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Chapter 108

Author: Benita Jones
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She blinked, her throat thick. “It’s just… hard. Knowing I wasn’t your first.”

“You were,” he said, lifting her chin. “In every way that counts. You were the first time I ever made love. Not just sex. Love. The first time I ever looked at someone and thought, ‘I’d do anything to make you feel safe.’”

Her eyes welled with tears.

He wiped one away with his thumb. “You’re the first person I’ve ever wanted to remember every second with. Every sound you made, every look, every touch—it’s burned into me.”

She turned into his chest, heart thudding.

“And you’re the first,” he continued, voice cracking slightly, “who made me believe I deserved to be loved back.”

Her arms tightened around him.

“I hate that I wasn’t your only,” she whispered. “But I’m trying not to let that poison what we have.”

He kissed the top of her head. “You don’t have to pretend it doesn’t bother you. I get it. But I need you to know—Elena, I need you to believe—that what I had before was nothing. You… you are my first. T
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  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 109

    Morning Serenity:“Are you awake?”Asher's voice was a low murmur, barely audible over the soft rustle of sheets.Elena stirred slightly, her eyes fluttering open to meet his gaze.“Mmm... I am now,” she replied, a sleepy smile playing on her lips.He chuckled softly, brushing a strand of hair from her face.“Good morning,” he whispered, pressing a gentle kiss to her forehead.“Morning,” she replied, her voice husky with sleep.They lay in comfortable silence, the morning light filtering through the curtains, casting a warm glow over the room.Asher tightened his arms around her, savoring the feeling of her body pressed against his.He inhaled deeply, letting her scent fill his senses.The events of the previous night replayed in his mind, each moment etched into his memory.His inner wolf, Leo, stirred within him, a contented rumble echoing in his mind.She is ours, Leo murmured. Ours to protect, to cherish.Asher smiled, his fingers tracing lazy circles on Elena's back.“I could get

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  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 110

    God, he wanted to say yes. Yes, so she’d be beside him. Yes, so she could sit in that hall and make the men who doubted her presence shut their mouths the moment she raised her head.But he couldn’t. Not yet.He turned to her, grinning despite the ache in his chest. “Absolutely not.”Her eyebrows arched. “Why not?”“Because you’d distract me.” He nipped playfully at her bottom lip. “Every time I look at you, I forget what I’m saying. I’ll end up calling an elder by your name or proposing legislation about how everyone should smell like strawberries.”She burst into laughter, swatting him lightly. “You’re ridiculous.”“And you’re irresistible,” he said, before catching her lips in a kiss.It was supposed to be brief—a tease, a laugh—but the moment their mouths touched, the atmosphere shifted. Like a match dropped in dry grass. His hand slid behind her neck, angling her closer. Her fingers curled into his hair. The air thickened.Her body melted into his. His lips pressed more urgently.

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  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 111

    “I’ve missed three council sessions, delayed the joint patrol drills, and put off signing the land expansion request forms for two weeks.”Grayson raised an eyebrow. “Should I keep going?”“No.” Asher met his eyes. “I know. I’ve been off my game.”Grayson softened. “You’ve been in love.”The admission settled between them like a dropped stone in still water.Asher didn’t deny it.“I wasn’t expecting it to hit this hard,” he admitted, voice low. “It’s like... I breathe easier around her. Everything feels sharper when she’s near—and dull when she’s not.”Grayson’s expression was unreadable for a moment, then he sighed and set the map down. “Look, I get it. The bond’s intense. I felt it when I met my mate, too. You want to spend every moment with her. You should. But you’re still Alpha.”“I know.” The words were heavy. “I know, Gray.”Grayson folded his arms. “We’ve got more than just treaties to worry about. There’s something else.”Asher’s attention snapped up.“The Crest Moon Pack.”A

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  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 112: The First Day I Stepped Out

