Chapter: 7Blood on his handsSliver didn’t know what to say. Azuka finger had already left her wrist but she could still feel the warmth of his touch on her skin. She quickly pulled her hands back “am fine”Azuka eyes stayed on her “No you are not”. There was something about the way he said it made her chest tighten. Sliver looked away. Felix had said the same thing to her not because he was worried about her but because he was checking if she could still smile for the guest, whether she could still stand beside him or whether the injuries would show under her wedding dress.But azuka didn’t seem to care about appearance instead he cared about the bruises, now she doesn’t know what to do with that.“I said am fine” she repeated. Azuka jaw tighten.“Fine people don’t hid their injuries” sliver frowned. “why does it matter to you if I frown” she questioned, with fire blazing out of her eyes. For a moment he said nothing, then a sound came from the corridor above them. More like footsteps, Azuka ex
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Chapter: 6Sliver still couldn’t believe what had happened earlier. She wasn’t expecting Felix men to be this scared of Azuka nor his men. Just a look from Azuka had them running with their tails behind their legs. She let out a tired sigh, she looked exhausted and needed somewhere to rest and think of her life.Sliver raised her left hand to feel her face then she remembered what Azuka said, that she didn’t belong to anyone but herself. The confidence he said it with made her proud, No one has ever said those words to herNot her fatherNot Felix, she had always belonged to someone.Her husband, her fatherTheir future plansTheir expectations but Azuka has reminded her of her freedom which should have been hers all along. She shock her head trying to push those thoughts away. She didn’t understand Azuka and doesn’t trust him either. Yet she felt safer living inside this church than any where she has Evered stayed, and that thought frightened her.The church felt unbelievably quiet since Felix
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Chapter: 5Chapter 5Azuka noticed Sliver reaction immediate, his jaw tightened.“take her upstairs” one of the guard suggested quickly.“no” Azuka spoke calmly.That single word made everyone go silent instantly. her heart began beating more faster and harder. Azuka looked twards the church entrance, completely calm. Like he already knew what was going to happen next, then he spoke without looking at her.“stay close to me”The word sounded like a command, something strange went down her stomach. Before Sliver could process what he said the church door flew opened violently.Three men entered.Felix men, she recognized them immediately, their eyes landed on her. “there she is”Panic burst through her chest, one of them moved forward then stopped after seeing Azuka standing beside her. the whole atmosphere changed instantly, fear passed the man face so fast it almost died.“Loretto” he breathedAzuka expression never changed for once“she’s coming home with us” another man forced out, shaken.S
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Chapter: 4 Sliver pov {the devil himself}Sleeping became impossible after that.Everytime sliver closed her eyes, she kept seeing the underground hall ways stained with bloods and people crying out for help echoing behind those metal doors. By morning, her whole body felt weak, sunlight passed through the cracked church windows as she turned and stared at her reflection in the small mirror near the fire place.she could barely recognized her self.Her dark hair loose around her shoulders, still wet a bit from yesterday down pour. The oversized black sweater swallowed her body completely, exposing the bruises around her wrist, making them standout more.She looked more like a ghost than a bride who ran away from the church. A knock sounded at the door, making her turn instantly“come in”The door opened slowly, showing an old woman holding a tray filled with food. She smiled after noticing Sliver was awake.“you should eat” she spoke quietly.Sliver hesitated before moving towards her, she remo
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Chapter: 3Something under the churchThe scream dragged sliver out of her sleep. Her eyes snapped opened instantly. For few minutes, She forgot where she was. Then lightening flashed through the bedroom windows, showing the unfamiliar stone walls around her.The church. Her stomach sank as another scream echoed faintly through the floor under her. a woman. Fear prickled across sliver skin instantly, she sat up slowly in bed listening carefully for the voice.Silence followed.Only rain hitting against the windows, maybe she imagined it or maybe exhaustion was finally making her lose her mind. she rubbed her cheeks tiredly before swinging her legs over the side of her bed. The room was strangely warm inside despite the huge storm outside. she turned and saw that someone had left folded dryed clothes on the chair near the fire place sometime during the night.Black sweater with loose pants.Her soaked wedding dress was gone, that realization hit her more than it should have. Instead, her attentio
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Chapter: 2Sliver pov {the devil rules}She should have been terrified enough to run away like before, instead sliver wouldn't move. The man near the alter watched her in complete silence, his unreadable expression as rain fell hard on the church scarred windows behind them. Her instinct screamed danger, bloody not because he screamed at her or threatened her but because he looked like someone who would never do so.She suddenly felt pain in her throat. “i-I’m so sorry” she whispered quietly. “ I was just desperately looking for somewhere to hide”His eyes stayed on her face for few seconds long before dropping slowly to the soaked wedding gown clinging to her body.“so you ran from your wedding?” it didn’t feel like a question. Heat burning beneath her skin despite the cold weather.“ yes” she answered.Then silence between them. Heavy , very uncomfortable like he was studying her. then he finally moved making her heart jump instantly. sliver stood still watching him as he walked down the alter
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His to Claim: Alpha
Fast-Paced PlotWerewolfWinning Back the WifeHidden IdentityLycanBeastRevengeRunaway with a BabyBetrayal
He marked her like property. Then completely turned on her.
