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Chapter 11: Demand of Return
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Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 12 : The Answear
Dorian POVThe phone was still in my hand. I stared at the screen - blocked number, encrypted signal. Cowards.Alpha Caden of Silver Creek thought he could end the conversation on his terms.He was wrong.I moved to my desk, pulled the encrypted satellite cell from the drawer. Only a few had the code to use it - Silver Creek was one of them. My thumb hovered over the dial, and I let my wolf rise just beneath the surface, coiled and ready.“Don’t,” Victor said quietly from behind me. “Let it go for now.”I ignored him.Rylan didn’t say anything. He just crossed his arms, watching with that hard look that said he’d back whatever decision I made, even if it was stupid. Even if it was war.I hit the number. It rang once. Twice. Then silence.Finally, a click.“Alpha Dorian.” Caden’s voice came through, smug, oily, confident. “I wasn’t expecting a call back so soon.”“Then you’re even dumber than I thought.”Silence. I let it stretch. Let it build.He broke it. “I gave you a warning. The g
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-23Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 13 : Fury At The Door
Tessa POV There was someone outside my door.I felt it before I heard it - an energy, heavy and sharp, pressing against the other side like a storm trying not to break. My breath caught. I set the book down slowly, listening.No knock. No voice. Just... presence.My heart picked up its pace.Dorian.It couldn’t be anyone else. No one else moved like that. Carried that much weight in their silence.I stood from the armchair, the blanket slipping from my lap to the floor. My bare feet made no sound on the stone, but I felt the cool bite of it, grounding me. I reached for the door - then stopped with my hand hovering just above the handle.Why wasn’t he knocking?Why did it feel like the air was trembling?I leaned in slightly, and my wolf stirred, uneasy. She didn’t feel threatened. But she was... alert. Listening. Cautious.And still, I opened the door. Slowly. Carefully. He didn’t move.Dorian stood there, one hand braced against the doorframe, head lowered, eyes closed. But even lik
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-23Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 14 : The Hunt Beneath My Skin
Dorian POVThe moment she opened the door, I knew I was on the edge.One look at me, and her breath hitched - eyes locked on mine, pupils wide, lips parted. I saw the flicker of fear. Not of me… not really. But of the weight I was dragging behind me. Fury. Bloodlust. Control held on a fraying leash.My wolf surged forward when he saw her. Not just with desire. With need. With obsession. With rage that the bastards from Silver Creek still dared to speak her name like she was a possession they’d lost instead of a soul they broke.“I needed to see you,” I said, the words scraping up my throat.“I know.”That whisper… gods. It almost snapped me in half.I turned and walked away before I did something stupid. Like fall to my knees in front of her. Like kiss her like she already belonged to me.Because she didn’t. Not yet.But she would. There is no other way. I ran until the forest swallowed me whole.Until the trees blurred into streaks of shadow and bark. Until the cold air bit into my
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-24Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 15 : Calm Before the Ruin
Tessa POVThe wind carried a hint of warmth through the trees, teasing the edge of spring, though the forest still held onto winter's chill. Sunlight filtered down through the bare branches, casting broken shadows on the path as I walked alongside Isla.“I still can’t believe you’ve never tried pine tea,” Elara said, tugging a scarf tighter around her neck as we moved toward a small clearing. “It’s like drinking the forest.”I smiled, amused by her excitement. “Does it taste like bark?”She wrinkled her nose. “A little. But in a cozy, earthy way. You’ll see.”This was the first time I’d spent real time with Dorian’s sister. She was… disarming. Gentle but whip-smart. Talkative, but never overbearing. The opposite of what I expected from the sister of a man like him. And yet, somehow, I could see the resemblance - in the eyes. The way she looked at you like she saw more than you wanted her to.We reached the clearing where a fire pit waited, half-buried in frost. Elara crouched and bega
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-25Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 16 : The Alpha’s Fury
