All Chapters of Reborn to Defy Fate: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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11. Edge of Control

KillianSomething was wrong. I could feel it as that uneasy feeling crept over me again.It started with the way the floor shifted beneath me, not physically, but in my head. Like the world had tilted just a few degrees off the center, and now nothing made sense. My limbs felt heavy, my skin too tight. My heartbeat was loud, echoing in my ears like a war drum.I tried to blink it away, to focus, but the colors of the hall bled into each other. The lights flickered too brightly, the walls closed in too fast. My wolf growled somewhere deep inside me, clawing at the haze.Poison.Not literal venom, but something close. Something sly and burning, laced into my bloodstream. I could feel it unraveling my thoughts. Clouding my instincts. Every breath I took felt thick. Slow. And as if it was a burden and my wolf could feel it too.What had she given me? Would she dare poison an alpha with all these people around?“Killian?”Her voice coiled around me like smoke. Sweet. Wrong. Disgusting.Sel

12. Poison in Silk

LyraThe room was dim, scented with jasmine oil and faint desperation. The thick curtains were drawn tight, candles flickering low around the bed like offerings to a dark god. On the bed, Killian,my mate and our Alpha, lay sprawled, chest bare, breath heavy and uneven.Standing over him, dressed in nothing but a slinky red slip and lipstick too loud for this silence, was Selene, my best friend.Ha!Her fingers hovered just above his skin, trembling, not with guilt, but with anticipation.“You will thank me for this, Alpha Killian,” she whispered, voice thick with fake sweetness. “You will see. I’ll make you forget all about her.”I didn’t need to ask who "her" was because I already knew. How did I never see Selene's true colours in my past life? Or was it the case of ‘love is blind’? Maybe I was so in love with Damon that I ignored all the red flags.Then I stepped out of the shadows.She didn’t see me at first. She was too focused. Too greedy to defile Killian. Her hand slid towards

13. Web of Smoke and Wine

LyraI moved like a whisper through the halls of the Alpha wing, Selene’s phone still warm in my pocket, my heart steady despite what I was about to do.Some might call this revenge but I called it justice.Calculated. Clean. Long overdue.They deserved it and I would serve it to them hot and steaming.I returned to the room where I had left her, still slumped against the wall like a discarded doll, her red slip twisted and mascara smeared beyond repair. She flinched when she saw me again and now, she was writhing with need on the floor.“You,” she spat, voice hoarse.“Me,” I echoed calmly.She tried to rise, but I was faster. I crouched beside her, slipping the thin black purse from her wrist. She gasped and clawed at it, but she was weak, dizzy, from her own potion still in her system.“Don’t worry,” I cooed, “I just need something small.”I opened the purse. Lipstick. A compact mirror. A tiny vial with a wax seal still intact.There you are.I uncorked the vial gently, careful not

14. Ashes and Silence

LyraThe moment I stepped back into Killian’s room, I felt it.The air had shifted. It was now thicker and heavier, charged with a raw tension that made my breath catch. His scent had changed too. No longer just masculine and commanding, but now tangled with something deeper. Primal. Feral. Needy.Then, the smell of his pheromones hit my nostrils with such force that I felt like running towards him. It was citrus with a hint of pine.A rut.But this wasn’t natural. I knew enough about Alpha biology to recognize the signs: the feverish glint in his half-lidded eyes, the shallow pants escaping his lips, the restless movements of his limbs tangled in sweat-soaked sheets.Someone had triggered this.Selene.She hadn't just drugged him to make him weak. She had wanted him at his most vulnerable. A forced rut, induced with pheromone-laced potions and heat amplifiers. A twisted method of seduction through chemistry and the next day, Killian would blame himself since he would think that the r

15. The Madness in Her Smile

KillianWhen I woke, the first thing I noticed was the silence. No sounds of battle. No scent of blood. No pain in my chest.Just… a dull ache in my head and the faint perfume of lilies of the valley. The smell was familiar but my foggy brain couldn't place it.My sheets were damp. My body exhausted.And then I saw her.Lyra.She was slumped on the floor beside my bed, her head resting near my arm, silver strands of hair catching the light. She was fast asleep, lips parted slightly, a crease between her brows as if even in sleep she was worrying about something.A sharp, confusing wave of emotion twisted in my chest.I remembered in flashes; heat, fire in my veins, and a kiss. Gods, her mouth on mine. The taste of her, the way she had trembled against me and then pulled away with shaking hands.Had she… saved me? There was no way. Lyra hated me and there was no way she would save me.I shifted, and my movement must have woken her. Her lashes fluttered open, and the moment her eyes met

