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The Perfect Scapegoat
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2026-07-11 22:10:32
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Finally Done, Ex. I Am Mate, Not Maid The Sacrifice
CAIN"Stop treating her."The nurse's hands stalled over Leah's wrist like she'd misheard me."Alpha, she's still bleeding—""You heard me."I pushed enough weight into it that she backed off on instinct, not choice. That was the point. In this room, obedience wasn't requested.Leah lay on the tile, gray-skinned, close enough to dead that it barely registered as a person anymore. I didn't feel sorry for her. I felt stupid — for the ten seconds back there where I'd almost respected her. That's what she'd been counting on. Walk in half-dead, save the kid, let everyone watch. Nobody checks the hero's motives. She'd poisoned my son to gut Celeste and then handed herself a stage to do it on camera. Efficient, if nothing else."Get her downstairs. Chains, both wrists and ankles. If she dies before I get answers out of her, I'll find new men to guard my cells.""Yes, Alpha."The two guards moved in. Behind me Celeste adjusted her coat, already composing her face into something photogenic. Or
Finally Done, Ex. I Am Mate, Not Maid The Perfect Scapegoat
CAINBrody's breathing was steady now, no longer blocked or desperate. The color was slowly returning to his skin. The doctor and nurses, who had stood frozen like fools moments ago, now moved quickly to lift my son's small body out of the ice bath, wrap him in thick towels, and carry him back to the hospital bed.My son had survived. My masterpiece was not destroyed after all.But my eyes weren't on Brody. My gaze was locked on the woman lying helpless on the wet, bloodied marble floor of the bathroom.Leah had passed out the moment she confirmed Brody was breathing again. Her body was a wreck. Her clothes were torn, ugly bruises covered her neck, and her wrist was cut deep, as if she'd just pulled it free from a rough rope by force.I looked at her with a feeling I couldn't quite explain. For seven years, I had always seen her as a weak woman who got lucky enough to carry the Hargrove name. But today, when my elite guards and my best doctors were all useless, this "broken" woman was
Finally Done, Ex. I Am Mate, Not Maid Save Him
LeahThe chill of Brody's body seeped through my clothes, damp with sweat and dust. His small chest shook hard beneath me. I locked my arms around him, making myself a shield. I refused to move, even when that awful doctor screamed curses at me."Alpha! This woman has lost her mind! The patient will die if we don't use this—""Shut your mouth!" I snapped, twisting around to glare at the doctor.My eyes scanned the medical tray by the bed. An empty tube of epinephrine. An IV line filled with warm glucose fluid. They were pumping Brody's heart with heat-based stimulants. Fools."You're the one killing him!" I shouted, pointing at the doctor with my shaking, blood-covered hand. "That poison feeds on heat! Take out the heating line! Open the window!"The nurses in the corner stood frozen. They looked at Cain, waiting for orders. I looked at him too.Cain stood still in the doorway. His eyes were locked on Brody's stiff little body in my arms. My mind raced, trying to read his silence. He
Finally Done, Ex. I Am Mate, Not Maid Lattucinna
Kieran"Choose your clan, Kieran, or watch your woman be destroyed by your selfishness."Dad's threat still hung in the air, clashing with the low growl that kept rumbling at the bottom of my throat. My nails had grown out fully, ready to tear open the throat of anyone who stood in my way—even if that person was my own father. I got ready to lunge forward, ignoring the ridiculous engagement papers with the Lattucinna clan lying on the table.But before I could take a single step, movement on the giant television screen in the corner of my study pulled my full attention away.The screen had been showing a muted live broadcast about the critical condition of Ironveil's heir. I didn't care about Cain Hargrove's son. But right then, the image on the screen changed suddenly. The news camera, which had been filming the hospital lobby, swung around in a panic toward the outside. A beat-up jeep had smashed into a large trash bin, smoke rising from its hood.I stopped in my tracks. My breath c
Finally Done, Ex. I Am Mate, Not Maid Moonflower
Leah Rough hands quickly grabbed my arms, breaking my view of the hospital's glass doors."Miss, you can't be here!"A man's deep voice mixed with the loud buzz of the crowd of reporters. I struggled, jerking my shoulders with whatever strength I had left. The smell of pine and metal reached my nose. Black uniforms. These were Ironveil security guards."Let go of me! You're killing him! Let go!" I screamed, kicking at anything within reach.They didn't hit me. Their grip was strong, but hesitant. My mind quickly understood the reason for that hesitation. For seven years I had been their Luna, running the main house they were guarding. They didn't dare hurt me badly in front of dozens of camera lenses that kept flashing.I used that opening. I bit the arm of the guard on my left until he cried out in pain and loosened his hold."Cain!" I screamed again, crawling forward on the cold pavement after I managed to break free. "The defibrillator! Don't use it!"Suddenly, the air around me s
Finally Done, Ex. I Am Mate, Not Maid The Bound Never Die
The rope around my chest was rough, scraping my skin every time I tried to breathe. In front of me, a video camera stayed on, its red light glowing, recording everything. The room smelled like a mess of dust, rat droppings, rust. I knew I was alone in a place like this, far from anyone who could help.Mad, the big man, gripped my jaw hard, forcing my head up. I felt a needle push into my neck. I clenched my teeth, bracing for pain.But pain wasn't what came.The liquid entered my body, cold, spreading from my neck down into my chest. My vision started to blur. Mad and the Boss's laughter sounded like it was coming from far away. They thought the drug would slowly take my mind apart.But that's not what happened. Suddenly my chest hurt, badly, like something was pressing down on my heart. My breath caught.Then my heart actually stopped beating. Just a second, but it felt like forever.Everything around me—the concrete walls, the musty smell, the ropes on my wrists—disappeared all at o
Finally Done, Ex. I Am Mate, Not Maid The Heat
LEAHThe patter of water was the only sound breaking the silence of my night. I stood under the shower, letting the cold spray pour over my whole body.But the rush of cold water did nothing. My body still burned, like there was some insane fire boiling right inside my blood.The heat crawled up fr
Finally Done, Ex. I Am Mate, Not Maid Way Too Hot
His thumb traced along my jaw like he had every right to touch me. The heat coming off his skin was insane — way too hot, like this bastard was straight-up branding me with molten iron. That Lycan energy prickled across my nerves, making my pulse stutter while something between my thighs tightened
Finally Done, Ex. I Am Mate, Not Maid Nothing Come Free
LEAH "Who sent you?" I asked low and sharp. "The one responsible for your father's death." That stopped me cold. My father, died eleven years ago in a lycan brutal attack. He was just a man who doing his job, trying to protect a warehouse full of food and medicine supplies, and those fucking mo
Finally Done, Ex. I Am Mate, Not Maid Bad Memories
I had just zipped up my bag when the bedroom door swung open. I didn't need to turn around to know who it was — that perfume always clung to her. It dragged up every bad memory I'd buried during my years as her daughter-in-law. Every bit of suffering in this house started with Lady Margaret. "W
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