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113: Alpha Prince with self-control
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2024-04-28 17:56:39
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ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERSย ย ย 114: Sincere Love Confession
SCARLETTMy fingers were tingling like an electric current was strumming through them as my hand remained pressed against his chest.His heartbeats weren't getting any slower, if anything, they were picking up by the second and it was starting to scare me on his behalf. I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that he had to fight this off every single time we were together, and since that happened a lot, I was floored that heโd rather go through that instead of putting some distance between us.Is that how much he valued our friendship? Far more than his sanity? I wasn't sure whether to be touched or worried, so I settled on equal halves of both.โBlake,โ I called his name breathlessly, to make up for my lack of words.As though Iโd conveyed much more through that single utterance, he nodded his head in understanding and smiled weakly before moving my hand off his chest. However, that didn't rid me of the heat on my palms or my heart rate that now seemed to be in competition with his.
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-04-29ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERSย ย ย 115: Will Never Beg You
SCARLETTBlakeโs confession was on replay in my head for what felt like forever, and I sincerely hoped that we could belong to each other in the next life, wholly and with our breaking any moral codes.Since that was impossible in this life, I settled for an afternoon by the pool to drown my worries or avoid them for as long as possible. In the past hour, that had been going splendidly well, I was blasting Olivia Rodrigo to double up on feminine rage and wearing sun shades while I basked in the sunlight.My eyes were shut, I was sipping a cold freshly pressed orange juice, and I was a little sleepy. So far, it was an afternoon thatโd go down in history as one of my most relaxed and peacefโI doubled back on that thought when it felt like a dark cloud was suddenly obstructing my precious bathe in the sunlight. Slightly ticked off, I opened my eyes, only for my irritation to triple when I realized that it wasn't a dark cloud but a hateful asshole that was blocking my precious view.Loga
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-04-30ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERSย ย ย 116: The other side of a gentleman
SCARLETTโYou have a lovely home, everything about it is soothing and exudes warmth,โ I smiled wholesomely as my eyes toured Michealโs dining space and kitchen.He was fully dressed in an apron and chefโs hat, beaming with pride at my compliment while chopping greens on a cutting board.โI, my Architect and interior decorator were inseparable during the entire process so Iโd expect nothing less,โ he looked away from the chopping board and admired his surroundings, โbut thank you, I appreciate such a graceful compliment.โOne thing I definitely admired about Micheal was his eye for detail, it was impeccable and worth emulating. Even now, as I watched him cook, I took note of how much detail he put into every single dish, and the longer I observed, the more I realized that mom had been right to push for a more private and intimate date where I could truly experience him in his element.When heโd offered to cook for me after I voiced momโs suggestion, I thought itโd be a disaster and weโ
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-04-30ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERSย ย ย 117: A Grand Plan
LOGANTwo things kept me up at night these days.Scarlettโs unbending foolishness to completely cure me and the events that led up to discovering that she was the cure.Weirdly, the latter was on my mind much more than the former because it seemed like less and less like a coincidence each passing day. When Iโd contacted the stage management team the morning after my near death experience, theyโd confirmed that no UV lights had been installed for the gala and after sitting through a harrowing evening with the team members, I confirmed using my alpha intuition that I wasn't being lied to.After then, it seemed like Iโd hit a dead end and returned to square one, but I couldn't let go of the restlessness itching at my insides each time I thought back to the event.Finally, I found one common denominator in each scenario where Iโd been burnt by an artificially engineered UV light. And much to my annoyance, it was always Micheal. He was always conveniently at the center of it all.First, w
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-04-30ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERSย ย ย 118: A Bait
LOGANWith the life threatening speed Iโd driven at, finding Michealโs private address was a piece of cake.Once the guards at the entrance spotted me, they started scrambling around to secure the gates but Iโd purposely driven an armored car for this exact reason. Despite their attempts to make the gates impenetrable, I aimed for it at full speed and drove right into it.As soon as the gate fell and I drove over or, multiple alarms were set off, blaring loudly and almost deafening me in the process. In response to the alarms, guards poured out of the house and charged towards my car.The armored vehicle was ruined after driving through the high and hefty gates of Michealโs fortress so I had to pry the window open to squeeze myself out.Once I was face to face with about a dozen guards who were in attack form and ready to pounce, I reached for my gun. I could easily take them all in hand combat, one after the other or at once but I knew Iโd be wasting precious time and endangering Sca
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-04-30ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERSย ย ย 119: Whatever means
