Chapter: The Business SabotageThe morning light was grey through the windows of the apartment. I sat at the kitchen table, a cup of cold coffee in front of me, the locket around my neck. Nathaniel was on the phone with Julian. Marcus was at the door. Eleanor was in the nursery, playing with her blocks. Her laughter drifted through the open door, high and sweet, untouched by the fear that filled the room.Three days had passed since the box. Three days of waiting. Three days of silence. No messages. No roses. No photographs. The quiet was worse than the threats. I found myself checking the window every few minutes, waiting for something to happen. Nothing did.Nathaniel hung up. He crossed to the table. His face was pale.Nathaniel: That was Julian. Someone hacked the institute's servers last night.Victoria: What did they take?Nathaniel: Patient records. Research data. Donor information.Victoria: How?Nathaniel: They had a password. Someone inside.Victoria: Who?Nathaniel: They do not know yet. They are tracing
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Chapter: A New ThreatThe phone rang at dawn. I reached for it before it could wake Eleanor. Nathaniel was already awake, sitting on the edge of the bed, his hand on his gun.Victoria: Who is it?Nathaniel: Julian. He says there is something we need to see.Victoria: What kind of something?Nathaniel: He would not say. He said to come to the institute.I got out of bed. The locket was around my neck. The sapphire ring was on my finger. Nathaniel handed me my coat.Victoria: What time is it?Nathaniel: Six. The sun is not even up.Victoria: Then why are we going?Nathaniel: Because Julian never calls this early unless it is bad.Victoria: Bad like what?Nathaniel: He did not say. He just said come.Victoria: Did he sound scared?Nathaniel: He sounded like he had not slept.Victoria: That is not the same thing.Nathaniel: It is close enough.The drive to the institute was silent. Marcus drove. Nathaniel sat in the front. I sat in the back, holding the locket. The streets were empty. The sky was grey.Marcus:
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Chapter: The Anniversary ReclaimedThe morning light is soft through the windows. Pale gold. White curtains. I stand in the nursery. The walls are bare. The crib is gone. The mobile is packed away in the basement. The rocking chair is in the corner, facing the wall.Nathaniel comes up behind me. He puts his hand on my shoulder. His fingers are warm.Nathaniel: What are you doing in here?Victoria: Trying to remember why I loved this room.Nathaniel: Because of Eleanor.Victoria: Yes. She was hope. She was the reason I kept going. She was the only light in the dark.Nathaniel: You painted these walls for her.Victoria: Pink. I thought she would like pink. I stayed up all night painting them. My back hurt. My hands were covered in paint. But I was happy.Nathaniel: She likes blue now.Victoria: Everything changes. Even the things we thought were permanent.Nathaniel: Not everything.He turns me around. He takes my hands. His thumbs trace circles on my palms.Nathaniel: Today is our anniversary. The day we got married. Th
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Chapter: Learning to TrustThe morning light is soft through the windows of the apartment. Pale gold, filtered through the white curtains, falling in gentle rectangles on the polished floor. The dust motes dance in the light. I sit on the couch, Eleanor in my arms, the locket around my neck. The mobile of stars and moons is gone from the nursery, packed in a box in the basement, taped shut, labeled with a black marker. Patricia's things. The words are stark, final. The walls are bare. The crib is empty. The rocking chair is pushed into the corner, facing the wall. I could not look at it anymore. I could not sit in that room without seeing her shadow on the wall, without hearing her voice, without feeling the cold.Nathaniel is in the kitchen, making coffee. The scent drifts through the rooms, rich and dark, mixing with the smell of the oatmeal he made for Eleanor. Marcus is at the door, his hand on his gun, his eyes on the street, on the fire escape, on the building across the road. He has not relaxed in weeks.
