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Author: Luxie
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-04 23:17:04

Questions had been piling up in my head, chewing through every quiet moment. I needed answers. Not polite ones. Not “give it time” or “he’s just under pressure.”

Real fucking answers.

Justin looked fine from the outside. That was the sick joke. That damn sculpted body—enough to star in one of those old war murals. But then he’d start into deep-throated coughing, like something inside him was trying to claw its way out. And no matter how many times I reached for him, even lightly, just to help, his body would stiffen like I'd touched a wire. His guard would shoot me a glance. He’d clear his throat and excuse himself like I had offered him poison.

That wasn’t what a Lycan King was supposed to be. They were supposed to be above weakness. Hell, above death. But I was watching him fall apart into quiet little pieces. And still, he said nothing.

Maybe I was overthinking. Maybe a friend. Or maybe I was just stupid, standing in the middle of all this, hoping that some magical switch would fli
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  • The Alpha's Broken Pet   Fourteen

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  • The Alpha's Broken Pet   Thirteen

    Questions had been piling up in my head, chewing through every quiet moment. I needed answers. Not polite ones. Not “give it time” or “he’s just under pressure.”Real fucking answers.Justin looked fine from the outside. That was the sick joke. That damn sculpted body—enough to star in one of those old war murals. But then he’d start into deep-throated coughing, like something inside him was trying to claw its way out. And no matter how many times I reached for him, even lightly, just to help, his body would stiffen like I'd touched a wire. His guard would shoot me a glance. He’d clear his throat and excuse himself like I had offered him poison.That wasn’t what a Lycan King was supposed to be. They were supposed to be above weakness. Hell, above death. But I was watching him fall apart into quiet little pieces. And still, he said nothing.Maybe I was overthinking. Maybe a friend. Or maybe I was just stupid, standing in the middle of all this, hoping that some magical switch would fli

  • The Alpha's Broken Pet   Twelve

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  • The Alpha's Broken Pet   Eleven

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  • The Alpha's Broken Pet   Ten

    MarissaI could not get over Justine’s bizarreness. She'd cornered me outside her brother’s office, claiming she felt a bond with me.What fucking bond?I slammed my palm against my desk, but the sound didn’t do a damn thing for the fire chewing through my brain.“Okay, Marissa, think,” I muttered, forcing a breath. “Logic. Facts.”Fact one: I was straight. Straight as a ruler. Straight as a Euclidean line. My godawful history with men was enough to prove that. So Justine, however charming or intense or confusing she was, felt a bond with me? That wasn’t possible. Unless these so-called bonds were just one-sided delusions.I typed into my browser: One-sided mate bond.A slew of forum posts popped up. Mostly teenagers convinced their brooding math teacher or some half-shifted barista was their fated mate. None of it made sense. I felt a bond with my mate—who was currently pretending I was just the girl who fetched his coffee. Meanwhile, his sister, a woman I was definitely not attract

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