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Defiant

Author: rosiemeachem1
last update publish date: 2025-03-31 06:29:39

Avery's POV

“I understand more than you think,” I said, matching his intensity with my own. “But I refuse to let that weight crush my spirit—or my ability to fight for it.”

“For once, can’t you just trust that I know what’s best?” he demanded, his voice thick with emotion.

“Trust goes both ways, Zane,” I countered, my heart pounding in my chest. “If I can’t trust you to hear me out, if I can’t have a say in our direction, then I might as well be standing alone in this fight.”

“Fine then!” Zane
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  • Bound To My Alpha Mate    Chapter six

    The war room had never felt this small.It wasn’t the size of it. The long oak table still dominated the centre, carved with the history of every Alpha before Zane. The walls still held the same maps, the same ward markings, the same symbols that had protected the pack for generations.But tonight, it felt like none of it was enough.I stood at the far end of the table, arms folded tightly across my chest, forcing myself to stay still while every instinct inside me screamed to move.To act.To do something.Zane was already in command mode.“Report,” he said, his voice cutting cleanly through the low murmur of gathered wolves.The room quieted instantly.Beta Jaxon stepped forward first, his shirt still streaked with dried blood—not all of it his own.“Three injured at the south ridge. Two more near the ravine. No fatalities,” he said. “They pulled back fast once the breach failed.”“They always do,” someone muttered from the side.Zane ignored it. “Tracks?”“Gone within half a mile,”

  • Bound To My Alpha Mate    Five

    AveryFor a moment, I couldn’t breathe.Not from the fight. Not from the shift. Not even from the power that had just torn through me like something ancient finally waking up.From the silence.It pressed in from every side, thick and unnatural, like the forest itself was holding its breath.My son’s cries filled the nursery, sharp and desperate, anchoring me. I tightened my hold on him, pressing my face into his hair, breathing him in as if that alone could keep him safe.“I’ve got you,” I whispered, though my voice trembled. “I’ve got you.”But the bond betrayed me.Because underneath the surface—beneath the relief, beneath the adrenaline—fear spread through the pack like poison.Not fear of the attack.Fear of me.Zane felt it too.I saw it in the way his shoulders tensed as he stepped further into the room, his gaze sweeping over the cracked walls, the shattered window… and then settling on me.On what I had done.“You didn’t just push him back,” he said carefully.I swallowed, fo

  • Bound To My Alpha Mate    Four

    AveryThe first scream came just before dawn.It sliced through the bond like shattered glass—panic, pain, fury all tangled together—and every wolf in the pack felt it at the same time. I was moving before I was fully awake, heart slamming against my ribs as instinct surged to the surface.Zane was already on his feet.“South ridge,” he said, voice tight. “That was south.”I didn’t argue. I didn’t think. I shifted mid-stride, bones burning, the familiar agony grounding me as fur tore free and power flooded my limbs. We burst from the pack house together, wolves pouring out behind us like a living tide.The forest no longer felt watchful.It felt hostile.The scent hit first—wrong, sharp, invasive. Not just rival pack.Multiple.“They’ve crossed the line,” someone snarled through the bond.And this time, they didn’t fade back into the trees.We found the sentry near the old ravine, blood darkening the leaves beneath him. Alive—but barely. Two others stood over him, backs bowed, hackles

  • Bound To My Alpha Mate    Chapter three

    Chapter ThreeAveryMorning didn’t bring relief. It brought clarity—and somehow that was worse.The pack house woke slowly, but the tension never eased. It clung to the walls, the floors, the air itself, as if the night had soaked into the wood and refused to leave. Wolves moved with purpose now, quieter than usual, eyes sharper, tempers closer to the surface. No one laughed. No one lingered.They were afraid.I felt it in the bond, a low, restless hum beneath my skin. Fear, yes—but also anger. A need to act. Zane felt it too. I could sense him pushing it down, locking it behind discipline and command, but it was there, coiled tight.Elara’s words replayed in my head no matter how hard I tried to focus on anything else.You hide him.You don’t.I stood in the kitchen pretending to drink tea that had long since gone cold, watching the doorway as pack members passed through. Mothers. Warriors. Elders. All of them glancing toward the upper floor where my son slept, all of them thinking t

  • Bound To My Alpha Mate    Two

    Chapter TwoAverySleep became impossible after that.I lay awake long after Zane’s breathing evened out beside me, staring at the ceiling while shadows crept and shifted with the moonlight. Every sound felt too loud. Every silence too heavy. I could feel the pack moving around us—guards changing shifts, patrols circling the perimeter—but instead of comfort, it only sharpened my unease.Because Elara was here now.Down the hall. Under our roof.And whether Zane believed her or not, something inside me did.I slipped quietly from the bed and pulled on a sweater, my bare feet cold against the floor. The pack house smelled the same as always—wood smoke, earth, familiar bodies—but beneath it lingered a faint wrongness, like a storm waiting just beyond the horizon.Elara sat at the long table in the common room, hands wrapped around a mug she hadn’t touched. She looked smaller in the warm lamplight, younger somehow, but when she lifted her eyes to me, that strange weight returned.“You’re

  • Bound To My Alpha Mate    Book 2

    AveryI knew something was wrong before I saw her.The night had gone too quiet—the kind of quiet that presses against your ears until your instincts start screaming. Even the forest seemed to be holding its breath. No owls. No rustling leaves. Just the faint crackle of the pack’s perimeter wards humming low beneath my feet.I stepped outside before Zane could stop me.Cold air brushed my skin, sharp and clean, but it did nothing to settle the unease coiled tight in my chest. My hand drifted instinctively to my stomach, a habit I hadn’t quite shaken even though our son was already a year old. He was asleep in the pack house, surrounded by guards, wards, and an overprotective Alpha who checked the locks twice every night.Still, fear didn’t listen to logic.She stood at the tree line like she belonged there.The woman was young—barely older than me, I guessed—but there was something ancient in the way she held herself. Her posture wasn’t defensive. She wasn’t lost. She wasn’t scared. S

  • Bound To My Alpha Mate    I won't let you down

    Avery's POV As I lay on our bed, the soft sheets cool against my skin, my thoughts whirled like a tempest. Zane’s fierce words echoed in my mind, giving me the strength to face the uncertainty ahead. But with each deep breath, the worry tightened its grip on me. What if my past caught up with me b

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  • Bound To My Alpha Mate    My father

    Craig's POV “Is there a problem?” my father demanded fo know but I shook my head not wanting him to meddle any further. I could already sense that Cady and Carolina were exhausted and scared. But the way Cady looked at him made my heart race. I was certain I saw a hint of recognition in her eyes.

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  • Bound To My Alpha Mate    Keep running, my child!

    Avery's POV The darkness enveloped me as sleep finally took hold, pulling me into the depths of my subconscious. Unlike the previous nights of fitful rest, tonight felt different. A thick, swirling mist cocooned me, wrapping around my thoughts and transporting me to a foreign and hauntingly famili

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  • Bound To My Alpha Mate    The rogue

    Avery's POV The voice came from a young member of our pack, his face barely registering through the dim light of the early morning. Zane’s expression hardened, shifting from concern for me to duty and leadership. It was a stark reminder of our reality—the world outside our bedroom was fraught with

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-26
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