Chapter: Ch.34~JodieJodieI can tell Calden just zooming off after hearing about Enid’s condition still bothers Kaiser because he is failing to hide the disgust and pity in those eyes staring at me. I look away for a moment, my gaze catching the wine bottles on the shelves, and I suddenly realize I haven’t even offered him a drink.“Wine?” I finally break the silence as I push myself up from the chair and walk toward the shelf in the corner of the office.“Uhm, that’s okay,” he responds softly.I pick one I know he might like. I haven’t touched any of these since my stomach started rejecting everything I try to keep down, even coffee. I grab a glass and pour, the sound filling the room a little too loudly.It feels safer to change the topic and distract him before he says whatever is sitting heavy in his chest. Kaiser is the last person I want looking at me with that pitying gaze. I walk back toward him with the wine, and he reaches out to take the glass.“You don’t have to stay with him, Jodie,” he says
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Chapter: Ch.33~CaldenCalden“So the gene surgery didn’t work at all, yet you told me before that it was the most effective.”My fist clenches at the thought of how much of Jodie's blood the surgery had demanded, it drained her so much that I didn't fail to realize how weak she is now.The words leave my mouth before I even realize I’ve spoken them. The doctor standing across from me pauses, fingers tightening around the file in his hand, and that tiny hesitation tells me everything before he even opens his mouth again.“It worked partially,” he says carefully. “But the illness has relapsed. Her body didn’t fully accept the treatment.”I drag a hand down my face, my thumb pressing hard against my jaw. Enid is lying on the bed behind him, still breathing evenly, her chest rising and falling slowly. She looks smaller like this… I can’t tell if what I’m feeling is anger, fear, or exhaustion clawing at me.“How bad,” I finally ask, my hand resting against the wall for support. Alvin is seated beside Enid, his
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Chapter: Ch.32~JodieJodieThat familiar male voice cut through the tense silence, smooth and teasing, carrying that calm confidence that always seemed to make a room notice him. My head snaps toward the doorway, the sound echoing in my ears. It's…My eyes adjust to the figure leaning casually against the frame, arms crossed, a faint smirk playing on his lips.It's Kaiser.“Kaiser?” I mutter under my breath, but loud enough for him and Calden to hear. I didn’t expect he would honor our pack’s invitation to the festival. When last did I see him… he suddenly just stopped communicating with me after my marriage to Calden.“You came?” my mouth falling open before I can stop it.“Of course I did… I’ll be labeled the only Alpha who didn’t attend this year’s Moon Festival, and it’s happening in a pack where you’re Luna.” Kaiser jests in his usual tone, a crooked smile forming on his lips. Dark coils fall across his face, his brown double-breasted suit making him look every bit as commanding as I remember.He wa
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Chapter: Ch.31~CaldenCaldenJodie’s words instantly ignite my anger. How could she say something like that?“What is wrong with you? Enid is your sister, and you are refusing to save her life!”I feel my jaw clenching so hard my teeth ache.In the past, Jodie never complained… she would donate her blood just so Enid would be fine. She’s always been such a kind person. But everything changed since she filed for divorce.She clenches her fists, and I think she’s about to hit me.“So what? Huh?” She throws her arms out in frustration. “I’m supposed to completely lose myself for MY SISTER? Did you ever take a moment to think about what those damn donations do to me?”Her voice ricochets off the walls, far too loud for such a small room, and I swear the floor vibrates beneath us.“That’s why I told you to test, take care of yourself, then you can donate when you feel better,” I say, trying to keep my tone even but it still comes out rough. She looks like she wants to throw the nearest object at my face.Can’t s
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Chapter: Ch. 30~Jodie Jodie “Luna, are you…” My breath seizes, “fine with a male doctor doing the check-up?” I let out a deep sigh, realizing he isn’t going to ask about my pregnancy. “Please, a female doctor would be better,” I respond quickly. Harvey looks at Evelyn. He looks between Evelyn and me, then gives a short nod. His expression hardens as he turn to Evelyn. “Evelyn, run the check-up and make sure to submit the results immediately,” he orders, before walking out of the ward. Evelyn and I both let out a quiet breath of relief. As soon as Evelyn finishes the check-up, she quickly switches out the medical report. She looks at me with a soft gaze as she folds the papers and slips them into different white envelopes. “Jodie…” she starts, “…I really think Calden cares about you a little.” My eyes widen. Is she being serious right now? “I don't know what you have in your eyes, but it’s obvious that’s certainly not the case,” I spit out. “Don't be deceived by his occasional acts.” I take the re
