Chapter: 19Chapter 19Nathaniel’s Pov“So drive me, peacefully, and go on with your day.” She urged."Like hell I will," I slammed the car into gear and floored it. The rage bubbling inside of me was deafening.Either she was a master at pushing every single one of my buttons, or I was going to lose my mind and strangle her myself. No way in hell was I letting her run off to another man.Work was canceled, and whatever grand plans she had for the day were dead in the water.Some doctor douchebag couldn't compare to me, anyway. She had practically admitted it. I was going to show her I was more than capable of handling my own wife.I was still the same Nathaniel she had married. I still had it all in me, full force."Nathan, what are you doing? Are you trying to kill us?"My jaw ached from grinding my teeth, but it was the only way I could keep from completely losing control. I couldn't hit her, hell, I loved her, and I desperately wanted to understand why she was pushing me to this edge.This wh
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Chapter: 18Chapter 18Alyssa's PovI knew damn well I looked crazy, like a straight-up madwoman, sitting there in my laced-up bra and a slip skirt. I felt completely disgusting, with dried blood caked onto my skin, no shower in sight, and a head that pounded like a blaring music box right against my skull.The last thing I had the patience for was Nathaniel screaming at me because my outfit wasn't conservative enough for his delicate sensibilities.Those idiots down at the precinct didn't know what kind of lawsuit they were walking into, detaining me overnight over absolutely nothing. I hadn't done a damn thing wrong. All I did was call for help."Nathan, please just drive. I don't have time for your nonsense.""My nonsense?" he bellowed, spit flying across the console. "Now I'm the one spewing nonsense when you come walking out of a police station looking practically naked?""I have clothes on, so drop it.""Clothes on?" he shrieked. "What clothes? Because that trashy little thing on your skin
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Chapter: 17Chapter 17Nathaniel's Pov"You are not crazy, are you?""No." I deadpanned.My fucking head hurt, my whole damn body ached, and my father never called to worry about anything that actually mattered. Rubbing my temples, I felt like putting a bullet through my skull just to end this entire shit. The pressure was so suffocating I was losing my damn mind in this shit.Nothing could happen to Priya; she was carrying our future heir. And nothing could happen to Alyssa, she's the brain we need. My father always made sure to drill it into my head to keep her closer than my own arm.And what the hell did I actually get out of any of this? When had anyone ever asked what I wanted?All I wanted was to keep my fucking wife. And if I lost her because of this absolute travesty, my family was going to see the full, unbridled wrath of a man who had finally realized he was being used to the bone."Nathaniel, are you even there?"I fought down a heavy groan. "Yes, Father.""Have you been listening to
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Chapter: 16Chapter 16Alyssa's Pov My attempt to sidestep him was blocked instantly. "Not so fast, honey. I won't ask again."First of all, I had no time to waste. Who knew how fatal Marisol's wound was, or how much blood he had already lost? I didn't owe him any deep personal loyalty, but I had a strong suspicion whatever had happened to him was because of me.Someone was onto us, for sure. What I thought was tight and discreet wasn't nearly as hidden as I'd hoped. First the photos, and now my private investigator was stabbed in his own home.The absolute last thing I wanted to deal with right now was this drunk, cheating husband of mine."Nathaniel, step out of my way, please." I kept my voice low, groveling just enough so I didn't sound completely arrogant or condescending."Hm, I can't quite hear you. What did you just say to me?" Nathaniel cupped a hand to his ear, mocking me. "Say it again, I dare you."A huff of pure exhaustion pushed past my lips. I was so damn tired, and honestly, the
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Chapter: 15Chapter 15Alyssa's Pov It was the last look on her face, her eyes, that killed me tonight. It was like a mockery to our marriage. Everything Nathaniel had done, and everything he did tonight.It was like staring at a neon sign screaming: Open your eyes, Alyssa. Stop holding on to a delusional dream. He's at her beck and call now.Priya was in a car accident, and he just ran to her, completely discarding my feelings and the vile insults his mother stood right there and hurled at me.He loves Priya, doesn't he?Fuck. When did it all go wrong, and why did I let it happen? How had they played it all so smoothly, outsmarting me in this devious little game while I couldn't see a single crack in their facade?If our anniversary hadn't come up, and I hadn't gone to that party, would I have ever found out?My pillows were soaked with tears. I tossed and turned, rolling over to Nathaniel's side of the bed. Empty, of course. I had spent hours sitting in the study waiting for him, straining my