    "You don’t have to do this today, Elena," Lena said softly, her voice barely above a whisper as she rested her hand on Elena’s back. "No one’s forcing you.""That’s just it," Elena murmured, her eyes fixed on the doorknob as if it were a weapon. "No one is. And maybe that’s what makes it worse.""Worse?""Because if someone told me I had to do it, I could fight back. I could rebel. But this… this is my choice." Her fingers twitched, almost reaching for the knob before retreating. "And I don’t know if I’m strong enough to make it."Lena stepped in front of her, crouching just enough to meet Elena’s eyes. "You’re strong enough. You survived everything they did. You’re here. That door? It’s just wood. What’s behind it isn’t bigger than you."Elena gave a shaky laugh. "You make it sound so easy.""It’s not," Lena said, serious now. "But it’s not impossible."The silence stretched between them, interrupted only by the wind brushing gently against the windows. Elena stared down at her bare

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  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 113

    “You’re really out here.”The voice halted Elena mid-step.She turned slowly.Vivian.Of all people, she hadn’t expected—hadn’t *wanted*—to see her. Not here. Not now.Vivian looked nothing like the smug, glossy girl from their past. Her honey-blonde hair hung limp around her shoulders. Her eyes, once sharp with mockery, were red-rimmed and swollen. Even her posture—slouched, hands trembling—betrayed a vulnerability that didn’t belong to the girl who used to throw cruel words like knives.“Elena…” Vivian's voice cracked. “Please. I—just let me talk.”Elena stared, uncertain. Her heart had started thudding in a strange, unfamiliar rhythm—not fear, not quite anger… but something heavier. Something older.Vivian took a tentative step closer. “I know I don’t deserve your time. But I had to see you. I *needed* to say something.”Elena didn’t respond. She couldn’t. Her throat had closed up the moment Vivian’s name had burst into her world again.Vivian bit her lip and swallowed hard. “Conno

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  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 114

    A flutter of wings and distant laughter blended into the rustling trees. Elena had almost reached the edge of the old pack trail again when she heard it.A soft, broken sob.Faint… but unmistakable.Her brows furrowed. She paused, scanning the grove ahead.Another sniffle.Then a sharp, hiccupped cry.Without a second thought, Elena turned toward the sound, her steps quickening. The trail curved off the main path into a clearing she hadn’t walked in years—long grass, uneven ground, patches of sunlight filtering through the leafy canopy.And there, half-hidden behind a wild rose bush, sat a little girl.She couldn’t have been more than five.Her small frame was curled inward, arms hugging her knee, which was scraped and bloodied. Tears streaked her dusty cheeks. Her hair was a mess of caramel-brown curls tangled with petals and leaves. A tiny yellow sundress clung to her as she rocked back and forth, trying to muffle her sobs.Elena froze.Not in fear—but something else. Something that

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  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 115: The Fire Within

    “Dawn, where were you? I told you not to wander off—” Genevieve’s voice cut off the second she opened the door. Her breath hitched, her eyes locked on Elena like she was seeing a ghost. “You,” she whispered, her hand flying to her chest. “No… it can’t be.” Elena didn’t speak. She stood frozen on the porch, Dawn clinging tightly to her side, one little arm wrapped around Elena’s thigh. “Mommy,” Dawn said, voice small, “I fell. She helped me.” Genevieve took a step forward, blinking as if trying to wake up from a dream. “Elena?” Elena gave a shaky nod. “Hi.” Genevieve’s knees nearly buckled. She caught herself on the doorframe, breath heaving. “I—” she laughed softly, disbelieving. “I used to wonder if I made you up.” “You didn’t,” Elena said. Her voice came out quieter than she expected, rough around the edges. “I remember you.” Genevieve’s gaze flicked to Dawn, then back to Elena, emotion flooding her features. “You’re real. And you’re here.” Elena swallowed. “She

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  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 116

    Elena sat quietly at the small kitchen table, her fingers curled around the warm mug Genevieve had set in front of her. Steam rose gently from the tea—chamomile, sweetened with honey—and in the living room, Dawn hummed softly to herself as she arranged her stuffed animals into a circle on the rug.Genevieve moved about the kitchen in practiced silence, her motions fluid but a little tense, like she was trying not to disturb something delicate. Maybe it was the past. Maybe it was Elena.After a while, Genevieve slid into the chair across from her and clasped her hands together, elbows on the table. Her expression shifted, softening, though her eyes were watchful.“You’ve grown into a strong woman, Elena.”The sound of her name spoken with such warmth made something twist in Elena’s chest.She nodded once. “And you’ve become a mother.”Genevieve smiled at that, a real one that touched her eyes. “Best thing I’ve ever done.” She glanced toward the living room. “She’s everything to me. But