Cecelia was never meant to survive the bond, she was just meant to bleed for it. Chosen for her pack, used for an alignment, discarded when she became inconvenient. Zeke took everything from her: her freedom, her future, and something she never meant to give; her heart.
But she didn’t die.
She learned.
Now she’s back, unrecognizable, with poison in her smile and vengeance stitched into her skin. His mark still burns on her body. But the girl he broke is gone.
And the woman she’s become wants nothing to do with him.
She doesn’t want his love.
She wants him to break,
And this time, she’ll make sure he stays broken.
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Chapter: 50CECELIA'S POVWe sat in comfortable silence while I processed everything. A real mating ceremony, becoming Luna officially, raising Golden together as a family. Three months ago this would have seemed impossible while now it felt inevitable like this was always where we were meant to end up."I want more children," I said suddenly while the thought had been building for a while. "Not right away but someday. Golden should have siblings."Zeke's arm tightened around me while through the bond I felt his immediate agreement. "How many are we talking?""Two or three more maybe?" I suggested while tilting my head to look at him. "Enough that Golden isn't lonely but not so many that we're completely overwhelmed.""I like that," Zeke said while his hand moved to rest on my stomach like he could already picture me pregnant. "Golden would be a good big brother.""He would," I agreed while imagining our son helping with a baby. "Though we should probably wait until his wolf emergence situation i
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Chapter: 49Cecelia's POVGolden had been asleep for an hour while Zeke knocked softly on our bedroom door. I'd been reading in the chair beside Golden's small bed watching him breathe peacefully when Zeke poked his head in."Come with me," he whispered while gesturing toward the hallway. "I have something planned."I stood carefully while not wanting to wake Golden. He'd had a good day today, his color was better while the blue light under his skin had barely flickered at all. The doctor said the Alpha essence treatments were working while Golden's body was stabilizing.Zeke took my hand while leading me through our quarters to the private balcony I hadn't used much since moving back in. When he opened the door my breath caught because the space had been transformed.Candles covered every surface while their warm glow made everything look soft. A small table was set with real plates and silverware while covered dishes sat waiting. A bottle of wine was already open while two glasses sat beside it
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Chapter: 48Cecelia's POVThe hospital corridor felt too bright while I pushed Golden's wheelchair toward the visitor room where Layla waited to say goodbye to Cameron. Golden sat quietly wrapped in a blanket while his small hands gripped the armrests. He was finally strong enough to be out of bed for short periods which the doctor said was good progress."Why are we going to see her?" Golden asked while looking up at me with those big eyes that reminded me so much of Zeke."Because she needs to say goodbye to her son," I explained while keeping my voice gentle. "And Daddy thought it might help you understand what happened if you see that even bad people have families they care about."Zeke walked beside us while his hand rested on my shoulder. I could feel his tension through the bond while he wasn't happy about this visit either but had agreed it was necessary for Cameron's sake.We entered the room while Layla sat in a chair with two guards standing nearby. She looked smaller than I remembered
