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EIGHTY-ONE

Author: Evelyn Scott
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-12 21:22:19

Aria’s POV

“No!”

The scream tore from my throat, raw and broken, as the healer’s words echoed in my ears.

Tears streamed down my face, hot and bitter. I couldn’t stop them, not when my entire world had shattered in a moment. The child I had carried, the little heartbeat I’d felt fluttering inside me for months, was gone.

Kael rushed to my side, pulling me into his arms. I clung to him, but I was numb.

“I’m so sorry, Aria,” he whispered into my hair. His voice cracked, even though he didn’t cry. I could feel the pain rolling off him in waves, deep and restrained.

“You have to take heart,” he said again.

Take heart?

How could I take heart when the pup I had loved before even seeing her face… was dead?

I carried her through war, betrayal, exile. I starved to keep her fed. I fought to keep her safe. And now… she was just gone.

I pulled away slightly, my voice shaky. “What happened? Where is she?”

It was the first time I’d managed to ask the question, where my daughter was. What they had d
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    Alpha Lucien’s POV“Alpha!”The soldier’s voice rang through the corridor, desperate and shaking. I didn’t need to ask who he was or what this was about. I’d been waiting for news all day, restless, on edge, a storm building in my chest.He burst into the room, dirt and blood smeared across his uniform. His eyes wouldn’t meet mine.I stood from the desk, my instincts prickling. “Speak.”He swallowed hard. “We were ambushed.”My heart stilled.“What?”“Rogue wolves, Alpha. We didn’t see them coming, they came from all directions.”My jaw tightened. “Where?”“At the southern ridge, near the border of the Dark Pine territory.”“Where Kael and Aria were hiding,” I said under my breath.He nodded. “Yes, Alpha. We tracked Gracie there as ordered, but something went wrong. There was magic, and then chaos. We tried to intervene, but the ambush was coordinated. It wasn’t random.”“And Kael?” I asked. “Aria?”“They survived… but Alpha, there’s something else.” The soldier hesitated.“What is it

  • Mated to my Stepfather, claimed by my Stepbrother   EIGHTY-ONE

    Aria’s POV“No!”The scream tore from my throat, raw and broken, as the healer’s words echoed in my ears.Tears streamed down my face, hot and bitter. I couldn’t stop them, not when my entire world had shattered in a moment. The child I had carried, the little heartbeat I’d felt fluttering inside me for months, was gone.Kael rushed to my side, pulling me into his arms. I clung to him, but I was numb.“I’m so sorry, Aria,” he whispered into my hair. His voice cracked, even though he didn’t cry. I could feel the pain rolling off him in waves, deep and restrained.“You have to take heart,” he said again.Take heart?How could I take heart when the pup I had loved before even seeing her face… was dead?I carried her through war, betrayal, exile. I starved to keep her fed. I fought to keep her safe. And now… she was just gone.I pulled away slightly, my voice shaky. “What happened? Where is she?”It was the first time I’d managed to ask the question, where my daughter was. What they had d

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    Gracie’s POVI couldn’t breathe.Pain shot through my body, stronger than anything I’d ever felt before. My eyes widened, and I looked down, gasping. Warm water ran down my legs.No. Not now.We are in the midst of something important, Kael must follow me back to the pack, that's the promise I made when I was about to leave the cell. Alpha Lucien promised me that I would be release if I could bring him back alive. I staggered, holding my stomach. “No, no, no…please not now,” I whispered, but the pain didn’t stop. It grew sharper, stronger, deeper.Then I looked up, and saw her.Aria.She was hunched over, holding her belly just like me. Her face twisted in pain. She let out a cry, one that made my skin crawl, not because I hated her, but because I knew what it meant.We were both in labor.At the same time.Kael’s head snapped around. “Aria!” he yelled, rushing toward her.Of course, he went to her. Not to me. I was the one who didn't carried his child. I was the one suffering. And s

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  • Mated to my Stepfather, claimed by my Stepbrother   SEVENTY-EIGHT

    Gracie’s POVI stood up from the cold floor of the cell, my back aching from the hard stone beneath me. My legs trembled slightly, weak from days of sitting with barely any movement. The chains were gone, but the prison was still very real.The iron door towered in front of me, sealed from the outside. I reached for the bars and gripped them tightly, pressing my forehead against the cold metal. I didn’t know how many days had passed. Maybe weeks. Time had stopped making sense a long time ago.Even my mother hadn’t been allowed to visit me.And Tavin… my brother. He wasn’t even strong enough to fight for me. Or maybe he gave up.I didn’t know which was worse.They said I had caused too much pain. That my actions led to my father’s death, Beta Alvarick, the man I had once admired more than anyone in the world.I wasn’t allowed to see him. I didn’t get to say goodbye. I didn’t even know if there had been a funeral. I didn’t even know where he was buried.The thought made my chest tighten

  • Mated to my Stepfather, claimed by my Stepbrother   SEVENTY-SEVEN

    Kael’s POV “Gracie…” Her name slipped from my lips before I could stop it. It came out in a whisper, but it cut through the silence like thunder. “Gracie…” I blinked, turning my head slowly. My heart pounded hard in my chest. My mind felt like it was spinning, racing through fragments of memories that didn’t quite fit together. Faces. Voices. Emotions. They all swirled in my head like smoke. Then, one thought burned through the fog like fire. The letter. I remembered now. Gracie had sent someone, a rogue, maybe? to bring a letter to me. I’d read it once. I hadn’t known what to make of it at the time, but now I couldn’t ignore it any longer. She said she was pregnant. Pregnant… with my child. My stomach turned, and my breath caught in my throat. “She was the one,” Aria said quietly beside me. Her words pulled me from the storm inside my mind. I turned to look at her. “What do you mean?” I asked. “How do you know?” Aria hesitated. She looked away, a flicker of

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