribcage as he dropped to his knees beside her. “What the hell happened?” His eyes darted to Callie who had set Liora’s head in her lap.“I-I don’t know what happened.” Callie stammered, eyes wide with fear. “One minute she called me over to try some cupcakes and the next–she just collapsed.”“Out of the way!” Caius's loud voice bellowed as he stalked around the side of the table, Lucien and Thaddeus in tow. While they worked on controlling the crowd, Ronin’s eyes raked over his mate, frantically looking for clues. His eyes snagged on the frosting and crumbs on her fingers, then to the discarded pasty beside her on the floor. He picked it up carefully, sniffing at it. Nothing seemed off about the smell. “Where did these come from?!” Maia hurried to him, babbling as he flipped open the box. “We don’t know. We got an extra batch of cup

Ronin sank deeper into his throne chair, gazing at nothing in particular as he recalled the night he met Liora. As he took a deep swing from the bottle of whiskey, the images floated along the room like phantoms. Thaddeus had dragged her in, the defiance in her striking lavender eyes as she fought and lost against her nature. And when those orbs finally landed on him, it was like he could breathe again.His wolf went crazy at the thought of their teeth into her neck. She’d wanted him too.Twistedness and all.He should’ve finished the ritual and severed their bond when he had the chance–consequences be dammed. Now he was in too deep and his mate was slowly becoming someone he could barely recognize.He couldn’t recognize himself.Dark circles under his eyes, his haunted gaze. It was almost like something inside him was just waiting–dreading when the sword finally fell. Would it fall upon him? Or upon his mate and unborn child?Growling, Ronin threw the bottle against the steps, rakin

The air was cold and punishing to his lungs, but Ronin forced himself to stand there a little longer beneath the falling snow. Pulling the collar of his fur coat closer to his neck, he stared at the spot in the courtyard when he heard the best and worst words of his life.(FLASHBACK)‘I KNOW HOW YOU CAN CURE LIORA!’Hope filled his chest as he stared down at the top of Nikolai’s head. ‘The Oracle said there was no way to get rid of the darkness-’‘I’m not talking about getting rid of the darkness.’ Nik insisted. ‘There’s another way to cure Liora.’Ronin raked a hand through his hair, gesturing for Nikolai to get to his feet. ‘Why did you wait until this specific moment to tell me this, Nik?!’‘Because– I wasn’t sure it could work, until now.’ He dusted the leaves from his pants. ‘I’ve been watching you and Liora for weeks. Sometimes, it would manifest in her, then you, then the both of you at the same time. It reminded me of the ebb and flow of the tether that binds us all as a pack.