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Chapter: 47We reached the main level while I headed for my vehicle. The drive back to the hospital gave me time to process everything Layla had confessed. The depths of her delusion and manipulation were staggering while I couldn't believe I'd missed the signs for so long.But dwelling on that wouldn't help anyone while I needed to focus on the future with Cecelia and Golden instead of the past Layla had poisoned.The next morning I stood before the pack council while Layla was brought in wearing restraints. She looked smaller somehow while all her defiance from yesterday was gone. The council members watched her with expressions ranging from disgust to disappointment while many had known her for years."Layla Winters, you stand accused of conspiracy to kidnap, child endangerment, and treason against the Alpha's family," the head councilman read from the formal charges. "How do you plead?""Guilty," Layla said quietly while not looking at anyone.Murmurs went through the council while they'd exp
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Chapter: 46Zeke's POVGolden had been stable for twenty four hours while the doctor said Cecelia could maintain contact with him for short periods now. Her touch wouldn't suppress the wolf emergence like mine did but it would keep Golden calm and comfortable while I handled pack business that couldn't wait any longer."Are you sure about this?" Cecelia asked while looking nervous about being left alone with Golden even though the doctor and nurses were right outside."You'll be fine," I assured her while leaning down to kiss her forehead. "Just keep your hand on his chest like I've been doing. If anything changes the monitors will alert the medical staff immediately.""How long will you be gone?" she asked while her hand replaced mine on Golden's small chest."A few hours at most," I said while hating to leave them but knowing this couldn't be put off. "I need to handle Layla's interrogation personally."Cecelia's expression hardened while anger flashed in her eyes at Layla's name. "Make her suf
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Chapter: 45CECELIA'S POVI didn't argue while knowing he wouldn't change his mind anyway. Instead I just stayed close while taking turns with Zeke sleeping in short bursts. When I was awake I watched them both while my heart felt too full and too broken at the same time.During one of my shifts staying awake, I looked at Zeke asleep in his chair with his hand still pressed to Golden's chest. His large hand completely covered Golden's small torso while the size difference was almost funny. But seeing them connected like that while father and son bound together, made something settle in my chest that had been restless for three years.I never stopped loving him while I realized with sudden clarity. I'd been angry and hurt and determined to move on but under all that I still loved Zeke with the same intensity I had during our marriage. Maybe even more now while seeing him with Golden showed me the man he could be when he let his walls down.The thought scared me while I didn't know if I was ready t
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Uncle's Good Girl
CEOAge GapDark RomanceSteamyRuthlessPossessiveForbidden LoveHaremDrama
Bronwyn thought the hardest part of coming home for the holidays would be facing her small town past. She never imagined walking into the Rhiggs estate and feeling her body come alive under the gaze of Trenton Rhiggs, her best friend Eudora's father. He is everything she should not want: older, powerful, and completely forbidden.
Trenton Rhiggs is a man who built an empire and commanded respect from everyone around him. Widowed for three years, he buried himself in work and being a father. Then Bronwyn arrived for the holidays and suddenly the girl he remembered became a woman he cannot stop thinking about. Every instinct tells him to stay away but having her under his roof makes that impossible.
When a blizzard traps them alone in the massive Rhiggs estate, the attraction neither can deny finally erupts. What starts as one stolen night becomes an addiction neither can quit. They know it is wrong. They know Eudora can never find out. But some cravings are too powerful to resist.
Their secret burns hotter every day until someone sees something they should not have. A business rival discovers the affair and threatens to expose Trenton unless he backs away from a major deal. Bronwyn becomes leverage in a dangerous game. Now Trenton has to choose between protecting his empire or claiming the one woman he was never supposed to touch. Their forbidden desire might cost them everything but walking away feels impossible.
