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Controlled Chaos

Author: Riel
last update publish date: 2026-03-30 23:10:59

I scrub my hands longer than necessary.

The sink squeaks when I turn it off.

I count to ten before I reach for his door.

He hates when I knock before entering his room.

I do it anyway.

I wait a second before turning the knob and stepping inside.

There’s a bottle of sanitizer on the table by his cot.

Another by the door.

Like we’re at war with something invisible.

The room always feels smaller when I visit.

Like the air has been portioned out carefully.

The first thing I hear is Rafe arguing wit
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  • Fated to my Alpha nemesis    Uninvited guest

    I watch as the car pulls up to the curb.I leave my bedroom window and rush downstairs, taking a steadying breath before opening the front door.Cole remains in the driver’s seat, waiting.He’s been driving Talia and me to school ever since he got his license three years ago. Even after graduating, he still makes time to drop us off.I failed the theory once and the driving test three times.So yeah. I still don’t have my license.I hesitate before walking down the pathway.I consider the backseat, even though I always sit in the front.My feet decide for me. I find myself standing in front of the passenger door.After a quiet exhale, I open it and slide into the seat.“Hey,” I say, placing my school bag on my lap and doing my best to seem normal as I avoid his eyes.I can feel Cole’s gaze on me, but I keep my focus on the road ahead like it’s suddenly fascinating.“Hey,” he replies. “Talia?”“She’s coming. She physically cannot be on time. In her words, it’s fashionable.”I try for h

  • Fated to my Alpha nemesis    Controlled Chaos

    I scrub my hands longer than necessary.The sink squeaks when I turn it off.I count to ten before I reach for his door.He hates when I knock before entering his room.I do it anyway.I wait a second before turning the knob and stepping inside.There’s a bottle of sanitizer on the table by his cot.Another by the door.Like we’re at war with something invisible.The room always feels smaller when I visit.Like the air has been portioned out carefully.The first thing I hear is Rafe arguing with the nurse about the volume on the TV.He sounds exactly like himself.Which is both comforting and terrifying.The room looks the same as it did the last time I was here, except for the oxygen line running like a quiet underline across Rafe’s chest.I adjust my face mask and walk deeper into the ward.Rafe looks up.His eyes meet mine, and his face breaks into a smile.I smile back.“Look who decided to finally visit,” Rafe says, voice dry and teasing, though his eyes give away how happy he is

  • Fated to my Alpha nemesis    Watching him watch

    Zero.The word doesn’t land. It detonates.The room fractures into sound.Howls rip through the ceiling. Glass clinks. Someone whoops loud enough to shake the chandeliers. The floor trembles beneath a hundred stamping feet.Blue Moon.And then the softer sounds begin.Laughter folding into laughter.Breath catching.Fabric shifting.The unmistakable hush of lips finding lips.It’s tradition.When the countdown ends, you kiss the person you want Moon to witness you with.Claimed or not.Mated or not.Serious or not.For luck. For promise. For show.For something.My eyes are still closed.And he is kissing me.His mouth isn’t urgent.It doesn’t crash into mine.It rests there first.Warm. Steady.Like he’s giving me time to stop him.I don’t.The crowd swells again, couples turning into silhouettes behind my eyelids. I can hear the smiles in their kisses. Hear the way some of them laugh into each other’s mouths.For me though, this doesn’t feel like laughter.It feels deliberate.His h

  • Fated to my Alpha nemesis    Zero

    Bailey isn’t here. She's not meant to be. Which means I’m standing alone in a room full of people who would notice if I disappeared for the wrong reasons. I stay near the sidelines, careful to keep my distance from trouble. Trouble meaning stepping too close to the wrong people. And the wrong people being everyone in this building except Cole and my parents. It’s no secret that Alpha Sirius and the Delta pair never supported their Beta adopting a human girl. The Were Council — who I prefer to call the Grey Beards, not because they all possess outrageously long beards or anything — had openly criticized Mum and Dad for their “decisions” during one of the gatherings. The Were Council, who governed what happened beyond the Park borders, settled disputes, approved bloodline unions, sanctioned wars, apparently had opinions about me. I was nine. Too young to fully understand Councilman Mortius’ words. Old enough to feel the weight of them. Cole explained it to me later.

  • Fated to my Alpha nemesis    Collision Course

    Damon has never let a slight go unpunished. Which means I’m either already dead… or something is very, very wrong. By noon, Damon should have humiliated me. At least twice. He hadn’t even looked at me. I keep glancing over my shoulder, half convinced I woke up in some parallel universe where Damon wasn’t— —Damon. Bailey is saying something beside me, but I’m only half listening. Because Geography came and went. And Damon wasn’t leaning against the lockers outside the classroom. He’s always there. Always. Right where the hallway narrows so I have to brush past him. Right where he can murmur something to ruin my day under his breath, just loud enough for me to hear and quiet enough that no one else does. Today? Empty wall. No lazy, infuriating “Micaela.” Just lockers. And my own reflection looking mildly unhinged. Then in class— Nothing. No paper balls hitting the back of my head. No chair nudged forward to clip my ankles when I stood up. No

  • Fated to my Alpha nemesis    Handcuffs and bedposts

    What are you doing?Somewhere in the back of my mind, a small, rational voice tries to break through.My fingers grow bolder.They trace a slow path across his shoulder, up the side of his throat, along the sharp line of his jaw.His breathing changes.I hear it.Feel it.The low growl building in his chest vibrates beneath my palms.His chest rises faster now. Heavier.I shift, trying to tangle my fingers in his hair.He notices.And in one swift movement, he flips us.Suddenly I’m beneath him.The mattress dips under his weight.Before I can catch a proper breath, he’s kissing me again.Desperately.Like a man starved.You’re supposed to hate him.His hands slide along my sides, firm but not painful, sending sparks across my skin that make it impossible to think straight.Heat coils low in my stomach.My mind goes foggy.Like years of rivalry and tension collapsing into this one reckless moment.My fingers fist into the thick locks of his hair, pulling him closer without meaning to.

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