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Chapter: Ch.29~EnidEnidThe moment Alvin tells me Jodie fainted and is in the hospital with Calden having a check up, I flinched. If Calden finds out Jodie is pregnant, everything I’ve worked so hard to keep Calden far away from that bitch will fall apart in seconds.No, I can’t let that happen. I shake my head so hard.I sit up slowly on the hospital bed, dragging the blanket higher even though the room is already warm. My fingers tremble a little, partly because of the stupid IV needle taped to my arm and partly because my head refuses to stop spinning. It’s not real dizziness, but I need to look the part. So I let my body sink back against the pillow. The curtains are half drawn, letting in a soft beam of afternoon light that keeps shifting whenever someone walks by in the hallway.I keep glancing at the door, waiting. I know Calden is somewhere close. He has to be. Since Alvin said he told him Jodie fainted and they are here, then Calden should still be near her, hovering like he always does wheneve
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Chapter: 40. You can't tell her DominicI dropped Madelyn off at the penthouse first.I told her I had an urgent meeting at the office, something that couldn’t wait, and she believed me…well, I sounded convincing enough. She didn’t push when I kissed her forehead and asked her to rest. She followed me to the door anyway, barefoot, wrapped in my shirt. She leaned into my chest for a second longer than usual, her fingers curling at my sides, and I felt that familiar pull to stay, to forget everything else and just be there with her.She watched me leave from the balcony, her arms folded loosely as the morning breeze lifted her hair. I lifted my hand in a small wave I didn’t feel like making, and for a moment I almost turned back. Almost told her everything. Almost ruined the calm on her face with the truth I was carrying.But I couldn't.I got into the car instead and drove away with my hands tight on the wheel, my jaw locked so hard my teeth hurt. The city blurred past me, streets I knew by heart, turns I took withou
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Chapter: 39. Suck it, Madelyn🔞DominicI didn’t realize how much I’d missed her until that dinner. Watching her nibble on the spoon, her lips slick and red, the way she chewed ever so slightly, made something twitch deep inside me. My hands were tight on the edge of the table, jaw clenched, and every nerve screaming. I couldn’t hold it anymore.Without a word, I stood, walked around the table, and pushed her plate aside. She blinked at me, surprised. “What are you doing?” she asked, her voice soft, a little breathless, that little quiver in it I could drown in. I didn’t answer. I just sat down across from her on the table, my belt already loosening, fingers fumbling with the button of my pants.The moment it was undone, my cock sprang free. Hard. Leaking just from the thought of her. I grabbed the yogurt cup sitting between us, tipped it over on the table, letting the thick cream drip down over my cock. The scent of her vanilla dessert mixed with me was electric. “Suck it,” I growled.She didn’t hesitate. Her tongu
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Chapter: 38. Where is she?Dominic As soon as we got to the yard of the remote house, the place was already dark and the only light came from the small bulb hanging over the front door. The air felt heavier than usual, like it had been holding its breath while waiting for me. I didn’t even wait for my driver to turn off the car engine before I got out. I just unlocked the door and pushed it open quietly.The silence inside the house made my stomach tighten. Where the hell is she?I stepped into the living room first. The couch was empty, it didn't look like someone was here. I called her name but no answer.I walked to the guest bathroom. Empty. I checked the bedroom next. The bed was untouched. I felt something drop inside me. My first thought was her phone, so I pulled mine out and tried dialing her. That was when I noticed my damn phone was on do not disturb. I just stared at the screen for a second, my brows drawing together because I hadn’t put it on that mode.Damn it, it must be Leana.I actually mutter
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Chapter: 37. Stranger on the CouchMadelynI fumbled with the groceries in my hands, juggling bags heavier than I remembered. The driver had insisted on helping get whatever I wanted and hang around in case I needed to go out, but I’d insisted I could manage on my own. Now, as I wrestled with the bags, I cursed myself for it. Why had I insisted? Every step toward the house felt like hell, my arms screaming, the canvas bags threatening to rip under the weight of tomatoes, bread, and who-knows-what else.I reached the door and twisted the knob, fingers slippery from sweat. The knob turned too easily. My stomach dropped. Did I lock it before leaving? I cursed under my breath, “stupid Madelyn… how could you go out leaving your door open?” I mutter to myself.The bags slipped slightly in my grip, and I tried to steady them, swearing quietly again. My phone vibrated in my back pocket, the sudden buzz making me jump. I nearly dropped the groceries entirely. My first thought was Dominic… maybe he's calling now after sensing al