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Chapter: 66BRONWYNWhat followed was the most concentrated period of my life. Bronwyn working harder than anything I'd ever watched anyone do, the medical team moving around her and Dr. Martinez telling me everything that was happening. Then at four forty-seven PM the room changed.A sound arrived that rearranged everything.Our daughter arrived into the world with a cry that was fierce. The medical team moved with her quickly, a small wrapped bundle appearing in a nurse's arms, and I couldn't speak at all.I looked at Bronwyn who was crying without sound, completely spent, watching the nurses with our daughter."She's beautiful," the nurse said. "Strong lungs."Then the room shifted again, everyone refocusing, and our son arrived six minutes later, his cry different from his sister's, almost indignant, like he objected to the entire process.The nurses brought them to us in sequence, our daughter first, wrapped and cleaned and blinking with unfocused newborn eyes. They placed her in my arms whi
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Chapter: 65BRONWYNThe boardroom on the fourteenth floor of the Boston headquarters had floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the city, a long mahogany table that seated twenty, and excellent acoustics for presentations.None of these features were relevant to me when I felt the warm rush of fluid that no amount of professional composure could reframe as anything other than what it was.My water had broken in the middle of my Thompson campaign presentation, slide seven of twenty-two.The room had twelve people in it. I was standing at the front with a laser pointer in my hand.For approximately three seconds I stood completely still, running a rapid calculation, I knew the nearest hospital being four miles away."Excuse me," I said, with a calm I would later find impressive in retrospect. "I need Marcus."Marcus Webb was on his feet before I finished his name, clearly having processed what was happening faster than the rest of the room. He crossed to me while confusion rippled through the other a
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Chapter: 64TRENTONI looked at my daughter across the kitchen table and thought about everything she'd navigated this year. Her grief about Isolde, her anger about Bronwyn, her long road to acceptance, her genuine joy now about the twins.She'd become someone extraordinary without me fully noticing when it happened."Your mother would like this version of you," I said."I learned from her." She picked up her coffee. "Stop counting years, Dad. Just be there. That's the whole job."Monday I called Brilliana into my office and formalized what had been informally shifting for months."COO," I said, sliding the paperwork across my desk. "Full authority over day to day operations. You report to me but you run the company."She looked at the papers then at me. "You're sure?""I've been sure for a while." I leaned back. "Rhiggs Development doesn't need me managing it hour to hour anymore. It needs me directing it strategically." I paused. "And I'm having twins in two months."She signed without further
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Chapter: 63TRENTONI woke up at three AM again, my pillows soaked with sweat, my thoughts spiralling and I had to sit up to breathe. It was another nightmare again and it was getting a lot more frequent and I didnt want to tell my wife. I didn't want to worry her.The bad dreams was that I died before I could watch my twins grow up, and when I woke up from those dreams I would stay awake at night, doing all sorts of calculations. If the twins were born now, I'd be forty eight. When they start school, I'd be fifty three. When they learned to drive, I'd be sixty three. When they graduated high school, I'd be sixty six.Sixty six years old with eighteen year old children.My father had died at sixty two.I knew the math was destructive. Bronwyn would tell me to stop if she could hear my thoughts. I also knew intellectually that counting years was the least useful thing I could do with the time I actually had.But knowing didn't stop the counting.On a Tuesday morning, I was in my home study reviewi
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Chapter: 62BRONWYNOn Saturday afternoon we sat on the floor of the half-finished nursery eating takeout from the Italian place while Trenton and Eleri assembled cribs in the next room. The sounds of instruction-reading disagreement drifted through the wall periodically."I want to be here when they're born," Eudora said. "I already requested leave."I looked at her. "Eudora—""I know it's a lot to ask. It's your moment and Trenton's moment and I don't want to intrude." She picked at her food. "But they're going to be my siblings and I want to be there. If that's okay.""Of course it's okay." I reached over and squeezed her hand. "It's more than okay."She nodded, satisfied. "Eleri wants to meet them too. He's already researching pediatric development which is completely unnecessary since I'm a doctor but I'm letting him have it.""That's very evolved of you.""I'm very evolved." She looked around the nursery. "This room is going to be full in two months.""I know." The reality of that hit me se
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Chapter: 61BRONWYNThree months after the wedding, I finally looked pregnant.No, not ambiguously bloated or suspiciously full after dinner, but genuinely, unmistakably pregnant with a belly that arrived ahead of me into every room and made strangers smile at me in grocery stores.Twin pregnancies apparently didn't waste time.The morning sickness had mercifully subsided around week sixteen, replaced by an appetite that startled me daily and an energy level that swung unpredictably between unstoppable and completely depleted with nothing in between.I was learning to work around it.Tuesday and Wednesday in Boston had become my high output days, when I scheduled client presentations and board meetings. Thursday and Friday in Pinehaven were for the local office and remote work, more forgiving of the afternoons when I needed to put my feet up for an hour.It wasn't perfect but it was working.The Pinehaven office had exceeded first quarter projections by thirty percent. Three major clients secured
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