Jackie

LUCA

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“Coward,” I murmured as I watched him run off with his mate like the ground beneath his feet was on fire.

Dan Kane did not look back. Not once. He grabbed Rita and left as if the walls themselves might swallow him if he stayed a second longer. An Alpha who runs is already finished. He just has not accepted it yet.

I turned away and helped my mate toward the room Stella prepared for her before she left. Stella did not miss details. The colors were soft. The space calm. Everything arranged to feel safe even if Kiki herself did not believe in safety anymore. She walked slowly, quietly, like someone still deciding whether the world deserved her trust.

After what I did to that coward, I expected nothing less than panic and retreat.

I denied his pack access to resources. Food supply channels shut down overnight. Security agreements with neighboring packs were quietly withdrawn. Every Alpha who promised protection suddenly remembered urgent reasons to stay neutral. Anyone who dared h