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The First Trial

Author: S.J. RAE
last update publish date: 2026-02-23 22:16:16

The meeting ended but nobody left.

Wolves clustered in small groups. Whispering. Staring. Some looked at me with new respect. Others still seemed doubtful. A few were openly hostile.

Elena pushed through the crowd. Pulled me into a tight hug. “You did it. You actually did it.”

“I didn’t do anything. Sienna did.”

“You showed up. Stood there while they tore into you. Didn’t run. Didn’t break.” She pulled back. Gripped my shoulders. “That takes courage.”

Garrett appeared next. Nodded at me. “The t
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  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    Silver Light in Darkness

    The floor didn’t just explode. It disintegrated.Concrete crumbled beneath us. Metal screeched. We dropped through darkness. Bodies falling. Wolves yelping. The sound of impact echoed as pack members hit the ground floor.I couldn’t shift back. Couldn’t move. The silver bullets were still lodged in my wolf form. Burning. Spreading poison through my bloodstream.Lycian twisted mid fall. His body was positioned under mine. Taking the impact. We hit hard. His grunt of pain vibrated through the bond.Dust filled the air. Thick. Choking. I coughed. Tasted blood and concrete.Above us, Thornheart’s laughter echoed. “Did you really think I wouldn’t have contingencies? Backup plans? I’ve been doing this for forty years.”Footsteps on the floor above. She was leaving. Taking her wolves. Abandoning us in the collapse.Elowen, Lycian’s voice filled my head. Stay with me. Don’t you dare die on me.The silver poisoning spread. My vision darkened at the edges. My heart beat too slowly. Too weak.I

  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    The Impossible Choice

    I stared at Tessa’s terrified face on my phone screen. Her eyes were red. Swollen from crying. A bruise darkened her left cheek.My best friend. The girl who’d helped me move into my dorm. Who’d listen to me panic about meeting Lycian’s family? Who’d been there for every moment of my old life.Now tied to a chair. Bleeding. Scared. Because of me.“What’s wrong?” Lycian’s voice cut through my spiral. He sat up. Eyes finding mine in the darkness. “I feel your panic through the bond. Talk to me.”I couldn’t speak. Just handed him the phone.His expression went from confusion to rage in seconds. Gold flared in his eyes. His hands clenched. “When did this come?”“Just now.”“We call the pack. Trace the location. Go in with full force.”“They said come alone. Tell no one. Or they start sending pieces.” My voice cracked. “I can’t risk her. Can’t let her die because I told someone.”“It’s a trap. Obviously. They want you isolated. Vulnerable. Easy to capture.” He stood. Started pacing. “We’re

  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    Aftermath

    Heat. Pressure. The sound was so loud it stopped being sound and became a force. The world turned white. Then red. Then nothing.I couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t think. Just existed in a moment of pure destruction.Then arms wrapped around me. Lycian. His body covers mine. Shielding me from debris raining down like hail. Sharp. Heavy. Deadly.The explosion vented upward. Just like Elena planned. The roof tore away. Support beams groaning. Twisting. But the walls held. Barely.Dust filled the air. Thick. Choking. I coughed. Tasted blood and concrete. My ears rang. High-pitched whine drowning out everything else.Lycian moved. Shifted off me. His hands are checking. Searching for injuries. His mouth was moving but I couldn’t hear the words. Just that awful ringing.I sat up. The world spun. Nausea rolled through me. I swallowed it down. Focused on breathing. On staying conscious.The platform was gone. Just a crater where it had been. The thing wearing Thaddeus’s face was gone too. Vaporize

