Mate by Fate, Bound by Love

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Ethan’s POV

Adrian’s eyes were closed. I slapped him hard, forcing him to open them. As soon as he did, I lifted Claire by the neck, bringing her closer to him, making sure he watched every second as I strangled the life out of her.

He struggled, but I had him pinned so well he couldn’t move. After a while, I grew tired of strangling her and decided to snap her neck. The sharp crack echoed through the air as I tossed her lifeless body aside.

Adrian groaned in agony. It seemed like Claire’s death gave him some kind of strength. The next thing I felt was his hand on my back, throwing me hard against the wall of a nearby building. I crashed into it with a bone-rattling force.

With his wolf speed, Adrian rushed at me again, but I was quick. I calculated his moves faster than he did, staying glued to the wall, pretending to be too weak to move. As he got closer, I jumped off.

He smashed into the wall with full force. If I had let him hit me, the impact would have been devastating-maybe even deadly. That move he used, it was a killer technique. A gamble. Sacrificing part of his strength for a chance at greater damage. I was really impressed by this act of his

“I am very impressed, Adrian,” I said, walking closer to him. He lay there on the ground, looking lifeless. Or so I thought.

“Look at you,” I taunted, “lying there helpless. Surrender now, and I’ll spare your life.”

“Not when I still have breath in my lungs,” he said

In the twinkle of an eye, I didn’t know what was happening, everything happened so fast. One second I was standing, and the next, I was lying near the entrance to Adrian’s palace. Adrian had grabbed a massive wooden beam from somewhere, hitting me with all his strength. The impact sent me flying.

I hit the ground hard, breaking a rib. Pain flooded my body, making it impossible to move right away. I struggled to stand, but the injury was too severe. Adrian approached me with a wicked smile, towering over me.

“Who’s dying now?” he sneered, straddling me and landing punch after punch. Each hit felt like my fangs would shatter. But he made a crucial mistake. He didn’t restrain my hands-just as I hadn’t when I had him at my mercy earlier.

With a sudden surge of energy, I extended my claws and drove them deep into his back, piercing through his flesh. Adrian let out a howl of pain, his body writhing as my claws dug in deeper, creating wounds he could never heal from unless someone helped him-and I wasn’t going to allow that. I would burn everything down to make sure no one could save him.

Adrian’s grip on me weakened, and I took the chance to push him off, watching as he collapsed, bleeding out on the ground.

I walked back into the room, where all of Adrian’s wolves had been defeated. We had lost some of our own, but many of my wolves were still standing strong.

“Where’s Lena?” I demanded from my former beta.

“She’s locked in an electrified cell. We can’t get near it without being shocked,” he explained.

“Then what do we do?” I asked, frustrated.

“We have to find the source of the electricity and cut it off,” he replied.

“Take me to her,” I ordered.

When we arrived, I saw two dead werewolves from Adrian’s pack lying on the floor. But my focus was entirely on Lena. Seeing her in that state tore my heart apart.

“Lena!!” I called out.

She was seating on the floor facing the other side of the cell, when she heard my voice she turned to look at who I was.

“Ethan?” she called out my name she looked really surprised.

“Yes, it’s me, Lena.” I rushed toward the cell, completely forgetting about the electrified bars. The moment I touched them, the shock threw me back, slamming me into the wall.

“Do you know where the electricity is coming from?” my beta asked.

“There’s no main source. It’s just a device at the back of the cell transmitting the current. Remove it, and I’ll be free,” Lena replied.

She looked at me, concern in her eyes. “Where’s Adrian?” she asked softly.

The anger flared inside me. How could she still care for the man who imprisoned her? The one who let his twisted lover torment her?

“He’s dead,” I answered, cold and firm.

“Dead?” She exclaimed then kept quiet for a while putting her hands on her stomach.

‘This is it, this is the time i have to get to her now’ I thought to myself

I moved closer to the cell, kneeling in front of her. “Lena, I’ve come to my senses. Rejecting our mate bond was a mistake. I was blinded by my lust for your cousin, Lauren…”

Her eyes filled with pain as she interrupted me, her voice laced with bitterness. “Now you regret it? Do you have any idea how much pain you caused me? The humiliation? I thought you would accept me as your mate. I was so happy to finally be free from Lauren and her family’s torment. But instead, you destroyed me.”

She was shedding tears at this point, seeing her tears was breaking my heart, now I knew that I really loved her. Even though I had rejected her the way I felt for her was still there hiding somewhere in my heart until this little reunion, well we can’t really call it reunion since it’s war that brought is here but nevertheless I was glad to see her again.

“I am sorry for all the pain I caused you, I know that if I hadn’t rejected you none of this would have happened to you but I promise to protect you henceforth” I begged

She seemed to be digesting every single word I said.

“What about my child?” She askedContent bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

“I will take care of this child as my own”