Chapter: LINES IN THE SANDPOV: ELENAI wake up to six missed calls, four text messages, and one headline that makes my stomach twist like it’s trying to eat itself.“Cross Campaign Faces Scrutiny Over Cabal Embezzlement.”I stare at it, blinking, like maybe the words will shift into something else if I just keep looking.They don’t.“Fuck,” I whisper under my breath, and it sounds too small for what I feel.I don't even remember walking to the mirror. But I see myself now. My hair’s a mess. Makeup smudged from whatever half-assed attempt I made last night. I slept in my office again. There's a tight line creased into my cheek from the couch pillow. I look like hell.A knock. Then the door opens before I answer.“Morning,” Simone, my chief of staff, says, too casually for what’s happening.I turn away from the mirror, holding her eyes. “How bad?”She shrugs. But not the normal kind. The nervous kind. The kind people use when they’re afraid of your reaction.“It’s everywhere. The senator from New Jersey already
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Chapter: THE FIRESTARTERS POV: ALINAI don’t sleep. Not really. I just lie there in the dark with my eyes open, listening to the sound of the city going on without me. Cars, sirens, some couple fighting two floors down. My phone buzzes once. Theo, checking in. Just a text: Heard it hit. Clean.I smile a little.Yeah. It hit.Cross Industries is on fire, and everyone is so busy blaming each other that no one is even bothered to hold the hose. And I am not done. Not even close. This isn’t the part where I sit back and enjoy it. This is the part where I set the next flame. Give them no breathing space.By nine a.m., I am in the warehouse Margot uses for the private meetings. It is quiet. Empty. Smells like dust and rust. But it is secure. That is what matters. I sit at the metal table, waiting. I am in all black. Not to be dramatic. Just to blend. I don’t want attention today.The door opens.And I watch as he steps in like he is still not sure he should be here. Thin, nervous energy. Same face from the backgrou
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Chapter: SHIFTING BLAME POV: NATHANIELI wake up to five missed calls and one message from my mother that just says:“Fix it.”No greeting. No explanation. No fucking patience. Just two words, clipped and cold, like she thinks snapping her fingers will make the fire stop burning.I don’t even know what I’m supposed to be fixing yet.My head is pounding. I don’t remember drinking that much last night, but I must’ve. There's a half-empty glass on the nightstand and a headache trying to hammer its way through the back of my skull.All thanks to Kaia.In all my life, no one, absolutely no one has ever stood me up.Until herI just can't crack her.With a groan, I eech for my phone and unlock it.Investor Two has withdrawn from the RYB funding pool.Investigative probe confirmed: financial branch under federal audit.Ashen Inc. halts all Cross-related contracts pending internal restructuring.I sit up too fast. The room spins.“What the fuck.”I read it again. Then again. Still doesn’t make sense. No warning. No
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Chapter: HOUSE OF CARDSPOV: ALINAI don’t go.Of course I don't. Why would I go just because he asked me. Summoned me like I am at his beck and call.Still, he is still waiting at some overpriced, dimly lit restaurant downtown,.the kind he always used to take me to after he made me cry. You know the kind. Crystal wine glasses. Chairs you sink into. Waiters trained to act like your silence is a status symbol, not a symptom of rot.He is probably checking his reflection in the cutlery, wondering if I will show up all excited. I won’t. I never intended to.I stay home.No, not even home. I am in Theo’s apartment. High floor, cold lighting, secure enough to hide the truth and wide enough for my guilt to pace.I sit on the couch, cross-legged, one of my Dad's old T-shirts clinging to me like memory. And I let Theo handle it.“He has been there forty-two minutes,” Theo says through the speaker. Calm. Dry. Amused, even. “Checked his phone seventeen times. Ordered whiskey, neat. Keeps straightening the cutlery like
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Chapter: Wrong Woman, Right ObsessionNathaniel I call her. She doesn’t answer.Not the first time. Not the second. I tell myself she is busy. Ashen’s been holding the contract hostage for days now, so maybe they are pulling out. Or maybe they think they are playing hardball.But it’s not Vivian I keep picturing. It’s her. Kaia.It’s the way she looked at me the other night. That small, unreadable smile. That calm in her eyes like nothing rattles her. I hate it. And I need it.I get into the car. I don’t tell Sasha. I don’t tell my mother. I don’t tell my assistant. I just show up at Ashen’s headquarters, unannounced, because I don’t want to wait anymore.The receptionist blinks when she sees me. "Mr. Cross... we weren’t expecting you.”I smile. Not the charming kind. The kind that makes people move. “You don’t say.”She scrambles to call up. Someone tells her Vivian’s in a meeting.“Then I will wait,” I say. And I do. For forty minutes. In their freezing white lobby that smells like money and judgment.It’s not Vivian w
