LOGIN⚠️ CONTENT WARNINGThis chapter contains explicit adult content, including strong language, mature themes, and sexually suggestive/graphic scenes. It is intended for 18+ readers only.Reader discretion is advised. If you are uncomfortable with explicit or mature material, you may wish to skip this chapter.*Chapter 44 – Talia’s POVI stood by the side of the bed, my fingers white-knuckled as I gripped the hem of the towel. Vermont lay there, watching me, completely bare. He looked so comfortable in his own skin, while I felt like I was about to jump out of mine."Can you... can you cover it?" I whispered, my gaze sliding uncontrollably back to his manhood. Up close, it was terrifyingly beautiful. Thick, heavy, and pulsing when he moved."You’re going to have to do the covering yourself, Talia," he said. His voice was a low, wicked rumble that made my stomach do a slow somersault.I let out a ragged breath, my toes digging into the rug. I snapped my eyes shut and ripped the towel awa
Chapter 43 – Talia’s POVVermont scooped me off my feet like I weighed nothing, dropping me softly onto the bed, but my hurt foot caught the post of the bed frame and I winced."Are you hurt?" he asked instantly.He crawled to the foot of the bed, picking up both of my feet to inspect them, his large, calloused hands wrapping around my ankles. He found the one that was still slightly swollen and dropped the other, his hands turning my foot this way and that to check the damage."Did they do this to you?" he asked. His voice had dropped to a low, guttural tone that made my skin prickle, and I quickly shook my head."No, no. I twisted it myself when I was trying to run. Clumsy me," I joked, trying to lighten the mood, but Vermont's expression didn’t budge.Vermont’s expression didn’t soften. If anything, his grip tightened just a fraction. "The men, Talia. What did they look like? Give me descriptions. Give me names."I let out a heavy sigh, scooting forward until I could snake my arms
Chapter 42 – Vermont's POVI was sitting in the garden trying to work, but the scrolls and pack documents in front of me might as well have been blank. My mind was stuck on Talia, replaying every possible nightmare of what Dylan's men could be doing to her. Every time the wind picked up, I thought I heard her scream.Every time a shadow moved, I thought it was one of my men coming to tell me they’d found her body.Then, the sound of heavy, panicked boots hit the stone floors inside and the heavy oak doors slammed open, hitting the walls.I was already standing before the two guards even opened their mouths. My wolf was snarling at the back of my throat, ready to snap at the first sign of bad news."She’s alive! Alpha, we found her!" they both shouted at once, out of breath and shaking with excitement.The air rushed back into my lungs so fast it made my head spin. I didn't ask how or who else they found. I just started moving."Where?" I demanded, already shoving past them."The cotta
Chapter 40 – Talia’s POVThe walk back to the clearing felt like moving through a dream. The morning sun was high, sending sharp beams of light through the trees. But Clyde’s words; 'Are you sure that’s what you are?' were like a slow-acting poison, eating me up from within.I’d spent my whole life being the "wolfless" girl, the broken one. If I wasn't even a werewolf, then what had I been suffering for all this time?When we reached the camp, the harsh daylight didn't do Dylan any favors. He was slumped against a tree, his face the color of ash, every bead of sweat and tremor visible in the morning sun. He looked weak and small; the terrifying Alpha who had abused me was now reduced to a man shivering in the dirt.Cassie sat bound nearby, her jaw set in a hard, angry line.Aria’s eyes snapped to mine the moment we stepped into the light. She could see the change in me. "Talia? What did he say to you?""Nothing," I lied, though my voice was hollow.Clyde didn't let us talk. He forced
Chapter 39 – Talia’s POVThe ringing in my ears was swallowed by a wet, gurgling gasp. I blinked through the dust and kicked-up leaves, expecting to see Cassie on the ground, but it was Dylan who was clutching his thigh. Blood bloomed through his fingers, dark and far too fast.Cassie stood over him, hair disheveled and skin streaked with sand, the gun still aimed at his chest. She was panting, her chest heaving with exertion."I told you," she hissed, her voice trembling with adrenaline. "Don't ever put your hands on me again."Dylan's face had gone paper-white, his teeth bared in a snarl of pure agony. "You... you crazy bitch. I’m an Alpha! You just shot the only Alpha who would have taken you into his pack!""You're just a dog with a bleeding leg," Cassie snapped, wagging the gun toward him. A manic grin flickered across her face. "Besides, I’m a good actress. I might just get my dumb step-brother to forgive me.""You think Vermont will take you back after this?" Dylan let out a j
Chapter 38 – Talia’s POVThe sensation of water trickling down my forehead was what finally pulled me from sleep. "Stop wasting the water, Aria," I muttered, my voice thick with exhaustion. I forced one eye open, expecting to see Aria’s grumpy face, but the figure standing over me was different.It was Cassie."Oh my God! Oh my God, you found us!" I cried. Adrenaline surged through me as I scrambled up from my bed of leaves and tackled her in a fierce hug. I was so overwhelmed with relief I could barely breathe. "I knew you’d find us."The commotion woke the others. Clyde sat up, squinting through the morning light as he rubbed his eyes with his bound hands, taking in the reunion with a confused frown."Aria, look! It's Cassie. Clyde it's Alpha Vermont's sister," I said, my voice rising with excitement as I turned to where Aria was standing. "She found us! We must be closer to home than we thought. Come on, pack the bags. We need to move before Dylan’s trackers..."I stopped. Aria was
Chapter 10 — Vermont's POVI opened the door again.She leaned against the wall like she didn’t have the strength to stand straight anymore, her head tipped back slightly, cheeks flushed, lips parted like she’d been breathing too hard. The chain around her ankle glinted faintly when she shifted her
Chapter 8Talia’s POV“You don’t actually believe that, do you?”Vermont’s lips curled in amusement as he watched the stunned look on my face.“So you can actually get it up?” I asked quietly, a breath I didn’t realize I’d been holding slipping free.“Are you relieved I can get my penis up?” He bur
Talia’s POVThe drive was long. Painfully long.It felt like it would never end, like time had slowed just to torture me. My head throbbed against the seat as the road stretched on and on, my thoughts blurring together the longer we drove.Eventually, Vermont slowed down and turned onto a dirt road
Talia's POVThe morning sunlight tickling my eyelids was what woke me up from sleep, and I groaned, turning around to bury my face further into the pillow. "I don't have all day, pumpkin," a voice drifted to my ears, jolting me halfway into consciousness."Go away," I groaned, barely registering an