Dorian POV The first pulse of warning struck like a blade to my ribs. Intruders.Silver Creek wolves. Too many.I was already moving before the second mindlink hit - sharper, frantic."Dorian-" Elara’s voice, taut with urgency. "Tessa and I- north clearing -"A snarl ripped from my throat. My vision narrowed to the cold, moonlit forest stretching ahead. My muscles burned as I ran, my body teetering on the razor’s edge between control and primal instinct.Then I shifted. Bones snapped, realigned, muscle stretching in a violent surge of power. The pain barely registered. My wolf surged forward, his fury blending seamlessly with my own.Protect. Kill. Destroy."All warriors, to the north quadrant - now." My command slammed into my fighters through the pack bond, absolute and unyielding.The world blurred into streaks of dark and silver as I ran, weaving between thick pines, my claws digging into the frozen earth. The wind carried the metallic tang of blood - fresh, sharp. My own blood
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-25Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 17 : Transformation
Tessa POVPain tore through me, sharp and relentless, pulling me under like a riptide. My limbs convulsed, muscles spasming as the shift forced itself upon me, dragging me from wolf to human with violent, unforgiving force.I couldn’t stop it.Couldn’t control it.Heat pulsed beneath my skin as fur retracted, vanishing as if it had never been there. My bones cracked, snapping into place, reshaping. My limbs thinned, my fingers stretching, clawing at the dirt beneath me as the weight of my body felt wrong - too light, too fragile.I gasped, lungs seizing, my chest tightening as exhaustion slammed into me. My vision blurred, the world tilting as I fought to stay upright.I was shaking. Trembling. My bare skin slick with sweat, feverish.A voice cut through the haze. Deep. Familiar.“Tessa.”I barely registered it.The ground beneath me felt unsteady, spinning, and my knees buckled before I could stop them.Then - warmth. Strength. Arms catching me before I hit the earth.Dorian.His sce
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-27Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 18 : A Prison or Protection?
When I woke again, the pain had dulled to a steady throb.The room around me was dimly lit, unfamiliar but not unwelcoming. The air smelled of earth and pine, with a faint trace of something burning - a fireplace, maybe. Soft blankets cocooned me, warm and comforting against the soreness in my limbs.But what struck me most was the quiet.For the first time since my shift, the chaos in my mind had settled. A presence lingered at the edges of my consciousness, not intrusive, but there.Waiting.Tentatively, I reached out, hesitantly brushing against the foreign yet familiar energy within me. A soft, amused voice echoed through my thoughts."You finally hear me."I sucked in a breath, my body stiffening.“Who… are you?” I whispered aloud, half-afraid of the answer.The presence stirred, warm and knowing. "I am you. And you are me. You may call me Sable." A shiver ran through me. My wolf.Sable.The name settled deep in my chest, a tether between us forming. A sense of quiet understandi
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-27Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 19 : The Taste Of Defiance
The knock at my door was sharp, decisive.I tensed, my body still aching from the shift, but I forced myself upright. The two guards stationed outside hadn’t moved all morning, their presence a constant reminder that, despite the warmth of the room, I wasn’t free.The door opened before I could answer. A woman stepped inside, carrying a folded set of clothes. She was tall, strong, with dark brown hair tied back and sharp eyes that raked over me with a look I couldn’t quite decipher."Get dressed," she said, placing the clothes on the bed. "The Alpha is waiting."I hesitated. "For what?"Her expression didn’t change. "You’re to stand before the pack."A weight settled in my stomach.I didn’t get a choice in this.With a slow breath, I pushed back the blankets and reached for the clothes. They were simple but sturdy - black leggings, a long-sleeved tunic, and boots. Better than the loose, clothes I’d woken up in. My movements were stiff, my muscles sore, but I didn’t let it show.The wo
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Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 73 : Threads of Power