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Chapter: BLOOD IN THE WATERSASHA'S POVI slam the car door so hard it rattles. My heart is in a panic racing as I storm up my apartment.“Useless!” I snarl. “Useless man! Rehab! Me?!!”This isn't what I should be worrying about now. I am in hot soup and I can't be bothered to worry about himI should have burned it all the moment the first email leaked.I walk into the apartment and everything feels off. It's quiet. Too quiet. Unnatural. Usually there’s music, or that low hum from the hallway cameras, or just the subtle sounds of a place being lived in. But now? Nothing. Just stillness. That kind that presses on your ears and makes your heart thud harder, because somewhere inside you already know something's wrong.And I am right, I turn on the lights and stop dead in my tracksThe place is trashed.Glass everywhere, my sofa cushions are slashed open. Papers scattered. And I know what this is before I even blink. This isn’t some robbery. This is a message. A warning.And it is for me.Damn it! I am running out
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A SECOND CHANCE FOR BULLIED LUNA
“I don't understand,” I tell Viktor, desperately. “I don't know why the bond is still there. I accepted his rejection, I don't want him, I want you. Whatever yearnings you saw between us, is not by choice. You are my mate. I choose you.”
“Then why is the bind still present?” he snaps as he turns from me.
“I don't know! And frankly, I don't care! I haven't cared or thought about Dominic in nearly a decade. How can I prove that you are the one I love?” I ask as I take hold of his hands, hoping that he sees my sincerity.
“Have the ceremony with me.”
“What?!”
“The mating ceremony, where we bind ourselves to each other. Let's do it. That is the only way I can relax. Be mine. Truly, mine.”
Rowan Blaze, abused and maltreated in her former pack and after being rejected and left to die by her Alpha finds a second chance as a rogue.
Now known as the Winter Wolf, and leader of the largest rogue coalition, with a renowned dislike for packs, fate offers her another chance at love in the form of Alpha Viktor Thorn, a renowned man known for his wicked intelligence and stubborn persona.
How do these two stubborn individuals react to this opportunity? Are they capable of letting their walls down and giving life one more chance? And what of Dominic Valor? Is he capable of letting go of his rejected mate or would he do anything to right the wrong he made years ago?
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Chapter: CHAPTER 141: OKAY. THE END FOR REAL.ROWAN“Mummy looks like a princess!”I laugh at the remark as I stand in front of the full-length mirror, fingers trailing over the delicate fabric of my mating dress. The soft white folds cling to my body like a second skin, flowing down in elegant waves to pool around my feet. The intricate gold embroidery along the bodice and hem catches the soft light, making it glimmer like stars across a night sky. The dress is modeled after ancient Greek designs, and yet it feels uniquely mine, as if it were made for this exact moment. Which it was.“You are right,” Lisa tells Jhenells as she adjusts the waist, while Rina’s fussing over my hair, placing small white flowers into the delicate braids. “But a queen instead. You are the princess.”Kaylee stands off to the side, smiling at me like she already knows what I am thinking.“You look... perfect, Rowan,” she says softly, her eyes filled with warmth. “Viktor won’t know what hit him.”I let out a small laugh, a nervous tremble in my chest