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Chapter: 36. Save my womanDominic Fuck! Nathaniel was a lot smarter than I gave him credit for, and the moment it clicked, it knocked the air right out of me. He had tracked Madelyn even to the most secluded place, a place I chose specifically because no one could find her, not even by accident. That remote vacation house was supposed to be safe, a place where she could breathe without the weight of everything on her shoulders, and a place I could keep her away from Nathaniel while I tried to untangle the mess I created. But the second Leana mentioned he asked her for the location of “our” vacation home, something in my chest tightened like a trap snapping shut.I left the office immediately. I didn’t even bother packing anything or shutting down my system. I didn’t hear half the words Leana said after that, my hands were already shaking with this cold, deep fear I hated even feeling. I called my driver and told him to take Leana back to her house. She was saying something about not being done talking, but I
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Chapter: 35. Torn Dominic Leana had been getting on my nerves for days, and tonight was no different. She had this way of dragging out every conversation until it turned into something I never wanted to be part of. I knew she thought she had the right to do it because of the baby, but even that wasn’t enough to make her presence tolerable when my mind was somewhere else entirely.Or with someone else.I rubbed my temples as I walked back into my office, wondering if exhaustion could kill a person. It was already late, the whole floor should’ve been empty, lights off, everyone gone home. But not me. And not her. For the past few days I had been finding stupid reasons to stay at work longer than usual. Meetings I could've postponed. Documents I could sign tomorrow. Calls I didn't need to take personally. I stayed because going home didn’t feel like going home anymore.Home was where Madelyn was, and she wasn’t there.I hated admitting that even to myself. It made me feel like some lovesick idiot who for
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Chapter: ~120 :The Luna CrownCalla It’s been two days since the fight, though it still feels like it’s happening in the back of my head. Every time I close my eyes, I can still see flashes of fire, hear the growls, smell the blood. But the quiet has finally returned. Saturday morning sunlight slides through the cracked blinds, spilling over the mess on my bedside table. Blaire sits cross-legged on the couch, eating cereal from the box like she owns the place. “You realize you’re kind of famous now, right?” I groan, rolling over to bury my face in the pillow. “Please don’t start.” “I’m serious,” she says, crunching loudly. “Half the pack keeps talking about your wolf. They said she glowed. And that mark on her side—some healer leaf thing? You basically shut everyone up.” I peek out from under the blanket. “You mean the same people who wanted me gone a month ago?” “Exactly those people.” She grins, clearly enjoying this too much. “Guess the universe likes proving people wrong.” I push myself up slowly, muscle
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Chapter: ~119 : The Last StandRonanI think I’m dreaming. There’s warmth spreading through my chest, gentle at first, then sharper, like something alive pushing its way back inside me. I gasp and air rushes in, thick with dust and iron. My body aches everywhere, and the ground feels cold beneath my palms. I blink, but my vision keeps swimming. The sky above me looks torn, gray clouds curling over what’s left of the battlefield.I hear a faint sound, steady breathing close to my ear. When I turn my head, I see her.Calla.Only she’s not how I remember. Her body is different, larger, coated in brown fur that glows faintly under the moonlight. Her paws are pressed against my chest, and there’s a strange light pulsing along her side, shaped like a leaf. It glows each time she exhales, spilling warmth through me. I can feel it moving inside my veins, spreading like a slow burn, knitting things together that I thought were already gone.My throat tightens. I try to move but she presses down, holding me there, eyes locke
