Chapter: Chapter 166 : On his BedRenataI stepped back into the room and immediately caught sight of movement, knowing exactly what it meant. "Hey, you can come out now," I whispered. "It's just me."My heart was still pounding from dinner, from having to sit across from Drent and pretend everything was fine while Bryan hid crouched beneath my bed the entire time. I had barely touched my food, too consumed with worry that Gunther might decide to walk me back early, that he might catch even the faintest sound coming from my room. Every second at that table had felt like walking a tightrope over something I couldn't see the bottom of.Bryan emerged slowly, still catching his breath. "Phew. I thought Gunther came in with you.""No," I said, managing a small smile. "He normally just escorts me back to my room after dinner." I took a step closer to him. "So, what's up?"That was when I noticed it, the panic barely concealed behind his eyes. Something was wrong. Whatever it was, it had already stripped the earlier relief f
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Chapter: Chapter 165 : Lover boy blockedBryanI sat crouched in the corner of the room while Renata rested on the bed, my phone already dialing Edwina's number.Every minute I spent inside these walls felt like borrowed time. I kept glancing toward the door, half expecting it to burst open at any moment, my nerves stretched so thin I could barely sit still long enough to finish a single call properly.She picked up almost immediately. "Hey, I'm in," I whispered. "Please tell me Renata is safe.""Yes, she is," I said. "But how do we get her out? What's the actual plan?""Okay, Bryan, hold on," Edwina said, her voice tight with urgency. "I have someone on the inside getting me information before the day ends. I'll call you back as soon as I hear something.""Please be fast," I said, glancing anxiously toward the door. "There's this creepy guard on her constantly. If he catches me here, it's over for both of us.""I know. I know. Just stay put. I'll call you. And hide, Bryan. They cannot know you're in there, or this entire pl
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Chapter: Chapter 164: Fear and HopeRenata"You've got to be kidding me."I sat up sharply, staring at Gunther standing in front of my door in the middle of the night. If this was actually real, if Drent had genuinely made him my personal night guard, he had unknowingly made everything about my situation infinitely worse, without even realizing what he had just handed over to this man.I had spent the last hour before falling asleep quietly plotting, trying to piece together some version of an escape plan I could actually execute. Every single idea had run straight into the same wall. Gunther. Now he wasn't just a threat wandering the halls somewhere. He was posted directly outside my door, hour after hour, watching, waiting."Did Drent really think it was a good idea to have you stalk me even at night?" I asked, my voice sharp with disbelief.Gunther smiled, but the expression never quite reached his eyes. "I told you," he said. "He trusts me completely. And with this kind of authority, it's practically impossible for
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Chapter: Chapter 163: The Ranking General OppressorGuntherI sat close to Renata as she struggled with her straw at the dining table, unable to keep my eyes off her.There was something about the way she carried herself, even now, even trapped inside a house she never chose to be in, that set her apart from every other woman I had ever encountered in this line of work. Most people broke within days of losing their freedom. She still fought, still schemed, still looked for cracks in every wall around her. It only made me want her more."Are you sent to watch me eat dinner too now?" she asked, not bothering to look up.I didn't smile. "It's rare to find myself in the presence of a proper damsel. But with you, I find it nearly impossible to look away. Your energy is the kind most men would call... suppressive."She scoffed. "Do you always talk like you swallowed a literature textbook?""Only when I want to impress someone I actually like," I said. "Which, admittedly, doesn't happen often."She simply shook her head. "Well, this is weird,
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Chapter: Chapter 162: A New SuitorRenataI sat at the dining table, waiting, until Drent finally walked in, his guards flanking him on either side.I had spent most of the morning rehearsing exactly how I wanted this conversation to go, keeping my tone soft, agreeable, nothing like the woman who had screamed at him through a locked door only days earlier. If I wanted any real shot at escaping, I needed him to believe I had finally accepted my place here, at least on the surface."You look happy today, Peach," he said, taking his seat across from me."I'm not," I said, straightening. "I've just given up trying to get out of here. So I figured I would ask for some adjustments, if I'm going to be staying."He studied me for a moment, leaning back in his chair. "What do you want?""I just have one request," I said. "If I'm going to be here, I want outdoor time. At least one hour every day. I can't stay locked in a room all day. Let me see the sky at least."He stroked his chin thoughtfully. "That's not a bad idea."Relief
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Chapter: Chapter 161: GuntherRenataI woke up panting, my chest heaving, disoriented until my eyes landed on Drent sitting across from me in a chair, a glass of whiskey resting in his hand. His eyes hadn't left me since the moment I opened mine.The room around me looked different from the one I remembered falling asleep in, unfamiliar shadows stretching across walls I didn't recognize, the faint hum of an air conditioner somewhere overhead. Wherever we were now, it was nothing like the estate I had spent the last few days trapped inside."Where am I?" I asked, my voice hoarse."You died and went to hell," he said flatly, without even the faintest hint of a smile."What?" My heart lurched painfully."And I'm here to torture you," he added, and this time the corner of his mouth finally curved upward, letting me know he was only teasing."I didn't die?" I asked, still trying to piece together what had happened. "How?""You're not dying on my watch," he said simply."No, I thought—" I started, but he cut me off, gri
