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Twenty One - Choices and Consequences
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2026-04-12 23:56:31
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Bound To The Alpha Who Broke Me Twenty Two - Against orders
ALTHEA'S POV An hour passed. Then another. I knew because I counted them. I stood at the window and watched the dark treeline and counted the minutes the way you do when there is nothing else to do and your mind needs something to hold onto so it doesn't go somewhere worse. My legs were literally shaking with impatience. Then the sounds came through the glass faintly. The impact of bodies. A howl that cut off too abruptly. Then another that went on too long, high and pained, before it faded into something that was harder to hear than silence. I pressed my palm flat against the window glass and told myself to stay where I was. I paced the length of the room and sat on the edge of the bed. I stood at the window again and sit back down. My heart was doing something uneven and too fast. The ache in my chest mixed with a fear that had nothing to do with the transplant and everything to do with a black wolf somewhere in the dark beyond those trees. What if Xavier got hurt? The t
Bound To The Alpha Who Broke Me Twenty One - Choices and Consequences
Althea’s POV. "There's nothing to see." I said. My voice came out steadier than I felt but I couldn’t meet their eyes. If they saw how would I really going to defend myself? "That's not what it looked like from where we were standing." Vivian tilted her head slightly. "The Alpha and the human, out here alone, before the pack is even awake." She smiled. "Interesting morning for everyone." The way she said it made my skin prickle. The quiet certainty of someone who had already decided what they were going to do with what they had seen and was simply enjoying the moment before they did it. Selene stepped closer. Her voice dropped, which was somehow worse than when she was loud. "You think you've won something." She said. "You haven't. You're still human." She held my gaze. "Some things have consequences, little human. Especially for people who don't know their place. Bitch! I hope we don’t cross paths again, otherwise you’ll be done for." She straightened and her eyes narrowed at m
Bound To The Alpha Who Broke Me Twenty - Tired
ALTHEA'S POV I woke up to bright sunlight and a pounding in my head that made opening my eyes feel like a punishment. For a moment I just lay there staring at the ceiling of Riley's room, waiting for the world to stop tilting. My mouth tasted terrible. My body felt heavy and slow in the particular way that only came from too much wine and not enough sleep. Then the memories started coming back. Riley sitting beside me on the bed, refilling my glass while I talked too much and cried too easily about things I should have kept to myself. The empty bottle on its side. The room spinning pleasantly at the edges. And then Xavier. Heat flooded my face before I was fully awake. Shit! Shit! Shit! Xavier had come. He had stood in the doorway looking at me with that careful unreadable expression while Riley made her exit with suspicious efficiency. I remembered how I leaned on him and touched his face. How his hands were at my waist and his chest was warm. And solid when I ended up closer
Bound To The Alpha Who Broke Me Nineteen - The In-Between
Xavier's P.O.V The silence that followed was complete. Vivian's expression went blank. Cassia looked at her hands. Selene held my gaze for one long moment and then looked away. Marcus caught my eye from across the table. He had arrived mid dinner as he sometimes did. He had loved Emerald with everything a father could give. He did make a mistake at Emerald’s funeral by bringing a witch to revive her daughter but he also apologised later. I understood him though. Maybe his love for his daughter made him do that. Maybe he wasn't in his sense at that moment. And he loved me too. He looked at me now and said nothing. Just gave me a small nod, like something he had been waiting for had finally arrived. I stood and left before anyone could find words. But as I walked out into the quiet compound I felt it again. That specific guilt that had been following me for weeks. Emerald. I had just dismissed three potential Lunas. Women who could have given the pack stability. Who wer
Bound To The Alpha Who Broke Me Eighteen - The Seat She Left Empty
XAVIER'S POVI knew something was wrong the moment Althea left the dining hall.I saw it before anyone else did. She was my mate, obviously I would know. The way her shoulders pulled inward as she stood. The careful measured steps toward the door, like she was concentrating very hard on not falling apart before she made it outside. Riley was already moving to follow her before the door had fully closed.I turned back to the table.Cassia was speaking about trade alliances with the northern packs. She had done her research and it showed. Under any other circumstance I would have been genuinely engaged.Instead I watched her mouth move and heard perhaps one word in three.My attention kept pulling toward the empty seat at the far end of the table. The particular shape of Althea not being there.I reached for my glass and made myself a drink.This was not the first time I had sat at this table fighting myself.She's human, I had told myself. And humans had killed Emerald but then there w
Bound To The Alpha Who Broke Me Seventeen - Drunk
Althea's P.O.V I knew it would be bad before I even walked through the doors. My stomach had been turning all afternoon. My hands wouldn't stop shaking while I dressed. The heart in my chest beat an uneven, anxious rhythm that I had learned, over these past weeks, meant something my body understood before my mind caught up. I smoothed the front of Riley's borrowed dress and walked in anyway. The dining hall had been transformed. The table was set with china so fine it looked like breathing on it too hard might shatter it. Flower arrangements that probably cost more than my rent sat at perfect intervals down the length of polished wood. And at the center of it all sat Selene, Vivian, and Cassia. They had dressed for a different occasion than the rest of us. They had worn evening gowns. Their hair were elaborated and jewelry that caught the light with every small movement were hanging on their body. They looked like they had been assembled specifically to make every other woman i
Bound To The Alpha Who Broke Me Eleven - II Eight Feet of Trouble
Althea's P.O.VWe both looked up at the sky at the same time.The gray clouds that had been threatening rain all morning had turned black, darker than anything natural should be. Thunder rolled across the compound, low and heavy, and I felt it vibrate in my chest before I fully heard it. The first
Bound To The Alpha Who Broke Me Fifteen - As You Command
Althea's P.O.V Leo walked me back to Xavier's room in silence. Not uncomfortable silence. Just companionable quiet. Like he understood I did not have words right now and was not going to demand any. When we reached the door he finally spoke. "That was inter
Bound To The Alpha Who Broke Me Thirteen - Dinner
Althea's P.O.VOnce I entered, I assessed the formal dining hall and my breath hitch. It was stunning.Candlelight flickered from elaborate candelabras placed down the length of a massive wooden table. Flames were dancing. Cast were moving shadows on the walls. The scent of roasted meat and fresh b
Bound To The Alpha Who Broke Me Fourteen - Dinner II
Althea's P.O.V Xavier's voice was flat with absolutely no room for argument. But he was not looking at Selene. He was looking at me. And the intensity in those silver eyes made my breath catch in my throat. It made my heart stutter. "But Alpha..." Selene started. "I said she stays." Xavier s
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