LOGIN"Ethan Carter rejects lots of she-wolves, but none of them try to hop off a roof like this. She must have a broken brain, right?""Who knows what alpha wolves do in secret? I just think she looks sad, and I feel bad for her wolf now!""There is a saying that crazy people do mean things. If I wanted to end my life, I wouldn't do it at a hockey team's office. Everyone is inside working right now! Does she have no pack manners?!"While the crowd chatters, the fire trucks speed to the ice rink. The firemen jump out of the trucks and get their safety nets ready.Up on the roof, Chloe Bennett makes a scary face and looks down at the little wolves below."It's done... everything is done..." she whispers to herself.Then, she takes a big leap and jumps off the roof!Over at the clinic, I have JESS inside for his checkup. While we wait for the results, JESS falls asleep in my arms. I send a text to Job and tell him to meet me at the clinic. Then, I look up at the big TV on the wall in the wait
COLLINS PARKER POV"Tyler is in a deep sleep. His inner wolf cannot wake up right now. I am at the clinic waiting for him to open his eyes.""Did you two go tracking Chloe Bennett? How did Tyler end up in this deep sleep?""Chloe Bennett kidnapped him yesterday in the ice arena. He was locked up in her team office for more than twenty-four hours, and his wolf went into a deep sleep.""What about Chloe Bennett?!""Nobody knows where she is right now. She ran away from the rink," Ethan Carter said."I already sent my pack warriors after her," my back broke into a cold sweat, and I started to doubt everything."What happened at JESS's school... does it have something to do with Chloe Bennett?!"Ethan Carter felt his chest get tight and barked into the phone, "Collins Parker! Stay right where you are! I am sending our pack enforcers to get you and the pups!"If I did not say it first, Ethan Carter would never think that Chloe Bennett could sneak back into the hockey territory of Charlotte
COLLINS PARKER POVAt exactly 9 p.m. that night watch, my body walks straight out of the private bathroom after executing a hot shower and drying the damp strands of my hair.The exact second my mobile terminal begins to ring loudly on top of the bed sheets, my boots stride over, and my fingers immediately swipe the screen to answer the line."What specific reason makes your person answer the phone terminal only now, Collins?"This was Ethan’s third consecutive attempt at dialing my coordinate number tonight."My physical frame was trapped inside the shower room," my tongue answers as my body takes a comfortable seat on the edge of the mattress. "Isabella stated her internal wolf heavily missed your presence when your alpha asset failed to march over to our den today. Does that data make your beast happy?"Ethan lets out a highly light, soft chuckle over the digital speaker network. "What about Mason’s status?""Mason has been returning to the den a little bit later than usual during
ETHAN CARTER POVMy internal wolf knows that if Tyler Dawson logs my alpha signature popping up on his mobile terminal, his fingers will absolutely click the screen to accept the signal.My chest tightens with absolute certainty that Tyler is trapped inside a highly dangerous layout on the territory!My boots pivot, intending to charge straight out of the corporate den to hunt down his coordinates, but the exact fraction of a second my muscles move, a short digital text alert vibrates across my palm from his specific device.[My tongue cannot engage in a voice call during this watch, Ethan.]My eyes scan the glowing screen, and my fingers immediately fire a rapid text response across the valley network: [What specific danger parameters are surrounding your body right now? Tracks your asset trapped inside a lethal trap?]Tyler’s terminal pings back a fast line: [My life tracks as completely safe from harm. Grant my station a little more block of calendar time. My boots will return to t
COLLINS PARKER POVThe very next sun cycle, Tyler Dawson arrives at the central train station inside Mysticfall and immediately hands Ethan and my formal wedding invitation straight into Chloe Bennett’s fingers.The moment Chloe’s hands pull the wedding paper open and her eyes log our two names alongside the official June 12 calendar date, her disfigured facial expression does not waver a single inch, but her knuckles turn incredibly pale and bloodless."What specific reason makes their lines transmit a formal invitation to my coordinates? Aren't their minds worried that my scarred face would violently scare the rest of the elite guests straight off the arena benches?" her tongue says, mocking her own hideous appearance with a bitter laugh before her hand tosses the wedding paper onto the metal table."Did your own claws operate as the mastermind behind the lethal hit that went down at Villa de Sierra, Chloe?" Tyler asks her straight to her face, dropping all diplomatic subtext."No,"
COLLINS PARKER POV"It tracks as totally difficult for little Isabella's frame to move her legs around smoothly inside such a massive, bulky winter dress layout on the ice," my tongue snaps fast, my internal wolf feeling a sudden surge of protective worry over our cub's physical training.My eyes lock directly onto his alpha pupils across the living room carpet as my mouth demands, "How can your asset keep giving in to the cubs' every whim like this? Would your station execute the exact same soft behavior if her internal wolf simply picked a random stranger wolf to marry on the circuit in the future winter cycles?"My spirit had to correct Ethan’s completely mistaken idea regarding a young cub's proper upbringing on the hockey territory.His boots had not even officially moved inside my private villa walls yet, but his alpha beast was already giving in to Isabella’s every tiny will on the floor.Would his soft leadership style not end up spoiling her character rotten after his frame p
Tyler lets out a long, woeful sigh. "Perhaps something truly snapped deep inside Chloe's mental processing grid. Isn't Jess supposed to go and see a professional mind doctor this month? Chloe should see a clinic doctor, too, but her spirit tracks as far too stubborn to listen. Besides, she probably
COLLINS PARKER POV"Why not?" Mason Carter asks me, his jaw dropping open while his fingers twitch on the tabletop."It tracks as strictly because my own hockey season is running incredibly well on the ice rink right now," my mouth answers fast as my fingers slide my empty coffee cup away. "Whateve
"Lucrative news? Your asset refusing to steer my vehicle straight down to my physical death tracks as lucrative enough news for my current ledger," Mason teases back with a cold, mocking chuckle over the speaker.My tongue stays completely quiet for a few tense seconds, and then my words hit his eg
COLLINS PARKER POV"What specific layout is your alpha eye looking to find on the ice?" my mouth snaps fast, my internal wolf feeling a massive wave of sudden anxiety flash straight across my vision.My cheek skin flushes an incredibly bright red color as my tongue tells his face, "My hands already







