Bonds at War: The Untouched is Mine novel Chapter 267

Chapter 267 Carry The Burden

Chapter 267 Carry The Burden

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After establishing her beauty and where she came from, I noticed another thing. She looked a lot like Kyle. She had the same geometry in her cheekbones, but there was a sophistication layered over it.

When her eyes met mine, I felt a chill run down my spine. This had to be Kyle’s mother. Another person from the Rose clan.

“What are you doing here?” I asked, lifting my chin so as to not be intimidated by her. “Speak now before I wake the warriors and have you taken.”

She smiled, and it was a small thing that carried no warmth. “Come on, Tessa,” she said. “You know you wouldn’t be able to do that. It’s simply impossible, don’t you think?”

I narrowed my eyes. I was guessing she had some type of teleportation magic. Wizards and witches had their signatures, after all. Those with pure blood carried a unique gift, some strong and some weaker than others. Aside from that, they had the ability to understand magic on a deeper level.

This woman, despite not knowing her name just yet, felt like she had mastered all aspects of magic.

“Did you come here to twiddle around?” I said, chin still lifted. My throat was dry, but I had no interest in begging.

She made a slow, indulgent sound. “You’re special,” she said, as though pronouncing a diagnosis. Before I could react, she closed the space between us with terrifying grace, her hands like iron at my throat. In an instant, I was pressed back against the nearest tree; bark rasped against my skin. I choked, hands flying to her wrists, but her grip was immovable,

“You don’t belong here,” she murmured close to my ear. “You clearly belong in our realm.”

“Let go,” I rasped out.

She tightened her hold. Her fingers were cool where they pressed into my neck. “Yet, you’re clearly a dog,” she spat, speaking lowly of my werewolf blood. “So, why must you be the chosen

one?”

“Chosen?” I managed to choke out despite the lack of air.

Her smirk deepened. “You don’t have to know for now. However, just know that you carry what

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we need. I’m sure we will carry something important to you, too, so you should swear your loyalty to my clan.”

I wrenched, summoning every scrap of strength I carried in me, and the tree cracked under my shoulder where she pushed while I struggled.

“You will not-” I started, but her forearm cut off the rest of the sentence.

“I will not waste any time,” she said. “Your mate is quite sharp, so I know he will wake up soon. Therefore, hear this.”

Her fingers loosened a fraction. It felt like mercy only so far as she allowed it. “Join us at Montrose,” she said then. “I will give you everything you want in exchange for your help.”

“You can take that pathetic blonde boy who’s head over heels for you… and your cute kid too.” Her words were cruel and carefully chosen.

My hands trembled. “What do you want from me?” I asked, all at once tired of the game, wanting the truth in the open.

She laughed softly. “You have what I have always wanted.”

“I will meet you here in three days‘ time,” she told me, and the certainty in her voice turned my blood cold. “If I do not receive an answer by then, I shall resort to more devastating means.”

Her smile sharpened.

“Trust me,” she whispered. “You don’t want to test my power.”

Her hand slid down my throat and along the hollow at the base of my neck, and the pressure there felt like a map of everything I feared. She leaned in closer than seemed necessary. “And don’t think of telling anyone. The walls have ears and eyes. This is a matter between you and Montrose.”

My mouth opened, a soundless protest caught between truth and the command she gave without a raised voice,

She wasted no time. “Don’t make a grave mistake.” She said the words like a verdict.

I felt her presence like a pressure change, and then she was gone. One breath, and the tree against my back was cool and ordinary. The sky above was slightly brighter, as though the entire scene had been a smear of paint now swept clean.

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I had always cooked to keep my hands busy. Today, the sauce simmered too long and began to thicken along the rim of the pot, sending up a thread of burnt sweetness that lingered on my

tongue.

For a few brief, fragile weeks, everything had felt like it was knitting together. Rowan was back in my life. Calla was happy. Owen was travelling the world. Arden and Cade got married and were expecting a child. Rowan’s parents had accepted me, too, and they even stripped Zaria of her

power without any hesitation.

Even though the Ylarc situation was devastating, it seemed they were finally finding a home in this place.

I smiled because I was happy I had all of this; however, there was a nagging feeling in the back of my mind that these were the things that I could also lose.

Just then, I felt something hot in my wrist. That snapped me out of my thoughts, and I saw the pot simmering over the edges. Someone had turned off the stove for me before I could do so. Rowan’s arm slipped around my waist with the ease of habit. He leaned in and smelled the burned edge of the sauce before turning to me. “You alright?” he asked.

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