Chapter five: The pull of the enemy
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📖 Chapter Five: The Pull of the Enemy
Aurora told herself not to go.
All night she repeated it like a prayer, but the bond mocked her searing, clawing, dragging her back into the forest. Every beat of her heart whispered his name.
Kael.
When the moon rose high, she gave in. Her wolf tore free, carrying her across the border, paws flying over moss and stone until she reached the clearing where fate had burned them together.
He was already there.
Kael stood in the shadows, arms folded, his chest heaving as if he’d run the whole way. His eyes caught hers, glowing like embers furious, hungry, undone.
“You shouldn’t be here,” he bit out.
Aurora’s breath shook. “Then why are you?”
His jaw flexed. For a moment neither moved, the silence crackling between them like a storm waiting to break. Then Kael snapped closing the distance in three long strides, his hands seizing her arms, pulling her so close she could taste the danger on his breath.
“I hate this,” he rasped. “I hate that it’s you.”
Aurora’s pulse throbbed, but her body betrayed her, leaning closer instead of away. “Then stop.”
His grip tightened, his forehead dropping against hers, his voice raw. “I can’t.”
The bond surged like wildfire. And then his mouth was on hers.
It wasn’t gentle it was violent, desperate, a clash of enemies bound by fate. Aurora’s fingers tangled in his hair, his hands crushing her waist, their wolves howling in unison as the forest spun around them. Every rule, every oath, every drop of hate burned to ash in that kiss.
When they finally broke apart, breathless, Aurora’s eyes blurred with fear and fire.
“This will destroy us.”
Kael’s thumb brushed her lips, his gaze fierce and possessive.
“Then let it.”
The words were still in the air when a twig snapped.
Aurora stiffened, jerking back, her eyes scanning the dark. The trees whispered, shadows shifting, the memory of scarlet vampire eyes burning fresh in her mind.
Kael spun, pulling her behind him, his wolf on edge. But this time nothing emerged. Just silence. Just the suffocating certainty that they weren’t alone.
Aurora’s voice was a tremor. “They’re watching.”
Kael’s eyes flicked toward the treeline, his teeth bared.
“Then let them watch. They’ll learn what happens when they touch what’s mine.”
But deep inside, Aurora knew the vampires weren’t just watching.
They were waiting.
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