Chapter: The Monster’s TargetChapter Three — The Monster's TargetOctavia’s POVBefore we knew it, a monster appeared.I barely had time to react before it rushed toward me and grabbed me by the neck.“Ah!”My eyes widened as its sharp claws dug into my skin.I grabbed its hand with both of mine, desperately trying to free myself, but its grip was too strong.“L-Let me go!”The words came out weakly.I struggled, kicking my legs as I tried to force its hand away from my throat. I couldn't breathe properly, and the pain in my neck grew worse with every passing second.“Help…” I managed to choke out.I turned toward the stranger that helped me earlier , my eyes filled with fear.He was only a few steps away, but before he could reach me, the monster raised its other hand, preparing to strike me again.My heart nearly stopped. “Please!” I cried, struggling harder. “Help me!”The monster tightened its grip around my neck.I felt my strength leaving me.Was I really going to die here?I had barely survived the first m
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Chapter: The Hunger Inside MeChapter Two — The Hunger Inside MeOctavia’s POVThe ground shook violently beneath my feet.A loud crash came from somewhere outside, followed by the sound of breaking glass. The walls trembled, and the chandelier hanging above us swung wildly.“What is happening?” someone screamed.Before I could understand what was going on, the ground shook again.This time, it was much worse.A loud crack spread across the floor, and a table toppled over. People screamed as they rushed toward the doors, pushing one another aside in their desperate attempts to escape.“Everyone, get out!” a man shouted.I grabbed the edge of a nearby table to keep myself from falling.The entire building seemed to be shaking apart.Pictures fell from the walls. Glass shattered across the floor, and a section of the ceiling broke loose and crashed down just a few feet away from me.I screamed and stumbled backward.I had never experienced an earthquake before, but I knew this wasn't normal.Nothing about this day w
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Chapter: BetrayedChapter One : Betrayed Octavia’s POVI had never been happier than I was that afternoon.After spending almost two hours with the company lawyer, I had finally signed the documents that would allow Adrian to take control of my late mother’s company. With our wedding only a month away, I wanted to focus on building a happy home with the man I loved while he oversaw the business.I had watched my mother struggle to balance her marriage and her company. I didn’t want to make the same mistake.Adrian had promised that I could leave everything to him and I trusted him.He was the man I had loved for ten years, the man I had defended even when my father questioned our relationship, and the man I had chosen to spend the rest of my life with.I had no reason to doubt him.When I arrived at Adrian’s house, the gate was open. I parked my car and walked inside, holding my handbag close to my side.I didn’t bother knocking at the front door. I had been here countless times, and I knew my way aro
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My Plus-Sized Hockey Luna
Stella has spent years loving one man with everything she has.
She cheers for his victories, sacrifices her own dreams to support his, and quietly opens doors for his career without ever asking for credit. She believes that one day, Chase will finally see her the way she sees him.
Instead, he humiliates her in front of an entire stadium.
As if that isn't enough, she discovers their relationship was nothing more than a cruel bet.
Broken and with nowhere else to go, Stella finds unexpected kindness from the last person she ever imagined—Jaxon, the league's most feared hockey star. Quiet, patient, and impossible to read, he sees the pain everyone else ignores and offers her something she has never known before: respect.
While Stella struggles to put her shattered heart back together, she accidentally steps into a world filled with dangerous secrets, powerful Alphas, and a destiny she knows nothing about. As feelings begin to grow between them, old betrayals return, hidden truths refuse to stay buried, and the man who threw her away suddenly wants her back.
But some hearts are only broken once.
And this time, Stella must decide whether to keep chasing the past... or trust the man who never let her fall.
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Chapter: Our Wedding NightChapter 175Our Wedding NightStella’s POVThe moment we returned to our room after the mating ceremony and the wedding celebration in the city, I took off my shoes and dropped onto the bed.“I am so tired.”Jaxon closed the door behind us and turned to look at me.For a moment, he simply stared at me, and I could already tell from the smile on his face that he was about to say something I would probably regret hearing.“You can’t be tired.”I lifted my head from the pillow and looked at him. “Why can’t I be tired?”He walked toward the bed, slowly loosening his tie. “Because it is our wedding night.”I stared at him for a few seconds before laughing. “what exactly is that supposed to mean?”He sat beside me, looking far too pleased with himself. “Do you know what couples do on their wedding night?”I rolled my eyes. “Do you actually believe all those things people say about wedding nights?”“What things?” He asked.“I heard couples are supposed to count their wedding money at night.”