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Chapter: 14Chapter 14 Alyssa's Pov "Nathaniel, who does this wretched woman think she is to ever compare to Priyanka, hmm?" She looked down her nose at him, and then back at me. Nathaniel's face contorted in discomfort. But enough with the pity-princess act. Maybe the Alyssa of yesterday would have bought it, a husband who didn't want to get on his mother's bad side, but loved his wife as well, and just didn't want to pick sides. He always used to reassure me on the nights when the insults and discrediting were too much and he found me crying in secret. I almost knew what he was going to say next, but I didn't even care to hear shit from his mouth or have him halfheartedly defend me like he always did. Right now, he could stick it up his ass and choke on it. It hurt, but the faster I stopped giving a shit, the better it would be for me, my game, and my stupid, bleeding heart. What was I even expecting, standing here crying in front of him? That he'd pull me close and reassure me that
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Chapter: 4444Bella ReyesAries couldn't know I was pregnant. Absolutely not. But how the hell was I supposed to explain this constant fatigue and morning sickness? The freezing rain, that had to be it. I had caught a brutal cold. The exact lie I had cooked up for him, and thankfully, he bought it without a second thought.I had barfed my lungs out so violently that I had put Aries to work cleaning up after me. He didn't complain once. Instead, he had gently held my hair back while I threw up, exactly like he'd done at my workplace that day. With gestures like this, how was I supposed to walk away and stop myself from falling head over heels for him?Was it because of his baby growing inside me? The lingering hormones he'd left in my system that made me feel this chaotic mess of emotions? It was his baby doing this to my body, or maybe it was just the sex. Maybe if I let him sleep with me again, this aching craving for him would finally stop.I hoped to God it would, because tonight I might actu
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Chapter: 4343Aries HadidShe wanted to know me so bad, wanted me to open up my black heart so she could see the ragged, shattered mess of a human being I was underneath all the aura and allure. So I took her to the one place that always brought it out of me.Hatred, ruin, and volatile emotions that clawed at my chest, the kind of heavy, dark agony I had never learned how to manage or control.Bella followed me like a moth to a flame, walking right into the trap without even realizing it. The estate cemetery was pitch-black, and my mother's headstone loomed like a dark, silent shadow against the thunder. There was no shelter out here, nothing at all to shield her marker from the storm. Come rain or come shine, the elements beat down on her headstone mercilessly.“Right there,” I pointed, turning enough to see Bella standing there, drenched head-to-toe in the freezing rain. I could barely keep my eyes open, and part of me wanted to squeeze them shut forever, to tear my own heart out just to make
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Chapter: 4242Bella ReyesAries walked off, and I definitely didn't think he was just arrogant. No. I stood there watching him, my vision tunneling straight onto his retreating figure. The sky opened up all of a sudden. A torrential downpour crashed down with a violent wave of rain and heavy wind, anchoring my feet to the ground. I forgot how to move as the memory of the way Aries had looked at me, like he genuinely hated my guts, played on an endless loop inside my head. Over and over again.He hated me. He wanted me to stay away. But why the fuck couldn't I just do that? Just stay the fuck away from him.Why did every single road in my life have to lead right back to him? I had come to this spot to clear my head from the suffocating pressure of that house, not to drown in a whole new kind of misery, especially not from him. But he looked at me like I was standing in the middle of his happiness, blocking every ray of light he had left.Damn this rain. Damn the wind. Damn me for being so stupid
