The Mercer Brothers
I was the perfect wife. The Senator’s daughter. The woman who smiled while her world burned.
For three years, I played the part. I ignored the lipstick on my husband’s collar, the late nights, and the cold indifference. I accepted the "open marriage" I never asked for, just to keep the peace.
But peace is a lie. And tonight, I’m done playing by the rules.
One night of rebellion at the city’s most exclusive underground club was supposed to be my escape. Instead, it was a collision course with the past.
The Mercer Brothers.
Silas, the ruthless king.
Dante, the violent enforcer.
Julian, the beautiful psychopath.
They were my brother’s best friends. The men who warned me to stay away. The monsters who run this city from the shadows. Six years ago, they told me to run. Tonight, they blocked the exit.
I thought the night couldn't get worse—until I went home and found out the truth. My husband didn't just cheat on me. He gambled me away.
He owes the Mercers millions, and he just offered me as the collateral.
Now, I belong to them.
They say they want to protect me. They say they want to ruin me for anyone else.
Silas commands. Dante breaks. Julian corrupts.
I thought I was walking into a prison, but as the walls close in, I realize the terrifying truth: I’m not the victim in this story. I’m the weapon they’ve been waiting for.
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Chapter: Chapter 6Dante’s POVThe rain had started to fall, slicking the streets of the city with a sheen that reflected the neon lights like spilled oil. I gripped the steering wheel of the armored Range Rover, my knuckles white.Silas was in the passenger seat, laptop open, monitoring the audio feed from the bug we’d slapped on Ivy’s bumper. Julian was in the back, cleaning a knife, the rhythmic shhk-shhk sound the only noise in the cabin.We were parked three blocks away from the penthouse Ivy shared with that waste of oxygen."She’s inside," Silas said, his voice tight. "She just entered the code for the elevator."I stared at the building. It was a glass needle piercing the sky, a monument to wealth and pretension. I hated it. It was a cage for a bird that was meant to fly."Why are we waiting?" I gritted out. "We should be kicking down the door.""Patience, Dante," Silas murmured, though I could see the vein ticking in his jaw. "We need cause. We need her to realize she’s in danger. If we storm i
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Chapter: Chapter 5Silas’s POVThe door clicked shut, severing the connection between us. The silence she left behind was louder than the music vibrating through the floorboards of The Abyss.I stared at the heavy oak door, my hand still tingling where I had touched her waist. Ivy. My best friend’s little sister. The forbidden fruit we had all sworn never to taste."She’s shaking," Julian murmured, breaking the silence. He was still staring at the spot where she had stood, his expression a mix of hunger and concern. "She was terrified.""She was alive," I corrected, walking back to the bar to pour three fingers of scotch. I didn't offer any to my brothers. They could get their own. "For the first time in six years, she was actually breathing."Dante pushed off the wall, his jaw tight. He paced the room like a caged tiger, the energy radiating off him enough to spark a fire. "We shouldn't have let her go, Silas. You saw her eyes. She wanted to stay. We could have taken her home. Kept her.""And then what
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Chapter: Chapter 4Ivy’s POVThe glass in my hand was the only cold thing in the room. Everything else was scorching."Ruin me," I repeated, the words tasting like forbidden fruit.Silas didn't smile. He wasn't a man who smiled. He simply watched me with that intense, hawk-like gaze. "Yes. Ruin you. So that when you go back to him—and you will go back, because you’re too duty-bound to leave yet—you won’t be able to let him touch you without thinking of us."Julian took the glass from my hand and set it on the table. "You’re trembling, Ivy.""I’m scared," I admitted."Good," Dante said from behind the couch. His hands came down to rest on my shoulders, his fingers digging into the tension there. "Fear makes you feel alive. You’ve been dead for years, haven't you?"He was right. I had been a walking corpse in a designer dress."Show us," Silas commanded softly."Show you what?"" The fire." Silas leaned back, watching me. "Kiss Julian."My heart hammered against my ribs. "What?""You heard him," Julian sa
