Novel-novel oleh SV

Adeline let her gaze wander around the room. The scent here was different from her father’s pack. It was more… stronger and dominant here.She was still here.Alpha Callum’s pack.Days passed in isolation. Food was slid under the door just enough to keep her alive. No one spoke to her. No one came. The door was locked every time she checked.But the window?She eased the window upward making the cool night air brushing against her skin. She stood by the sill while staring down at the drop. She could see the edge of the forest in the distance. But it was a long jump and she’s sure as hell that if she landed wrong, she wouldn’t be able to walk for a month. She had to execute it carefully. She stood there while debating with herself.Adeline whispered, “Do I really have the strength for this…?”“If not now, then when? When that Alpha has complete control over you?”Silence.She forced herself to her feet while wobbling as pain shot through her side. Her eyes scanned the area, noticing

Just as Adeline reached Alpha Callum, her knees buckled and she collapsed against his chest.Her weight pressed against him that made his body tensed. The scent of blood and something faintly sweet reached his nose, but he forced it down.Pathetic.His lips curled into a sneer as he stepped back and let her fall away from him. His jaw clenched tightly and without even thinking about it, he grabbed Adeline by the arm and roughly shoved her into the backseat of the car. She offered no resistance as she crumpled like a rag doll. Her head lolled to the side, struggling to keep her eyes open and probably fighting against the exhaustion that pulled at her.“This bitch,” Callum muttered while wiping his hands against his pants as if touching her had sullied him. “She’s faking it. Probably thinks she’ll get my pity.”He slammed the car door shut with enough force to rattle the frame.But his wolf, Onyx, wasn’t convinced.“She’s burning up,” his wolf rumbled inside him restlessly. “Can’t you

Adeline bit down hard on the inside of her cheek to try to push the pain away. It didn’t matter now. Nothing mattered except reaching her father’s office. She could already picture the disappointment on his face and the way his cold eyes would scan her battered form and find her lacking. Again.By the time she reached the grand doors of the pack house, her limbs were trembling with exhaustion. She pushed them open. A guard stood by the entrance. He barely glanced at her before jerking his chin toward the office doors. “He’s waiting.”Adeline swallowed hard and limped forward to drag herself to the heavy oak doors. She raised her shaking hand and knocked.“Come in,” came the deep voice of her father, Alpha Gregor.Adeline pushed the door open and stepped inside. The familiar scent of leather and burning wood filled the room, but underneath it, there was something else. It was sharp and intoxicating like the raw scent of the earth after a storm with a raw and rich deep smell of pine

Leaves rustled. Heavy footsteps. Distant howls.Adeline ran while feeling the cold air burning her lungs and branches tearing at her skin. Her clothes were nothing more than tattered rags soaked with sweat and blood.“Run, little wolf! Run for your dear life!” a voice sneered, followed by a terrifying howl.Her heart thundered in her chest, it was so loud it drowned out the laughter and the terrifying howls that followed. She didn’t dare look back. She pushed herself harder while ignoring the stabbing pain in her side. They were getting closer. They were enjoying this fucking chase. Her wolf, Avery, stirred restlessly in the back of her mind.“Let me out,” Avery demanded with a sharp and fierce voice. “We can fight them!”“No,” Adeline snapped, “We can’t.”“They’ll kill us!” Avery roared, “Or worse. You know what they’ll do if they catch us! Adeline, for once, just let me please!”Adeline clenched her jaw and swallowed the sob rising in her throat. She knew. She’d always known.But