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Chapter: 4141Aries HadidI saw her before she even spotted me and called out. “Aries?”I was already moving, quickening my pace through the damp chill. What the hell was she doing out here?“Aries, is that you?” The wind whipped her words across the dark, hitting me with a sweetness that completely unspooled me, cutting deeper than the sorrow and rage clawing at my insides.Bella's voice cutting through the bruising, howling wind of a miserable evening like this felt unreal. It was sweet yet haunting, and right then and there, I realized Bella Reyes was going to be the absolute end of me.How much longer was I supposed to pretend I didn't care? I loved this girl, and running away wasn't doing a damn thing except hurting and killing me from the inside out.I ground to a halt before I even realized I was stopping. For a terrifying second, I contemplated just keeping my back to her, walking right off into the dark without ever turning around. But with a chaotic storm of thoughts warring inside me,
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Chapter: 4040Bella ReyesI scrambled up so fast it felt like the speed of light, and the next second the room echoed with the sharp crack of my palm hitting her cheek. “What part of keeping your hands to yourself didn't you understand?”Rhea staggered back, clutching her face with absolute shock frozen in her eyes. That served her right. I had warned her. I was always warning Rhea Sullivan to keep her hands off me and take her trash talk elsewhere.I had made that crystal clear, and this wasn't Terraria University where she could pull whatever bullshit she liked and expect me to just take it.The adrenaline surging through my veins barely let me register the pure, dumbfounded look on her face.“You crossed a line, and I told you not to test me,” I spat, scrambling off the floor, onto the bed, and trying to shake off the weird, dull ache radiating through my ankle, when the little rat lunged again. This time she caught a handful of my hair, yanking it back so hard I couldn't stop the sharp wince
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Chapter: 3939Bella Reyes I was going to throw up my intestines, and the next thing out of my mouth was going to be this fucking baby. Only I wished barfing my guts out was ever going to be enough to do the trick.I wanted this shit right out of my system. Gone. I was exhausted, livid, and deeply ashamed. What the hell was Aries even doing here with her? Who was she to him, anyway?Wasn't it Tyler she was all over a minute ago, and now Rhea was latched onto Aries?I was doubled over the sink, my spine hunched and aching from how long I'd been hanging there, dry-heaving and gagging until my lungs and throat burned.I hated this fucking place. I regretted ever coming. And God, I wished I had the luxury to just walk out that door and leave this entire estate behind, just like Aries had. He had stormed out so savage, and nobody had dared say a damn word to stop him.Not even my loud-mouthed mother. He had been yelling right in that man's face like his father was absolute garbage. And Leonard, like
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Chapter: 48Chapter 48Leo's Pov I went into the archive room and shut the door shut behind me before I slid the deadbolt across. My hands were shaking so badly that the metal was rattling against the stone. Ronan was already standing inside by a table that was in the centre of the room. He was holding a small lantern, the yellow light flickering against his dark hair and bruised face. He looked calm, but I knew he was just as terrified as I was."Is this door locked?" Ronan asked me."Yes," I said, my voice coming out too high. I cleared my throat and tried to sound older and more firmer. "No one can open it from the outside without a master key. Now stop wasting time and show me what you found."Ronan set the lantern down on the table, he looked at me with those cold Darkmoon eyes. "You know you don't have to do this, Leo, you can walk out right now. If your family finds us here looking through Gideon's old logs, they might banish you.""Shut up," I snapped, crossing my arms over my chest to
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Chapter: 47Chapter 47Celeste's povThe stone floor of my holding cell was freezing, but the cold was nothing compared to the panic clawing at my throat.For days, I had been locked inside this damp, miserable hole in the Silvercrest estate. My expensive silk dress was stained with filth and my nails were broken. I was a Beta who had been groomed to rule as Luna of the Darkmoon Pack, yet here I was, treated like garbage while Yvonne played the heroic White Wolf princess upstairs.It was utterly humiliating.I huddled in the shadow of my wooden cot, listening intently to the hallway outside. The heavy footsteps of the Silvercrest guards echoed rhythmically against the stone walls. Five steps left. Five steps right. Then a long pause near the stairwell.I knew their schedule. I had memorized every shift change over the past forty-eight hours.The moment the guard's boots faded down the corridor, I dropped to my knees and reached into the dark crevice beneath my bed. My fingers brushed against
