Bonds at War: The Untouched is Mine novel Chapter 205

Chapter 205 My Meat?

Chapter 205 My Meat?

ROWAN

I was planning on releasing Sol anyway.

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I could tell he wasn’t a threat to the pack after hearing his explanation. I would have let him walk free with nothing more than a scar of warning to remind him what territory he was trespassing on.

However, fate had a cruel humor, because it seemed this came with a bonus.

Tessa was standing in front of me now, glaring at me with fire. She’d revealed herself for Sol, the boy she’d come to protect, but in doing so, she’d given me exactly what I hadn’t stopped wanting since the moment she left me behind.

I’d let her run away twice. That was already two times too many.

Now, I wasn’t going to let her run away again.

Of course, I wasn’t going to bind her through force. Tessa was much more than that. She was a storm I wanted willingly raging in my arms, her defiance feeding the hunger I’d been too proud to name. She was beautiful like this, framed by moonlight and fury.

I wasn’t going to lose her again. And if Sol had to be collateral in this game, then….. sorry, man. I wanted this more than anything right now.

Her glare sharpened, and it only pulled a smile out of me. She thought those eyes could cut me down, but I’d bleed for them if she asked. Her lips were tight, her jaw stubborn. Every inch of her screamed that she hated me, and I ate it all up like a starving man at his first meal.

“Rowan,” she said at last.

The sound went straight through me.

She placed her hands on my chest, and though the contact was meant as a barrier, I leaned into it, savoring the press of her palms against me. The warmth seeped in, spreading through the cold armor I’d built around myself.

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Chapter 205 My Meat?

“What do you want?” she snapped.

You.

I wanted to say it out loud. It seemed she knew it, too.

“Don’t go ahead and say it’s me, you bastard,” she added quickly.

“You can’t take my body again,” she said flatly.

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I laughed under my breath, though it wasn’t amusement so much as surrender. “I don’t want your body,” I said, the words slipping out before I could stop them. She was worth much more than just being a body.

Her eyes showed surprise.

“Just tell me,” I continued, softer now, “why your warriors came here.”

Tessa sighed, the fight in her shoulders loosening, her hands no longer pushing but resting. And just like that, she relaxed in my arms. The smallest shift, but one that sent satisfaction in my chest. My lips tugged upward.

However, her next words made me freeze.

“Our land can’t supply the meat for our people.”

I frowned, wondering where she might be residing. She needed meat. Maybe–my

meat?

The thought shot through my mind before I could stop it, and I immediately shook my head in disgust at myself. No. That wasn’t what she meant. Still, I couldn’t help the crooked smile tugging at my lips at the thought. I shifted closer to her.

“What do you mean?” I asked.

Tessa sighed, her shoulder’s rising and falling as her fingers wove through her hair. My eyes caught the motion, lingering on the strands slipping through her fingers.

“We are running out of animal meat,” she admitted softly. “There are a lot of growing children and laborers. We…. we compete with the people there, and they don’t have the resources for our kind because of other hunting practices.”

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Chapter 205 My Meat?

I tilted my head, studying her.

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She lifted her gaze to mine again. “We come here because we know your forest is vast. But we don’t breach the residential areas. Only the forest. Only the animals. We go once a month and make sure not to take more than what we can consume.”

Her words should have made my blood boil. Any other Alpha in my position would have already punished her for the admission. Breaching another pack’s land, even for survival, was grounds for conflict, sometimes even war. But I couldn’t muster the anger I should have. Not when it was her.

She sighed, her shoulders sagging like she had been holding this secret for far too long. “I’m sorry. We won’t do it anymore.” Her chin lifted slightly. “We can sign an agreement, saying that our pack won’t breach your territory; otherwise, there will be grave consequences.”

“Let’s sign an agreement,” I said quickly, cutting her off before she had the chance to retreat into herself again. If I let her walk away now, I wasn’t sure she’d ever come back willingly.

She was startled by my response. Then her eyes softened, a look of disappointment flashing across her face. “Let’s sign an agreement to help each other,” I added, my voice firm but quiet, urging her to understand.

Her brows knitted. “Huh?” She looked up at me, confusion and curiosity mixing in her gaze.

“You can take cognizance of the land here twice a month, in return,” I explained, leaning closer, letting my words settle between us.

She gasped, biting her lip, and the sight sent a dark ache through my chest. “What’s the catch?” she asked suspiciously, narrowing her eyes.

I couldn’t help the slow smile spreading across my face. She knew me too well, “What is abundant in your place?” I asked smoothly,

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