Chapter: RECONCILIATIONDarius' POVI felt pain the moment my eyes snapped open. My head banged and my whole body ached. Ugh, I tried to groan, but wow, my throat? Felt like I’d swallowed a handful of gravel—bone-dry, scratchy as hell. Sweat clung to me—ugh, like my own gross, damp bodysuit. My shirt was glued to me, no joke—like I’d gotten shrink-wrapped at the deli counter. I just collapsed, totally wiped, marinating in my own sweaty regret.I kinda wanted to roll over, maybe see what disaster I’d gotten myself into this time, but nah. Not happening. Total blackout. Couldn’t see a damn thing. It was like someone had gone ahead and blindfolded me with a dirty oil rag. The whole place stank of rubbing alcohol and those weird hospital meds, which, yeah, that tracks, but there was this other smell too. Something off. Couldn’t name it. Just made my skin crawl a little more.Ember was here too. I could sense her.I turned my head and felt everything get dizzy for a bit as air left my lungs. My head was pound
Last Updated: 2025-07-06
Chapter: GOODBYESEmily's POVEverywhere was a mess.The moment we burst out of the woods in the direction of the pack clinic, pack members were beginning to move closer, trying to see what the problem was. Gamma Griffin had to growl and shove some of them away violently a few times before they knew he was serious about them leaving the way.It was then that the pack warriors and guards knew what was expected of them. They form a line, giving way for Kellan to continue carrying the alpha. Everyone could feel it. It was the way of pack members, they are connected to one hive mind, the alpha so they feel his intense emotions. It was possible to block it out but I was sure they were too curious to do that. Maia held on to my arm tightly, growling at anyone who tried to touch me or question me.Kellan didn’t wait for the nurses or a bed to be brought out. He kicked open the doors of the clinic and I could see the strain it caused him by the veins on his neck. The smell of drugs and blood, a typical hospit
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Chapter: A THREAT WITHINAnonymous POV "Shit! Shit! Shit!" Felix cursed as he pulled his hair so tight, I thought he might rip it from his head. "You can't curse in front of a—" Gayle tried to calm him but he cut him off with a hard glare that made me squint my eyes at him.“Don’t even think about butting in, you absolute moron!” He scraped his hand down his face and was honestly seconds away from just tearing his hair out. His boot came down hard—twigs cracking, leaves getting shredded all over the place."This is why I always fucking work alone. I've been working alone for years, and my work has been flawless, calm, easy, and not full of mistakes. But then I'm assigned to work with you f—""Complete it, Felix," I cut him off calmly, brandishing the bloody knife I had used to kill the guard a few minutes ago. I twirl it in my gloved hands as I smile sweetly at him. "I'm rather in the mood for more carvings."I see him gulp as he takes a step back, the fire in his eyes going down a little. Good, Chagx, thei
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Chapter: RESURFACINGEmber's POV"Again."Griffin yelled out across the field behind the pack mansion. We were out there on the field, squinting ’cause the sun was just obnoxiously bright. If it weren’t for that breeze coming through every so often, I’d probably have melted right into the grass. I was wearing a tank top and my training shorts. Maya had come to drop it earlier. Sweat trickled down my brow and my breathing was faster than I would have liked."You're still resting way too forward when you throw your hands," Griffin said as he came in behind me and tapped my arm. "That's gonna throw you off balance. Keep your spine straight. Like this."He stepped back and spread his legs as he demonstrated the move with a sharp twist of his torso. His movements were actually clean and precise. His movements and teachings were accurate and actually good. He had a patience not many had and I secretly loved that about him. There had to be a good reason he was chosen as Gamma of the pack, right? Even though h
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Chapter: A FIGURE WITH VANILLADarius' POVMy breaths came out in hard puffs as I stormed out of the mansion.I needed fresh air and my own space. I needed anything that didn't involve anybody that sat down on that table, eating with those....'I think you should calm down before you pop someone's brain out with your fists.' I hear Venus growl in my head.'I really hope that someone is Maia.' I replied mentally.'Honestly, I'm in support of that. Bitch be asking for a death wish every fuckin time.'Never in my life had someone gotten under my skin the way Maia Vale did. Not enemies. Not rival Alphas. Not even Ember.Maybe it was because I knew—they knew—I could tear the throats out of anyone else who dared speak to me the way she did. But her? I couldn’t. Mostly because she was Ember's sister. That alone was a big restraint. There was even something about her presence that made my wolf restless, unsettled. She was alpha-blooded, powerful, and worst of all? She didn’t fear me.The moment my boots touched the grass
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Chapter: A LITTLE BIT OF FUNEmber's POVBreakfast at the pack house was... awkward. Painfully awkward. Like sitting through a familyreunion with exes, enemies, and one very angry-looking alpha whose wolf still hadn’t gone backto sleep. Or forgotten the drama that seemed to happen the night before.Although, we didn't use the dining table very often—or I didn't sit with them for dinner—I couldtell it was fuller than usual and thicker with tension.Everyone was seated, a grumpy Darius, a calm Kellan, a hungry-looking Maia, a gamma with acrooked nose, and me. Gamma Griffin's nose had already healed but with the way his noseseemed slightly bent, I knew it'd never be the straight, pointed nose it had once been.…two—piled high in front of them. Except for him. He just sat there, stabbing his pathetic piece of toast like it owed him money or something with his stomach practically screaming at this point. I could hear it over the chatter. Somebody hand this man a stack of pancakes before he shrivels up an
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