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Chapter 163

Author: Benita Jones
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“Get the needle and thread—now!” Marcus barked, his voice slicing through the tense air like a whip.

He dropped to his knees beside Harris as the other healers scrambled to make space. His hands were already bloody, but precise, moving with practiced speed as he assessed the wound. The healer’s face was grim, sweat glistening at his temple, but his focus was unshakable.

“We’re losing him,” someone murmured.

“No, we’re not,” Marcus snapped. “Not today.”

Elena stood frozen nearby, her body numb. The battlefield had quieted, the rogues were dead, but inside her, everything screamed. Harris’s blood was still warm on her skin, soaked into her torn shirt, embedded beneath her nails. It hadn’t even dried yet.

She watched Marcus pierce flesh with the needle, stitching the wound with brutal urgency. Blood seeped around the thread as he worked.

“Come on, Harris,” Marcus muttered under his breath. “Stay with me.”

Footsteps pounded the earth behind them—desperate, fast. A woman’s sob cracked thro
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  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 165

    Elena shifted slightly in Asher’s arms, her fingers brushing against the clean bandage on her side. The warmth of their shared bed, the scent of Asher’s skin, the steady rhythm of his heartbeat—it should’ve been enough to lull her into sleep. But her thoughts kept returning to one place.“I need to see Harris,” she said quietly.Asher pulled back just enough to look at her. “Now?”She nodded. “I need to know. I can’t rest without—without knowing if he’s alive.”There was a brief flicker of hesitation in his eyes, but he nodded. “Alright. I’ll take you.”They dressed quickly, quietly. Elena winced as she pulled her shirt over her sore arm, but Asher steadied her with a hand at her waist.They stepped out into the night air. The village lay silent in recovery. Lanterns flickered in windows. Scattered debris from the rogue attack still littered the dirt paths, and smoke curled faintly from a few chimneys where families had sought warmth after the chaos.The field where it had happened wa

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 164

    Asher carried her in silence, his arm steady beneath her knees, her head resting weakly against his shoulder. She wasn’t entirely sure when her legs had stopped working, only that Asher noticed before she did. The weight of everything—the blood, the screams, Harris's body in the dirt—seemed to dissolve only slightly when he held her like this.The warmth of their shared quarters wrapped around her like a blanket as he gently kicked the door open and brought her inside. Still, the blood clung to them both—dried, sticky, smeared across skin and fabric. The battlefield had followed them home.“You need to sit,” Asher murmured, setting her gently on the closed toilet seat. “Just for a minute.”Elena nodded numbly. Her body throbbed in waves now, delayed pain catching up to her. Her arms were scratched, her side aching, but the worst of the damage wasn’t physical.Asher turned the water on, adjusting the heat, testing it with his fingers until steam slowly began to rise. Then he turned bac

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 163

    “Get the needle and thread—now!” Marcus barked, his voice slicing through the tense air like a whip.He dropped to his knees beside Harris as the other healers scrambled to make space. His hands were already bloody, but precise, moving with practiced speed as he assessed the wound. The healer’s face was grim, sweat glistening at his temple, but his focus was unshakable.“We’re losing him,” someone murmured.“No, we’re not,” Marcus snapped. “Not today.”Elena stood frozen nearby, her body numb. The battlefield had quieted, the rogues were dead, but inside her, everything screamed. Harris’s blood was still warm on her skin, soaked into her torn shirt, embedded beneath her nails. It hadn’t even dried yet.She watched Marcus pierce flesh with the needle, stitching the wound with brutal urgency. Blood seeped around the thread as he worked.“Come on, Harris,” Marcus muttered under his breath. “Stay with me.”Footsteps pounded the earth behind them—desperate, fast. A woman’s sob cracked thro

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 162: The Battlefield Consequences

    "D-did you read m-my letter?"The voice was barely more than a whisper, wet with blood, trembling like a breath caught in winter air.Elena’s heart lurched. “No, Harris, I haven’t yet… somebody help!”She dropped to her knees beside him, the dirt beneath slick with blood—his blood. It soaked his shirt, seeping between her fingers as she pressed both hands to the jagged wound across his stomach.“Harris, stay with me,” she pleaded, her voice cracking. “You’re going to be fine. Just hold on, alright? Help is coming.”His head lolled to the side, eyes fluttering. “I… I wanted you to know…”“Shh, don’t talk. Save your strength.”She yanked at the hem of her shirt, tearing a strip with trembling fingers, hastily knotting it into a crude bandage and pressing it to the wound. Her wolf, Lena, roared in her head—panicked, frantic—but Elena forced herself to stay present, to keep her hands steady despite the horror burning in her chest.“I messed up,” Harris rasped, blood bubbling at his lips.

