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Chapter 7: The Avenger
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"Why do you keep your door locked when no one else does?" Elena tensed at the question, watching Asher as he stood by the door, his broad frame blocking the exit. His tone wasn’t demanding, but there was something unsettling about how he asked—like he wasn’t just curious but deeply bothered by it. She forced a small shrug. "For safety." A muscle in his jaw ticked. "Safety from who?" Elena looked away, pretending to adjust the pillow beneath her. "It’s just a habit." Silence. She could feel his eyes on her, like he was peeling back layers she didn’t want exposed. Finally, he exhaled sharply and moved. She flinched before she could stop herself, her body reacting on instinct. But instead of approaching her, Asher turned his attention to the rest of the room. He was inspecting her space. His hands traced over the wooden desk near the window, fingers ghosting over the few worn-out books stacked neatly on the surface. He ran a finger across the windowsill, his brows furro
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Elena’s breath caught in her throat at the feeling of his finger against her lips. She should have pulled away. She should have looked anywhere but at him. But her body refused to move, trapped in the intensity of his gaze. She knew he wouldn’t let this go. Asher wasn’t the kind of man to accept half-truths. But if he found out she had been planning to run, there would be no escaping his wrath. Slowly, he dropped his hand, exhaling through his nose as if trying to control his own emotions. “You don’t trust me,” he stated, not as a question but as a fact. Elena hesitated. “I don’t trust anyone.” His jaw clenched, and for a moment, silence stretched between them. Then, in a voice quieter than before, he asked, “Did they really hurt you that badly?” She turned away, staring at the wall where her tally marks were carved. Yes. But she couldn’t say it. She wasn’t ready to relive those memories, not with him standing so close, his presence pressing against her like a force she
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Elena's breath hitched. "You… want to stay?" Asher nodded, his expression unreadable. "Only if you’re okay with it." She hesitated. No one had ever stayed with her before. Her room had always been her sanctuary—her one place of solitude, away from the world. "Why?" she asked quietly. Asher exhaled, running a hand through his hair. "Because I don’t want you to be alone tonight." Her fingers tightened around the blanket. He wasn’t demanding. He wasn’t forcing his presence on her. He was… asking. That, more than anything, made her chest ache. She swallowed. "I don’t—" She stopped herself, not even sure what she was about to say. Asher must have sensed her turmoil because he stepped closer, his voice soft but firm. "I won’t do anything you don’t want, Elena. I just… want to hold you. That’s all." Hold her? The thought sent warmth curling through her, foreign and unfamiliar. She shouldn’t want this. She shouldn’t let him in. And yet, against every instinct screaming
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“You’re flinching from me.” Asher’s voice was low, but there was an unmistakable edge to it.Elena forced herself to meet his gaze, but the way his brows pulled together, the way his jaw clenched, made her stomach twist.“I’m not,” she lied.His sharp exhale told her he didn’t believe her.“Elena.” His voice dropped to something softer—something dangerously close to pleading. “Tell me who did this to you.”She shook her head, refusing to answer.Asher’s hands clenched into fists at his sides. He was losing patience, she could tell. But what was she supposed to say? That the people who were supposed to be her family had spent years making her feel worthless? That her own pack had treated her as nothing more than a punching bag?She had spent so long pretending her pain didn’t exist. Saying it out loud would make it real.“Elena,” Asher said again, this time stepping closer.She tensed before she could stop herself.And he noticed.His entire body went rigid, his eyes darkening. “You th
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The air in the dungeon was thick with the stench of blood and sweat, the damp stone walls trapping the scent of suffering. Asher’s boots echoed against the cold floor as he descended the steps, his rage simmering just beneath the surface. He had left Elena reluctantly, forcing himself to walk away before his own emotions overwhelmed her. But every second since he had seen the way she flinched, the way she recoiled as if expecting a blow, had been eating away at him. Someone had broken her—had shattered her in a way that made her expect pain instead of protection. And Asher was going to make them pay. Nathan lay crumpled against the farthest wall of the cell, barely conscious, his once-arrogant expression replaced by swollen bruises and dried blood. His arms hung limply in the restraints, his body slumped in defeat. But as soon as he heard footsteps, his head lolled up, and a smirk pulled at his split lip. “Come to check on your little prize, Alpha?” His voice was hoarse, barel