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Chapter: The Second HoneymoonThe house in France is smaller than I expected. Stone walls, blue shutters, a garden full of roses. Patricia's roses. The same roses that were in my mother's photograph, the one where she stands smiling in a white dress, holding a bouquet. The same roses that Patricia left on my doorstep, tied with black ribbon. The same roses that marked every threat, every warning, every promise. The same roses that grew in the garden where my mother posed, unaware that the woman behind the camera was planning her death. The roses have grown wild since Patricia died, sprawling over the stone paths, climbing the walls, choking the other flowers.Nathaniel carries Eleanor through the gate. She is looking at the flowers, her dark eyes wide, her small hand reaching. She points at a red bloom, full and heavy with dew, the petals soft and velvety, the stem thick with thorns.Not those, baby, Nathaniel says, gently pulling her hand back. They have thorns. They can hurt you. They can draw blood. They can le
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Chapter: Nathaniel's VowThe morning light is grey through the windows of the apartment. Thin and cold, the kind of light that makes everything look washed out and tired. I sit at the kitchen table, the locket around my neck, the deed to the French house in my hand. The paper is heavy, embossed, official. Patricia's name is on it. Patricia's signature. Patricia's final attempt to reach across the grave. Her last gift. Her last manipulation. Her last attempt to control from beyond.Nathaniel stands by the window, looking out at the street. His hands are in his pockets. His shoulders are tense. He has been standing there for an hour, watching the trees, the cars, the empty sidewalk. Every few seconds, he glances at the fire escape, at the building across the street, at the shadows between the parked cars. His hand keeps going to his gun, then dropping back to his side. Eleanor plays in the nursery, the sound of her blocks drifting through the open door, the soft thud of wood on wood, her small voice humming the
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Chapter: The Safe HouseThe study was crowded.Rex sat behind his desk. The box of files was open in front of him. Catherine stood by the window, her arms crossed, her face pale. Elena sat on the couch, her hands folded in her lap. Lin was in the corner, her face pale, her hands shaking. Isabella was not there. She was locked in her room. Again.I stood by the door. Watching. Waiting."Open the first file," I said.Rex pulled out a folder. Thick. Old. The paper was yellowed. The edges were frayed."Victor Marchetti," Rex said. His voice was flat. "My father. Original investor. Paid five million dollars into the program."Catherine turned from the window. "Five million?""Five million. In exchange for... what?"I walked to the desk. Looked at the file. At the photographs. At the handwritten notes."In exchange for a child. A perfect child. With green eyes. With intelligence. With loyalty."Rex slammed the file shut. "He used me. He used all of us.""He was not the only one."Rex opened the next file. His hand
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Chapter: Trust No OneThe basement was empty.The chains were cut. The chair was overturned. The note was still taped to the wall. Did you really think it would be that easy? - D.Rex pulled the note off the wall. Stared at it."He was never here."I shook my head. "We watched Lin chain him. We watched her lock the door.""Then Lin is involved.""Or someone helped him escape."Rex walked to the door. Examined the lock. "No signs of forced entry.""Then someone used a key.""Who has keys to the basement?""Everyone. Catherine. Elena. Mrs. Park. Lin. You. Me."Rex turned to me. "And Isabella.""Isabella is locked in her room.""She was locked in her room. We do not know if she is still there."We ran up the stairs.Isabella's door was open.The room was empty. The window was open. The sheets were tied together and hanging out the window.Rex looked down at the garden. "She is gone.""We need to find her.""She could be anywhere."I grabbed my phone. Called Lin.No answer.I called again.No answer."Lin is n
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Chapter: The Traitor InsideThe kitchen was quiet.Too quiet.Catherine stood by the window. Her back was to me. Her shoulders were tense. Elena sat at the table. Her hands were folded. Her eyes were on the red notebook in my hands.Rex stood by the door. His gun was in his holster. His eyes moved between the women like he was waiting for one of them to attack.Isabella was not there. Mrs. Park was not there. Lin was in the basement, watching Drake."We need to talk," I said.Catherine turned. "About what?""About the traitor.""The traitor is Mrs. Park. She ran. She is gone."I shook my head. "No. Mrs. Park was a pawn. The traitor is still here. In this house. In this room."Elena looked up. Her green eyes met mine."You think it is me.""I think it could be anyone.""It is not me.""Then who?"Elena stood up. Walked to the window. Stood beside Catherine."We have been over this, Mira. Lin traced the messages. They came from Catherine's phone.""Catherine's phone was spoofed.""Then who has the technology to sp
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Chapter: Your Real FatherThe basement door was locked.Rex stood beside me. His hand was on the key. His face was hard. Behind the door, Drake was chained to a chair. Wounded. Silent. Waiting.We had brought him here three hours ago. From the estate. From Victor's study. From the place where he had been hiding for three years."He has not said a word," Rex said."I know.""Your mother wants to kill him.""Which mother?"Rex's jaw tightened. "Both of them."I took the key from his hand. "I need to talk to him. Alone.""Ten minutes.""Fifteen.""Twelve.""Fine."I unlocked the door. Walked down the stairs.Drake was exactly where we left him.Chained to a chair. His arm was bandaged. His face was pale. His eyes were closed. Blood had soaked through the bandage. His shirt was stained red.He looked like a dead man. But he was not dead. His chest was rising and falling. Slow. Shallow."Drake."He did not move."Drake, I know you are awake."He opened his eyes. Looked at me. His eyes were red. Tired. Empty."Mira.
