LOGINThe captain is dead to the world. And I’m the only one holding the kill switch. Ethan Carter, the "Glacier of Silvercrest," was the most feared Alpha to ever step onto the ice. Now, he’s nothing but a shell—a broken, comatose legend trapped in his own body. My life? It was supposed to be simple. Graduate, survive the pack’s bottom-tier status, and pay off my father’s ruinous blood-debts. Instead, the pack elders handed me a contract soaked in cold, hard malice: I am the designated "Stabilizer." My only job is to touch him, scent him, and keep his wolf from flatlining. I thought I was just a glorified nurse. I didn't realize the Alpha was listening. When Ethan finally wakes, he isn't the hero the Kingdom of Valeria remembers. He’s a starving predator with amber eyes that burn holes through my defenses and a temperament that makes the frost in the mansion seem warm. He hates the bargain, he hates the pack, and—most dangerously—he hates the way his scent turns wild whenever I’m near. He wants me out of his sight. I want to be out of his reach. But in a pack built on secrets, someone is still trying to finish the job they started on his life. Now, the man who wants me gone is the only one who can protect me. And as the rink turns into a battlefield, I’m realizing the most dangerous thing about the Alpha isn't his temper... it’s the fact that once he claims a mate, he doesn't know how to let go. Frozen hearts are meant to shatter. But in the fire of this pack, we’re both going to burn.
View MoreIn my eyes, Ethan’s face had shifted into that of a feral predator baring its fangs directly at my throat."Why?" I asked, my voice thick with a jagged bitterness. "Even if you never wanted an heir, there’s no need to spit such venom at me!"Ethan’s dark, amber eyes remained like chips of glacial ice. "And what if you decided to gamble on a 'mistake' because I didn't make the consequences clear enough?"I sucked in a sharp, cold breath and ripped my gaze away from him. I was terrified. It felt like the floor of the car had vanished and I was free-falling into a bottomless crevasse.My physical flinch seemed to pique his dark curiosity. His lips curled into a mocking, razor-thin smirk. "You weren't actually deluding yourself into thinking you’d carry a pup of mine, were you?"I glared at him, my pulse thundering in my ears."I suggest you take my warning as gospel, Collins. You know what I am on the ice and off it. My actions are always more brutal than my words. Don’t test the limits
It was nine at night.The harsh Valerian wind whistled through the jagged peaks, sending dry, frozen leaves skittering across the pavement. I stepped out of the transport, my breath hitching as the mountain chill sliced through the thin fabric of my clothes.I gripped my bag and bolted toward the heavy iron doors of the Carter stronghold.To anyone else, I looked like a siren—draped in a form-fitting crimson silk shirt and tailored dark trousers that caught the moonlight. When I’d left that morning, I was in a frayed jersey and beat-up sweats. The realization that I’d dressed with such intent to meet other men made the Alpha inside the house grind his teeth until his jaw ached.I didn't notice Ethan sitting in the shadows of the Great Hall until I was tugging off my boots in the foyer.He was a silhouette of pure gloom, wearing a black silk shirt that made his pale, scarred features look like marble. His amber eyes were fixed on me, colder than the permafrost outside. I didn't look at
I watched the silver luxury sedan pull away, the tinted window gliding up to hide Ethan’s unreadable amber eyes. Between my fingers, I gripped the packet of tissues he’d shoved toward me—his palm’s lingering heat bled through the plastic, a stark contrast to the biting Valerian wind."Thanks," I muttered to the glass, but the car was already a streak of chrome against the snow.By ten o'clock, I was standing in the lobby of Parker Athletics. The air was thick with the scent of old floor wax and anxious pheromones. It had been a month since the last payroll cleared, but this was a legacy pack franchise. Even with the vultures circling on social media, the staff stayed hunched over their desks, refusing to let the flame go out until the final buzzer.If I hadn't seen the red ink on my father's private ledgers, I’d have believed the calm was real.I followed our VP, Brandon Hayes, into the wood-paneled war room. Attorney Lucas Grant was already there, his briefcase snapped open like a ja
There wasn’t a shadow of a second heartbeat during my first checkup.I stared at the ultrasound in my lap, sitting in a daze on a cold bench in the pack clinic’s corridor. Just one week later, and the monitor had shown two distinct sparks of life. The healer told me the odds of a natural twin pregnancy for a shifter were incredibly low.If I chose to end this now, I might never have this chance again.I let out a jagged, bitter laugh. This was the handiwork of the Carters’ private specialists. When they had performed the procedure, they hadn't breathed a word about twins. To them, I wasn't a person or a mate—I was just a high-yield vessel for the Silvercrest legacy.When the spotting started last week, I’d assumed my body was rejecting the link. When the Foster doctors heard, they figured the investment had failed. Once Ethan woke up and demanded a divorce, they hadn't even bothered to look at me again.The weight of two lives now rested entirely on my shoulders.My phone vibrated in






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