LOGANThe pain was growing worser by the second but I refused to let it overwhelm me.From experience, I knew that giving into the pain would only make Michealโs sick intentions come to pass, so I fought it off as hard as I could. In no universe would such an asshat be the one whoโs get to dishonorably kill me and rip me of my rightful title or the shot at a better life that I could get when Scarlett completely cured me.I thought of a romance brimming life with Ashley. A better one where we werenโt confined to nights alone and dark rooms in the day time.That was enough to give me a renewed sense of strength and hope. I channeled all of my energy at that point and started towards Micheal fearlessly.I could clearly see hesitation flash through his eyes when he realized that the UV lights couldnโt completely incapacitate me on the spot but hate blinded him into charging towards me anyways. He was at arms reach when I punched him in the face and he fell sigh a pained grunt.He bounced
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-04-30ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERSย ย ย 120: An Offer You Can't Refuse
SCARLETTMy eyes were heavier than a monster truck when I opened them, I had to squint and hold my temple gingerly to keep the headache I felt from splitting my brain into two halves.The second my eyes did a scan of the environment I was in, I realized that I has bigger problems than a splitting headache because I was in a strange room, laying on an unfamiliar bed. I sat up quickly, ready to sprint out of the room when the events of the previous night suddenly came flooding back.The intensity with which those memories slammed into me made me hold onto the bed Iโd been waves to bolt from for dear life.Michealโs betrayal stung like a swarm of bees had attacked me and gone right for my face.That cold and detached person that heโd become while I was fighting for my life was nothing like the man Iโd known him to be for well over a month. Iโd have never expected that a person so gentlemanly, kind and compassionate could turn out to be a raging psychopath.The longer I thought of it, the
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-04-30ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERSย ย ย 121: Bitten in the ass
SCARLETTFor the umpteenth time, my lack of self control had bitten me in the ass.Why did I always have to lose myself completely whenever a Vaughn brother laid a finger on me? What sort of insatiable and unreasonable hormones consumed me whole once they were near? Why did they have an effect on me that always ended up jeopardizing my life?It broke me beyond explanation that I couldn't find any reasonable answers to those questions, neither could I turn back time and completely avoid stepping foot into the forsaken Vaughn mansion.Those thoughts and a million more caused a growing hole in my heart all week since Logan has showed me that appalling tape of me whoring myself out to him in the most humiliating way.Unfortunately, I didn't have the luxury of calling his bluff and waiting to see if heโs truly expose me because I would absolutely crumble and never recover if my mother ever saw that video. I could imagine all the ways sheโd slut shame and humiliate me for being desperate to
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2024-04-30
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ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERSย ย ย EPILOGUE
SCARLETT โHow many minutes apart are your contractions?โ โCan you feel the pups crowning already?โ โShould I get the midwives?โ My husbands circled around me like vultures readying their prey, asking me a million and one questions like I was not as clueless about childbirth as they were. Theyโd read a library worth of childbirth and parenting books from the moment I found out I was pregnant and yet they were as nervous as a completely ignorant parent would be. โStop hovering over her, please,โ Hyacinth sighed and rolled her eyes as she walked into the birthing room, โthe birthing process will begin any moment and Iโll need you all to either be quiet and or absent so I can get to work.โ They all murmured amongst each other before finally falling quiet. โIโm going to give you a mild anesthetic so you donโt feel a thing and sleep through it, alright?โ she turned to me with a kind smile and I nodded. I felt nerves already wrecking my body upon hearing that, I was reminded of the c
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LOGANThree long yet amazing months went by and the D-day finally arrived. I couldnโt believe that I was about to be married to Scarlett and it seemed that neither Blake nor Alex could believe it seeing how nervous they were while getting dressed for the ceremony. Weโd watched her become the best version of herself in the last three months and judging from all the power and potential she radiated, even three Vaughn men might not be enough of a match for her. Still, I was beyond elated to see what a marriage as unique as ours had in store for us in the coming years. And for the rest of our lives. โI still canโt figure this shit out!โ Blake whined as he wrongly knotted his tie for the hundredth time and Alex and I laughed at him. โIf youโre too nervous to knot your tie, maybe you should just sit out the wedding ceremony,โ Alex teased him. โYeah, itโs a small wedding anyways. Weโll just add your name to the marriage certificate and crop you into the pictures for the wedding album,โ I
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SCARLETTWe did it? โYeah, we fucking did it,โ Loganโs excited response made me realize that Iโd asked that question out loud instead of in my head as Iโd assumed. โAnd thatโs only because you had the balls to put yourself on the line when we werenโt willing to take that risk,โ Alex added, flipping a pancake effortlessly with a slight tilt of the pan. Inwardly, I rolled my eyes at his stellar skills, wondering how he was able to pull that off when I couldnโt even do it while carefully using a frying spoon. โIโm going to take a wild guess and say that youโre no longer focused on our victory over the Shahato and youโre now hating on everyone that can make a proper pancake unlike you,โ Blake said through a chuckle. I narrowed my eyes at him, picking a grape off my plate and throwing it at his head for teasing me. โOw!โ he exclaimed when it hit his forehead. โServes you right,โ I grinned before taking a generous bite of my sandwich. That led to back and forth banter, and as much a