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  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 143

    Elena barely had time to exhale before another presence entered the clearing—gentle footsteps crunching the blood-speckled gravel.“Sweetheart?”The voice was soft, but it stilled Asher instantly.His head turned before his body did. “Mom?”Margot stood at the edge of the courtyard, hands clasped nervously in front of her, eyes shimmering with barely-contained tears. Her gray-streaked hair was pinned back hastily, and she looked like she’d run here in a rush—still wearing an apron dusted with flour.“Asher…” Her voice broke.He didn’t speak. He just went to her.His steps were slow at first, hesitant, but with each stride they grew faster—until he crashed into her arms and buried his face against her shoulder like he was five again and had just skinned his knee. Margot clutched him tightly, murmuring softly in a language only mothers knew.Elena stepped back, heart clenched.It was a sight no one else could offer him: a mother holding her son, grounding him not with duty or titles but

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 142

    Asher’s breathing had steadied against her chest, but the tension clinging to his body told Elena his storm hadn’t fully passed. She could feel it in the way his arms held her like a lifeline—tight, desperate, almost reverent.She shifted slightly to cradle his jaw, lifting his face until their eyes met.“You’re my mate,” she whispered.The words weren’t said to soothe.They were truth.Powerful. Undeniable.“I know what that means,” she continued, fingers brushing the tears from his cheeks. “It means you’ll fight for me. Kill for me if you have to. You didn’t attack out of rage alone, Asher. You reacted because someone laid hands on your bonded mate. You were protecting me.”His eyes shimmered with grief and awe.“And while what happened tonight was violent… it wasn’t senseless,” she added. “It wasn’t cruelty. It was instinct. Love, twisted in the face of danger.”“But love shouldn’t look like *that,*” he rasped. “Elena… there was blood on my hands. And for a second—I didn’t even car

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 141

    The silence held like a fragile glass dome—ready to crack with the next breath.Elena slowly stood from the stone bench, her hand still laced with Asher’s. The blood had dried on his knuckles, a dark contrast to her soft, steady fingers. Around them, the night air hummed with unspoken tension. Somewhere beyond the walls, the pack waited. Watched. Whispered.She lifted her chin.And walked forward.“Asher,” she said quietly, her voice a thread of steel wrapped in silk, “stay here. Breathe.”He nodded, reluctant but obedient, his eyes never leaving her.She turned toward the courtyard’s archway where the first lines of pack members had begun to gather—hesitant, uncertain, wide-eyed. Grayson stood among them, stiff and unreadable. Lena hovered just behind him, arms crossed but eyes flickering with something—something like waiting.Elena stepped into view.“Enough,” she said.The word sliced through the air.Dozens of heads turned toward her. Murmurs died. Shoulders squared.Her tone wasn

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 140

    The Shattering Calm: “I told you not to touch her.”Asher’s voice was low, guttural—nearly inhuman. His body was a blur of motion.“No—!”Nathan’s scream barely left his lips before a sickening crack echoed through the air.Then silence.The kind that wraps around the lungs and crushes.The kind that halts time.Gasps broke out in waves. A few stumbled back. Others covered their mouths. A baby somewhere wailed. But no one moved.Nathan’s body hit the stone floor with a finality that silenced even the torches.He wasn’t breathing.Not twitching.Not alive.Elena didn’t scream. She couldn’t.Her breath had left her the moment Nathan’s hand had clamped around her wrist.Now, standing there, the imprint of his fingers still burning her skin, she stared—at the lifeless heap that had once been a boy she grew up with.And then at Asher.His chest heaved, but his face—gods.His eyes were pitch black, a storm of rage and instinct, his jaw clenched so tight she swore his teeth would shatter. B

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 139

    Would you like to continue to the final resolution scene or begin the next chapter structure?Certainly! Here's the **next continuation** of your story—*not* as a new chapter, but seamlessly following the last section. It fully includes the **"Final Justice Delivered"** and **"Nathan’s Outburst and Cliffhanger"** moments, making it long, emotionally rich, and comprehensive with strong pacing, tension, and symbolism. It builds momentum toward the coming explosion, while giving Elena full agency and emotional victory.---The murmurs hadn’t stopped.Even as the prisoners were led away, even as the chains clattered behind the heavy gates and the flickering torchlight dulled into shadow, a storm still stirred within the crowd.It wasn’t rage this time.It was awe.Confusion.Maybe even… respect.Elena stood tall, still wrapped in Asher’s arms, still anchored in the warmth of his presence. But her gaze was elsewhere—forward, fixed.She wasn’t done.“Bring them back,” she said suddenly.Ashe

