LOGINRowena’s sheltered life crumbled the night she witnessed her parents’ brutal murder, leaving her with nothing but a relentless enemy hunting her down. Desperate to survive, she vows to avenge their deaths and reclaim her rightful legacy. Then there’s Ryker—an Alpha with a heart once full of gold but now encased in stone after a betrayal that left him scarred and unyielding. He’s determined to keep his walls up, but Rowena is his unexpected problem: innocent yet defiant, naive yet dangerously persistent. When their paths collide, sparks fly, but so do tempers. Attraction ignites, hatred festers, and buried secrets claw their way to the surface. As Rowena and Ryker are forced to overcome these, one question lingers: what if the Alpha’s contract isn’t what it seems? Let the hunt for truth—and vengeance—begin.
View MoreChapter 26– Oh, that?Ryker's POV I was on the run away from my pack— my mate who had gotten the pack to turn against my family. The words couldn't get away from my head. I rolled and rolled on the bed until it was morning when I had finally managed to get some sleep. I didn't know when I had woken up but I was glad I had managed to get some sleep at last even though it meant missing the morning training with the pack warriors.I was surprised at how quiet the pack house was. I didn't dare to go to my chambers last night after I heard what Rowena told me. I couldn't even do that. I had maltreated her, I had treated her like her fucking ex mate. I was no different from him.Enzo was back to being mad at me again but one thing I was glad about last night was that I didn't hurt her anymore.I skidded the steps to the pack kitchen, hoping to find something to eat but the kitchen was quiet and that was when it began to settle in me. From my room down the stairs and to the kitchen, the p
Chapter 25– Tell me the truth.Rowena's POVI glanced at my bloodied legs. I could see my bones hanging, some in pieces and the only thing still connecting my knee to my feet was a piece of flesh. I groaned as I tried to adjust and sit in at least a little more comfortable way.My body was on fire. I thought Ryker was bad but Aiden was a full on evil monster. I had lost at least three nails while I was being tortured. I had to come up with a lie, a believable lie before I was left alone well if you considered fainting. I hadn't fainted, I'm pretty sure I would have been worse than this.I could feel my eyes swollen from all the hits I had taken, perhaps from the never ending tears that had run out of my eyes since I have been locked up in this cell. I shut my eyes as I felt a load of tears threatening to fall again.I thought I was strong. I thought I could overcome whatever they threw at me but I was wrong. I didn't even last a day. I sighed as I let the cold floor seep into my skin.
Chapter 24— Once an enemy, always an enemy.Ryker's POVI paused. My claws suspended in the air as his words rang in my ear. Was this some kind of joke?I forced Enzo to the back of my mind despite how hungry he was to harm Aiden, I needed to know if what he was saying was a lie. I shifted back into my human form, with the situation at hand I didn't realize my nakedness nor did I care."If you are joking with me—" I growled, leaving my threat hanging in the air."I swear I'm not" Aiden wheezed as he tried to stand from the floor to his feet."When did you find out about it?" I asked, my gaze unfocused as I thought of what might have happened. The only thing I came up with was that someone had helped Amelia escape, someone who was related to the sleeping potion and I came to one conclusion, the Shadow pack but something wasn't making sense, how had they taken Amelia but yet left Rowena in the cell?"As I was torturing her, I—" my glare shut him off, he didn't complete his statement but
Chapter 23– BrawlRyker's POVI just wish you would snap out of it and act like the Alpha we thought you were. There was that word again. I sighed as I closed my eyes, I have let a lot of people down. I have been letting a lot of people down and now my best friend. Bradford doesn't say anything most times when I fucked up unless he needed to say it and he just did. That means I was spiraling out of control. I needed to fix this, I needed to make things right.I slid out of the bed, my head spinning but I have a place to be. I have to set things right, maybe, just maybe, I will be able to regain the respect that has been lost.I sniff the air trying to find Bradford. My nose caught his familiar smell at the training ground. I headed in the direction to speak with him."Hey," I said softly as I approached him. His fist connected to the punching bag at a faster speed and harder the moment he heard my voice. I knew he was wishing it was my face he was hitting."Bradford," I called as I p
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