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Chapter 8 – The Alpha’s Warning
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The council chamber felt like a tomb. Cold stone walls, etched with the history of my ancestors, rose high above us, trapping every whisper, every heartbeat, every judgment that now pressed down on me. I stood in the center of the crescent chamber, the floor etched with the Moonlight crest, its silver veins glinting faintly under the torchlight.The eyes of the pack—my pack—pinned me like daggers. Some glittered with suspicion. Others brimmed with barely restrained hatred. And a few, only a few, shone with something softer, pity maybe, though pity stung sharper than blades.Alpha Riven sat on the high seat, his presence a storm contained within flesh. Broad-shouldered, cold-eyed, his jaw tight enough to break stone. He hadn’t spoken since declaring the trial. He didn’t need to. His silence was heavier than any words.And Damien—damn him—looked carved out of light beside me. His golden hair caught the fire, his shoulders proud, his smirk practiced just enough to pass as sympathetic. He
Alpha Asher's Forbidden Mate Chapter 8 – The Alpha’s Warning
The air in the council chamber was sharp enough to slice open lungs. Torches lined the walls, throwing shadows that stretched like claws across the stone floor. My wrists ached where Riven’s grip had pinned me earlier, dragging me through the courtyard as if I were some wayward criminal instead of the daughter of Shadowfang blood.Now I stood before the council, the stares of the pack searing into my skin more viciously than any chain.Riven didn’t release me immediately. His hand lingered a moment longer on my arm, cold and unyielding, before he let go as though touching me left a mark he didn’t want. His eyes, the color of a storm bruising the sky, locked on mine before shifting to the elders seated in a half circle.“Her return,” his voice was a blade—quiet but slicing through the thick chamber air, “is destabilizing the pack.”A ripple moved through the council. Elders leaned forward, exchanging murmurs sharp enough to pierce.Destabilizing. That word struck me harder than exile h
Alpha Asher's Forbidden Mate Chapter 7 – Assassin in the Dark
The echo of the dagger hitting stone still rattled in my bones. My breath caught, every sense straining, waiting for the next strike. The corridor seemed to shrink around me, shadows thickening, whispering promises of death.Then I heard it—the whisper of steel slicing air.I dropped instinctively, my palms scraping the floor as another blade hissed past, so close I felt the sting as it grazed the edge of my arm. Pain bloomed hot and sharp, but fear shoved it aside. Whoever lurked in the dark wasn’t finished.I forced myself to my feet, eyes darting. For a heartbeat, I caught the glint of a figure melting back into the black—too fast, too practiced. But what froze me wasn’t the shadow. It was the dagger that had missed me, now quivering upright in the ground.The hilt bore the unmistakable crest.A wolf’s skull, crowned in iron thorns.Shadowfang.My blood turned to ice. That crest belonged to my father’s bloodline. My bloodline.“No,” I whispered, stumbling back. “Not possible.”But
Alpha Asher's Forbidden Mate Chapter 6 – Damien’s Fury
The corridor was cold, narrow, and far too quiet. My footsteps echoed against the stone walls, each one carrying the weight of the Moonlight mark burning across my wrist. I rubbed at it through the fabric of my sleeve, as though I could erase the glowing brand that had chosen me against my will. Whispers still lingered in the hall behind me, faint as ghosts, but I couldn’t bear their eyes any longer.I thought I’d found a moment of air, a scrap of solitude, when his scent hit me—sharp pine, iron, and something darker. Damien.“Running away so soon?” His voice slid from the shadows like silk dragged over a blade.I froze. He stepped into the torchlight, his smile composed—was, until his eyes caught the mark seared into my wrist. The smile cracked, exposing the fury beneath.“You always did know how to ruin a perfect night,” he said, stalking closer.“I didn’t choose this,” I whispered.He tilted his head, wolf-bright eyes gleaming. “Didn’t you? You return from exile, and suddenly the c
Alpha Asher's Forbidden Mate Chapter 5 – Fated, Forbidden
The courtyard had never been this silent. Not even during a hunt. Not even during a death.Every breath seemed trapped in throats as the mark seared across my wrist, blazing with silver fire. I gasped, clutching my skin, but the pain wasn’t just mine—it resonated, rippling through the air like thunder.“The Moonlight bond…” someone whispered.Another voice gasped. “It’s glowing for her!”The pack erupted, voices colliding in disbelief and awe. My vision blurred, the mark etching deeper into my flesh, glowing brighter with each passing heartbeat.No—this couldn’t be happening. Not here. Not to me.I staggered back, but my eyes betrayed me, dragging themselves upward… to him.Alpha Riven Cade.His gaze locked onto mine with a force that rooted me where I stood. There was no softness in those storm-gray eyes, no welcome, no warmth. But something stirred—something I couldn’t name.The air between us shimmered, heavy, charged. I could feel it even from across the courtyard, as if invisible
Alpha Asher's Forbidden Mate Chapter 4 – The Ceremony Shattered
The flames hadn’t stopped dancing in my mind since the moment Riven’s hand brushed mine.Now, standing beneath the vaulted ceiling of the Moonlight Hall, I could feel their heat thrumming beneath my skin, even though the sacred fire had already died down.The chamber was too quiet. Too still.Dozens of eyes bore into me from the shadowed tiers of the council benches, their whispers coiling like snakes just out of reach.I couldn’t breathe.Damien stood at the altar, rigid and trembling, his jaw tight enough to crack. His shoulders were squared, proud as ever, but the mask slipped in the corners of his mouth—twitching, furious. I had grown up knowing every flicker of his expression. And this one, this blend of rage and disbelief, terrified me more than the fire had.Because it was aimed at me.And then, Riven spoke.“The Ceremony continues,” he said, his voice as cold as winter steel. “No one leaves.”A shiver ran through the hall, a collective flinch. His presence was a wall of comman
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