Chapter: Chapter 77Chapter 77Aria POVThe morning light slipped through the curtains and dragged me out of sleep. My eyes felt heavy but my mind wouldn’t rest. I lay still for a while listening to the quiet in the pack house. It was too quiet. Kael had left early or maybe he was avoiding me. Either way it gave me a chance to think.I pressed a hand against my stomach. My wolf stirred inside me, a reminder that I wasn’t alone anymore. The weight of that truth was almost suffocating. I had lied to him once. I had told him the baby was gone. Now I was caught between guilt and fear, between wanting to tell him everything and knowing what it would do to us both.I threw the blanket aside and sat up. My chest rose and fell quickly. I couldn’t keep lying forever. I needed to know for sure that everything was fine. The healer wasn’t an option. If she touched me she would discover the truth. So I had only one choice. I had to sneak out.I dressed quickly, nothing too flashy, just a plain dress and a scarf to hi
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Chapter: Chapter 76Chapter 76Kael’s POVI left her standing in the garden but her face stayed in my head. The way she froze when I touched her. The way her hands flew to cover herself like she was guarding something. I knew that look. It wasn’t fear of me it was fear of being found out.By the time I reached my chamber Daniel was already waiting. He had that restless energy around him like he’d been pacing. Frank walked in a few moments later carrying a bottle of liquor and three glasses. He set them down on the table without a word.I poured a drink and swallowed half of it in one go. The burn did nothing to quiet the storm in my chest.Daniel broke the silence first. “So what happened this time”I set the glass down hard enough to make it crack. “She was at training. Standing there like she belonged watching me like I was some stranger. When I asked her what she was doing she said she needed air. I pressed her and she swore she wasn’t hiding anything but I don’t believe her. She’s lying Daniel. I can
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Chapter: Chapter 75Aria’s POVThe morning after the chaos with Elena, I decided I needed air. The walls of the pack house felt like they were closing in on me, every corner whispering Kael’s suspicion and Elena’s mocking smile. I couldn’t breathe there.So when the workers started clearing the yard and preparing for the weekly training drills, I slipped outside, blending into the edges of the gathering.It was rare for me to watch pack training. I wasn’t expected to. Breeders were usually hidden away, kept safe, kept quiet. But something about the clash of bodies, the snapping growls, the heavy thud of feet against dirt—it pulled me closer. Wolves moved in sharp precision, warriors shouted orders, the scent of sweat and earth filled the air.And then I saw kael, my anger suddenly aroused. He was at the center, his voice cutting through the chaos with ease, his presence commanding without effort. He moved like the Alpha he was,sharp, ruthless, controlled. Even his wolf lurked just beneath his skin, simm
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Chapter: Chapter 74Chapter 74Daniel’s POVThe corridors of the pack house still smelled faintly of ash and storm after Kael’s fury last night. I hadn’t slept much. I couldn’t. My Alpha’s temper was a fire that burned too close, and no matter how loyal I was, sometimes it felt like standing in the middle of a battlefield with no shield.Morning light crept through the curtains of my chamber when a knock sounded at the door. I already knew it wasn’t just a summons,it was Kael. He had that way of dragging people into his storm whether they were ready or not.I tugged on my boots and opened the door. A guard stood there, stiff as a board. “Alpha requests your presence. Immediately.”No surprise. I muttered, “When doesn’t he?” and brushed past the man.The halls echoed with my steps as I made my way to Kael’s chamber. I could already hear voices inside—his and Frank’s. That wasn’t new. Kael always called us both when he was at his breaking point. Beta and Gamma. His wall. His curse.I pushed open the heavy
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Chapter: Chapter 73Kael’s POVI left the council chamber restless that morning. The noise from downstairs had reached me even before the guards reported it. By the time I arrived, Aria was already in the middle of it, standing with fire in her eyes while Elena screamed about her missing jewelry. The entire pack house had been dragged into her performance like children summoned to answer for crimes they never committed.I didn’t say much then. I simply ended it. One command from me and Elena had no choice but to retreat, though not without throwing daggers from her eyes at Aria. But I caught every detail,the way Aria placed herself between Elena and the workers, the way she spoke without hesitation, daring anyone to challenge her.It was bold. It was reckless. It was dangerous.And it stirred something in me I couldn’t name.By the time the pack settled back into uneasy silence, I needed answers. Not just about Elena’s antics but about Aria. She wasn’t the same quiet girl who used to walk these halls car
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Chapter: Chapter 72Aria povThe sound hit me before the sunlight did. Loud voices, sharp cries, chairs scraping against the floor downstairs. I turned over, burying my head in the pillow, but the noise only grew heavier like it was pressing through the walls on purpose. My stomach sank. Something was wrong.I dragged myself out of bed, splashed water on my face, and ran a comb through my hair with fingers that still felt half-asleep. No time for much else. I pulled on a simple dress, the kind I usually wore when I wanted to move freely, and rushed down the stairs, heart hammering because the tone of those voices didn’t sound like normal pack chatter.The moment I stepped into the hall, I froze.Every single worker was gathered in the center of the room, heads down, hands twisted nervously. Some were shaking. Elena stood in front of them like a queen on trial day, her chin high, eyes burning with self-importance. Her jewelry box was open on the table beside her, empty. She held up her favorite necklace l
