Chapter: Chapter One Hundred and Fifty OneKnox's POV I look at my sister, noting the flush on her cheeks. The way her hand moves unconsciously to touch her shoulder— where a wolf's mark would appear when they find their mate.“You found your mate,” I realize, shock and joy flooding through me.Maya nods, a small smile playing at her lips. “Last night. During the fight. My wolf... she'd been dormant for so long, I thought she was dead like Mom's. But when I shifted to protect Cassie, when I fought Warren—” she pauses. “She woke up. And she recognized him immediately.”“Him?” I prompt. “Maya, who?” “Adrian.”The name hangs in the air for a moment.Then Cassie gasps. “Adrian Voss? Your brother's rival? The future Alpha of the Silvercrest Pack?”“Yes,” Maya says, her flush deepening. “I know it's complicated. Our packs aren't exactly allies. And he and Knox have been competing for years. But the Moon Goddess—”“Doesn't care about pack politics,” I finish, a grin spreading across my face despite everything. “Maya, that's... that
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Chapter: Chapter One Hundred and FiftyKnox's POVMorning light filters through the windows of the pack house, casting long shadows across the hallway as we make our way to my mother's room.Cassie walks beside me, her hand firmly in mine. She's nervous— I can feel it through the bond. The anxiety rolling off her in waves.“She's going to love you,” I murmur, squeezing her hand reassuringly.“I killed her husband,” Cassie whispers back. “Even if he was a monster, that's not exactly the best first impression.”“You killed her mate's murderer,” I correct. “There's a difference.”Maya walks on my other side, quiet. She's been subdued since last night, processing everything we learned. Everything that changed.We reach my mother's door. I hesitate for just a moment, my hand hovering over the handle.What do I even say to her? How do I tell her that I know the truth? That Warren's dead? That she's finally free from the man who killed her true mate and forced her into a living nightmare for twenty years?“She already knows,” May
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Chapter: Chapter One Hundred and Forty NineKnox's POVMy mate is a werewolf. The thought keeps circling through my mind, over and over, like I'm trying to convince myself it's real.Cassie. My Cassie. The girl I thought was human. The girl I nearly died protecting because I believed she was fragile, breakable, incompatible with my world.She's a werewolf.And not just any werewolf. She shifted for the first time tonight, fought Alpha Warren— her own father— and killed him to save me.Pride swells in my chest so fierce it almost hurts.‘Our mate is incredible,’ Nyx rumbles in my mind, his presence stronger now that the bond is complete. ‘Strong. Fierce. Perfect.’‘She is,’ I agree, my eyes tracking Cassie as Adrian helps her into some clothes he retrieved from nearby. She's still covered in Warren's blood, her movements stiff from exhaustion and injury.But she's alive. We're both alive.And we're mated.Finally, completely, irrevocably mated.“Knox?” Maya's voice pulls me from my thoughts. “Are you okay?”I tear my gaze from C
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Chapter: Chapter One Hundred and Forty EightCassie's POVThe bond explodes to life, not gradually or gently.It slams into me with the force of a tidal wave, drowning me in sensation, emotion and pure, overwhelming connection.Knox's pain. His exhaustion. His desperate, clinging hold on life. But also his relief. His love. His absolute, unwavering certainty that I'm his and he is mine.The mate bond snaps fully into place like a lock finding its key. Golden light erupts from where my hand touches Knox's chest. It spreads across his skin, glowing bright enough to illuminate the entire clearing.“What's happening?* Maya's voice sounds distant, awed.“The bond is completing,” Adrian answers, his tone filled with wonder. “I've never seen it this strong before. This... intense.*The light grows brighter. I can feel it working through Knox's body, searching out every injury, every broken bone, every failing organ. And healing them, not completely, but enough.Enough to pull him back from the edge. Enough to give his body the strength
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Chapter: Chapter One Hundred and Forty SevenCassie's POVThe words hang in the air like a death sentence.“What?” Maya's voice is barely a whisper, broken and disbelieving. “What did you just say?”Alpha Warren doesn't look at her. His eyes remain fixed on us, cold and calculating despite the blood streaming from his wounds.“Knox isn't my biological son,” he says flatly. “Neither is Maya.”“No.” Maya's voice cracks completely. “No, you're lying. You have to be lying. Mom said—”“Your mother said what I told her to say.” Alpha Warren's tone is dismissive, like he's not just destroying his daughter's entire world. “After I killed your real father.”The clearing goes deathly silent. Even the wind seems to stop. The trees hold their breath.Maya makes a sound that's half sob, half scream. “You... you killed our father?”“He was the Alpha of the Blackwood Pack,” Alpha Warren continues, his voice devoid of emotion. “Strong. Respected. Everything a leader should be. And I wanted what he had. The position. The power. The pack.”“So yo
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Chapter: Chapter One Hundred and Forty SixCassie's POVAlpha Warren's wolf goes completely still beneath us. His eyes— those cold, merciless eyes that had watched Knox die without flinching— now hold something else entirely.Confusion. Shock. And something that looks almost like... fear.“You're not supposed to be alive," he whispers, his voice shaking. “You can't be. She said… Elena said you were dead.”Our claws press harder against his chest, right above his frantically beating heart. “What are you talking about? How do you know that name?”He doesn't answer immediately. Just stares at us with those wide, disbelieving eyes. Like he's seeing a ghost.“Your mother,” he finally says, his voice barely audible even in our mind. “Tell me about your mother. What was her name?”“Why?” We snarl, suspicion and confusion fighting inside us. “Why do you care?”“Please.” The word sounds wrong coming from him. Desperate. Broken. “Just tell me. What was her name?”Something in his tone makes us hesitate, makes us answer despite every ins