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Chapter: CHAPTER 140: THE ENDDOMINIC The world narrows down to just Viktor and me, as it was always going to be. This fight has been a long time comingHis eyes burn into mine from below, and I snarl down at him from the balcony. All the noise, all the chaos around us fades into nothing. Just him. Just me. My pulse thunders in my ears as I leap from the ledge, muscles coiling, ready to tear him apart.In mid-air, the change rips through me. Bones snap, skin stretches, and fur bursts from my skin. The transformation into my wolf form is savage, overwhelming. And in the space of a heartbeat, I am no longer a man but a beast. I barely register Viktor doing the same, his massive body surging upward to meet mine.We collide like thunder.Teeth flash, claws slash, fur and flesh tear. I drive him to the ground, snarling, biting, desperate to tear out his throat. But he fights back just as viciously, his teeth sinking into my shoulder with a brutal snap. The pain is white-hot, but I don’t feel it. Not really.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 139: SHOW DOWN.DOMINICThe fight surrounds me the moment I step into the clearing, chaos, mouse, bloodshed, everything swallowing up the night. Wolves… mone and outsiders…they are everywhere. It is impossible to tell who is who at first, just teeth, fur, and blood under the slivers of moonlight. They… Viktor and Rowan, they were ready for us. That much I expected, but what I didn’t count on was the sheer number of them.I should have been warned. I should have seen this coming. But no one told me. Not even Calvin.I can see Viktor and Rowan through the mayhem, cutting through my wolves like they knew every move we would make. Like someone had informed them of my protocols When I find who that fucking traitor is, he or she would wish their parents had never met.How the hell did they get so close? I wonder as my pulse quickens with anger, as I push through the bloodied mess to get to them.But then I see the others- Maxwell, Fin, Sven, Kaylee and her weakling husband, Donald. Traitors.Wha
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Chapter: Chapter 138: BEGINNING OF THE ENDDOMINIC“Let me out! I hate you!”Jhenelle’s voice rings out again, shrill and desperate, making the fragile peace I had hoped for, to be nothing more than a dream Her words slam into me, causing a visceral reaction that surprises even meHer small fists bang against the door, over and over, relentless. Each hit feels like a direct assault on my patience. She doesn’t understand. No.She refuses to understand. I stand just outside the door, my hands pressed against my temples, trying to drown out her cries. But no matter how hard I press, her voice breaks through, each shout like a blade carving away at my restraint. I have given her everything, more than Rowan ever could, more than anyone could. A life free from struggle, safety, power, a future in her rightful place by my side.As the future Alpha of the obsidian pack.What more could she possibly want?Why does she keep rejecting me? Why does she keep fighting me like this?“Jhenelle, stop!” I snap, but my voice is lost bene
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Chapter: CHAPTER 137: RALLYROWAN They say the truth always finds a way to come out.And that is better you let it come from your own mouth than anotherI just hope that is true.Especially now.The tension in the air is so thick, I can almost taste it. This the first time the settlement has been this packed, with wolves from all over have gathered, and it is like the entire place is holding its breath, waiting for an explosion. Their eyes are on me, waiting for answers. You can differentiate my wolves from the others.They are angry, confused, a little scared because of the foreign pack wolves but more than anything, they are restless. Dominic has crossed a line, touched their little wolf and they want blood.The other wolves are just curious about why they have been summoned and are waiting for an explanationIt is Kaylee that first steps forward first, her mate, Donald, right behind her.“What are we doing here, Rowan?” She asks, her voice cutting through the low murmurs of the other wolves. “You have e
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Chapter: CHAPTER 136: BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBTROWAN SLAM!The door to my study bursts open, crashing against the wall with a force that sends a shudder through the room, making me whirl around, heart racing only to see Alden dragging a trembling wolf behind him. A familiar wolf.Martin.One of the deserters.Oh, I knew it!I knew I shouldn't have accepted these scums into the Coalition Martin's face is ashen, his eyes wide with panic, darting around the room like a trapped animal. I stand abruptly, my chair scraping against the floor. "Alden, what is this?" My voice is steady, but there is a hint of rage that I can't hide.Alden says nothing at first, simply steps aside to let two others enter. A young woman and a young man, both wolves from the obsidian pack, step forward. Their faces are tense, their eyes locked on me.Lisa, who had been sitting quietly in the corner, rises to her feet, her eyes narrowing as she takes in the scene. Viktor, standing by the window, moves closer, his presence commanding the room while Rina
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