All Chapters of The Returned Mate (Book Two of Serena's Story): Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

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Chapter Twenty-One - Overdose

Serena's POVI pulled back from Damian in surprise. He was staring at me, his eyes wide. I could tell he hadn't really meant to kiss me. Before either of us could saying anything, he turned his head to the side. I knew he was mind-linking with someone.When he'd finished his conversation, he turned back to me and gave me an apologetic smile. “That was Brax. He felt that.”Felt what? I was confused for a second but then I understood. He'd felt that someone else had kissed me.'Good', part of me thought. 'He should know what it's like.'But I didn't really mean that.“Damian,” I said as gently as I could. “You know that I love Brax.”“Of course I do.” He looked embarrassed. “I know you don't feel that way about me. It was just killing me to see him treat you so poorly. And for

Last Updated : 2020-10-13

Chapter Twenty-Two - Treatment

Serena's POVI waited until Brax's eyes had closed before taking my hands off him. The anaesthesiologist administered the IV and I passed a tube down his throat to his stomach and did a quick pH test to make sure it was placed properly. Then we began pumping small amounts of warm water into his stomach and siphoning them back up again. When the water finally ran clear, I removed the tube. He was still breathing well. My heart had dropped when I had entered the room and seen him. Damian had called me, waking me up, telling me Brax needed help, and I had got here as quickly as I could. But I hadn't expected him to be in such a bad state.I turned my attention back to his bloods. As I had expected there were high levels of harmine and harmaline in his blood, the alkaloids found in the caapi vine. But they were higher than I had imagined they would be. I

Last Updated : 2020-10-14

Chapter Twenty-Three - Connecting the Dots

Serena's POVDamian and I looked over at Brax, startled. I hadn't realized he was awake. I still wasn't used to werewolf recovery times, he was fully conscious after the anaesthetic in no time at all. He was trying to sit up.“Hang on,” I said, pushing him back down. “Give yourself a few more minutes. How are you feeling?”“Much better,” he said. He sounded more like himself too.“How much of that did you hear?” Damian asked, joining us.“Enough,” Brax said grimly. “And I agree with you. I think Maya is working with Kyron.”“What makes you say that?” Damian asked.“If Kyron wants the pack, that must have been what he was after seven years ago as well, when he killed my parents. And I was also weak then, after Maya rejected me

Last Updated : 2020-10-14

Chapter Twenty-Four - Waiting

Brax's POVI felt like myself for the first time in days as we finished ironing out the details of our plan. I was really impressed with Serena. Now only had she saved my life, but she'd figured out what had happened to me. And the suggestions she made to the plan were intelligent and perceptive. Clearly she was a very special woman.I wish I could remember us being together.When everything was set, I headed back towards the pack house. The thought of spending the day with Maya was enough to make my skin crawl, but I had to do it. I had to make her believe nothing had changed. Damian was going to get in touch with our neighbouring Alphas to ask for their assistance.Serena had asked me what she could do. I told her to stay somewhere safe. I didn't want anything happening to her. If she really was my mate, and I couldn't really deny any longer tha

Last Updated : 2020-10-14

Chapter Twenty-Five - Back-Up

Serena's POVAs I approached my door, I noticed that the security guards were no longer there and the door was slightly ajar. 'Damian must have got the locksmith out already,' I thought. Maybe he had left the new key for me inside.I opened the door and stepped into the kitchen, looking on the counter for a key. I heard the door close behind me and felt a sense of dread.Sure enough, I turned around and found Maya standing there, a malicious smile on her face. I quickly scanned the room, looking for another exit, but the door was the only way in or out. And Maya was standing in front of it.“Is there something I can do for you?” I asked as politely as I could. I didn't know what she wanted with me, but it couldn't be good.“As a matter of fact, there is.” Her tone was cruel. She was not even trying to pretend to

Last Updated : 2020-10-15

Chapter Twenty-Six - Kyron

Brax's POVThe waiting was excruciating. I spent most of the afternoon pretending to sleep. Maya tried to get me to take more of her drink, but I told her my stomach was upset and the smell of it was making me sick. I thought she might insist, but she decided not to push it. I guess she thought I was weak enough already.At least I was able to communicate with Damian by mind-link while I was pretending to sleep. He kept me informed about all the arrangements he was making to put our plan into action. He hadn't heard from Serena, so it seemed she was staying out of sight as we'd agreed.As evening fell, Maya woke me up to eat dinner. She told me she wanted to go for a walk afterwards. I suspected she would be trying to lead me to wherever Kyron wanted to meet. I let Damian know so he could have me followed.We left the pack house and headed toward

Last Updated : 2020-10-15

Chapter Twenty-Seven - Maya's Fate

Serena's POVI could feel the cold metal blade of the knife against my neck. It would only take a small movement of Maya's hand to cause a cut that would be fatal. I tried not to move an inch.The scene in front of me was like something from a horror movie. There were wolves everywhere, some living, some dead, and some halfway in between. Blood was spattered across the snow.“Alpha Braxton,” the man next to me called out. “I can see you are stronger than you let on. But I think you might be willing to negotiate with me now.”A large grey wolf stepped forwards, his eyes on me. It was Finn. He looked at me with such tenderness, I felt certain that he remembered me. Then his eyes changed to grey and he shifted to Brax's form. He stood up, his naked body looking vulnerable. I could see he was bleeding from his side.

Last Updated : 2020-10-15

Chapter Twenty-Eight - The Lake

Brax's POVFinn chased Kyron's scent, followed by the pack. He passed through miles of carnage. Kyron had brought a lot of wolves with him. Our allies had defeated them, but there would be a lot of cleaning up to do later.Finn ran for almost an hour, well off our territory, followed by the pack. But eventually the trail went cold.We need to go back, Brax, Damian told me by mind-link. We've lost him.Finn howled in frustration. After all this time, I thought we finally had him. But I knew Damian was right. There was nothing more we could do tonight.We set off back to our home and I realized that we had left Serena in the woods. Did she know how to get back to the house? Why hadn't I left someone behind to take care of her?I told Damian to take the pack back to the house while Finn picked up his pace and

Last Updated : 2020-10-15

Chapter Twenty-Nine - Starting Over

Serena's POVIt had been two weeks since the night of the fight. I had moved back into the pack house but Brax and I were taking things slow. I was staying in the guest room across the hall from his room. It felt like when we were first dating, except that I had an advantage because I already knew much more about him than he knew about me.It was strange to be with him. At times it felt almost like before as we talked and laughed. But then he would say something, or I would make a reference to something that had happened, and we would remember that he still didn't have any memory of our time together.Without telling him, I had put our wedding plans on hold. I knew he didn't remember asking me to marry him. Maybe eventually we would decide to go ahead with it but I didn't want him to feel pressured to do so.I still hadn't told him I was pregnant

Last Updated : 2020-10-16

Chapter Thirty - A Bond Restored

Brax's POVI could see the competing emotions on Serena's face, her joy, her hope, her fear. She wanted so badly to believe me, but she was afraid that it was all going to be taken away from her again. But I had no doubts. I came out of the bathroom, saw her in those pyjamas looking as beautiful as the night we met, and it was like a floodgate opened. Months of memories came rushing back to me all at once.I remembered everything. I remembered her.I moved to her now and swept her up in my arms, her feet leaving the ground. I kissed her hungrily. It felt like I hadn't seen her in weeks. And in some ways I hadn't.Her mouth met mine with equal passion. I spun her around and we fell onto the bed, her on top of me, our mouths never losing contact. I grabbed the hem of her top and pulled it off over her head. Her beautiful breasts fell again

Last Updated : 2020-10-16

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