  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    Moonsilver Rising

    Twelve enhanced wolves. All programmed to kill me. All moving in perfect sync like they shared one mind.The pack scattered. Chairs overturned. People screaming. Pushing toward exits that suddenly wouldn’t open. Locked from the outside.A trap. Just like Elena had warned.Shift, my wolf urged. Now. Or we’re dead.I shifted. Bones breaking. Reforming. The pain is distant now. Familiar. My silver wolf stood ready.The enhanced wolves attacked as one. Coordinated. Efficient. No wasted movement.Lycian met the first three. His gray wolf is massive. Powerful. But they were enhanced. Stronger. Faster. They dragged him down. Teeth find flesh.Through the bond, I felt his pain. Sharp. Overwhelming. He was losing.Help him, I thought at my wolf. Please.Can’t fight and protect. Choose.I chose both.Silver light exploded from my body. Brighter than before. Hotter. It slammed into the enhanced wolves on Lycian. They yelped. Stumbled back. The light burned away their programming like acid on met

  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    The Alpha’s Betrayal

    “No.” Lycian’s voice was flat. Cold. “You’re wrong. My father isn’t Collective.”Elena’s hands shook. “I know what I heard. His voice. Giving orders. Approving experiments.”“You said your memories were wiped. Erased. How can you trust them now?” He stood. Fists clenched. “The failsafe could be planting false memories. Making you doubt us.”“It’s not false. I remember the room. The smell of cigars. His laugh.” Elena’s eyes were distant. Seeing something we couldn’t. “He was talking about you. About raising the perfect Alpha. About controlling the pack through bloodline.”“Stop.” Lycian’s voice cracked. “Just stop.”I touched his arm. Felt him trembling through the bond. Rage. Fear. Denial. All tangled together. “We need to investigate. Carefully. Before we accuse anyone.”“There’s nothing to investigate. My father has dedicated his life to this pack. To protect wolves. He wouldn’t…”He couldn’t finish. Because doubt had crept in. I felt it through the bond. Small. Poisonous. Growing.

  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    Sister vs Sister

    Elena’s black wolf lunged before I could react.Lycian shifted mid-step. His gray wolf slammed into her, deflecting the attack. They hit the wall hard enough to crack the reinforced padding. Claws scrabbling. Teeth snapping.“Run,” Lycian’s voice filled my head through the bond. “Get out. I’ll hold her off.”I’m not leaving you.“She’s programmed to kill you. I can’t fight her and protect you.” He dodged Elena’s jaws by inches. “Please. Run.”Elena was faster than any wolf I’d seen. Stronger. The Collective had enhanced her just like they’d enhanced the students we’d rescued. But this was permanent. Built into her genetics.She threw Lycian aside like he weighed nothing. Turned those blank silver eyes back to me.Shift, my wolf urged. Fight or die. Choose.I shifted. Bones are breaking and reforming in seconds. The pain barely registered. My silver wolf stood where Elowen had been.Elena charged.I dodged. Barely. Her teeth grazed my shoulder. Hot pain lanced through me.She’s trained

  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    Lycian’s Move

    I called Dr. Martinez back immediately.My hands shook so bad I could barely hold the phone. Cade stood next to me, close enough that I could feel the heat radiating off him. Wolf body temperature ran higher than human.“Dr. Martinez’s office.”“This is Elowen Hale. I got a message about my aunt’s

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  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    The Accusation

    “How could I have done this?” My voice came out too high. “Lycian, I was with you all night. I didn’t do this.”He was already calling Cade. The phone rang twice before he picked up.“Where is she?” Lycian’s voice was hard. Cold. Nothing like the soft tone he’d used an hour ago over dinner.“St. Ma

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  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    Breaking Point

    I didn’t sleep that night.Just lay in bed staring at the ceiling while Tessa snored softly across the room. My phone sat on my nightstand. Dark. Silent. Waiting for the decision I had to make by nine o’clock.Take Marcus Blackthorn’s money. Stay away from Lycian. Keep my scholarship and actually h

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  • THE CAMPUS ALPHA’S WOLFLESS MATE    The Alpha’s Demand

    “What kind of problem?” Lycian asked.“Marcus Blackthorn just left my office. He’s not happy about your little declaration this morning.”“That’s not my concern.”“It is when he’s threatening to pull Blackthorn Industries’ funding from three of our pack businesses.” Thaddeus’s voice was sharp. Cold

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-19
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