My Fated Alphas Cruel Game novel Chapter 21

21 Chapter 21 Forbidden Thoughts

Elena’s POV

The weight of Marcus’s body pressed against mine as I locked my legs around his waist, surrendering to the heat that sparked between us. His lips traced a burning path along my jawline before trailing down my neck, drawing soft sounds from my throat that I couldn’t suppress.

“Marcus!” The shrill voice cut through our moment like a blade, making us both freeze.

“Damn it. That’s Viviana.” Marcus muttered, pulling himself upright on the couch.

“Kind of hard to miss that tone.” I replied, trying to steady my racing heart.

“I’m sorry about this.” He stood up, running his hands through his disheveled hair as he scanned the room.

“If you even think about suggesting I climb out that window, I’ll make sure you can’t have children.” The threat rolled off my tongue easily, and I caught what might have been a smile flickering across his face.

“I’ll lead her to the office. You can slip out through the front entrance.” He said.

So I stayed hidden in the library, surrounded by dusty books and the lingering scent of our interrupted moment, until his voice echoed in my mind through our link, telling me the coast was clear. I grabbed the history book I’d been studying and made my exit from the packhouse.

Walking back to the trailer, I felt Tara’s anguish rolling through me in waves. She was practically howling inside my head, desperate to return and tear Viviana apart with her claws.

I had to focus all my energy on keeping her contained and calm.

Her emotional turmoil was giving me a splitting headache.

“Doesn’t this make you angry?” Tara whined in my thoughts.

“Should it?” I shot back.

“Of course it should. Our mate just had us hiding like some dirty secret because his girlfriend appeared.” Tara’s voice dripped with indignation.

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“Please stop making this more complicated than it needs to be.”

“Why aren’t you upset?” She pressed.

“Don’t tell me how I should react. I stopped caring about things like this years ago. You know that.” I said firmly.

“Right. I forgot. You’re emotionally dead inside.” She said with bitter sarcasm.

“Exactly.” I muttered, pushing through the trailer door and letting it slam behind me.

I tossed the book onto the kitchen table and changed into my workout clothes, then headed out for my usual training routine. This time though, I pushed myself twice as hard. I ran two complete circuits around the territory boundaries and spent two full hours attacking the exercise equipment until my muscles screamed.

By the time I dragged myself back inside, darkness had already swallowed the day. I stood under the hot spray of the shower until the water ran cold, then pulled on my pajamas.

I prepared dinner for both my mother and myself, sliding her plate into the oven to stay warm while I ate my portion. The history book lay open beside my plate as I continued reading, searching for answers to questions I wasn’t sure I should be asking.

I was particularly fascinated by the possibility that our pack had formed some kind of alliance with a vampire clan. The very idea seemed impossible. Werewolves and vampires existing as anything other than enemies went against everything we’d been taught.

We were supposed to be the guardians protecting humans from vampire threats, which was why the bloodsuckers had changed their hunting methods over the centuries.

These days they kept their feeding habits much more discreet.

We accepted that they needed blood to survive, but in the past they had been completely unrestrained. They would slaughter humans for entertainment rather than necessity. That was before the werewolf council stepped in and our kind began systematically hunting them down.

Now they limited their kills to when hunger demanded it, and they were skilled at making deaths appear to be animal attacks. Nothing that would draw unwanted attention or raise suspicion.

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When a wolf pack lived near a human settlement that experienced an unusual number of unexplained deaths, that pack would be assigned to investigate. But most of the time, we never encountered vampires at all.

Despite everything I’d been taught, vampires had always fascinated me.

I’d always harbored a secret desire to meet one face to face. I couldn’t explain the

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