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The Alpha's Broken Pet Forty-Five
The moment the realization shattered my loyalty, she saw it.Olga’s face twisted. It was no longer measured or maternal. Something ugly and darker surfaced.Her hand moved before I could blink.CRACK.The slap sent my head snapping sideways, white light flashing behind my eyes. I staggered back a step as heat bloomed across my cheek.“How dare you!”Her eyes burned into mine. “How dare you look at me with defiance. As if you're above me now. As if I haven't fed you, clothed you, taught you, saved you.”I didn’t speak. I couldn’t.“You ungrateful girl,” she spat. “Your father would weep to see what you’ve become. Contaminated. Weak.”My lip trembled, but not from fear— from rage. “Don’t you dare speak of him.”Her laughter was hollow. “Oh? Touched a nerve, did I? You think you’re honoring him by playing house with your enemy’s son?”“You don’t know anything about it.”“I know everything,” she snapped. “I know what Alec is, what he did, what his bloodline has done. And I know what you’r
The Alpha's Broken Pet Forty-Four
Vanessa I was downstairs when the shift in the servants’ demeanor told me everything. A hush fell, followed by a flurry of anxious movement. They were home. Alpha Alec and Lady Maya had returned. I ducked behind a thick stone pillar, using the shadows as my shield. I needed to watch them, just for a moment. They said a face never lies. Through Maya’s, I hoped to learn the gender of the baby they had gone to confirm.A sick feeling churned in my stomach. I felt evil for wanting the baby to be a girl. A daughter would carry the family name, but a son would be an heir to the Alpha title—a direct, unbreakable successor who would solidify Maya’s position forever. I didn’t understand why I was so anxious about something that was none of my business. Then a bitter thought surfaced. I was delusional to think it didn't concern me.From the look on Maya’s face as they entered the main hall, all was not well. She looked like she had cried for hours, her eyes puffy and her movements stiff with r
The Alpha's Broken Pet Forty-Three
The broth sat untouched in its bowl. I prodded the piece of bread floating in the center, watching it bloat with greasy liquid. My stomach was a tight knot of heat, a low, persistent burn that had nothing to do with the lukewarm meal. I pressed the cold compress harder against my skin, a useless gesture against the fire blooming deep in my abdomen. The relief was a thin layer of ice over a volcano, and it was melting fast.My hand trembled when I reached for my water glass. I tried to anchor my thoughts to something solid. The grain of the simple wood table in Nina’s quarters. The faint, rhythmic ticking of the clock on the wall. Anything but him. Anything but Alec.His name was a phantom ache in my chest. I stuffed the thought down, building a mental wall against it. I pictured his face, the sharp line of his jaw, and then I scrubbed the image away. I squeezed my eyes shut, my breath catching. It was a pointless exercise. He was the Alpha. His presence saturated every corner of this
The Alpha's Broken Pet Forty-Two
Alec Vanessa's scent clung to the air even minutes after she had passed. Wrapped around me, the sweet pool was intoxicating and tightened my chest. I stood frozen for a long moment after she disappeared around the corner. My hand still tingled from the accidental touch. The soul tie the ancestors supposedly blessed us with felt more like a curse today.We were on opposite sides of a chasm. She was hurt, and she knew it. I could see it in her eyes. The accusation thrown at her—that she had poisoned Maya—hung heavy between us. It was a logical suspicion, wasn’t it? Before this connection, our families were enemies. Distrust was bred into our bones.But the way she had reacted—the genuine shock and pain in her eyes—didn't feel like the act of a guilty woman. My gut, which was an instinct I had learned to trust on the battlefield, whispered that she was innocent. That only complicated things further.If not Vanessa, then who? And why?I would have to make sure Maya's food was strictly mo
The Alpha's Broken Pet Forty-One
AlecI sat in the brightly lit waiting room of the pack clinic. Maya sat beside me, her fingers twisting the fabric of her dress into a wrinkled mess. She was a bundle of nerves. Although she didn’t say it, I could guess why. She wanted the baby to be a boy. The thought of a male heir was the cornerstone of her entire strategy.In my heart, I wouldn’t have minded either way. A child was a child. I was still young. I could have more children. But because I so desperately wanted Maya out of my life and out of my future, I found myself silently praying that the child would be a girl.The specialist who attended to us greeted us with more warmth than she did the others. The waiting room was full of pregnant women and their partners, all waiting for weekly checkups. My gaze fell on a middle-aged couple sitting across from us. They were well into their fifties, the man’s hair streaked with silver. Still, they looked so in love. His hand rested gently on her swollen belly. I couldn’t help but
The Alpha's Broken Pet Forty
Vanessa Watching Alec leave sent a wave of envy through me. An envy I neither liked nor appreciated. I didn’t want to think about him. I shouldn’t have been thinking about him. But it was almost impossible to push the image of him and Maya out of my mind. He stayed there, stubborn and unmoving.I didn’t get off the couch. I couldn’t stop thinking about Alec and Maya’s future. Once the baby came, things would get even more complicated. He would be obligated to take care of his family. I would be nothing more than a side piece, an afterthought.I kept wondering about the baby’s gender. My mind drifted to the laws of our world. We lived in a deeply patriarchal society. Females could not become ruling alphas, even if they were born with the title by right. They could only rule through marriage, and their husbands had to carry alpha blood or an equally high rank to hold real power and ensure the continuation of the bloodline.There were few distractions, but thankfully, Nina and Gary were
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