Remove ads, read new chapters, faster page loading
Currently our revenue is not enough to maintain the website. You can support us by upgrading to premium membership!
Special Offer
Upgrade NowThank you for reading on CrushNovels! We provide free access to all our stories, but maintaining this platform requires ongoing costs. To keep the site running and continue offering free content, we display advertisements. You can close the ads anytime, or upgrade to premium membership ($5/month) for an ad-free reading experience while supporting our mission. You can also earn premium for free by completing simple tasks. We truly appreciate your understanding and support!
Nadia's NOV Trubl never be what Adrian truly breded . I want his mate , was i Luna matrijal , in altoge blood and sacrifice . I was the Beta , the second , the shadow . Skyr was something else entirely . Tren before her wall emerged , I tensed the power elemical . She had survived alone for years . She understood pain and lots an intimately . the hinde strength of a surime , but something more did , yet hadn't allowed it to harden her completely . Hought against it , of course .
Tried to drive het may with suspicion and coldness . But the harder I pushed , the more the proved herself my respect . 며 The others in the pack took to bet quickly ton . Marcus praised her natural talent for reconnaissance , while Lydia called her an exceptional student with bern intuition for herbs and remedies .
Despite her swall stature and limited physical strength , the approached every training session with unwavering determination She never complained when I pushed her harder than the others , never made excuses when the failed .
Sometimes , watching her dogged persistence , I glimpsed reflections of my younger self - the same stubborn resoler , the same willingness to endure pain to prove her Peshaps that's why she itated me so deeply , she reminded me of who I once was , before years of unrequited devotion burdened me When I discovered she wasn't Adrians mate , I felt a selfish relief wash over me .
It gave me justification - or so I thought - to warn her away from him , to remind her of boundaries that should exist between an Alpha and a pack member who wasn't destined to be his Luna 1 clung to this knowledge like a shield , using it to protect myself from the growing reality I refused to acknowledge , What I failed to anticipate was howe Adrian's feelings for her would deepen day by day , mate bond or not .
Follow new episodes on the CrushnovelS.Com
He never admitted it aloud - not to me , not to anyone - but I could see it in the way his eyes followed her across a room , in how his voice afted when he spoke her name , in the decisions he made to keep her close . Love doesn't always need fate's blessing to flourish . Even when Adrian and i were away on pack business , he remembered to buy her a birthday gift . A deep - sea pearl necklace that he spent hours selecting .
scrutinizing each eption with an attention to detail he rarely showed for anything besides pack security . I watched his face as he imagined her wearing it , saw the softness in his eyes that had never been there for me . Then came the mask hunting game at the canyon . Did Skye really believe smearing a bit of mud on her clothes would hide what happened between them ? The scent of their intimacy was unmistakable to anyone with werewolf senses .
They disappeared for nearly an hour , and I doubt they spent that time playing hide and week . They were having us while the rest of us searched the canyon in vain . maintained my composure throughout the remainder of that night . Directed the hunters , organized the evening activities , smiled and nodded at appropriate moments as we gathered around the complice .
I cried that night For the first time since I was fourteen years old , I allowed myself to break down completely with our tents pitched so close together in the canyon , I couldn't risk making a sound . I pressed my face into my pillow , shoulders shaking with silent ab , swallowing the anguish that threatened to escape my throat Through the rat's thin fabric , moonlight cast moving shadows across my sleeping bag .
Around midnight , une shadow grew distinct - Adrian's silhouette , moving stealthily between the tents , I watched , frown in my grief , es He didn't mange until just before dawn . The pain was more excruciating than any humiliation Ed ever endured , more d being tom open , my hean physically shredded devastating than my father most violent beatings .
It felt like my cheat was 372 Chapter 86 étham laphed 16605t han to thoroughly in a compeenten i had no thánce if winding from Self - doubt , an old unele compalen I thright til hanked you strength and competence remifaced with vengeance I've tried to many chilich tadjet ta keep them apart . 1 energed Rydes in pursue Skye , hoping his youth and charm might distract her . Tervated unneorvary tasks that kept Adrian being and hop even drafted a talentoas " Agreement " demanding .
Skye maintain her distance from Adrian , which die richtfully refered to sign . All tot de struggles , laughable in retrospect . Vi cammot fight what is meant to be , no matter how desperately you try . In the rod . I chose to think the wolfbane meant for her . Not becse I had given up , but because I finally understood my pulpose . I had protected Adrian through our exile , through the founding of Dasishem , through mantless challenges .
Protecting what he loved - ven if went De- was the final service I would eller I regret nothing . Not the mate rejected , not the home 1 abandoned , not the life I sacrificed . My only wish is that I could have seen Adrian achieve his destiny - to become the Alpha King he was born to be , with Skye standing beside him where I once This is my story . These are the secrets I never told .
Chapter Comments Visitor POST COMMENT OMG I haven't ugly cried like this in a long time over a Character that I hated in the beginning but grew to love ! Goodness all the struggles and heartache she went throug …. Dawn Corfitzson probably should have been told before she passed . 3 chapters I can't try to care about , 1 because she's gone now . 2 , she is not who the story is about , it made her look more … View All 4 Comments 2
Register for membership to remove ads.
Register Now - $5/monthShare novels to remove ads and enjoy ad-free reading!
Share Now - Remove AdsOur website offers a complete collection of GoodNovel novels. Readers can easily search and read any GoodNovel story online. Click here to browse all GoodNovel short novels
Join Telegram Group