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 161

    Screams erupted. Parents grabbed their children. Warriors were shifting mid-run. Chaos erupted like wildfire.Elena scanned frantically. Where’s Eve?There—still frozen, trembling just a few feet ahead.A rogue spotted her.“No!” Elena shouted, sprinting.The wolf was already leaping, its teeth bared.Elena didn’t think. She threw herself forward, shoving Eve to the ground and curling her body over her small frame just as the rogue collided with her back.She cried out in pain as its claws raked across her shoulder.Still, she held tight to Eve, shielding her completely.“Elena!” Asher’s voice rang out in her mind, fierce and panicked. Where are you?She couldn’t answer. Couldn’t move. The rogue was snarling, its weight pressing down on her.“Elena, answer me!”She gritted her teeth and whispered, I’ve got Eve. I can’t shift—she’s under me.The wolf growled again, claws digging in. Elena shifted her weight just enough to hurl Eve toward a safe patch behind a tree. “Go!” she screamed.

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 160: Marked by Love, Tested by Fire

    "You're not going to wake up on your own, are you?" Elena murmured with a mischievous grin, brushing her fingertips along Asher’s bare shoulder.He didn’t move.She leaned in closer, her nose just an inch from his. "Alpha Asher," she whispered in a sing-song voice, "time to rise and shine." Still nothing.“Fine,” she muttered. “You brought this on yourself.”With a devilish smile, she pressed a light kiss to his cheek. Still no response. She poked his side. “Stubborn wolf.” Then she leaned down again, this time letting her lips trail slowly along his jaw, to the stubble lining his throat.He stirred.Emboldened by Lena’s purring encouragement in her mind, she shifted, planting a warm kiss just below his ear. “I know you're awake,” she whispered, her breath tickling his skin.A low growl hummed from his chest as a smile crept onto his lips. “I was enjoying the show.”Elena gasped dramatically. “You traitor. You’ve been pretending?”He caught her wrists and flipped her gently beneath hi

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 159

    “He’s still in love with you,” Asher murmured again as they stepped inside their shared cabin, his voice low, controlled, but edged with something raw.Elena shut the door behind them and turned. “Asher—”“Don’t lie to me, Elena.” His voice wasn’t accusing. It wasn’t even angry. It was… stripped bare. “I saw the way he looked at you. Like he’s just waiting. Waiting for me to mess up. Waiting for you to forget you’re mine.”She blinked. “But I haven’t.”“I know,” he said quickly, running a hand through his hair. “I know you haven’t. But that doesn’t mean I’m okay with other men looking at you like you belong to them.”Elena crossed the room slowly, never breaking eye contact. “I don’t belong to him,” she said, her voice quieter now, but firm. “And I’m not going to forget what we’ve built just because someone else is watching from the shadows.”Asher didn’t move, though his body was taut with restrained emotion. His eyes, dark with longing and vulnerability, followed her like she was th

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 158

    Harris raised both hands, stepping back. “A letter. That’s all. I’m leaving.” He turned to Elena, offering one last nod. “Thanks for listening.”With that, he walked away, quickly disappearing down the path.Jacob watched him go, jaw tight. “You alright?”Elena met his eyes, reading the tension there. “Yeah. I’m fine.”“He didn’t touch you?” His voice was sharper now.“Jacob,” she said calmly, “nothing happened. He just needed to say something. And I listened. That’s all.”Jacob exhaled slowly, visibly trying to reign in his reaction. “You shouldn’t have to listen to him. Not after everything.”She nodded. “I know. But maybe… maybe he’s trying.”He scoffed, rubbing the back of his neck. “Yeah, well, trying doesn’t erase what he did.”“No. It doesn’t.”Silence stretched between them for a moment. Then Elena touched his hand, softening.“I get that you want to protect me. But I need to face these pieces of my past in my own way, at my own pace.”Jacob met her gaze. Something in his face

  • The Alpha's Obsession    Chapter 157: Letters, Longing, and Loyalty

    "You’re… not avoiding me?” Harris asked, his voice low, uncertain.Elena froze mid-step, eyes narrowing slightly as she turned to face him. “I didn’t say I wasn’t. But here you are anyway.”He gave a nervous chuckle, rubbing the back of his neck. “I… deserve that.”She glanced down the path toward Margot’s house, lips pressed in a thin line. The early morning breeze rustled the leaves overhead, carrying the distant sounds of children laughing and wolves training. It should have been a peaceful walk. Now it was anything but.“What do you want, Harris?” Her voice wasn’t cold, but it was cautious.“Just a few minutes,” he said quickly. “I’m not here to pressure you or beg. I just… wanted to talk. Please.”Elena looked him over. His posture was small—shoulders curled in slightly, hands fidgeting. She hated that he seemed so harmless now. Her instinct screamed to keep walking, but something quieter in her heart told her to stay. She exhaled slowly.“Fine. Five minutes. And we sit. Over the

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