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SCARLETTAgain, theyโd come to my rescue at the perfect moment.Unlike the last time, I refused to lose faith in them, so seeing them was more than an answered prayer, it was the confirmation of a truth Iโd been steadfastly holding unto.I felt relief course through my entire body as the army pounced on the Shahato warriors, shifting to their wolf form and ripping our enemies apart before they had the chance to rejoice over my burnt corpse.Suddenly, the regret I felt when I was thrown into the portal that brought me here washed away and I was pleased with myself for following through with the baiting plan that brought us this far. I had a feeling that after this battle, weโd finally know peace and harmony instead of the chaos and despair weโd had to endure for months now.I was so lost in imagining a time of calm and quiet that I even forgot that fire was slowly creeping towards me as the altar behind me burnt away. It was when I smelt thick fumes suffocating me that I looked behind
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LOGANI still felt shitty and stupid for how immature Iโd acted when Scarlett disappeared behind that godforsaken portal.Blake didnโt deserve to be choked so heartlessly when all he did was keep me from breaking my foot to piecesโbecause believe me, that was my intention when I started kicking that rock. Yet, heโd stopped me from hurting myself foolishly and I repaid him like an absolute asshole.I knew Iโd apologized, but it didnโt seem enough so I made a mental note in the back of my mind to make it up to him somehow after we rescued Scarlett.โGuys! Over here! Quickly!โ Hyacinth called out to me and my brothers and we rushed to where she was bent over on the floor and holding a glass shard.โWhat did you find? Please give us some good news,โ Alex practically begged as he crouched beside her.โTheir sorcerer mustโve mistakenly dropped this while closing the portal in a hurry, and now I know exactly where those bastards took her,โ she jumped to her feet and Alex followed suit.โWher
ENTANGLED WITH HER ALPHA STEPBROTHERSย ย ย 292
ALEXFanโfuckingโtastic!This bloody plan blew up in our faces just like Iโd predicted it would. Those cunning bastards just zapped our mate through a portal and I couldnโt feel her through the bond from the moment they disappeared into it.I guessed that neither Blake nor Logan could feel her either because they equally seemed like they were going mad.โFuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck this!โ Logan yelled on the top of his voice while kicking a rock repeatedly until I heard a toe snap and blood started to ooze from his boot.That didnโt stop him though, he kept spitting profanities and angrily kicking the rock until Blake ran towards him and dragged him away from the rock and set him on the floor.โWhat the hell is wrong with you, Logan? How the hell does that fix shit!?โ Blake leaned forward, placing his hands on both knees while screaming right into Loganโs face.Instead od answering, Logan reached out and gripped Blakeโs neck and started to twist it with rage burning in his eyes. I immediat
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SCARLETTThe morning of the full moon had finally arrived, and just like everyone else, I hoped that things went according to plans.None of us could handle any surprises because the chances of the plan going smoothly hinged on us being in complete control. To ensure that nothing went wrong, Hyacinth got a team of sorcerers to cast truth spells on the army in a bid to uncover any hidden spies from the Shahatos.Once we confirmed that every warrior was loyal to us, we finally let them in on the plan for the first time since weโd hatched it.Afterwards, Blake and Alex guided them through morning drills and helped them memorize the parts of the plan they were instrumental to, Logan and I kept Hyacinth company while she and her group of sorcerers did a location spell.Unlike the former location spells theyโd casted to locate me when I was captured, this was much more likely to work because sheโd used the blood of the prisoners that were recently executed. She assured us that with a team o
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SCARLETTOnce again, Hyacinth had to come to our aid.We rushed Alex home and called her to come by the house as soon as possible. After ten minutes that felt like an eternity, she finally arrived and got to work on speeding up his healing. She explained that he invested wolfsbane and thatโs why he wasnโt healing even after Blake and Logan cleaned and bandaged his wounds properly as soon as we got home.Hyacinth fed him some potions, but when they didnโt work, she told us that the wolfsbane had been in his system for far too long so she would need a powerful spell to magically detox him of it so his wolf could heal.While she convened with the powers that be on the required spell for such a crucial procedure, I paced the entire room worriedly while saying prayers to the moon goddess and ignoring the words of comfort being thrown my way from Logan and Blake.For some reason, I still felt fractions of the fear and pain I felt when I thought he was going to take his life just to prove a
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SCARLETTAn hour passed and I immediately rallied Logan and Blake into the car to go in search of Alex. The longer we went without being able to contact or find him, the more I regretted listening to Logan and Blake instead of my wolf.And now because of my negligence, we were all worried out of our minds for Alex.It was almost nightfall and neither of us could reach or find him still. And believe me, weโd tried everything we could possibly think of. Logan tried to track his phone but his men found it dumped in a roadside bin and had no other means of tracing where he went from there because the traffic cams in that area were all busted.After that dead end, weโd all gone around the city in search of him but we couldnโt pick up his scent talk less of find his car.Normally, weโd have assumed that he was just somewhere blowing off steam and stayed home to wait on him. But ever since the marking ritual, we had a much stronger bond and could feel each otherโs emotions and a while ago we
