ANMELDENChapter 53Eva’s POV I didn’t feel any pain over the night, so I guess my mate managed to keep his hands off his girlfriend last night. That was a positive, but I didn’t have time to dwell on it. I went through training this morning with Roderick, and once we were done, I was summoned to my father's office. I already had a bad feeling about it the moment we arrived. Ashlynn and Gerald were sitting there with my parents. But no one was smiling. “What happened?” I asked as I took my seat. I already knew it was something bad. I could feel it in my gut. Roderick stood just behind my chair. Always watchful, waiting to protect me at a moment's notice. “Last night, someone tried to drug Easton. He caught them in the act and handed the evidence over for testing. While he was on the way to deliver it to me for testing, another Alpha intentionally ran into the Omega. He hit him hard enough that he’s still recovering in the infirmary. The glass he was carrying was shattered. There wa
Chapter 52Easton’s POV “Something so small? Are you messing with me, Ashley? As the Alpha, I have to be able to trust the ranked wolves under me. The fact that Grey is so blasé about disrespecting me points right back to you. He wasn’t like this before you showed up. Now he’s blowing off his job, ignoring blatant issues, letting you do the bare minimum in the pack. You can't even do your own job without his help. I don't have time to hold both your hands to help you get it done. I have my own work to do. Don’t think I’m unaware of what you and Miranda did just to get here in the first place,” I spoke with certainty. “You can’t be serious, Easton. We’ve known each other our entire lives. Would you strip me of my rank over an omission? Because I didn't qualify that Ashley was a chosen mate, not a true one? You know why I had to do that. You know how my parents are, what they expect. I made a choice, and honestly, Easton, it didn’t hurt anyone but me. I’m the one who had to reject
Chapter 51Easton’s POV "We're done, Miranda. You knew what this was between us. Don't try to make me feel guilty about it. You knew one day we would meet our mates, and it would be over. I said that from the start. There's no need for me to feel bad about ending it. We helped each other out. You knew as well as I did that there were never any feelings involved between us, Miranda. You were the one who suggested this deal in the first place? You know as well as I do that I wasn't your one and only. I was just one of many while you tried to get your hooks into someone. So, don't try to emotionally blackmail me now. We don't owe each other anything. I found my mate. I refuse to lose her over a dumb decision I made years ago," I stated coldly. I knew it hurt her, but I was speaking the truth. She got me worked up one night, and then suggested this deal. She knew exactly what she was doing. I was eighteen, and worked up into a frenzy. I wanted her badly. I didn't see the harm in he
Chapter 50Easton’s POV Gray was driving me crazy. I know that it’s because Ashley and Miranda are pushing him, but he needs to deal with them on his own. Instead, he keeps mindlinking me over and over again. He sure doesn’t seem to have a problem when he’s telling Elise what to do. Now that I know that his mate, Ashley, isn’t his true mate. I’m surprised by how much he defers to her when he shouldn’t. He is wrapped tight around her little finger. Mom and Dad were pretty angry that I wasn't going with them to meet Elise’s mate. They warned me he was a demon, and at first, I really thought they were joking. I thought that was a nickname he was called, like he was an excellent fighter or something. I found out quick it wasn’t a nickname. I knew exactly who he was after hearing his name. I also knew that Gray and Ashley needed to make sure to leave Elise alone from now on. Baylor wasn't going to give them a pass on their disrespect. I was meeting them in Gray’s suite, but when I
Chapter 49Eva’s POV I could see Gerald mindlinking her, pleading with her to stop speaking. He knew that Easton’s mate might be in the dining room with us. But it was much too late; Easton’s mate was sitting much closer than they ever suspected. How could they have known that they just accidentally told his mate what was going on? The very mate he couldn’t be bothered to spend a moment looking for was getting all the information she needed from his own parents. His mother was furious. Why wasn’t he here? I don’t think I need to draw this out any longer. My parents had been listening. I could tell the moment they mentioned he had sensed his mate at the sparring field, they both knew that he was my mate. “It’s been a long day. I’m sorry. I need to get some rest,” I told them before standing up. I hadn’t been able to sleep after my shower earlier. I just couldn’t turn my brain off. I just lay in bed, overthinking everything. I hated it, the feeling of being unwanted, of th
Chapter 48Eva’s POV I slipped into a maxi dress in an attempt to look like I dressed up. This was the extent to which I was willing to go. I planned to use tonight's dinner to cut through the crap and send those we didn’t need right back to their packs. I would be getting the names of those who came here to cut ties with our pack tonight from my parents and grandfather. I will have them advised in the morning that they are no longer welcome at the celebration. Dad wasn’t ready to step down, and I wasn’t trained to be the Alpha yet. But I wasn’t just going to start a war with these biased Alphas. I was just going to send the worst of the offenders home. Those on the fence could stay. I knew rumors about the fight I was in were running all over the pack. Some of the Alphas had actually changed their minds about me after witnessing that fight. They saw that I was much stronger than the rumors made me out to be. I didn’t want to be the reason the pack suffered; I never did. I wa







