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• BOUND TO MY ALPHA ENEMY    25

  Lucian’s POV I was still heated, my blood thrumming through my veins like war drums as I left the heat room. Rage clung to me like smoke. Every breath I drew was tight, sharp, the kind that carved your lungs with invisible blades.“Clean it up,” I growled to the Gammas as I passed.They stood straighter, their voices in unison.“Yes, Alpha.”The stench of blood followed me like a shadow, even as I stepped into the quieter halls. The walls didn’t echo with screams, but they echoed with memory. My boots made heavy contact with the polished floors as I strode toward my chambers.Once inside, I jammed the door close behind me. I pulled a cigarette from the wooden box on the table, lit it, and brought it to my lips. The first drag cooled nothing inside me. I blew the smoke toward the ceiling and clenched my jaw, Alina’s face burning through my thoughts. That damned look of defiance in her eyes. Like she could tame me. Like I was hers to bend.The door burst open like thunder cracking. Cad

• BOUND TO MY ALPHA ENEMY    24

  Alina's POV I walked into my room like a ghost, shoulders sagging under the weight of what I had just witnessed. The air was still, almost suffocating in its silence. The bed was neatly arranged, the pillow fluffed as if it were expecting me to lay down and forget the nightmare just outside those walls. But how could I?Cade’s words echoed in my mind: "You can still rethink it."Was it more than a warning? A plea? Or just a seed of doubt planted deep enough to grow roots? I didn’t know. All I knew was that the man I agreed to align myself with, the man who once tormented me, had just put a bullet through a woman’s skull without blinking. A mother. For what? Dominance?I sat slowly at the edge of the bed, numb and cold. My thoughts tangled into knots I couldn’t undo. My heartbeat was slow, heavy, like it had become too exhausted to keep pace with the storm inside me. I stared blankly ahead, unsure how long I stayed like that until I heard a soft knock and the creak of the door ope

• BOUND TO MY ALPHA ENEMY    23

  Alina’s POV I stood like a living shield before the two women whose lives meant nothing to the man who ruled with an iron heart. My feet trembled, not from fear, but the weight of knowing they could be snatched out from under me with a single shot. My throat dried as my lips parted, barely forming the words I repeated.“You can’t kill them, Lucian,” I repeated.His expression didn’t shift in disbelief or surprise. No, it twisted, slowly, like a storm winding into something more destructive. His eyes narrowed, not in confusion, but rage barely contained. He started approaching me.His steps were slow but heavy, each one echoing across the heat room like a warning bell. The silence between us was loud, so loud I could hear my own heartbeat pounding like war drums.Then he reached me.His hand caught my arm, not with tenderness or restraint, but like someone catching a falling branch midair. His grip was careless, nails biting into my skin without a hint of remorse.“What are you doin

• BOUND TO MY ALPHA ENEMY    22

  Alina’s POV I shook my head, my voice soft but firm. “I don’t wish to interfere. I just want to look at what’s happening.”It was a lie. A tiny one, maybe. But it came out too smoothly for my liking. The truth was, I needed to know what kind of man I was really tying myself to, even if temporarily. But I didn’t want to scare Lily more than she already looked. Her pale face and trembling hands gave her away.“You can’t go there… it’s horrible,” she whispered, almost pleading. “His beast mode is always activated in there. People say he becomes someone else, bloodthirsty and cold.”I placed my hand gently on her shoulder, mustering a reassuring smile. “Don’t worry. You won’t get in trouble. I won’t go in. I just want to see… from a distance.”My words sounded more like a promise, and after a brief hesitation, she gave in with a reluctant nod.We walked in silence, tension curling in the air like a snake ready to strike. The path behind the packhouse felt longer than it truly was. With e

• BOUND TO MY ALPHA ENEMY    21

  Alina’s POV He hesitated. Blinked. Then turned his eyes to mine, haunted with something I couldn’t name.“She was…”“Was it his past lover?” I asked quietly, not sure if I wanted to know, but needing to.The wind stirred around us, and Cade said nothing.Not yet.Then he shrugged with a chuckle that sounded more like a defense mechanism than something genuine. It didn’t come from the gut, not like laughter that rolled out of joy. No, this was the kind of chuckle people used to cover things up.“I think you should ask him,” he said.I narrowed my eyes slightly and tilted my head. “What? Don’t want to snitch on your Alpha to his soon-to-be bride? That loyal?” I teased, half-smirking.Cade shook his head, a glint of something unreadable in his gaze. “Not really. I just prefer not to get in between. And I know if you ask, he might actually tell you.”I rolled my eyes. “Yeah… like you’d confess to your new fling about your ex right when you’re screwing her,” I said dryly, the sarcasm prac

• BOUND TO MY ALPHA ENEMY    20

  Alina’s POV I stood before the mirror in my room, my back turned as I slowly pulled down my sleeve. The faint rustle of fabric against skin was the only sound in the stillness. The blouse slipped off one shoulder, exposing the top curve of my back to the mirror. And there it was again, the mark.The crescent.It shimmered faintly like light bouncing on still water, except it wasn’t light, it was something else. Something strange. Something I didn’t ask for. I stared at it longer, hoping, begging for it to reveal its meaning. But it just sat there, glowing gently like it owned me.What was it?I exhaled deeply, the weight of confusion pressing down on my chest. I pulled the sleeve back up and buttoned my blouse again, slower this time, as if delaying the inevitable questions clawing at the inside of my mind.I needed answers. That dream last night still clung to my skin like cold sweat. That woman – me, but not me – with the same mark had spoken like she knew something I didn’t. Like