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Chapter: Chapter Twenty Derek's POV I couldn't sleep. William's words kept echoing in my head every now and then. That bastard knew exactly what he was doing, bringing up my condition in front of everyone like that. He wanted to plant doubt in Ava's mind, to make her question everything about our arrangement. To make her see me as less than a man. I downed another glass of whiskey, hoping the burn would distract me from the rage consuming me. However, it didn't help. Nothing ever did when it came to this. Hypogonadism! That single word had destroyed my entire childhood, and ripped my family apart. It had turned me into something Anderson could discard without a second thought.I was only seven years old when the diagnosis came. Seven fucking years old when the doctors told my mother that her son would never be normal. That I couldn't produce enough testosterone, and I might never father children.I still remembered the look on Anderson's face that day. The disgust. The disappointment. As if I'd somehow
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Chapter: chapter Nineteen Ava's POVThe car ride back to the villa was suffocating. Derek's knuckles were white as he gripped the steering wheel, his jaw clenched so tight I thought it might crack The silence between us was heavy, pressing down on my chest like a weight I couldn't shake off.I wanted to ask what Williams had meant by his question. What was Derek hiding? But the fury radiating off him was enough to keep my mouth shut. Every muscle in his body was tense. My mind kept replaying the scene at the dining table. The way Williams had started that question with such malice in his tone. The way Anderson had slammed his palm on the table to stop him from finishing. And the way Derek had frozen, his entire body trembling with rage.Whatever Williams was about to reveal, it was something deeply personal. Something painful enough to make Derek lose his composure for the first time since I'd met him.I stole a glance at him from the corner of my eye. His dark grey eyes were fixed on the road ahead as though
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Chapter: Chapter Eighteen Derek's POV Rage blasted through me the moment Anderson mentioned my mother's locket. He knew how important it was to me. That was the only piece I had of my mother and I'd been searching for it for years, not knowing Anderson had it. And now? He was trying to use it to negotiate with me. I'd suspected that Anderson would negotiate, but not in this way. A smug smile tugged at the corners of my lips, masking the storm brewing within me. “You do know how to twist the knife, Anderson,” I said, smiling as though his words had no effect on me. The locket wasn't just jewellery. It carried a message that could shatter both my mother's legacy and the Lancasters' in it. However, it had a passcode that no one except a member of my mother's family knew. If Anderson had the locket, I couldn't trust him not to get the passcode. “That's why I'm still your father,” Anderson smirked at me. He was enjoying this so much, thinking he'd gotten me already. “What do you say, son?” He asked confident
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Chapter: Chapter Seventeen Ava's POV The air in the dining room shifted the moment Derek and I stepped in, his hand wrapped tightly around my waist. Heads turned, eyes widened, and mouths hung open in shock and disbelief. Williams, Mr. Anderson, Olivia, Wendy— Williams' mother. They all looked like they had seen a ghost.The silence that followed my appearance with Derek in the dining room was a vacuum. I curved my lips into a triumphant smile, even though my heart threatened to burst out of my chest. This family! I hated every member of it. I don't want to be around them. They were nothing but predators who looked for prey to feed on. William's face twisted with shock, rage and something else I couldn't quite place. Mr. Anderson’s shock was quickly masked with a blank expression. Typical of him. He was always like that— masking his expression. And Wendy? Her face became pale as if she was going to combust under the weight of her anger. Olivia’s face was a mixture of confusion, fury and shock. Perfect!
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Chapter: Chapter Sixteen Ava's POV Three days later. I was getting ready for the family dinner Derek had spoken about three days ago, and I couldn't stop the nervousness creeping in. No one knew about my marriage to Derek yet. The video I'd posted on my page three days ago was still flying around, almost driving the public crazy as they kept inquiring about who I got married to. “We can stay back if you don't want to go,” Derek's voice cut through my haze of thoughts. He must have noticed how my fingers keep trembling around the strap of my heels. I had the feeling that this so-called family dinner wouldn't end well. I know what I had with Derek was just a contract marriage, but it still didn't change the fact that none of his family knew about me and our marriage. Who gets married without their families these days? My chest heaved as I inhaled deeply and sighed. I tilted my head up to meet his gaze, a small smile stretching on my lips. “It's all right. We should go,” my tone was soft and barely abov
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Chapter: Chapter Fifteen Ava's POV The drive to Derek's villa was silent, though I couldn't stop thinking about his words earlier. A family dinner? I wasn't sure I was ready for that. But when he asked me, I couldn't turn him down for some unknown reason. I let out a long sigh and he glanced at me, his jaw tight. “I'm okay,” I said in a rush, shaking my head while my hands shot up in weak protest. A flicker of something unreadable crossed his features before he turned his gaze back to the road. My mind began to spiral with different thoughts, second-guessing my decision and doubting if I was doing the right thing. But I quickly pushed down every thought as the car moved into a huge estate. My breath caught as the tall gates opened to a wide driveway that curved like something out of a movie. When the car finally rolled to a stop and the door was opened for me to step out, my mouth parted in awe. The mansion before me was massive and breathtaking. It had wide glass windows that caught
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