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Author: Constance Luna.
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-08 23:53:49

Esme’s POV

For a long second, I couldn’t process what I was seeing.

The man standing in front of me — the one they’d been calling Alpha wasn’t some stranger as I’d imagined in all my fear and confusion. It was Nolan. My own brother.

My throat tightened painfully. “Nolan?” The word left my mouth in a small, broken whisper, disbelief shaping every syllable.

“What the hell am I doing here?” My voice cracked, rising in desperation. “Did you hate me this much? To the extent of kidnapping me too?”

My hands trembled against the cold metal restraints as I tried to steady myself. “I’m your sister, for heaven’s sake! Can’t you—” my voice faltered, “—can’t you cut me some slack?”

He didn’t answer immediately.

Instead, he smiled — that cruel, hollow kind of smile that didn’t reach his eyes. He stood from the chair slowly, his posture straight and deliberate as he began walking toward me. Each step echoed against the concrete floor, heavy, controlled, terrifying.

“My sister?” he repeated quietly
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    Cole's POV “Move,” I said, my voice low and firm, carrying the kind of authority that didn’t need to be raised to be obeyed.The guards immediately stepped aside, clearing the path without argument or hesitation. Their reactions told me everything I needed to know. They were already shaken, already aware that something irreversible had happened tonight. At this point, they knew better than to challenge me.I tightened my hold around Lior instinctively as I walked, his small body pressed against my chest, his fingers still clutching the front of my jacket as if letting go meant falling into something darker. His weight felt heavier than it should have.The black car was waiting exactly where I’d ordered it to be, engine running, headlights dimmed but alert. Raid’s men stepped out quickly the moment they saw me approach, their expressions shifting instantly when they noticed the child in my arms.I handed Lior over carefully to them, making sure his grip transferred from me to them

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    Marek’s POV I stormed angrily back into Nolan's office tonight and banged the door open, the wood slamming against the wall with a crack that echoed my fury. My heart pounded like a war drum, blood roaring in my ears. How dare he? How fucking dare he humiliate me like that—fucking me right in front of Esme, while Cole burst in like some avenging demon? I'd played along with Nolan's games for months, bending to his whims, letting him use me as his secret toy, but this? This crossed every line. "Why did you do that?" I raged at Nolan, my voice cracking with raw anger as I rushed him. He was still lounging against his desk, buttoning his shirt with that smug, satisfied smirk that made me want to rip his face off. I didn't think—I just acted, my fists pounding against his chest in frantic, furious hits. "To what extent would you go before you stop? Fucking me in front of my fiancé? How dare you, you useless Alpha!" The words spilled out like venom, unchecked and lethal. I didn't

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  • The Beta's Temptation    Starved frustration

    Cole’s POVI walked out of that cell block faster, every muscle in me screaming for release. The corridor blurred around me—guards averting their eyes, servants scurrying away but I didn't see them. All I saw was Esme's face, etched in my mind: those tear-streaked cheeks, the way her lips parted when she ground against me, desperate and denied. Gods, denying her had been torture, but necessary. If I'd given in, if I'd buried myself inside her like every instinct demanded, the mask would crack. Nolan would definitely know. And then she'd be gone.My boots pounded the stone floors as I stormed toward my quarters. I shoved past a warrior, ignoring the flinch in his eyes. Fear was good. Fear kept them in line but right now, it did nothing for the raging hard-on straining against my pants, a painful reminder of what I'd walked away from.I reached my room and slammed the door shut so hard the frame rattled, dust sifting from the ceiling. But I didn't stop there. I went straight to the

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    Cole's POV I stare at her, trying to register what she just said but I shrugged it off because if there's one thing I've come to understand, it's the fact that Esme doesn't entirely believe her own words just now, she was testing me. "Why would I pretend to a wiped memory, a Beta doesn't do that, does he?" She pushed me away instantly, her palms slamming into my chest with surprising force. I staggered back a step, but a smirk slid onto my face darkly. Gods, I loved that fire in her, even now. She wiped her tears angrily, glaring at me like she could burn holes through my skull, but her body told a different story. Her nipples pebbled under the thin fabric of her dress, her thighs shifting subtly as if seeking friction. "You think you're so superior," she spat, voice trembling but fierce. "Taunting me like this. But you're just Nolan's puppet now, aren't you? Memory or no memory, you're still his lapdog." I chuckled low, stepping forward again, closing the distance until our

  • The Beta's Temptation    Boom

    Cole's POV He nodded, satisfied. He had no idea how close I was to ripping his throat out. I stepped out of the room and let the door close behind me. The hallway felt cold. I inhaled deeply, trying to steady the rage under my skin. Esme was somewhere in this building. Probably terrified. Probably crying. And I couldn’t go to her. Not yet. If I broke this character even once, everything I’d built—this entire illusion of memory loss, the leverage I was gathering, the careful plans I was carving out—would shatter. I needed Nolan to trust me. I needed him blind. But another voice in my skull whispered, furious: He will pay for every second she cried in that room. I walked down the hall with my hands in my pockets, pretending to be calm, pretending to be bored, pretending to be the man Nolan thought he could control now. When I reached the staircase, Marek came hurrying out behind me. “Beta cole,” he called in a low, shaky voice. I didn’t stop walking but he followed anyway. “

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