16. Dangerous Terms

KillianShe was still talking when I finally blinked and realized I hadn’t heard a word.“...so, obviously, I saved you. Which means, in some divine or romantic way, you owe me. And I don’t want money or medals or parades… I want your body, Alpha,” she finished and then blinked at me playfully.My mind stalled. I stared at her like she had grown horns and declared herself Alpha of the Moon.Was this the same girl who had rejected me a hundred time and humiliated me and even said words I wouldn't want to repeat?“What?” I asked, finally finding my voice.“My payment,” she said again, beaming as if this was a joke and I was meant to laugh.Only I didn’t laugh. I clenched my jaw. My body was still weak from the induced rut, faint traces of heat still simmering in my blood, but the fog was gone. I could think again. And thinking meant seeing clearly.And what I saw was Lyra. Standing there like she owned the room. Like she hadn’t been missing in action while Selene and Damon turned my lif

17. The Truth Beneath Her Skin

KillianHer body was warm against mine, but it wasn’t just warmth I felt.It was the crackle of something dangerous. It was something raw and unspoken rising between us. Her eyes flicked to my lips, and I saw the question in them. Or maybe it was a challenge.I didn’t care.I leaned in and kissed her again. Lyra, the woman I had longed to kiss and hold for as long as I could remember.This time it was slower, deeper. Not rushed like before, but purposeful. Her lips parted beneath mine like a secret unlocking, and her hands slid up to my shoulders, pulling me closer. I should have stopped, hell, I meant to stop, but every time she touched me, I felt myself unraveling, thread by thread.I don't even know how many fantasies I had had about her or how many times I had kissed and undressed her and did unmentionable things to her in my mind. For a very long time, I thought that Lyra would never love me and this would never happen and I was used to dealing with the pain.But now, Lyra moaned

18. Broken Trust

LyraI stood outside the house for longer than I should have, fingers clenched tightly around the strap of my bag. The wood of the door was the same, but the silence behind it carried a different weight. I took a deep breath, trying to slow my racing heart. This wasn’t the same house I left behind in anger in my last life. This was home.I sniffed back tears at the thought that in my last life, I had left home in a fit of anger all led by Selene and I was an idiot to see what was happening back then and when I came back, it was after I heard of my mom's death.I sighed and finally pushed the door open.“Mom?” My voice wavered.She was in the kitchen, her back to me, stirring something over the fire. When she turned, the spoon slipped from her hand and clattered into the pot. Her eyes widened, then softened, filling with tears.“Oh, Lyra,” she whispered, rushing toward me.I met her halfway, letting her wrap her arms around me. She was shaking, small gasps leaving her lips as she cried

19. Doubts and Joys

KillianThe morning sun spilled golden light across the training grounds, but I barely noticed it. My body moved, but my mind… my mind was with her.Lyra.It still didn’t feel real. She had kissed me. No, she had come back to me. The Lyra I had mourned, the Lyra I had given up on, had looked me in the eye and chosen me. She had burned with fire, confidence, mischief. She had left me breathless and wanting. And then, just like that, she was gone, saying she needed to get her things.I wasn’t sure whether to believe it or not.Was she for real? After all those times that she had humiliated me before my pack?“Fot all we know, she could still be playing you,” part of me whispered. “It could all be part of a bigger game.”But then I remembered her mouth on mine, the way she had trembled when I had touched her, the way her lips parted when I kissed down her neck. And the moment I discovered the truth, that Damon had never touched her, that had gutted me. It was the one thing I didn’t even

20. I Wouldn't Let Her

DamonThe sound of fists pounding against flesh echoed in the clearing, but my head wasn’t in it.I threw a punch, too slow.Blocked one, too late.I was distracted. I was only here because the rules dictated I do and I needed to bide my time.“Eyes up, Damon!” Beta Grigor’s voice bellowed across the grounds like a slap to the face. “You are training like a pup with worms in his ears!”A few of the others snickered and others booed. I didn’t care. I was too tense to care.I wiped the sweat from my brow, jaw clenched, eyes narrowing against the harsh sunlight. Every nerve in my body was on edge, burning like live wires beneath my skin.I couldn’t stop thinking about her.Lyra.She had vanished after everything fell apart. After Selene’s near-death stunt, after Leo spiraled, after Killian somehow clawed his way back from the brink.She was gone and that hadn't been a part of the plan. She was toppling all we had planned and I couldn't have that. I needed to think and quick before everyt

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