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Nathan let out a weak laugh, shaking his head. “And you call me the monster.” Asher didn’t answer. He just watched as the guards yanked Nathan back into position, shackling him once more. This wasn’t about vengeance. It was about justice. Nathan would never hurt her again. And if Asher had his way, neither would anyone else. --- The guards responded immediately, dragging Nathan back into position as Asher turned away. His rage hadn’t subsided. If anything, it burned hotter, searing through his veins as he stalked toward the next prisoner. Connor. Unlike Nathan, Connor had been spared no mercy. He had been beaten within an inch of his life, his wrists bound tightly with silver restraints that seared into his skin. His breaths were shallow, his body barely able to hold itself upright. But when Asher entered, Connor forced himself to look up, a twisted grin forming despite the blood caking his face. “Did she tell you?” His voice was barely a rasp, but the cruelty in i
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“Elena! Where are you hiding?”Her mother’s playful voice rang through the house, filled with warmth and laughter.Elena stifled a giggle, pressing herself further into the small space between the couch and the wall. She was five years old, her heart racing with excitement as she peeked through the tiny gap, watching her mother’s feet move closer.“Hmm… maybe she’s in the kitchen,” her mother mused dramatically. “Or maybe…”Elena squealed as hands suddenly reached around, pulling her out of her hiding spot. Laughter bubbled up from her chest as her mother tackled her onto the soft carpet, fingers dancing against her sides in a merciless tickle attack.“No! No! I surrender!” Elena shrieked between gasps of laughter.Her mother grinned, finally relenting, and brushed a few strands of hair from Elena’s face. “Gotcha.”Elena beamed up at her, chest heaving. “You always find me.”Her mother’s expression softened, her hand cradling Elena’s cheek. “Of course I do, my love. I’ll always find y
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Asher’s arms around her were strong, steady—so unlike anything she’d known. His warmth surrounded her, grounding her in the present. Not in the past, not in the fear, just here. Just him. Elena should have pulled away. She should have put space between them before she did something reckless—before she allowed herself to believe this moment was real. But her body refused to move. She exhaled shakily, pressing her forehead against his chest. He smelled like the woods after rain, fresh and calming, and she hated how much she wanted to stay wrapped in his scent. She hadn’t been held like this in years. Maybe ever. Asher’s hand moved slowly, carefully, until his fingers brushed against her wrist. The simple touch sent a spark racing up her arm, and she flinched instinctively. His entire body went still. She felt it the moment his muscles tensed, the second his breathing changed. He pulled back just enough to look down at her, his dark eyes scanning her face with something unr
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Dinner was laid out across the long table Asher had dragged from the lodge’s storage—Margot’s stew steaming in bowls, Genevieve’s bread basket nestled beside it, and pitchers of spiced cider passed down in quiet gratitude. Plates clinked. Conversations remained low, fragile like glass recovering from a storm.Elena sat beside Asher, her fingers occasionally brushing his thigh beneath the table, grounding him when his shoulders tensed or his jaw locked from old ghosts. Across from them sat Lena, who was halfway through her third bowl of stew and humming in appreciation like it was a five-star meal.But one thing kept tugging at Elena’s awareness like a thorn stuck under skin.Jacob.He sat at the far end of the table, between Genevieve and a shy pack healer, making no effort to disguise it—his gaze locked on Elena with an intensity that no longer felt polite or admiring.She tried to ignore it at first. Maybe it was curiosity. Maybe he didn’t mean anything by it. But every time she lif
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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
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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
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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
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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
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…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
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…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
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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