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Chapter: Three Years DeadThe kitchen was quiet.Lena's phone sat on the table between us. The screen was dark now, but the messages were burned into my memory. Drake's words. Lena's fear. Promises made. Promises broken."Three years," I said.Rex looked at me. "What?""Victor has been dead for three years. The real Victor. Not the body double. Not Marco. The real Victor Thorne.""How do you know?"I picked up Lena's phone. Turned it on. Scrolled to the messages."She wrote about it. The night Victor died. She said she watched him take his last breath.""Where?""In his study. At the estate. She was there. She saw everything."Rex walked to the window. "Why did she not tell anyone?""Because she was afraid. Drake told her to keep quiet. He said he would protect her.""He lied."I nodded. "Yes. He lied."Catherine walked into the kitchen. Her face was pale. Her hands were shaking."I could not sleep," she said. "I kept thinking about Lena. About Victor. About all of it."I gestured to the chair across from me.
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Chapter: The Body DoubleThe garden was dark.The stars were out. The roses were invisible. Rex stood beside me. His hand was in mine. The traitor was somewhere in the house. Watching. Waiting. Planning."We cannot stay here all night," Rex said."I know.""Then what do you want to do?"I looked at the house. The windows were dark. The doors were closed. Somewhere inside, someone was pretending to be on our side. Someone was feeding Drake information. Someone was waiting for the right moment to strike."I want to find out who killed Marco," I said."The body double?""Yes. He was the first death. The one that started everything. If we find out who killed him, we find out who the traitor is."Rex nodded slowly. "Then we go to the basement. Where they found his body.""Now?""Now. Before whoever did it has a chance to clean up."I looked at him. His arm was still in a sling. His face was tired. But his eyes were sharp."Are you sure you are up for this?""I am sure."We walked to the house.The basement was col
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Chapter: The Text Message from PrisonThe night Marcus died, none of us slept.Luca sat by the window, watching the street. Eli paced the living room. I held the girls in the rocking chair, one in each arm. Hope was restless. Grace slept through everything.The police came at dawn. Two officers. A detective in a plain coat.He asked us questions. Where had we been? When did we last see Marcus? Did we know anyone who wanted him dead?Luca answered for all of us. He said we had been at the cabin. Marcus had come to the door. He had threatened us. We walked to the main road. A woman drove us to the police station. We had never touched Marcus.The detective nodded. He said they had no suspects. But they would be in touch.He left.Eli closed the door. He leaned against it.He asked Luca if he thought the police would find the killer.Luca said he did not know.I asked if Luca thought Marcus deserved to die.Luca was quiet for a moment. Then he said yes.Eli said no one deserved to die like that.Luca looked at Eli. His eyes w
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Chapter: Marcus Gets OutThe morning after the last photograph arrived, I woke to sunlight.Eli was beside me. His arm was around my waist. His breathing was deep. The girls were still asleep.I slipped out of bed. I walked to the kitchen. I made coffee.Luca was already there. He was sitting at the table, staring at his phone.He looked up when I walked in. His face was pale.He said Marcus was getting out.I set down the coffee pot.I asked when.He said today.I sat across from him. I asked how he knew.He said Claire had called. Derek had told her about Marcus before he died. Claire had been watching the court records.I asked if Marcus knew about Derek.Luca said yes. Claire had told him.I asked if Marcus knew about me. About the girls.Luca said he did not know.Eli came into the kitchen. He saw our faces.He asked what happened.I told him.Eli sat down. He put his head in his hands.He said Marcus had tried to kill Derek once. He might try again. With Derek gone, he might come after us.Luca said we
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Chapter: Four People, One TableThe truth about Grace's twin sister settled over us like a heavy blanket.Luca did not speak for hours. He held Hope. He held Grace. He stared at the wall.Eli made lunch. No one ate.I sat next to Luca. I took his hand.He said he did not know who to trust anymore.I said you can trust us.He looked at me. His eyes were red.He said you and Eli are the only family I have.Eli sat on his other side. He put his hand on Luca's shoulder.He said we are not going anywhere.Luca nodded.Hope touched his face. She said Dada.He kissed her forehead.That night, we sat at the dinner table. The four of us. Hope in her high chair. Grace in her bassinet.Eli had cooked pasta. Luca had set the table. I had poured the wine.Luca raised his glass. He said to family.Eli raised his. I raised mine.We drank.Hope threw her spoon on the floor. Luca picked it up.She threw it again. Eli picked it up.She laughed.Grace slept.Eli asked Luca what he wanted to do now. About the woman. About the past.Luc