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Chapter: Without ConditionsChapter 174 — Without ConditionsStella’s POVThe room felt strangely quiet after everything that had happened.Amber was gone, Chase was no longer part of our lives, and for the first time, there was nothing waiting outside the door that could suddenly take Jaxon away from me.I sat beside him on the sofa, resting my head against his shoulder while his fingers gently played with mine.I still couldn’t believe that we were finally here.After everything we had gone through, we were sitting together in his home as if the pain of the past few months had happened to another couple.Jaxon suddenly looked at me. “There is something I want to talk to you about.”I lifted my head from his shoulder. “What is it?”He was quiet for a moment, and I noticed the seriousness in his eyes. “I don’t want a contract anymore.”I stared at him.For a moment, I didn’t know what to say.The contract, the same contract that had once brought us together, the contract that had started with conditions, rules,
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Chapter: The Truth I Had ForgottenChapter 173 — The Truth I Had ForgottenStella’s POVWhen I opened my eyes, the first thing I noticed was that I was no longer on the road.I slowly lifted my head from Jaxon’s shoulder and looked around, only to realize that I was still on his back, he was walking through a large hallway, and I could already see several people standing nearby.The moment they noticed us, they immediately bowed their heads.“Welcome back, alpha.”I smiled sleepily.We were home.I had fallen asleep on Jaxon’s back without even realizing when we arrived at Blackstone, and judging by the way everyone was looking at us, he had carried me all the way inside without waking me.Jaxon finally stopped in front of his room and lowered me carefully. “You’re awake.”I rubbed my eyes. “How long have I been sleeping?”“Long enough.”I looked at him and smiled.For some reason, after everything that had happened, all I wanted at that moment was to be close to him.I stepped toward him and leaned closer, intending t
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Chapter: We Don't Have To Sneak OutChapter 172 — We Don’t Have to Sneak OutStella’s POVI was still holding Jaxon’s hand when we started walking away from the stage.For the first time since Chase had taken me, I did not have to look over my shoulder, I did not have to worry about someone stopping me, I did not have to pretend that I belonged to someone I never chose.I was walking beside my mate, and everyone could see it.We had only taken a few steps when I heard Chase behind us.“Please, Stella.”I stopped.Jaxon stopped with me, but he did not turn around immediately.I slowly looked back.Chase was still standing near the stage, his face filled with pain and anger, but for once, I did not feel afraid of him.“You know I love you,” he said.I stared at him without saying anything.For a moment, my mind went back to the room I had found inside his territory.The pictures, the hockey equipment, the things I had forgotten I ever gave him, the letters he had written, the words he had left behind, telling me how sorry
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Chapter: I already have a packChapter 171 — I Already Have a PackStella’s POVFor several seconds after Jaxon refused the position, nobody moved.The elder standing before him looked completely confused, as if he had expected Jaxon to accept without hesitation.“You have defeated Chase,” the elder said slowly. “According to our laws, you have earned the right to become the new alpha of this pack.”Jaxon stood calmly before the elders, his clothes still stained from the fight, his chest rising and falling steadily as he recovered from the battle.“I know,” he replied.The elder frowned. “Then why are you refusing?”Jaxon looked around the gathering, and I could see the moment his eyes found mine.There was something different in his expression now.He no longer had anything to hide. “I already have a pack.”The moment those words left his mouth, the entire place became silent.I watched the elders exchange confused looks.Even Chase lifted his head.One of the elders stepped forward. “What do you mean?”Jaxon took
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Chapter: WinChapter 170 : WinJaxon’s POVChase suddenly charged toward me.I moved at the same time.The distance between us disappeared within seconds, and our fists collided in the middle of the arena with enough force to make several people in the crowd gasp.Chase immediately followed with another punch.I blocked it, he attacked again, in moved to the side, but his fist still caught the side of my shoulder.The impact forced me backward, the crowd erupted.Chase smiled, he thought he had already found an opening.“You’re not as strong as you think.”I straightened myself. "I never said I was.”His expression hardened, then he came at me again.This time, I didn’t move away.I met him directly.Our fists collided repeatedly as we moved around the arena, each of us trying to find an opening. Chase was stronger than many of the warriors I had fought earlier, and I knew better than to underestimate him.He had been Alpha for a reason, he knew how to fight, he knew how to use his strength abd mo
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Chapter: GuiltyCHAPTER SEVENTYGuiltyAria's POVTuesday I went to the studio.Not because I could work. I knew I couldn't work. But the alternative was sitting in the house watching the clock and that was worse.Jerome said nothing when I arrived. Just nodded. Pointed at my desk. That was enough.I sat at my desk and opened the notebook and drew nothing in particular and watched my phone and tried not to watch my phone and watched it anyway.Alex was at the courthouse with Clara and David. Waiting for the jury to come back. He had texted at eight thirty.In court. Will call the moment we know.I know, I had written back. I'll be at the studio. Jerome is pretending to give me work to do.Jerome is a good man, he wrote.Don't tell him that, I wrote. He'll become impossible.That had been three hours ago.By eleven the studio had quietly reorganised itself around the waiting without anyone saying so. Adaeze was at the desk closest to me. Bisi had moved her cutting table slightly so she could see me fr