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Chapter: ~118 :Her Wolf AwakensCalla The pen slips from my fingers before I realize I’ve stopped breathing. One second I’m writing notes for the exam I probably won’t pass, the next my chest tightens so hard I nearly fall out of my chair. The library is dead quiet, except for the sound of my pulse pounding in my ears.It feels like someone just drove a blade straight through my ribs. Not mine. His.I clutch the edge of the table, knuckles white, trying to steady the shaking in my hands. Every breath burns. My heart is racing too fast, too wild, like it’s chasing something I can’t see.“Ronan,” I whisper before I even think. The name tastes like blood in my mouth.The lights flicker. A low ringing fills my ears, then a voice — faint, broken — drifts through the noise.“Calla…”I jerk my head up. “Who’s there?” My voice sounds smaller than I expect. The rows of shelves stretch out around me, endless shadows between them. No one answers, but I feel something stir deep inside me, something that doesn’t belong to this
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Chapter: ~117: The Breaking PointRonan The clash around me grows louder, steel against claw, roars echoing through the woods. My breathing is uneven, ragged, each inhale scraping through my chest. I can feel the blood soaking through my shirt, sticky and warm, but I can’t stop now. Caius is on his knees, cornered by Gerald who looks far too calm for the chaos around him. He stands there, his coat fluttering in the wind, his face drawn into that smug expression that used to look harmless when I was younger.Now, all I see is the monster behind it.“Get away from him!” I snarl, forcing my body to move though everything aches. The ground beneath my boots is muddy with blood, the scent sharp and raw in the air. My muscles tremble as I grab Caius by the arm, but he jerks away, eyes flashing black again.His growl cuts through the air, low and broken, like he’s caught between pain and fury. I see the struggle in him—his body wants to tear me apart, but his eyes, for a brief second, look like my brother’s. There’s fear the
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Chapter: ~116: The Shadow of GeraldRonan The field is thick with the smell of blood and smoke, the air hot against my fur. Every breath burns. Caius has me pinned beneath him, his claws digging into my chest hard enough to break skin, but not deep enough to kill. His teeth hover inches from my throat, saliva dripping down as his whole body trembles. He growls, a sound torn between rage and pain, and for a second, I think it’s over.Then he hesitates.I can feel his body shaking above me, his claws twitching like he’s fighting something I can’t see. His eyes flash red, then silver, then back to black again. There’s a war going on inside him, and I can sense Darko pacing restlessly in my head, ready to tear free if Caius doesn’t stop.“Caius,” I rasp, the taste of iron thick on my tongue. “You can fight it. You’re still in there.”He lets out a low, strangled sound, half-snarl, half-whimper. His paw trembles where it hovers above my face, claws inches from tearing it open. I hold his gaze, refusing to flinch, even as bl
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Chapter: ~115 : Caius UnleashedRonan The air smells like blood and burnt wood. Every sound in the field is chaos—claws tearing into flesh, growls echoing through the trees, warriors shouting commands that get swallowed by roars. I can barely see through the haze of smoke rising from the east gate. My fur is slick with blood, half of it not even mine.Darko pushes harder inside me, restless and furious, and I let him take more control as I rip through another Blackridge warrior trying to flank Casen. “Keep the east line steady!” I snarl, my voice rough from yelling. Casen nods before diving into another fight, his blade flashing silver under the moonlight.Kael bursts through the flames to my right, dragging a wounded soldier to safety. “We’re losing the south side, Alpha!” he yells, his face smeared with dirt and sweat.I turn sharply, breathing hard. “Pull the second line there! Tell Blaire to keep the pack members underground until I give the word. No one steps out!”He nods once before shifting mid-run, his mas
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Chapter: 068KaelThe cold air outside the council hall hits my face the moment I step out, and it feels almost grounding after everything that just happened inside. My head still pulses from the noise, all the shouting and the way the elders kept standing and sitting like they couldn’t decide whose side they were pretending to be on. I just want a second to breathe, so I head straight for my car. My hand is already curling around the door handle when I hear my name behind me.“Kael.”The sound of her voice—shaky, runs right down my spine. It stops me in a way nothing else can. My fingers freeze on the handle. I swallow, because I already know if I turn around and she’s crying or looking at me broken in a way I've never seen before, I might forget why I walked out of that hall in the first place.I turn slowly, and there she is, walking toward me. Her steps are careful, like she isn’t sure she’s allowed to even move freely. That ridiculous gown they put her in makes her look like something Josen p
