LOGIN“How’s he doing, Dex?”My question cut through the suffocating silence in the bedroom. I was still kneeling at the edge of the bed, gripping Kieran’s big, fever-hot hand tightly.Dex let out a heavy sigh as he finished adjusting the fresh bandages on Kieran’s chest. The Beta’s face looked exhausted, smeared with black soot stains.“His heartbeat’s only stable because of you, Miss Leah. But this silver poison is something else,” Dex said, wiping sweat from his forehead. “That Hybrid clan that hit the Northern District? They’re just a bunch of wild strays. No way they had the cash or connections to get military-grade weapons like this. Someone with a serious grudge must’ve been secretly funding them.”My heart slammed against my ribs. My mind immediately went to one person. “Cain Hargrove. My ex-husband, right?”Dex gave me a serious look. “We don’t have solid proof yet, Miss Leah. But the way they moved—clean and coordinated—this was clearly a well-planned trap meant to take down an Al
LEAHFor the rest of the night, I just sat in the chair by the window, still wrapped tight in my bathrobe towel, staring out toward the Northern District.BAM!The sound of the front door downstairs being shoved open violently shattered the silence in Vorreth’s residence.Heavy, hurried, chaotic footsteps echoed up. My heart instantly started racing like crazy. The mate bond in my chest—the one that had been throbbing with pain since dawn—suddenly went haywire, flooding me with such a thick wave of danger that I could barely breathe.I stood up from the chair and walked stiffly toward the bedroom door just as it was slammed open from the outside.Dex burst in first, his face covered in black soot and raw panic. Behind him, supporting a much larger body, were two of Vorreth’s elite soldiers.And between them… was Kieran.My breath caught in my throat. My photographic memory instantly locked onto the horrifying sight in front of me. The man who had completely dominated me last night now
LEAH I clutched the bathrobe towel wrapped around my body, trying to sit on the edge of this huge bed. The leftover ache, that sweet throbbing between my legs, kept forcing me to remember how brutally the Alpha had claimed me under the full moon earlier. But every bit of that magical feeling vanished the second the image of my claws on his bare, broad chest flashed through my mind. I had really turned into a cheap woman who submitted to her enemy."A truly humiliating sight, isn't it?" The shrill, venom-filled voice cut through the silence of the room. I jerked up, looking quickly. Velvet. This woman hadn't left with Kieran after all. She stepped inside through the bedroom door that Dex had deliberately left ajar. Wearing a tight leather dress that hugged her perfect Lycan curves, she circled my bed, letting her black rose and musk scent overpower the lily fragrance of mine that still lingered on the sheets. She stopped right in front of me, crossing her arms over her chest whi
KIERANA loud, relentless banging on the door shattered the silence of the bedroom. This wasn’t some regular knock. It was the emergency signal we only used when our territory was in deep shit.“Boss! Urgent! We’re under attack!” Dex’s voice came through the door, muffled but thick with raw panic.The second I heard “attack,” my Alpha instincts exploded. I moved like lightning, carefully untangling my possessive hold on Leah so I wouldn’t wake her, then slid off the bed. I didn’t even bother grabbing my shirt. Bare-chested, my broad torso still covered in fresh red scratch marks from Leah’s wild nails last night, I strode across the room and yanked the door open.“Where?” I growled low.Dex stood there breathing hard, face pale as hell, shoving a tablet at me with the live feed already playing.“Our exclusive club in the North District, Boss. Those hybrid clan bastards launched a surprise attack. They blew through the steel gates, slaughtered the perimeter guards, and torched the main
KIERANI stood frozen in front of the closed bathroom door, ignoring the faint sting on my left cheek. Leah’s slap had been surprisingly hard for such a weak omega, leaving a bright red mark across my skin.But that wasn’t what had my wolf growling low, fighting to stay in control. It was the sound of her muffled sobs coming from the other side of the door.She was falling apart. And as her mate, I could feel every bit of her heartbreak.The heat that had been burning away our sanity had finally cooled completely, leaving only the clean scent of my cedarwood mixing with the thick remnants of her lily pheromones and fading desire—now drowned in guilt.For Leah, what we’d done tonight wasn’t a blessing. It was a betrayal of her own revenge.I let out a heavy sigh. My black shirt hung open halfway down my chest, brushing against skin that still felt too hot. I could’ve easily kicked the door down with one hit. A tiny lock like that wouldn’t stand a chance against the strength of the Lyca
LEAHThe knot tying us together finally began to soften, releasing us after what felt like an eternity, the pleasure still pulsing through me.Kieran stayed inside me a little longer.His body still caged mine, pressing me gently against the wall, his hot breath fanning heavy against the curve of my neck, making my head spin. His gray eyes were half-lidded with satisfaction, one large hand moving in a slow, sensual stroke down the length of my spine.I was trembling hard in his arms. My body slick with sweat and the remnants of what we'd just done, my core still clenching around him as the knot eased and he softened. The mate bond hummed strong between us, warm and demanding submission.But the moment that fog of pure lust started lifting from my head, reality crashed into me like a freight train, yanking me back into my senses. Back into the consciousness of the old Leah Callahan.Fuck. What did I just do?The hatred I'd harbored for so long, the walls I'd built so carefully... all o