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Chapter: 46Chapter 46Ronan's pov The cold night air bit into my chest with every breath I took. The wound on my side burned, but I refused to go inside, I deserved the cold and the pain. Standing guard outside the Silvercrest estate was the only way I could keep my mind from replaying my past mistakes.I failed Yvonne for years, I ignored her calls while letting Celeste manipulate me, and I almost lost my children. I promised myself I would not fail her again.I walked along the high walls of the eastern perimeter, my boots crunching against the thin frost on the ground. My wolf was quiet inside me, tense and listening to every sound in the forest.I pulled out my small map and checked the guard schedule. I could sense that something was wrong.I stopped near the large stone archway.Every fifteen minutes, two Silvercrest warriors were supposed to cross paths right here. I checked my watch, twenty minutes passed, then twenty-five but no one came.I walked fifty paces to the left. The searc
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Chapter: 45Chapter 45Julian's Pov The doors of the Silvercrest tactical archive remained closed to nearly everyone, but my clearance as the head strategist granted me access at any hour. I needed a moment of quiet. The sterile smell of old parchment, cold stone, and magic-infused ink always helped clear my head, though nothing could quiet the lingering hum of anxiety in my chest.Ever since we returned from the mountain with the twins and Marguerite, an invisible weight had settled over the estate. I heard about Marguerite’s chilling indifference during Yvonne’s interrogation and that had proven one terrifying fact. The enemy wasn't just some rogue faction out in the wilderness, the mastermind was here, embedded deep within our ranks, moving with the quiet precision of someone who knew every security protocol, every guard rotation, and every defensive blind spot we possessed.I sat at my private desk, the dim glow of a floating spell-globe, was my only source of light. I pulled up the mag
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Chapter: 44Chapter 44Yvonne's povThe air inside Silvercrest’s underground holding cells was damp and tasted of old iron. There was water dripping from the ceiling, echoing against the reinforced bedrock walls. I walked down the dim stone corridor with my hand resting against my side, my legs still heavy from the sheer amount of magic I’d burned through at the mountain shrine.My father was walking beside me, taking delibrrate strides. He wasn't looking like the grieving parent anymore, he now looked like an alpha that was about to tear an enemy apart. The dark-magic suppression cuffs on his belt clinked softly with every step he took."She hasn't eaten," my father said in a deep and rapsu voice that still echoed in the enclosed space. "She hasn't spoken a word to the guards since we locked the ward door.""She'll talk to us," I said in a steady voice. "She knows why we're here."We stopped in front of the heaviest door at the end of the hall. The guard on duty quickly bowed his head and slid
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Chapter: 43Chapter 43Julian's Pov I held the glass door of the Silvercrest medical wing open as my father carried the twins inside. These babies had been gone for months, and those months without them felt like terror, everyone had been restless as endless search parties were conducted. But now, looking at their soft cheeks and tiny blankets, a wave of pure relief washed over the hallway. Mother collapsed into a chair, weeping quietly while she squeezed Yvonne's hand. Even father, who usually looked like a statue carved from granite, wiped a stray tear from his cheek.We had them back, my niece and nephew were finally safe inside our fortified walls, surrounded by glowing shields that were able to keep all dark magic away.Yet, nobody was smiling. The silence in the room was too cold, even for me. We had all gone to that mountain thinking that we were finally going to end everything because the minute we saw Celeste's mother, Marguerite, we thought she was the monster behind the eighteen y
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