LOGIN(Grand Alpha)(Earlier, at the palace…)I stood on the ritual grounds, and for the first time in fifty years, I felt small.I am the Grand Alpha. I am the law. I am the shadow that hangs over this pack. But as I looked at the creature standing in the center of the clearing, my heart hammered against my ribs like a trapped bird.Rex. My own young son. He was a mountain of ginger fur and ancient power. The moonlight didn't just hit him; it seemed to come from him. The air around him hummed with a frequency that made my skin crawl and tingle at the same time.I couldn't believe my eyes. It wasn't supposed to be in him. This… this was supposed to stay in the stories we tell pups to make them behave.It had never happened. Not for centuries. But here it was. Right in front of me. Happening. Not a movie. Live."Enough," I said. My voice sounded thin to my own ears. "Stop."The guards froze. They were looking at me, begging for an excuse to run. I didn't blame them. I looked at Rex. He was w
DebbieThe silence inside the car was louder than the engine. It was a thick, suffocating silence that smelled of iron and old copper. In my lap, River felt heavier with every passing second. His head was lolling against my thighs, his skin turning a shade of grey that made my stomach twist into a knot.I watched his chest. I stopped breathing just so I could hear him.Hiss. Pause. Hiss.And then, nothing.The wet, rattling sound stopped. The tiny bit of warmth he had left seemed to vanish into the seat cushions."Rain! Rex!" I screamed. My voice cracked, raw and high-pitched. "He stopped! He’s not breathing! Rex!"The car screeched. The tires tore into the gravel of the roadside, sending the vehicle into a violent, tilting halt. Before the dust even settled, Rex was out of the driver's seat. He was completely bare, his skin gleaming with sweat and smeared with the blood of the fight, but he didn't care. He looked like a wild god as he ripped the back door open.Rain was already there
DebbieThe world was a blur of silver and blood. I couldn't feel my feet touching the ground. Everything felt like I was underwater, watching a movie that wasn't supposed to be real.Black’s fingers were still dug into my arm, his grip like iron, pulling me toward that cold, stone altar.But then, the air changed.It wasn't just a sound. It was a vibration that started in the earth and traveled up through my bones.I looked at Rex—or where Rex had been. In his place stood a monster. A beautiful, terrifying mountain of ginger-colored fur and muscle. A shifting wolf. Huge. His back nearly touched the low-hanging branches of the trees.My heart stopped.The tears of pain and agony vanished. Cold crept up my hands.Is that Rex?Is that?I knew the stories. Every pup in the Territory knew the legends of the Dark-Hearts pack.The original bloodline, the alphas of Dark-Hearts pack. The history books said the Alpha wolves of Dark-Hearts were different. So different.They weren't black or grey
Rex.The world didn't end with a bang. It ended with a soft, wet thud.I was reaching for Debbie. My fingers were inches away from her cloak. I could see the terror in her eyes. I could see Black’s hand bruising her skin.“Rex! Look!” Rain’s voice came.Then, I heard the sound. A heavy, metal bolt from a crossbow tore through the air. I turned. I saw it. I saw it coming. It was aimed at my heart. I was wide open. I was dead.But the pain didn't come.Instead, a body slammed into mine. It was faster.River.The sound of the bolt hitting his chest was loud. It was the sound of a knife hitting a piece of fruit. Everything stopped. The drums, which had been beating like a hammer, went silent. The guards froze. The air itself seemed to turn into ice.River didn't scream. He just let out a small, soft "oh."He stumbled. I caught him before his knees hit the dirt. My hands went to his back, and almost instantly, I felt it. Warmth. Too much warmth. It was thick and sticky, soaking through his
RainThe night was thick and heavy. The air tasted like smoke from the torches and the sweet, sick smell of ritual incense. We were standing in the middle of a circle of silver spears. The Grand Alpha—my father—stood there like a statue made of ice.He looked at us. He didn't look like a father. He looked like a judge."This is your last chance," the Grand Alpha said. His voice was low, but it carried across the clearing like a slap. "Hand over the girl. Walk away. No repercussions. I will forget this happened. Do it now."Rex didn't move. He stood in front of Debbie, his back straight, his shoulders broad enough to hide her completely. I stood on his left. River stood on his right. We were a wall of muscle and bone."No," Rex said. The word was short. It was final. “We are not giving her to you to use for your shell of a first son.”"You would choose to disobey your own father in place of a girl from the slum?" the Grand Alpha asked. He sounded genuinely confused, like we were speaki
BlackThe night air was cool, but inside, I felt like a furnace. I stood by the altar, watching the girl in the white veil. She was standing so still. Too still.A knowing smirk came to my face.I’m not a fool.You don’t become the Alpha of a pack like this by being blind. No,I had noticed it the moment Chloe left the palace that morning. The way she walked. The way she wouldn't look me in the eye. Everything about her screamed wrong. Not to talk about the last few days since she came here.The car she used while going out that morning had a tracker on it.It was easy. I watched the little red dot on my screen move to places it shouldn't have been. I watched it sit in an alleyway near the old docks for an hour.It moved into the old woods of the pack, a place that was so close to the triplets' territory.It rang a bell in my head. This girl must be planning something fancy.Then, when she came back, my guards at the gate told me everything. They told me about the "maids" in the back
Debbie.“What the fuck!” Rain cursed. “What sort of stupid lie is that?”"Why would he lie?" I whispered, my voice shaking with a mix of anger and shock. "He told me it was a tradition. B was for family. And even after this meeting, just before I left, he met me. He said I should not be offended wi
DebbieWhen I straddled Rex’s lap, the world outside the garden ceased to exist. There was only the cool night air, the sound of the fountain, and the massive, throbbing heat of his cock between my legs. I looked into his eyes—those blue eyes which were now amber.I didn't rush. I wanted to feel ev
RexSeated here under this moonlight, having Debbie’s head on my lap and feeling the soft weight of her body against my thighs, was creating a kind of unwanted yet satisfying heat inside me.The way that short nightdress showed off her thighs and legs, as the robe poured to one side. The garden was
Debbie.The massive glass doors of the boardroom creaked open. My stomach did a somersault. I had faced a lot of things before, but this was different. This was a room full of powerful men in dark suits, all of them staring at me like I was some new white sheep in the midst of black ones.The room







