LOGIN~Everett~ "Fine," I spat out bitterly, wiping angrily at the tears on my cheeks. "Fine! You want to talk? Follow me." I turned on my heel and stormed off across the courtyard, marching away from the crowds toward a quiet, secluded stone garden pavilion near the edge of the estate woods. I heard Eric's hurried footsteps following closely behind me as I pushed through the ivy-covered stone archway of the pavilion, spinning around to face him as soon as we were hidden from view. "Alright! We're alone!" I snapped, crossing my arms over my chest, glaring at him with pure venom. "Say whatever pathetic excuses you came here to say, and then get the hell off my property!" Eric stopped a few feet away from me. He looked around the quiet garden, swallowing hard, before meeting my eyes. His expression was heavy with deep, suffocating regret. "I wanted to apologize, Everett," Eric began softly, his voice shaking. "For everything in the past. We were close before... closer than anyone else.
~Everett~ "Everett!" My entire body went rigid, and the blood drained completely from my face, leaving me dizzy and cold when I recognized the voice that was calling to me. I turned around slowly, and to my absolute horror, standing near the entrance gates, holding a heavy travel bag, was a tall, athletic figure with messy blonde hair and sharp, striking features. Eric. My first love. The hockey player who had humiliated me in front of my entire former school and pack, the person who had allowed my private confession to be played out loud for everyone to mock, and who had shattered my teenage heart into a million pieces. The same one Knox got into a public fight with in front of the whole academy almost a year ago. And the person I had prayed to the Goddess I would never, ever have to look at again in this lifetime. What the hell is he doing here?! As soon as his eyes locked onto mine, Eric's face beamed with a bright, eager smile. Without a second's hesitation, he dropped his
~Everret~ The air in our new home smelled of damp earth, blooming spring flowers, and absolute freedom. It had been a few weeks since we crossed the eastern border, leaving Lewis’s territory, the estate, and Knox far behind us in the dust. Silas had not lied about the settlement. The estate assigned to us was massive, even far grander and wider than Lewis's luxurious mansion, with rolling emerald pastures, fertile soil that practically begged to be farmed, and hundreds of acres of secure land. Best of all, Silas had secured a financial compensation fund so astronomically large that my parents, my siblings, and generations after us would never have to work a single day in their lives. Our new home quickly became a sanctuary. Relatives, old family friends, and pack members who had suffered under Marcus's tyrannical rule and were seeking safe harbor began arriving in droves. My mother threw herself entirely into welcoming them, organizing the estate houses, cooking massive meals
~KNOX~"You heard me," Miller spat, not flinching an inch as he stood his ground in the dim stone hallway."I might not be the brightest guy in the room, Knox. I'm just a Gamma. But even I can see when I'm being played. Even I can see when things in front of my face just don't add up. Tell me... do things make any damn sense to you right now? Or are you actively trying to be stupid?!""Miller, watch your tongue—""No, you listen to me!" Miller snapped, taking a hard step into my space, pushing his broad chest straight against my hand. "Even if you don't remember everything in this current moment... do you not at the very least want to know?! Have you even tried to talk to him?! Have you spent five minutes trying to ask questions and find out the truth about your own damn past before throwing him out like a piece of trash?”He gestured wildly with his free hand toward the grand estate corridors around us. "Look around you! Does any of this make sense to you right now?! Does your own da
~KNOX~And even if Everett did care for me... I hated how I felt around him.I hated the way my pulse went wild whenever he stepped into the room. I hated the suffocating, terrifying pull in my chest whenever he looked at me with those deep, heartbreaking dark eyes. I hated that my soul felt like it was tearing apart because he was gone, even though my mind couldn't reach him. It felt like a disease. It felt like weakness.How could I be a proper Alpha ruler to my Clan if I was tied to an Omega who made me lose complete control of my senses?My clan needed me. I was supposed to inherit the leadership of the entire pack soon. I was almost done with my final year at the academy, and the moment I graduated, the full mantle of the territory would fall directly on my shoulders.Before, marrying Lewis had been a political risk because he was a disgraced Omega without status. But now? Now Lewis had full state immunity, massive wealth, and the backing of the courts. He was a prized, acceptabl
KNOXI was losing my fucking mind, and the worst part was that I didn’t even understand why.I was now standing in the center of my bedroom, staring at my trembling, blood-stained knuckles. The stone dust from the balcony railing was still embedded under my fingernails where I had crushed the heavy balustrade in my bare hands.My entire chest felt like it was being ripped apart from the inside out. It was a dark, suffocating agony… a phantom pain so sharp and visceral it felt as though someone had reached into my ribcage and torn away a limb I never knew I possessed. Every breath I dragged into my lungs tasted like ash and iron. I was furious. I was so damn angry my blood felt like boiling poison in my veins.I felt annoyance at the house, anger at myself, and a sudden, bizarre flick of sheer relief when I watched that heavy black car roll out of the estate gates, carrying Everett away. But beneath that relief lay an agonizing void that made my soul scream.Why? Why did I feel like I
~EVERETT~ The silence in the arena was suffocating now. Knox didn't move. He just stood there on the ice, his nostrils flaring as he took in the air. If my scent betrayed my sheer terror, I’m sure everyone here definitely noticed. I was an omega, and right now, I smelled like honey turned sour w
~EVERETT~ I never thought I’d lose my virginity like this. I never thought that the one man who hated me the most in the world would be the same man groaning as he shoved his thick cock into my tight hole for the first time in my life. But it all started a few weeks ago, the day my whole life bega
~EVERETT~The jersey is too big.It's heavy, the thick fabric of Knox's spare Vikings jersey scratching against my sensitized skin. It smells so strongly of him—sweat, ice, and that dark, spicy Alpha musk—that I feel like I'm being suffocated by his shadow even while he's across the rink.I'm sitti
~KNOX~The breakfast room at Rudolf Academy feels like a shark tank, and I'm the big fish everyone is avoiding.Usually, In the morning, everything feels chaotic—noisy trays, the low buzz of pack gossip, and the strong smell of too many Alphas in one place.But today, the air feels different. It fe