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Chapter: Chapter FiveBlakeTwo years later.Two years ago was the last time I saw my mother. I remembered it like it was yesterday. The bouts of torture Cody had put her through. The diagnosis that came after. The way he loaded her into that convoy with the single promise that I would see her again once I married one of his sons. He meant every word of it. Since the day he drove off with her, I had not heard from him, from my stepbrothers, or from my mom.Two years on, it still hurt like a fresh wound. I had not given up. I would find her. I knew, somehow, that she was still alive.But those two years had changed me in ways I never expected. The morning after Cody disappeared with my mother and his sons, I walked out of the pack mansion and never looked back. I shed everything that tied me to that life, the pack, the bond, even my own wolf. I locked her away somewhere deep inside me and refused to let her out, no matter how hard she clawed at the inside of my chest in those first months. Eventually she we
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Chapter: Chapter FourBlakeBy the next morning, I woke up in my bed with a pounding headache. The party was over. At some point, I must have passed out, because I had no memory of getting back to my room. I was still wearing the tight silver dress Leo had forced me into.The memories from last night came crashing back. The humiliation. The laughter. The way Mason, Gaige, and Leo had treated me like a toy in front of the entire pack. And Shawn, the one person I thought would stop them. My former best friend had stood there and watched. Worse, he had kissed me. The memory alone made my lips burn, and I squeezed my eyes shut. How had everything become such a mess? A few weeks ago, Shawn had been the one person I trusted most. Now he was no different from the rest of them.I pushed the thoughts away and grabbed my phone. I needed to focus. The Canadian Art competition was my only chance. If I won, I could leave this pack forever and take my mother with me, far away from Alpha Cody, far away from his sons, far
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Chapter: Chapter ThreeBlakeI sat there at the dining table, texting Mary like my life depended on it. I wanted to explain everything and beg for her forgiveness for what had happened yesterday. I had no idea how Shawn had known I was heading to that art event. I needed that visa, I needed to win. But after yesterday I was afraid I had been disqualified. Not even forgetting the fact that he had shot a man's leg in the process of carrying me out.I sent multiple text messages to Mary, apologising and hoping she could give me another chance. Hoping I could still compete after my stepbrother had ruined the signings.But it ticked double with no response. Out of frustration I slammed my phone on the table, pressing my head against the table, thinking of how to get over this.I thought of my mom, how this was meant to free her. And now we might get stuck here. Oh, if I saw Shawn right now I would give him a piece of my mind.I checked my phone and Mary hadn't responded. I crashed on the chair in frustration.I
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Chapter: Chapter TwoBlakeMy mom was transferred to another room after the alpha found out I saw her, he torture my mom and wanted to do it in a way only Him can enjoy. I had to get my mother out of this pack, she doesn't deserve this. The thought sat on my chest As a heavy burden.News was also going round the pacl that the two remaining sons of the alpha would be returning today, and something about that made me feel uneasy. Because meeting just the two of my stepbrothers made me me feel a draw I couldn't explain My wolf was weak. At least, that's what everyone said. So why did my chest tighten when shawn and Gaige walked into a room? Why did I feel drawn to them in a way I couldn't explain? I just hoped it wouldn't be the same feel with the remaining two. I felt so much pressure I just wanted to get my mom and leave this pack.My phone then buzzed, I exhaled slowly and reached for the phone, hoping to get any good news on my explain plan. And it was A notification from Mary, my art instructor. I ha
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Chapter: Chapter OneBlakeI could not believe the guy I once had a huge crush on back in high school was now my stepbrother. Honestly I could not believe I would have any brothers at all after spending twenty-one years as my mom's only child.And now my life was about to change entirely. Mom had married Cody Evans a week ago, a cold and ruthless Alpha who ruled the BloodMoon Pack, and I hated every part of it.She had moved in with him a week ago, but I had refused to so much as step foot in that pack house. Not necessarily because of him, but because his late mate had given him four sons.Four boys running around the same house, and me being the only girl did not sit well with me at all. But after a week of resisting, I finally moved in with my mom. And right now I was standing at the dining table, completely frozen, because Gaige was right there in front of me, and something in my chest pulled toward him before I even understood why.Gaige had always been my crush. Tall, blue eyes, messy black hair tha
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