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Chapter: 067LalaCold air hits the back of my legs the second the blanket is yanked off me, and I jerk upright with a confused gasp because my body wasn’t ready to leave sleep so violently. The mattress dips under me as I pull my knees close, trying to blink the stubborn heaviness out of my eyes while the maid stands there like she’s been waiting her whole life to do that. She doesn’t hide the irritation on her face either, her lips pressed so tight together they look like they’re trying to disappear.“So dramatic,” I mumble, rubbing my arm where she touched earlier, even though it doesn’t hurt, I just need something to complain about. My voice is thick with sleep. “You could have, you know, tapped me gently.”She ignores me completely, which she’s very good at, and drops a folded gown onto my lap. The gown is too smooth and too soft to be something I should be wearing in captivity, but Josen likes showing off, so of course he wants me looking like a well-decorated hostage.“Wear that,” she mutte
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Chapter: 066KaelThat night, I was so drunk I managed to get myself to my room, because even listening to them didn't help. I can’t even tell if the room is spinning or if it’s actually just my head doing its own useless dance. I sit on the floor because the bed looks too far away and standing feels like too much work. My elbows dig into my knees and the smell of spilled alcohol sticks to my skin like something that refuses to wash off. My eyes burn, my mouth tastes like fire and metal, and everything around me looks a little too foggy, like someone smeared my vision with dirty fingers.Melinda shows up again. I don’t even hear the door open, I just feel her presence, the soft creak of the floorboard when she steps closer, and then the cool touch of a glass pressing against my arm. She crouches slowly, her hair falling over her shoulder as she tries to get me to focus.“Kael, drink some water,” she says, her voice softer than usual, almost gentle in a way that makes me suspicious because nothing
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Chapter: 065KaelI slam my door open, and the moment it closes behind me something just snaps. It’s not even a clean snap, more like this ugly twist inside my chest that makes my breath come out harsh. The image of Lala in Josen’s room, in his space, in his reach, and I can’t do a damn thing about it, it coils through my stomach so tightly I feel like I might throw up. The air in my room feels too tight, too warm, like the walls are shrinking in just to watch me fall apart, and I don’t even try to stop the anger spreading through me. I grab the nearest chair and shove it aside, and it hits the wall with a loud crack that does absolutely nothing to calm the fire crawling under my skin.I move to the cabinet, pull it open too fast, bottles clattering because my hands won’t stop shaking. I snatch one, twist it open, drink straight from it like water, even though the taste burns down my throat. I don’t care. I need the burn. I need something sharper than the thought of her choosing him. I take anoth
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Chapter: 064LalaThe guards walk me out of the pack hall, Kael's voice still ringing in my head, and the sound of their boots hitting the stone floor stays loud enough that it feels like someone is pressing it right up against my ears. I keep my eyes forward because it’s easier than looking back at the place I’ve been stuck in for days.The shift from the cold, damp walls to the warm corridor almost stings my skin, and for a moment I’m not sure how I’m supposed to feel about being taken somewhere else. I’m not being freed. I know that. This is just another type of cage, and the guards’ hands on my arms remind me of it every second as they lead me up the stairs and through the hallway that smells too clean to be true.When they finally open the door to the room, I have to blink a few times. Everything in here looks like it belongs to someone who has choices. The bed is too soft-looking, the sheets too bright compared to the dark stone I’ve been staring at down below. There’s a table by the window
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Chapter: 063KaelThe pack hall feels tighter than usual, like the walls are somehow listening more closely today, and I keep shifting in my seat because everything about this meeting irritates me. The elders are bickering over security patrols and border rotations, and normally I would be right there, arguing about tactical weaknesses and which areas need extra reinforcement, but today my head just refuses to stay in one place. Every time someone raises a point, my mind drifts back to the dungeon, to the thought of her sitting there alone. I try to look like I’m paying attention, nodding at the right moments, but my jaw keeps clenching on its own. I’m too aware of Josen sitting a few seats away, too aware of the smug stillness in his expression, like he already knows something the rest of us don’t.I force myself to listen as Elder Hurin goes on and on about how the patrols caught another rogue trying to sneak through the northern ridge. People murmur, others give their opinions, and I try to fo
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