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Chapter: The Mercy MarriageThe photograph of Derek and Hope stayed on the mantle.Hope pointed at it every day. She said Dada. Luca stopped correcting her. Eli said nothing. I said nothing.Grace had been gone for two weeks. No calls. No texts. No sightings. Luca's lawyer confirmed she had boarded a flight to Europe. She was gone.But Luca was quiet. Distant. He played with Hope. He helped with Grace. He ate dinner with us. But his mind was somewhere else.One night, after the girls were asleep, I found him in the nursery. He was sitting in the rocking chair, staring at the crib.I sat on the floor next to him.I asked what he was thinking about.He said Grace.I waited.He said there was something he had not told me. Something about the marriage.I asked what marriage.He said he had married Grace. Years ago. In Vegas. Drunk. Stupid. They had annulled it a week later.I asked why he had not told me.He said because he was ashamed. Because he wanted to forget. Because he did not want me to think less of him.I
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Chapter: Grace CallsI stood in the doorway, staring at the woman who was supposed to be dead.She looked older than her photos. Thinner. Her eyes were tired. But she was alive.Luca's voice came from behind me. He asked who was at the door.I stepped aside.He saw her. His face went white.He said Grace.She said hello, Luca.He asked how she was alive.She said she had lied. About the cancer. About the baby. About everything.Luca stepped back. He shook his head.Eli came to the door. He looked at Grace. He looked at me.He asked what was going on.Grace said she needed to talk. To Luca. Alone.Luca said no. Whatever she had to say, she could say in front of Nova and Eli.Grace walked inside. She sat on the couch.Luca sat across from her. Eli stood by the window. I sat next to Luca.Grace looked at me. She said I was beautiful. Luca had told her that.I asked why she faked her death.She said because she was scared. Because she had done terrible things. Because she did not know how to face Luca.Luca a
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Chapter: Luca ReturnsThe door closed behind Luca. The sound echoed through the apartment.Hope looked up from her toy. She pointed at the door. She said Dada.I could not speak.Eli held me. His arms were tight around my shoulders.Claire stood in the corner. Her face was pale. She said she was sorry. She did not know. Derek had never told her.I asked why he would do this.Claire said because he was broken. Because he wanted to give Luca something before he died. Because he thought love was more important than blood.I pulled away from Eli. I walked to the door.Eli asked where I was going.I said to find Luca.He asked if I wanted him to come.I said no.I drove to Luca's apartment.His car was there. The lights were off.I knocked. No answer.I knocked again.The door opened. Luca stood there. His eyes were red. His face was wet.He said he could not do this.I asked what he meant.He said he could not pretend to be Hope's father when he was not.I said he was her father. Biology did not matter.He sho
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Forbidden by the Triplet Alphas
Dark RomanceDramaFast-Paced PlotAlphaBetaBullyCampusForbidden LoveHate to Love
To keep my mother safe, I bind myself to the strongest pack in the region. My new home comes with three stepbrothers I never asked for: the Triplet Alphas. Untouchable. Cruel. From day one, they make me their target, taunting me in the halls of Silver Creek Academy, reminding me I’m nothing but a charity case in their world.
I survive by building walls around my heart. Until the devastating truth shatters everything: they aren’t just my tormentors. They are my fated mates.
Theron, the wild one, now hunts me with a hunger that terrifies me. Lysander, the quiet storm, watches like I’m his next obsession. And Cassian, the eldest, the leader refuses to even look my way. Two want to claim me. One wants to break me.
But fate doesn’t care what any of us want. When secrets buried beneath Blackwood Manor begin to surface, I realize the danger was never just in their cruelty. It’s in the bond that could destroy us all, and in the truth of what I really am.