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 138

    …She’d chosen mercy.And it hadn’t broken her.It had saved her.Elena turned back just as the guards began pulling Connor away, metal cuffs biting into his wrists.“Wait.”Her voice, though quiet, cut through the air like a blade.The guards froze.Connor didn’t lift his head.Asher’s brow furrowed. “Elena?”She stepped forward, her spine straight, her shoulders high. “Don’t lock him back in the dark.”“Elena,” Asher growled, stepping closer, his arm sliding protectively in front of her. “He doesn’t get a choice. He *doesn’t* get comfort.”“He’s not asking for comfort,” she replied. “He didn’t ask for anything.”“He’s a traitor,” Asher snapped. “A criminal. And *you*—you’re the one he nearly destroyed.”“I know,” she whispered.The air between them thickened.Elena turned, meeting the eyes of the guards. “Set him in a monitored cell. One with light. Give him a blanket. Let Vivian sit with him if she chooses.”“You don’t understand what you’re asking,” Asher said, voice low, taut with

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 137

    …And this time, she was free.The sound of another cell door creaking open shattered the silence.Gasps echoed through the hallway.Elena turned just in time to see guards scrambling down the corridor. One of them barked into a comm-link. “Breach in Cell Block B!”Asher’s head snapped up. “What the hell—?”They rushed toward the second chamber.A small crowd had already gathered. Grayson stood ahead of them, jaw clenched, eyes locked on something—or someone—inside.Elena pushed through just behind Asher.And froze.Vivian was on her knees, clinging to the bloodstained shirt of the man slumped against the wall.Connor.Her mate.Unchained.His arms hung limp, hands cut and bruised, but the metal cuffs that should’ve bound him lay discarded on the floor.“What—” Asher’s voice boomed. “What is this?!”None of the guards answered.They looked afraid.Ashen.One stammered, “She... she forced the door. Said it was her right.”“You let her unchain him?” Asher snapped.“We didn’t touch the cu

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 136

    The Choice of Mercy: “I can hear your heart,” Asher murmured, voice thick with morning rasp. “It’s racing.”Elena’s lips curved, her cheek nestled against his bare chest. “Because you’re the one holding me.”His hand traced lazy circles along her spine. “Do you feel safe?”“With you?” She lifted her head, eyes glowing in the morning light. “I feel like nothing in this world can touch me.”Asher leaned forward, brushing his lips along her temple. “That’s all I ever wanted to give you.”Elena tilted her face up, caught in the honey warmth of his hazel eyes. “You’ve given me more than safety, Asher. You’ve given me something I never thought I’d have again.”He smiled softly. “And what’s that?”“Wholeness.”For a few blissful moments, silence cradled them—comforting and weightless. Outside the windows, dawn slipped through the trees like golden silk, painting their bed in soft warmth. Elena breathed it in, the scent of Asher’s skin, the steady rhythm of his breathing, the feeling of bein

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 135

    Elena let herself sink into the moment, feeling the soothing weight of Asher’s arms around her. But soon, a mischievous spark lit in her chest, refusing to let the peace stay too serious.“Sit over there,” Elena said suddenly, nudging Asher’s chest with a grin.He blinked, confused but amused. “Bossy,” he teased, but obediently shifted across the bed, sitting up against the pillows.Elena scrambled off the bed and found a battered old sketchbook and a pencil from her nightstand drawer. “Don’t move,” she said with exaggerated sternness, tossing a wink over her shoulder.“Am I about to be immortalized?” Asher smirked, lounging dramatically as if he were about to pose for a royal painting.Elena giggled. “Yes, but if you keep moving like that, it’s going to be a disaster.”He puffed out his chest, then instantly ruined the serious pose by grinning mischievously. “Paint me like one of your French wolves, my Queen.”She burst into laughter, tossing a handful of popcorn from the bowl on the

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