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Chapter: Chapter 3Ivy’s POVMy back hit Julian’s chest. He was solid, unyielding, a wall of muscle behind me. Dante stood in front, closing the distance until the tips of his shoes touched mine."Let me pass, Dante," I said, trying to inject authority into my voice. It came out as a breathless squeak.Dante chuckled, a dark, rumbling sound. He reached out, his rough thumb tracing the line of my jaw. His touch seared my skin. "Let you pass? We just found you. It’s been six years, Ivy. You don't get to just walk away again.""I’m married," I blurted out. It was a desperate shield, a flimsy defense.The temperature in the hallway dropped ten degrees.Silas stepped out of the shadows. He had been watching, silent and lethal. He walked toward us, his movements fluid and terrifying. He stopped inches from me, forcing Dante to step back slightly, but not enough to give me an escape route.Silas looked down at me, his eyes devoid of any warmth. "We know," he said. His voice was calm, which made it scarier. "Gr
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Chapter: Chapter 2Ivy’s POVThe bass in The Abyss thumped against my chest, matching the frantic rhythm of my heart. The air smelled of expensive scotch, exotic perfume, and bad decisions. It was dark, lit only by strobe lights that cut through the haze like lightning.I shouldn't be here. This was their territory.I moved through the crowd, ignoring the hands that tried to grab my waist, the eyes that tracked my movement. I made my way to the bar, sliding onto a stool."Whiskey. Neat. The most expensive one you have," I told the bartender.He raised an eyebrow but poured the amber liquid. I downed it in one burn. It felt like fire, scorching away the numbness Grant had left behind.I signaled for another.I was three drinks in when I felt the shift in the room. It wasn't a sound. It was a change in atmospheric pressure. The crowd near the VIP balcony parted like the Red Sea. The laughter died down, replaced by hushed whispers.I turned on my stool, the alcohol giving me a false sense of bravery. And t
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Chapter: Chapter 1Ivy’s POVThe sound of a silk tie sliding through a collar was usually a sound of intimacy. Tonight, it sounded like a noose tightening.I sat on the edge of the California King bed, my hands folded in my lap. The pristine white sheets were smooth, unwrinkled, just like everything else in our penthouse. Just like my life. Or at least, the life I had pretended to have for the last three years.Grant stood before the floor-to-ceiling mirror, adjusting his cufflinks. He didn't look at me. He rarely looked at me anymore, unless we were at a gala and he needed the perfect senator’s daughter on his arm."It’s better this way, Ivy," he said, his voice casual, as if he were discussing the dinner menu rather than the demolition of our marriage. "Monogamy is... archaic. Especially in my line of work. I have needs. Stress relief."I dug my nails into my palms. "Needs that half the women in your office can satisfy?"Grant finally turned. His handsome face, the one that had won over voters and my
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Chapter: Chapter 6Arnold’s POVHunter was always so dramatic. The brooding, the warnings, the heavy sighs that sounded like tectonic plates shifting—it was exhausting. He wore his guilt like a wet wool coat, heavy and suffocating, refusing to take it off even when he was inside by the fire. He liked the weight of it. He felt that if he suffered enough, it might make up for the sins of the past.I, on the other hand, preferred to enjoy the slide down to hell. If we were going to burn, we might as well toast marshmallows on the way down.The door clicked shut behind him, leaving a vacuum of silence in the cabin. The storm outside battered the windows, but inside, the air was thick with the scent of seared meat and fresh trauma.I leaned back in my chair, balancing on the back two legs, and watched Gloria. She was attacking her steak with a ferocity that didn't match her delicate features. She was trying to be brave, shoving food into her mouth as if it were fuel for a machine, but I could smell the truth
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Chapter: Chapter 5Hunter’s POVShe had no idea what she had just agreed to.Watching Gloria eat, wearing my clothes, her hair wet and smelling of my shampoo, took every ounce of restraint I possessed.I had lied to her. Partially.Yes, I wanted revenge on the Silver Moon pack. Yes, I wanted to turn their discarded princess into a weapon that would dismantle their hierarchy from the inside out. But that wasn't the only reason I let her stay.When I saw that video... when I saw the raw, unfiltered need on her face, something inside me snapped. It wasn't just lust. It was recognition.She was broken. Just like me.And the scent... gods, the scent. Even under the blood and rain, she smelled like vanilla and ozone. It was driving my wolf insane. My beast was pacing in the back of my mind, scratching at the walls, screaming Mine. Mine. Mine.But she wasn't mine. She was an Alpha female. I was a Beta exile. We were incompatible by every law of our kind."So," Arnold said, breaking the silence. He was twirling
