Chapter: Chapter 37The glow of my phone lit the dark room, pale blue against trembling hands. My breath stuck somewhere between my chest and throat as I stared at the words.You can hide behind him all you want, Alina. But in the end, you’ll crawl back. You always do.And beneath it, the second message, colder, sharper.Check the window.The air left my lungs in a rush. My fingers almost dropped the phone, the weight of those words heavier than the device itself. He was here. Watching. Maybe close enough to see my every twitch.My body locked. I didn’t move. Couldn’t. It felt like if I so much as breathed too loudly, I’d give him the satisfaction of my panic.“Alina?” Dante’s voice sliced through the silence. Low. Alert. Awake in an instant, like he’d never really been asleep.I turned slowly, the phone still clutched in my hand, glowing like a secret I didn’t want to hold. He was already on his feet, eyes sharp, body coiled in that way he had when danger brushed the edges of the room.“What is it?”I c
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Chapter: Chapter 36The pounding on the door wasn’t Barry’s. I knew that much the second I heard it—too hurried, too frantic, too… desperate. Still, my body reacted the same way it always did: knees pulling tight to my chest, breath caught in my throat, waiting for the worst. Dante moved before I could process anything, stepping toward the door, shoulders tense like a coiled spring.“Stay here,” he repeated, voice low, sharp with command.I wanted to argue, but the words tangled. My tongue felt thick, heavy, like speaking would betray the fragile stillness holding me together. So I nodded, pressing myself into the corner of the couch.The knock came again, louder. “Dante! Please—it’s urgent. It’s about Barry!”The name hit me like a whip. I flinched. Whoever it was, they knew him. That meant danger, no matter what words they wrapped it in.Dante unlocked the door with careful precision, opening it only a crack. His body filled the gap, blocking my view.“What the hell are you doing here?” he snapped.The
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Chapter: Chapter 35The sound of my name through the door hollowed me out. My body went rigid, my skin buzzing with cold. I couldn’t move. I couldn’t breathe. I could only hear him—Barry—his voice thick with possession, curling around me like chains I thought I’d broken.Dante’s shoulders squared. His hand gripped the edge of the doorframe, knuckles white. He didn’t open it. “You’re not welcome here,” he called, voice steady as stone.A chuckle slid through the wood. “Funny. I don’t remember asking your permission.”My stomach lurched. It was him. No doubt, no mistake. The years I’d spent memorizing that sound—a serpent wearing human skin—came roaring back. I gripped the edge of the table, nails biting into the wood.“Alina.” His voice softened now, coaxing, dangerous in its familiarity. “Sweetheart, I know you can hear me. You’re scared, aren’t you? Don’t be. Just open the door and come home.”My throat closed. The old reflex flared—I almost rose, almost obeyed, almost went back to the role he’d carved
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Chapter: Chapter 34The silence after his phone buzzed felt like a scream. I sat frozen on the couch, staring at Dante as if I could pull the truth from his eyes. He avoided my gaze, thumb tracing the seam of his jeans. The man who always met me head-on was suddenly looking anywhere but me.“It was him,” I said again, softer this time, as if whispering might make it less true. My chest squeezed, breath shallow. I hated how quickly my body remembered the old fear.Dante’s jaw tightened, but he didn’t confirm. He didn’t have to. The way his shoulders tensed was answer enough. The air between us shifted, sharp and heavy. I wanted to demand answers, to claw the phone from his hand, but part of me was too afraid to hear the words. If Barry knew where we were, if he was already circling…My stomach turned.“Alina.” Dante’s voice was low, careful. “Don’t spiral. Not yet.”I shot him a look. “Not yet? That sounds like a warning, Dante.”“It’s a precaution,” he corrected, finally meeting my eyes. His were steady
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Chapter: chapter 33The sunlight had already found us by the time I rolled out of bed. It streamed through Dante’s thin curtains in wide golden slants, spilling across the floor and warming my bare feet as I padded toward the small kitchen. The townhouse was quiet - for someone like me, who was used to noise being a threat. But here, silence didn’t feel like a cage. I found Dante half-awake at the counter, fussing with the coffee maker like it had offended him. His dark hair was still mussed, his T-shirt wrinkled, and yet somehow he looked unfairly good.“Morning, menace,” he said when he noticed me, voice low with sleep. “Coffee’s taking its sweet time.”I leaned against the doorway, arms crossed. “That’s because you’re glaring at it. Machines don’t like intimidation.”“Good thing you do,” he shot back, smirking.I rolled my eyes but couldn’t stop the tiny smile tugging at my lips. These little exchanges felt like air after being underwater. The kettle clicked, and he poured water into two mismatched m
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Chapter: chapter 32Alina’s POVThe morning light spilled through the curtains like liquid gold, brushing against my skin as though it wanted to wake me gently. I blinked, stretching out beneath the covers, and found Dante watching me.That man.My heart still tripped over itself every time I caught him looking at me like that—like I was something rare, something worth holding onto. His hair was a little messy, his jaw shadowed with stubble, his eyes carrying that mix of danger and devotion that made me weak in places I’d never admit out loud.“You’re staring,” I whispered, my voice thick with sleep.“Am I not allowed to?” he asked, his mouth curving into that half-smile that ruined me. “I woke up next to the most beautiful woman alive. What else should I do—check my emails?”I groaned and shoved at his chest. “Smooth, Dante. Very smooth. You do realize flattery this early in the morning is suspicious?”He caught my hand before it landed and pressed a kiss to my knuckles, slow and deliberate. “Suspicious
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Chapter: Chapter 84Kael’s POVThe healer’s words echoed in my skull long after we’d left the hospital. Twins. A boy and a girl. My children.I had imagined this moment a thousand times,what it would be like to see my pup for the first time, to feel the weight of responsibility, to know my bloodline would continue,but I hadn’t imagined this. Not twins. Not two perfect heartbeats thundering in unison, each carrying a piece of me and of Aria.Even now, the image clung to me: the screen glowing in the dim light, the tiny bodies moving, the sound of their hearts like a war drum beating against my chest. For a moment, everything had gone still inside me. No Alpha commands Just Aria.Her tears had broken me in that room. Not because of weakness, but because I realized just how alone she had felt, how far I had pushed her with my need to control everything. She had carried both the weight of me and of them, and I hadn’t seen it. That guilt would sit in me for a long time.But guilt wasn’t enough. I had to act.
