FATED CHAINS

-the heat of Ryker's presence, his words, the way his gaze seemed to linger on her longer than necessary. She hated how her heart seemed to beat faster

hind her. She didn't have to turn around to know it was

His voice cut through t

back to him. "Yes, Alpha. I'

loser. Luna's pulse quickened, her senses heightened. She could feel th

Ryker asked, his voice sharp b

e wood she was carrying. "I don'

his voice lowering. "You avoid me because y

he pull that tied them together, but hearing him say it al

ckly, her voice steady despite the panic r

d feel the heat radiating off him, a reminder of the power he held as alpha-and the power he unknowingly he

, almost as if he were speaking to himself. "The bond. It'

ctly how she felt. But the words caught in her throat, tangled with fear and confusion. She had always been c

d, her voice barely audible. "I don't want

hought she saw a flicker of pain in his eyes, quickly

hard again. "It's not something either of us can co

f them settled in her chest like a stone, cold and unrelenting. It wa

broad shoulders rigid with tension. Luna watched him go, her mind

e, the uncertainty hidden beneath his cold exterior. His words e

ll she knew was that the bond between them was undeniab

ot, staring at the ceiling, the silence around her almost suffocating. The fire from earli

curse, or was it something more? Something that, deep down, she

fusion. But one thing was certain: the chain between her and Ryker was re