Chapter 184 Tristan 70 The jet touched down on a small airstrip that Derek had somehow arranged on an island I’d never heard of, and the moment we stepped off the plane, I could feel that something was wrong. The bond with Athena was there but it felt different, like
Chapter 183 70 “How long to get there?” I asked Derek. “Two hours in the air, maybe less if we push it,” Derek replied. That was too much. “But Tristan, you need to prepare yourself for what we might find when we get there.” He said making me turn to
Chapter 182 The wind burned my face but I barely felt it because through the bond, I could feel Athena and she was faint but there. Her heartbeat was uneven and frantic, calling out to me across whatever distance separated us. I gripped the handlebars tighter and pushed the throttle
Chapter 181 Chapter 181 Tristan 370 ‘How much time do we have?‘ I asked Orion, my voice cutting through the air, sharper than I meant it to be, but I couldn’t hold back the edge, not with Athena’s faint heartbeat pulsing in my mind. Orion’s jaw clenched so tight I
Chapter 180 The Biker Alpha Who Became My Second Chance Mate Chapter 180 70 “Speak now, Derek added with a bark that made Max jump. If you know what’s good for you p> Max trembled and his knees buckled slightly under the combined pressure from all of us. I could
Chapter 179 Chapter 179 Tristan’s POV I played the video again and then a third time because my mind refused to accept what my eyes were seeing. Seraphine was there on the screen, her face a mask of pure fury as she shoved her way into Athena’s apartment and then
Chapter 178 Chapter 178 “Stop, I choked out between sobs. I pressed my hands over my ears but the chains made it impossible to block out his voice completely. And in the end, she just … stopped breathing. It took almost two hours. Two long hours of suffering and she
Chapter 177 Chapter 177 Athena “But Jess wasn’t weak,” he said, almost conversationally. “She was healthy. Strong. She wouldn’t have gone into labor early on her own. But your precious Seraphine made sure she did. She put it right in her tea, in her seat, smiling while Jess drank it
Chapter 176 And you know what the best part is? Even if you hadn’t killed Jess I still would have left you eventually because you’re abusive and controlling and you would have shown your true colors sooner or later. So really all you did was speed up the process and
Chapter 175 Chapter 175 Athena’s POV The tears stopped flowing down my cheeks and the shaking stopped and a strange icy calm washed over me like I was suddenly looking at everything from outside my own body. I lifted my head slowly and met his gaze directly and my lips
Chapter 174 Chapter 174TM 70 Really think about it Athena because I remember every single detail p> I stared at him and my breath caught in my throat because I could see where this was going and I didn’t want to hear what he was about to say. You said
Chapter 173 Chapter 173 ‘Exactly what you heard babe My breath caught in my throat and my heart was pounding like it wanted to tear its way out of my chest. Jess. Tristan’s first mate. The mate who had died seven months ago, no eight months ago. 秘湯 70 Back
Chapter 172 He shrugged, like it didn’t matter. “ Call it what you want. In the end, I’ll have what’s mine, and you’ll have nothing p> 70 He turned and started for the stairs, but he paused at the bottom, looking back at me. ‘Don’t try anything stupid,” he said.
Chapter 171 Chapter 171 Daxon stepped back, his eyes scanning me like I was a puzzle he was trying to solve. ‘Seraphine tells me you’ve been busy, he said, glancing at the loose shackle, his voice calm now, which was somehow worse than his anger. “You think you’re clever, don’t
Chapter 170 Athena’s POV Seraphine’s eyes flicked down and locked onto my right wrist, where the shackle hung loose, dangling uselessly from the chain. Her face twisted with rage, lips curling back like she’d bitten something sour. “You little bitch,‘ she hissed, stepping closer, her voice low and venomous, ‘you
Chapter 169 Chapter 169 Then I took a deep breath and started trying to compress my hand enough to slip it through the metal circle that was holding me to the wall. The pain was immediate and intense and I had to bite my lip to keep from screaming because
Chapter 168 Athena’s POV 70 I started working on the bolt behind my right wrist, using my fingernails to scrape away the old mortar and concrete even though it was making my fingers bleed and every movement sent pain shooting up my arm. It was slow work and I had
Chapter 167 The Biker Alpha Who Became My Second Chance Mate Chapter 167 Daxon paused at the bottom of the stairs and looked back at me with something that might have been pity if it had come from anyone else but from him just looked like mockery. ‘You still don’t
Chapter 166 Athena’s POV “Isn’t it?” he asked, stopping in front of me again. “ When was the last time he said he loved you and meant it? When was the last time he chose you over his pack responsibilities? ” I couldn’t answer not because not because of anything,
Chapter 165 Chapter 165 He was closer now, close enough that I could see the hatred burning in his eyes, the same hatred that had made my life a nightmare before I finally found the courage to leave. “You made me look weak in front of my pack members. Those