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Chapter: Chapter 28Chapter 28 Alina POVThe car ride was quiet, but not the suffocating kind of silence I’d known before. Dante didn’t fill it with idle chatter, nor did he drown it out with music. He simply sat there beside me, his presence enough to stretch the quiet into something steady. His hand never let go of mine. Not once.My eyes wandered out the tinted window as the city blurred past. Towers of glass, steel, and ambition rose high, glinting against the morning light. I knew Dante belonged to this world. He wore it like armor, breathed it like oxygen. I, on the other hand, felt like a stranger in borrowed skin.“Breathe,” he murmured, without looking at me.I turned, startled. “I am.”His lips curved faintly, but his gaze stayed forward. “No, you’re holding it in. Like you’re waiting for the ground to disappear under you. Stop.”I didn’t argue, though my throat tightened. I exhaled, shaky. He squeezed my hand once, wordless, and it grounded me more than I wanted to admit.By the time the car
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Chapter: Chapter 27Alina POVThe first thing I felt when I woke up wasn't sunlight,it was warmth. I blinked my eyes open. Dante’s chest rose and fell beneath my cheek, steady, grounding, the kind of rhythm that could lull me back into sleep if I let it. His arm was slung loosely around my waist, heavy with exhaustion, but not crushing,just holding, just keeping me where he wanted me.For a moment, I didn’t move. I let myself linger, my fingers brushing lightly against his shirt, listening to the way his heartbeat thudded beneath skin and fabric. It was faster than sleep should allow. Maybe he wasn’t fully under either.I tilted my head, studying him in the faint gray light filtering through the curtains. His hair was a dark tangle against the pillow, his jaw rough with stubble, his mouth soft in repose. He looked younger like this, stripped of the edges and fire he carried in the daylight.My lips curved despite myself. He would hate knowing I thought he looked gentle.Carefully, I shifted, untangling
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Chapter: Chapter 26Chapter 26Alina POVI sat across from Dante, watching him fold in on himself, his elbows pressed into his knees, his face hidden in his hands. His damp hair fell forward, dark strands curling against his temples. He looked less like the sharp, commanding man he carried himself as in public and more like something rawer, smaller.For a moment, I wanted to let him sit there. To let the silence punish him. But another part of me,the part that still reached for him in the dark, the part that still clung to him when the world tried to pry us apart,rose up.I crossed the room slowly, my bare feet whispering against the floor. When I reached him, I stopped, standing just in front of him. He didn’t lift his head. He didn’t even flinch.“Dante,” I said softly.He gave no answer.I bent, lowering myself until I was kneeling before him. My hands reached for his wrists, pulling them gently away from his face. He resisted at first, but then his arms dropped, heavy and defeated, and his eyes met m
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Chapter: Chapter 25Alina POVThe ride home was quiet. Dante’s hand was tight on the steering wheel. His jaw flexed with every turn, his eyes locked on the road like he was afraid to look at me. I leaned against the window, my head pounding from all the crying, though inside I wasn’t as broken as I looked. My chest still burned, but not from grief. From fury. From the thrill of watching Barry finally stumble under the weight of my words. He deserved it. Every second of it.The car stopped in front of the house. Dante killed the engine but didn’t move. His hand stayed on the wheel, knuckles white. I waited for him to open my door like he usually did, but he didn’t. He just sat there, staring straight ahead. His silence crawled under my skin.Finally, I pushed the door open myself and stepped out. The night air felt cold and sharp against my damp cheeks. I walked up the steps, heels clicking too loud in the stillness. When I reached the door, I heard his door slam shut. Heavy footsteps followed me.Inside,
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Chapter: Chapter 24Chapter 24Camille POVFor a moment, I swore the kitchen tilted under me. My hand tightened on the counter edge until my knuckles burned white. Barry’s words sat there between us, jagged and raw, refusing to make sense.Is George truly the father of the child? The echo of tires screeching, of Elizabeth’s scream, slammed through me again. My stomach twisted until bile licked at the back of my throat.“What did you just say?” My voice was too thin, stretched like glass about to shatter.Barry dragged a hand through his hair, his eyes red-rimmed from a night without real sleep. He looked frantic, not sharp and calculated the way I was used to. His shirt was untucked, his tie tossed onto the table, his pacing uneven.“I said—” He stopped, his gaze snapping back to me, suspicion flashing there again. “Why are you so… shocked?”I swallowed, throat tight. My mind ran circles, trying to knit the pieces together before he could. If I said the wrong thing,if I let him see too much,it would all
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Chapter: Chapter 23Chapter 23Camille POVThe silence in the lot was suffocating. My ears still rang from the impact, from the crunch of Elizabeth’s car folding in on itself like it had been made of paper instead of steel. Even with the engine off, I could hear it — the echoes of glass raining onto asphalt, the scream that had died too quickly.I sat there, motionless, mask discarded on the passenger seat, my hands pressed against the steering wheel until the leather bit into my palms.I should’ve felt something more than this emptiness. Relief, maybe. Victory. Something sharp and clean to slice through the thick fog that had been choking me since last night. But all I felt was the endless beat of my heart, like a drum counting down to something inevitable.My phone buzzed again. This time it wasn’t Barry. A news alert flashed across the screen.BREAKING: Collision in Downtown District. Woman trapped inside vehicle, emergency services on scene.I clicked it open with trembling fingers. The photo was gra
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