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Chapter: Chapter 4Gloria's POVThe tension in the room was a tangible thing, a tight wire stretched between the three of us. Arnold shrugged off Hunter's grip, but he didn't step closer. Instead, he walked to the kitchen area, grabbing a bottle of water. He moved with a fluid grace that screamed lethal agility."So," Arnold said, leaning against the counter. "Is she staying? Or are we ransoming her back to Daddy Dearest?""She stays," Hunter said, his voice leaving no room for argument. He finally stepped back from me, giving me room to breathe. "Go upstairs. Second door on the left. There’s a shower and fresh clothes. Put them on."It was a command. My wolf bristled at the tone, but my human side knew he was right. I was shivering, sticky with blood and rain."Thank you," I muttered stiffly.I stood up, my legs wobbling. Hunter watched me, his gaze feeling like a physical weight on my skin. I made my way to the stairs, conscious of how the torn back of my dress exposed my skin."Don't take too long, P
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Chapter: Chapter 3Gloria’s POVThe air in the cabin was thick, charged with an electricity that made the hair on my arms stand up. Hunter walked away from me, heading toward a small bar cart in the corner. The casual way he moved, as if he hadn't just been pleasuring himself to my misery, was unnerving."Drink," he said, not asking. He poured an amber liquid into a heavy glass and held it out to me.I sat up slowly, clutching the torn remnants of my silk dress together. My body ached from the crash, but the adrenaline was masking the worst of it. I took the glass. His fingers brushed mine, calloused and warm."Why?" I asked, taking a sip. The whiskey burned my throat, grounding me. "Why bring me here? You hate my father. You hate the Silver Moon pack."Hunter leaned against the fireplace mantel, crossing his massive arms. The firelight danced over the tattoos creeping up his neck. "I do hate them. Which is why finding their precious discarded Princess on my doorstep felt like a gift from the Moon Godde
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Chapter: Chapter 2Gloria’s POVPain.That was the first thing that registered. A sharp, throbbing ache in my temple and the scent of copper—blood.My eyes fluttered open. I wasn't in my car. I wasn't in the rain.I was lying on a leather sofa that cost more than my car. The room was dim, lit only by the dying embers of a massive stone fireplace and the blue light of a laptop screen on a desk across the room.The smell hit me next. Sandalwood, dark rum, and rain. It was intoxicating, a scent so thick it made my wolf whimper in submission, even though I was human.I tried to sit up, but a wave of dizziness pushed me back down. My dress was ruined, torn at the hem, and dried mud clung to my skin. I felt exposed."You're awake."The voice was deep, gravelly, and vibrated through the floorboards.I froze. My eyes darted to the desk.A man sat there. He was massive, his broad shoulders stretching the fabric of a black t-shirt. He had dark hair that fell over his forehead, and a jawline sharp enough to cut gl
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Chapter: Chapter 1Gloria’s POVThe notification sound on my phone was usually a soft chime. Tonight, it sounded like a gunshot. Then another. Then a hundred more, all going off at once until my clutch vibrated violently against my hip.I stood in the center of the Moonlight Ballroom, the crystal chandeliers casting fractured rainbows over the silk gown I had spent three months creating. It was supposed to be my night. The Mating Ball. The night Jaxson, the future Alpha of the Silver Moon Pack, finally claimed me.I looked up, a smile frozen on my face, searching for Jaxson in the crowd. But no one was looking at me with admiration. They were looking at their phones.Then, they looked at me.It started as a whisper, a low buzz that swept through the elite wolves like a draft of cold air. Then came the snickers. The looks of disgust."Gloria," my best friend, Sarah, gasped, rushing to my side. Her face was pale, her eyes wide with horror. She shoved her phone into her pocket, but I had already seen the s
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