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53: The poisoned patient
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Fractured Bond: Hiding the Alpha's heir 117. Guilt by blood 2
The gratitude was real, but it sat uneasily beside everything else I felt. Draven was helping me bring Gordon to justice, and I couldn’t pretend that meant nothing.Still, I knew better than to let one good thing erase years of hurt. Then another part of his statement caught my attention, and I looked up.“What did you mean George will go after him? What did he do to George?”“He drugged him.” Draven glanced away, shame and hurt passing over his face. “On the night of your graduation, he drugged both of you.”The room seemed to grow quieter around us. I had known this. When I woke that morning confused and terrified, unable to understand how I had ended up in that bed with George. I had evrn confronted Gordon, desperate for an explanation, but he had called me a climber and thrown other ugly names at me.He'd looked me in the eye and made me feel as though I were the one who had done something shameful. I had carried that humiliation for years, even while knowing deep down that the tr
Fractured Bond: Hiding the Alpha's heir 116. Guilt by blood
Layla POV“Sorry? What does it matter?” I asked.“Everything. Us—”“There is no us, Draven.” It occurred to me that I was saying these words for my benefit. I needed to believe them myself.“Yes, there is.” His voice was firm, but the desperation beneath it was impossible to miss as he moved closer.After everything I had learned about Arctic Moon, I couldn’t stand here and let the sight of Draven’s vulnerability make me forget what his name represented. He was the Alpha of the pack that had taken my home, and no amount of regret could change that.“We’re a family, Layla. It’s too late for us not to be…” He stopped, his jaw working as he struggled to find the words. For a moment, the Alpha who commanded an entire pack seemed unable to make himself understood. “Layla, you have every right to hate me. You can hate me as much as you want, for as long as you need. But our pack’s history? I can’t let that put a permanent wall between us. I will not lose my family over something that happen
Fractured Bond: Hiding the Alpha's heir 115. The large envelope
Layla POVDraven stood outside my door in the middle of the night, a large envelope clutched in one hand. I stared at him, wondering what could possibly be so important that he had come all the way here at this hour, especially after I'd ignored his calls for three days. His presence brought back everything I had been trying not to think about, from the kiss we'd shared to the truth I'd learned about his family. "What are you doing here?""I had to see you. Both of you." His eyes searched my face, and for once, it didn't seem like he was here for any other reason but to see me. "I'd like to come in, please."I stepped aside and held the door open, though I wasn't entirely sure I wanted him inside. "Aiden's asleep now," I told him, hoping that would be enough to make him understand that this wasn't a good time.I knew he didn't believe me, though, because even with my weakened senses, I could hear the soft movements coming from the hallway leading to the bedrooms. A moment later, th
Fractured Bond: Hiding the Alpha's heir 114. Rage, delusion, comfort
Draven POVI tightened my grip once more, squeezing until Gordon's eyes widened. Then I released him.Nash immediately stepped between us. Gordon stumbled away, coughing violently as he rubbed his throat.This male would probably die by my hands if I stayed in this room much longer. And as badly as I wanted to kill him, I knew that wasn't what Layla needed. Not now and certainly not like this.Gordon Voss needed to live long enough for the entire Realm to hear what he had done. He needed to watch his name become synonymous with public disgrace."Did Layla tell you this?" he managed between coughs. "That girl is an ingrate and a thief, and you believe her."My body surged forward again, but the wall of bodies between us stopped me."Layla didn't tell me." I looked past Nash and fixed my eyes on Carla, who was standing rigidly beside her mother. "Carla did."The color drained from her face."That's right. I overheard your little conversation with your mother a moment ago. Carla Voss. An
Fractured Bond: Hiding the Alpha's heir 113. Alpha's witness
Draven POVI marched toward the building with my mind reeling, hardly able to process what I had just heard.Seven years ago, Gordon Voss had deliberately drugged Layla and George, put them in the same room, and then somehow arranged for their clothes to be removed so that when I found them the next morning, there would be only one conclusion left for me to draw.They had slept together.He had planned every detail. And it had worked.He had destroyed my relationship with Layla. Shattered my friendship with George. It had driven a wedge between two packs that had once been allies and friends. One carefully constructed lie had taken something precious from all of us, and I'd spent seven years living with the consequences of it.My claws were already out before I realized it. Elder Charles Reagan noticed and stopped abruptly. He took a cautious step away from me, his eyes dropping briefly to my hands before returning to my face."Alpha," he said hesitantly. "She's not referring to the s
Fractured Bond: Hiding the Alpha's heir 112. The Beta's other debt
Draven POV"I did what I thought was best for Arctic Moon at the time," Dad argued. "The report I received was clear. It stated that they were criminals and troublemakers who had settled there to illegally mine the rich deposits beneath the land. That was the information I had. That was the information I acted on."I turned away. I didn't want to hear another explanation.Not because I had decided everything was Raymond Darkwood's fault. I hadn't. Not yet. But because every word he spoke made it harder to remember the man I had once believed him to be."Draven."I kept walking. When he called me again, his voice came through the mindlink. 'Draven.' I stopped.'Is that the root of all the attacks?I turned to face him, and he was still standing beside the computer, his expression harder now.'Over the years, that territory became increasingly troublesome.' His expression grew more solemn and thoughtful. 'At a point I thought the land was cursed. There was a time I regretted taking i
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