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Chapter: Claimed CompletelyThe morning after the triple bond, I woke to warmth.Cassian was on my left, his arm draped over my waist, his face buried in my hair. His breathing was slow, even, peaceful. The walls he had built over a lifetime—walls of ice, walls of silence, walls of fear—were gone, and in their place was something soft, something vulnerable, something that looked like trust. His hand rested on my stomach, and I could feel his heartbeat through his palm, steady and strong, a rhythm I had come to know as well as my own. The first wolf's blade was propped against the bedpost, but he did not reach for it. He did not need it anymore. The war was over. The fighting was done.Theron was on my right, his hand resting on my hip, his body curled around mine like a shield. His gold eyes were closed, but I could feel him watching me through the bond, always watching, always guarding, always ready. The scars on his throat were silver in the morning light, a permanent reminder of what he had survived, of what
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Chapter: The Triple BondThe bond hummed—warm, steady, unbreakable. Stronger than before. Cleaner than before. The shadow that had poisoned it was gone, and in its place was something new. Something brighter. Something that felt like the first wolf's tears had washed away not just the curse, but also the walls we had all been hiding behind for so long.I could feel Cassian's heartbeat like it was my own, steady and strong. I could feel Theron's warmth like a fire in my chest, burning bright but not consuming. I could feel Lysander's calm like a quiet stream, flowing steady and deep. The bond was no longer just a connection. It was a home. It was a promise. It was a future.Cassian rode beside me, his grey eyes soft. He had not stopped looking at me since I emerged from the spring. His gaze was constant, almost reverent, as if he was afraid I would disappear if he looked away. His hand kept reaching for mine, checking, confirming, reassuring himself that I was real, that I was alive, that I was still here."Wh
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Chapter: Breaking the CurseThe forest was dark, the path to the spring overgrown with thorns and shadow. The trees pressed close, their branches reaching for us like grasping hands, their leaves whispering secrets we could not understand. The moon was hidden behind clouds, and the only light came from the dark dagger in Lysander's hand, pulsing faintly with pale blue light that pushed back the darkness just enough for us to see the path ahead.Cassian walked beside me, his hand never leaving mine. His grey eyes were fixed on the path ahead, scanning for threats, for anything that might try to stop us. His grip was iron, warm, steady. I could feel his heartbeat through his palm, fast but steady, a reminder that I was not alone.Theron ranged ahead, his gold eyes cutting through the darkness, his claws extended, his body tense, ready to fight. The scars on his throat were silver in the dim light, a reminder of what he had survived, of what he had overcome. He moved like water, like smoke, like the wolf he had alw
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Chapter: Poisoned BondThe battle was over, but something was wrong.I felt it the moment Lorna's light faded. The bond—the warm, steady hum that connected me to Cassian, Theron, and Lysander—had changed. It was still there, but it was different. Quieter. Colder. Like a fire that had been smothered with ash. Like a heartbeat that had begun to stutter. Like a song that had lost its melody.Cassian noticed first. His grey eyes searched my face, and I saw the fear in them—the same fear that was growing in my own chest. He had been standing beside me when Lorna crumbled into light, his hand on my shoulder, his presence a wall of warmth against the cold. Now that warmth was fading."Ravenna," he said. "What is it? What is wrong?""The bond," I said. "Something is wrong with the bond. I can feel it fading. Like sand slipping through my fingers."Theron stepped closer. His gold eyes were wide, his claws still extended from the battle, black blood drying on his fur. "What do you mean? I can still feel you. I can st
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Chapter: Lorna's Last GambitThe nightmares stopped, but the shadows did not leave.They waited at the edge of the forest, just beyond the walls, watching. The pack could feel them—a cold pressure at the back of their minds, a whisper in the dark that never quite formed words, a hunger that never quite found its meal. The scouts reported movement at night, figures that vanished before they could be identified, eyes that glowed red and then were gone. The sentries heard howls that were not wolf howls, voices that were not wolf voices.On the tenth night after the spring, a rider came.She was young, barely more than a pup, her horse lathered with sweat, its sides heaving, its eyes rolling with fear. Her face was streaked with dirt and tears, her clothes torn by branches, her hands raw from gripping the reins. She collapsed at the gates, gasping for air, her hands reaching for the guards."Luna," she gasped. "Alpha. She is coming. Lorna. She is alive."Cassian was at the gates before the girl finished speaking. His
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Chapter: Ghosts of the PastThe nightmares started on the first night of spring.I dreamed of my mother. She was standing in the locked room, her back to me, her white dress stained with blood that had not been there when she died, blood that seeped from wounds that should have healed centuries ago. The portrait of Seraphine watched from the wall, her honey eyes weeping tears of shadow that dripped down the canvas and pooled on the stone floor, black and thick like oil. The candles were extinguished, and the only light came from the shadows themselves—pale blue, cold, hungry."You should have saved me," my mother said. She did not turn. Her voice was hollow, echoing, as if it came from the bottom of a well, as if she was speaking from very far away. "You should have been faster. Stronger. Braver. You should have seen through my lies. You should have stopped me from going to the king.""I tried," I said. My voice was small, weak, the voice of the girl I had been before the bond, before the shadow, before the war.
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