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Chapter: ClosingCHAPTER SIXTY NINEClosingAlex's POVMonday was closing arguments.The defense went first.They had built their case carefully over ten days and they delivered the closing the same way. Methodical. Measured. They spoke about a mother's love and the complexity of family and the distance between intention and consequence. They asked the jury to consider what Margaret had believed she was doing rather than what she had done.Alex sat through it.It was competent. He could see that. The defense had done what a defense was supposed to do with the material it had.The material was not strong.Ms. Afolabi stood for the prosecution closing at eleven fifteen.She did not raise her voice once.She went through the evidence the way you go through something that does not need emphasis to be devastating. The falsified clinic results. The payment trail. The financial crimes. The editorial interference. The private arrangement placed in a marriage contract without the knowledge of either party bein
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Chapter: The WeekendCHAPTER SIXTY EIGHTThe WeekendAria's POVSaturday arrived like an exhale.No courthouse. No trial. No watching Alex come home carrying the weight of a day that had no good version of itself. Just the house and the morning and the particular quality of a weekend that had earned itself.I slept until eight.Alex was already up when I came downstairs. Standing at the kitchen window with his coffee. Looking at the garden the way he looked at things when he was thinking but not urgently. Just turning something over quietly."Morning," I said."Morning," he said. "How did you sleep?""Well," I said. And I meant it. "You?""Better than the rest of the week," he said.I poured coffee and stood beside him at the window. The garden in the Saturday morning. The tree. A bird on the fence that had opinions about something and was expressing them at length."Two more days," I said."Monday closing arguments," he said. "Tuesday the jury goes out.""And then?""And then we wait," he said. "David th
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Chapter: The StandCHAPTER SIXTY SEVENThe StandAlex's POVMargaret took the stand on Friday.The defense had not been required to call her. She had insisted. David had told Alex this the night before, quietly, over the phone, in the tone he used when information was significant and he wanted to make sure it landed properly."She wants to speak," David had said. "Her counsel advised against it. She overruled them."Alex had not been surprised.His mother had never in her life allowed a room to reach a conclusion about her without her participation.She walked to the stand the way she walked into every room. Upright. Deliberate. The particular pace of a woman who had decided long ago that how you entered a space was half of what the space thought of you.She took the oath.She sat.And for the first time since the trial began she looked directly at Alex.He held her gaze.He did not look away and he did not give her anything to read in his expression. Just held it. The way his father had taught him to h
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Chapter: ClaraCHAPTER SIXTY SIXClaraAlex's POVClara testified on Thursday.She had asked to. The prosecution had not needed to compel her. She had called David three months ago and said she wanted to testify and David had said he would make sure that happened and it had.Alex sat in the gallery and watched his sister walk to the witness stand.She wore something dark and simple. She had thought about it. He knew because she had texted him the night before asking whether the grey or the navy and he had said the navy and she had said she was already wearing the grey and he had said then why did you ask and she had said she wanted a second opinion on the grey.She looked composed.She looked like their father.The prosecution took her through the evidence carefully. The payment records she had found. The clinic documentation. The afternoon she had sat in the car outside the clinic for forty minutes before going in to ask for the records herself. The phone call she had made to Alex after.She answer
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Chapter: The WitnessCHAPTER SIXTY FIVEThe WitnessAlex's POVThe clinic witness took the stand on Tuesday morning.Her name was Dr. Adaora Mensah Cole. Not the same Dr. Mensah who saw Aria. A different one entirely. She had worked at the fertility clinic for eleven years before resigning. She had been the one who processed the falsified results.She had not known they were falsified at the time.That was what she said first, quietly and clearly, before the prosecution had asked her anything. The judge let it stand.Alex sat in the gallery beside Clara and watched her take the oath and settle in the witness chair and fold her hands in her lap with the particular composure of someone who had been carrying something heavy for a long time and had finally put it down.The prosecution took her through it methodically.The results that had come through the internal system already amended. The payment trail that had appeared weeks later when she was reviewing billing discrepancies. The name attached to the acco
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