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Chapter: Chapter 83Aria POVThe morning light streamed through the curtains, soft and golden, but I couldn’t feel its warmth. I sat on the edge of the bed, my fingers pressed against my stomach, tracing the curve that had grown heavier with each passing week. My thoughts were loud, crashing against each other, and my wolf was restless, pacing inside me.The door opened without a knock. Kael stepped in, his presence filling the room like a storm cloud. He didn’t say anything at first. His eyes went straight to me, then down to my stomach. My heart lurched.“Aria,” he said, his voice firm, “we’re going to the hospital today.”I stiffened. “Why?”His jaw tightened. “Because I want to know the gender of our pup. And because I don’t trust the secrets you’ve been keeping from me. If there’s something wrong, I’ll find out.”My mouth went dry. I had fought so hard to keep everything quiet, to protect myself and the baby, but Kael’s tone left no room for argument. He was in Alpha mode, commanding, immovable. My
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Chapter: Chapter 82Aria’s POVThe room was filled with soft noises—tiny breaths, the occasional hiccup, the rustle of blankets. My babies. My twins. My world. I had them both now, my boy and my girl, safe where they belonged.I sat on the edge of the bed, swaying gently with my daughter in my arms while my son slept in the cradle beside us. For the first time since the nightmare began, my heart wasn’t tearing itself apart. It was whole.Kael leaned against the doorframe, arms folded, watching me with that look that always undid me—like I was both his weakness and his strength. The Alpha who had burned down walls to bring our son home now stood silent, as if he couldn’t believe the sight in front of him.“You’re staring,” I teased, kissing the baby’s soft cheek.He arched a brow. “Can you blame me? Look at you. You’re… glowing.”I rolled my eyes. “That’s called exhaustion, Alpha. Two babies don’t exactly come with a sleep schedule.”He crossed the room in two strides and knelt in front of me, his large h
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Chapter: Chapter 81Aria POV“Aria, did you visit the hospital?”His voice hit me like thunder. My body froze beneath the duvet, my heart pounding so hard I thought it might burst. I sat up slowly, eyes wide, staring at the shadow of him standing in the doorway. His shoulders filled the frame, his presence heavy, demanding.I tried to form words but my throat locked.“I asked you a question.” His tone was sharp, biting, every word laced with authority.My lips parted, air coming in shallow gasps. “I… I… Kael…”“Don’t stammer,” he snapped, stepping closer, the floor groaning under his boots. His eyes burned into mine. “Answer me. Did you go to the hospital?”I clutched the blanket to my chest, the fabric twisting in my fists. My mouth opened again but the sound that came out was weak, broken. “I… I just needed—”“You disobeyed me,” he cut in, his jaw tightening. “You left without permission, you put yourself at risk. Do you realize what could have happened to you?”His words slammed into me, but the secre
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Chapter: chapter 82Aria POV“Aria, did you visit the hospital?”His voice hit me like thunder. My body froze beneath the duvet, my heart pounding so hard I thought it might burst. I sat up slowly, eyes wide, staring at the shadow of him standing in the doorway. His shoulders filled the frame, his presence heavy, demanding.I tried to form words but my throat locked.“I asked you a question.” His tone was sharp, biting, every word laced with authority.My lips parted, air coming in shallow gasps. “I… I… Kael…”“Don’t stammer,” he snapped, stepping closer, the floor groaning under his boots. His eyes burned into mine. “Answer me. Did you go to the hospital?”I clutched the blanket to my chest, the fabric twisting in my fists. My mouth opened again but the sound that came out was weak, broken. “I… I just needed—”“You disobeyed me,” he cut in, his jaw tightening. “You left without permission, you put yourself at risk. Do you realize what could have happened to you?”His words slammed into me, but the secr
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Chapter: chapter 80Elena POVI had no intention of leaving the hallway after Kael stormed into Aria’s room. I had been walking past when I heard his voice, sharper than usual, low but breaking with the weight of something more than anger. That caught my attention immediately. Kael rarely lost control, but with her he always seemed to crack in ways that made me grind my teeth.I leaned against the wall, careful not to breathe too loud. Their voices carried easily enough through the wood of her door.“You vanish without telling me,” Kael was saying. “You come back pale as death. You argue with Elena in front of the workers. And now you refuse food. Aria, what am I supposed to think?”My lips curled into a smirk. He listed my name among her mistakes, as if her snapping at me was something worth remembering. Good. Let her temper work against her.Then her voice came, soft and trembling. “Think whatever you want. I don’t owe Elena or anyone else an explanation.”I pressed my nails into my palm to keep from
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