Chapter 6: The Abduction Author:Rosie Alcoph Last Updated:2025-03-03 12:39:58 LIRA He wasnt supposed to be real.
The stories didnt do him justice.
Caius Vexmoor stood like a shadow carved from moonlightbroad-shouldered, cloaked in black leathers, and dangerous.
His presence was a storm wrapped in silence, and his silver eyes… gods, those eyes.
Like frost over steel.
Cold.
Sharp.
Unrelenting.
But it wasnt the strength in his stance or the silent power he commanded that shook me.
It was the way he looked at me.
Like I already belonged to him.
Step back, Lira, Tobias warned, his voice tight with authority, his stance rigid.
I could feel the tension thrumming through him, the way his energy shifted as he stood between us like a wall ready to collapse.
But Caius didnt stop.
He took a single step forwardand that one step changed everything.
I wont repeat myself, Tobias, he said, voice low, carved from ice and stone.
She comes with me.
My heart kicked hard against my ribs, as if it recognized something my mind couldnt yet grasp.
I tasted iron at the back of my tongue, my breath catching.
Why? I asked, surprised by the steadiness of my voice.
Inside, I was trembling like a leaf caught in a gale.
Why me? He looked at me thenreally looked.
Not the surface glance that measured threats or weaknesses, but the kind that saw through bone and blood and memory.
And for the briefest second, something flickered behind his gaze.
Doubt.
Sadness.
Longing.
I couldnt be sure.
Youll understand soon enough, Caius murmured.
It wasnt a threat.
Not a promise.
Just a truth waiting to unravel.
But that didnt make it any less terrifying.
There was a momentso sharp, so fragilewhere I thought I might be able to move, to speak again.

But I didnt get the chance.
Because everything shattered.
The Duskborne warriors surged forward like lightning unbound, moving with a terrifying unity.
Cloaks flared, blades flashed, and the air exploded with the metallic tang of magic and violence.
Tobias shifted beside mebones snapping, fur erupting, his body twisting into the powerful wolf Id always known.
His silver-gray form hit the earth with a growl that cracked through the night like thunder.
He didnt hesitate.
His instincts overtook him.
But neither did Caius.
He didnt flinch.
He didnt raise a hand.
He didnt even blink.
Because his warriors were already there.
They emerged from the shadows of the trees like wraithssilent, calculating, lethal.
They moved through the chaos with precision only trained killers possessed.
No war cries.
No wasted movement.
Only blood and smoke and silence.
Tobias lunged, jaws bared, aiming straight for Caiuss throat.
But Caius was gone.
One blinkand he was right in front of me.
His hand closed around my armnot rough, but final.
His grip was the kind you couldnt break, not even with all the strength in the world.
Not forceful, yet immovable.
Like I was already claimed.
Like Id always been his.
Let me go! I thrashed, panic crashing over me like a wave.
My blood roared in my ears, my vision pulsing at the edges.
My fingers clawed at his arm, but it was like trying to tear apart a mountain.
I couldnt breathe.
And yet… His touch wasnt magic.
It wasnt brute strength.
But it felt different.
Familiar.

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Terrifying.
Like I belonged in his arms.
Like I had always belonged.
Bond.
The word whispered through me, unspoken, undeniable.
A truth etched into my marrow.
Caius looked down at me, eyes flickering with something unreadable.
Im not here to hurt you.
You already are, I hissed.
And still, he didnt let go.
Behind us, growls tore through the air.
Claws raked across earth and skin, wolves collided with warriors in an explosion of furybut none of it mattered.
Not in this moment.
Not when the world had narrowed to his hand on my arm and the sound of my heart breaking.
You dont belong here, he said softly, as if the words themselves hurt.
And I wont leave without you.
Even if I say no? I whispered.
His jaw flexed.
He didnt answer.
Because we both knewsome choices werent ours to make.
Some were written into blood.
Into bone.
Into fate.
I tried to ignore the way my skin burned beneath his touch, the way something ancient stirred inside me, like a memory that didnt belong to meor maybe one that had been taken.
Please, I said, but I didnt even know what I was pleading for.
For him to let go.
For him to stay.
For the bond to be a lie.
His eyes softened, just for a breath.
I didnt choose this either, Lira.
And thatthat shattered me more than anything.
Because Id expected hunger.
Command.
Possession.

Not regret.
Not pain.
The battlefield raged around us.
I could hear Tobiass snarl, hear the thuds of bodies colliding, the sharp clang of blades meeting blades.
But all I could feel was the bond.
Pulling.
Tearing.
Binding.
My knees buckled, but Caius caught me.
His arms wrapped around me, strong, certain.
And for a fleeting, dangerous secondI didnt want him to let go.
I hated myself for it.
I dont know you, I whispered, my voice breaking.
But I know you, he said.
Ive seen you.
In dreams.
In visions.
And I swore, the moment I found you, I would never let you fall.
He leaned in, so close I could feel his breath ghost across my cheek.
You dont remember yet.
But you will.
And just like that, the world tilted.
A flare of heat surged through me, sharp and golden, blooming beneath my ribs.
Not pain.
Not fear.
Recognition.
A namehis nameechoed through something deeper than thought.
And I realized this wasnt the beginning.
It was the return.
The return of something old.
Ancient.
Ours.
And as I stared into those silver eyes, I knew the truth would destroy me.
Or set me free.