Tessa POVI stood at the edge of the packhouse balcony, the morning air crisp against my skin. The sky above was painted in soft blues and golds, the sun rising like it had something to prove. Much like me, I thought with a faint smile. There was a strange stillness in the world today - one that hummed just beneath my skin.My reflection in the tall window panes startled me at first. I looked... different. My features were sharper, more radiant. My eyes glowed faintly, gold flecks flickering like embers in a deep forest. My hair - gods, even my hair seemed fuller, darker, shimmering with strands of silver and shadow. Power hummed through me like a current I hadn’t felt before.“You see it too,” Sable whispered, her voice a soft rumble at the back of my mind. “You are more. This is what we were meant to be.”“I feel like I’ve changed overnight, again.” I whispered, fingertips brushing against the slight glow beneath my skin.“Because you have. The bond unlocked something buried. Somet
Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 72 : Bloodlines and Echoes
Dorian POVThe morning sun hadn’t yet crested the distant ridges when I stood at the tall window of my private study, watching the mist curl through the trees like pale fingers. The room was quiet - too quiet - and my wolf didn’t like it.Kael stirred beneath my skin, restless. "She's different now."I nodded to the silent room, though the reflection in the glass answered me - tall, sharp lines in a black shirt, collar open just enough to reveal the mark Tessa had left on my throat. The claiming."More than different," I murmured back. "She’s magnificent."Kael hummed, almost reverent. "You knew she was strong, but not this strong."He was right. I had known Tessa was special - had known it the moment I first caught her scent in the Silver Creek territory. But even then, I hadn’t imagined… this.Her transformation after the Luna ceremony had been nothing short of breathtaking. Strength hummed from her in quiet pulses, radiating in the air around her like heat from the sun. Her eyes, o
Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 71 : Change
Tessa POVI woke up slowly, the sunlight filtering through the curtains, bathing the room in a soft glow. The bed beneath me felt different, as if I were lying on a cloud. Everything about this morning felt different, but it wasn’t until I stretched, feeling the stretch of muscles that hadn’t felt quite so… powerful before, that I realized something had changed. I didn’t know exactly what, but there was a difference. A subtle shift that I couldn’t ignore.Sable was awake the moment my eyes opened, her presence a comforting hum in the back of my mind. She was still, just watching, waiting for me to recognize what had happened. And when I did, she purred softly, a ripple of approval running through our bond.“You feel it too, don’t you?” I asked quietly, my voice still thick with the remnants of sleep."I do", Sable replied, her voice steady, yet tinged with awe. "Something has been unlocked. Something… powerful."I pushed myself up, swinging my legs over the side of the bed. My feet hi
Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 70 : Moonlit Reflections
Tessa POVThe sky was painted in ink and silver by the time we slipped away. Stars shimmered like scattered dust over the dark forest line, and the wind whispered secrets in a tongue only the wolves could truly understand. I leaned against the cool stone railing of the balcony outside our private quarters, a crystal glass of deep red wine held loosely in my fingers.Below, the estate grounds were hushed. The fire pits still glowed softly, casting flickering light across the stone pathways. Most of the guests had retired. The official meetings were done, and the mask of diplomacy had slipped from Dorian's face the moment the doors to our suite had closed behind us.Now, with just the two of us, the night felt like it finally belonged to something real.Dorian emerged from inside, two fingers holding the stem of his own glass, the rest of him bare from the waist up. The soft moonlight carved lines across his chest and shoulders - each scar a story I hadn’t yet heard, but a few I already
Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 69 : Shadows and Alliances
Dorian POVThe first strikes of sunlight cut across the floor like a blade, but Dorian was already awake.He stood by the tall windows, bare-chested, the cool morning air brushing against his skin as he sipped from a glass of dark coffee. The city beyond the trees stirred to life in the distance, unaware that history had shifted the night before.She was still asleep.He didn’t turn to look at her - not yet. He could feel her presence in the room like a second heartbeat, tethered to him through the mark she wore, the bond they'd completed in body and blood. Tessa had fallen asleep curled in the sheets after the second time he’d taken her. Possessive, wild, animal. Kael had been dangerously close to the surface, and for once, Dorian had let his wolf have a say.He was different this morning. Lighter and heavier at once. More himself. Kael paced lazily in the back of his mind, still sated, still sharp.“She’s ours now,” his wolf murmured.“She’s always been,” Dorian replied in silence,
Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 68 : One More Time
Tessa POVHis breathing was still rough against my hair, his chest rising and falling with the force of it, but his hands never stilled. One stayed tight in my hair, the other stroking over my spine, over the curve of my waist, as if memorizing me all over again.As if he hadn't just taken me. As if he hadn’t already conquered me. As if he couldn’t get enough.And neither could I.My fingers curled against the hard planes of his chest, feeling the wild hammer of his heart against my palm, the frantic beat still syncing with my own."Again," Sable whispered, hungry and insatiable.Kael answered with a low rumble of agreement, echoing through the bond.I tilted my head up to meet Dorian’s eyes - and found him already watching me. Devouring me.Gods, the way he looked at me - like I was the only thing left that mattered in this world. Like I was precious and dangerous and his salvation, all at once."Tessa," he rasped, voice torn and wrecked from what we’d just done. From what he still
Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 67 : I Wanna Be Yours
Tessa POVThe door barely clicked shut before Dorian pinned me against it with his body, the sheer force of him stealing the breath from my lungs.His mouth crashed down onto mine, fierce and claiming, tasting of wine and war and the unbearable hunger he had kept bottled up all night.I kissed him back just as fiercely, threading my fingers into his hair, dragging him closer, baring my teeth when he growled low against my lips."Ours," Kael rumbled from inside him - but this time I heard it through the bond too, not just Dorian’s mind. It made my wolf howl in answer.Sable surged to the surface, clawing for control, and I let her come halfway - enough for my nails to sharpen, for my instincts to burn brighter, for the raw need to shred through my chest.He tore his mouth from mine only to rip the ceremonial jacket off his shoulders, leaving him in the dark shirt that clung to every hard plane of his body.I was already undoing the clasps of my dress, hands shaking with urgency. But he
Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 66 : Celebration
Tessa POVThe rest of the night blurred into a symphony of congratulations, glances, whispered words, and shifting alliances.After Marcus withdrew, more guests approached - some bold, others hesitant - offering their formal words of respect, layered with hidden questions.Dorian received them all with a polished, dangerous grace. Sharp when he needed to be. Cordial, but never warm. He shook hands, set appointments, dropped promises of future meetings like baited hooks into hungry waters.I stayed at his side, my fingers brushing his, always connected. And every time a stranger’s gaze lingered too long, every time a lesser Alpha looked at me with too much interest, I felt Dorian’s subtle shift - a tightening of his hand, a slight roll of power under his skin, a silent warning that made most look away quickly."They should fear," Sable whispered, satisfied. "They will learn respect."I found myself smiling - not coldly, but with the serene confidence that came from knowing exactly who
Save Me, Claim Me Chapter 65 : I'm Luna Now
Tessa POVThe roaring of the pack filled the great hall, a living tide of sound and power that pressed against my skin like a second heartbeat.I clung to Dorian for one long, anchoring moment - his forehead resting against mine, his strength flooding through me - before he drew back slightly and turned to face the crowd.He lifted our joined hands into the air, a silent declaration. The hall erupted again, voices raised not just in celebration but in submission, in devotion.I could feel it - a thousand threads connecting me to them now, warm and buzzing through my veins like liquid fire.Dorian’s voice cut through the noise, sharp and commanding."Let the celebrations begin."A thunder of approval answered him, and then music swelled - the first haunting notes of the traditional Luna’s Dance.He turned back to me, a wicked smile tugging at the corner of his mouth."Shall we, my queen?"I laughed, breathless, still reeling from the storm raging inside me, but I nodded."Try to keep u
