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When Darius married Dorothy three years ago, she was nothing but a penniless, jobless omega with an extraordinarily rare blood type. He had been practical about it - a resource to be claimed before other packs discovered her value.He wasn't even sure if she'd finished college, or if she'd ever gone to one. Come to think of it, he also had no idea where she'd been living before he brought her to Silver Creek territory. The background check his enforcers had run was perfunctory at best - they'd confirmed her blood type and little else. As Alpha, he hadn't needed more.He also realized, with a faint prickle of guilt, that he'd never cared what part of the continent she'd run from before she entered his territory. Once she became his mate in name, she sank quietly into housewolf duties in the Luna's wing: gentle, silent, her wolf nearly invisible in the bustling hierarchy of Silver pack. She was a shadow—always present, never seen.Now, she'd left with nothing but the clothes he saw her

The rear left window of the Rolls Royce rolled down soundlessly.My brother, Lucian McAllister's handsome, dark-eyed face peered out, his Alpha scent—different from Darius's but equally commanding—washing over me like a protective blanket."Get in, little wolf."The door lock popped, my cue, and I slipped inside.I pressed my brow to Lucian's thigh. Laying my head on his lap felt safe, almost like when I returned from a bad run as a pup—scolded, but ultimately sheltered. His hand found my back without hesitation, large, warm, with a stabilizing pressure only my family could deliver."There, there."he murmured quietly, stroking me with a patience he seldom showed anyone else,“Let it out,”.At a nod from Lucian, our pack driver rolled the car into gear. The smooth purr of a well-kept engine vibrated in my bones; I let the tears come, silent and shaking.Tears hit my lap like broken glass. “I was so stupid,” I rasped. “Blind. Like I’d tied my heart to a cliff edge and jumped.”"We all cha

Time stopped. I watched as Darius's carefully guarded composure faltered, just for a heartbeat. He stared at me, searching my face as if my request must be the result of some mistake in the tether that bound.I could almost see the wheels turning behind those calculating eyes. The packless omega wolf who had used her rare blood type to secure a place in his prestigious lineage? What had changed?“You want out? Just like that?”he demanded, his Alpha voice making the air vibrate between us.“There isn't one that matters,” I told him, fighting to keep my breath steady. “I'll give blood for Isolde, but only if you grant me this.”"That wasn't our pact," he growled, eyes flashing with the amber glow of his wolf."I know. I broke my word. Report me to the Pack Council if you want." I shrugged, the gesture more defiant than I'd ever dared before.For once, I saw something unreadable dance across Darius's face—confusion, maybe faint surprise. In the three years since our forced union, he'd ne

The words flickering on the phone screen were like sharp blades, each message piercing precisely into the depths of my heart.“Isolde was taken to the territory clinic. She needs a blood binding. You know your duty. Come to Valebrook Clinic now.”“Where are you, Dorothy? You're late. Fifteen minutes.”“If you're going to complain about the arrangement, the compensation has been increased to $100,000. Check your account.”“Dorothy Miller, Twenty minutes. No more. A pact doesn’t bend to excuses.”I scrolled through Darius's messages, my fingers trembling as knuckles turned pale.His voice always came wrapped in winter. No warmth, just ice and order.These weren't messages from a caring mate—these were commands, the kind an Alpha issued to a subordinate wolf.Our arrangement wasn’t love—it was a hierarchy. He ruled. I complied.He barely touched me when we shared a room; he never let our scents mingle outside of necessity.He reminded me of this constantly, at any time and any place.The f