"You kept this from me, our child." Her heart pounded. Five years of secrets, of careful hiding, shattered in a single, terrifying moment. He knew. Asher Moretti knew. Aliyah Censori thought she was a biker bitch who knows a lot about the men that control the pedal and leather until she turns 20 and meets her mate. It was love at its fullest glamour and everyone was envious of them but unfortunately, he did the most outrageous thing that Aliya would ever imagine — he posted her nudes!! Aliyah was reluctant to accept the reality when the bond that binds them together is now severed. She cried her heart out. Asher Moretti who was coming back from his wife's tomb. He was sad and heartbroken. He went to the club and met Aliyah where they both drank themselves to stupor and they ended up on the bed. Aliyah hates him for no reason at first, she blames him for everything that happened between her and Cohen, thinking he knows about it since he is the president of his club. And now, she is pregnant with Asher Moretti’s baby. What happened when she realized that their intimacy that night had made her situation worse? But what happened when she realized that behind his facade was a man broken and was desperate for love? Behind his mask was the man who has never been defeated in any biking race but has been defeated by love and fate?
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The wind whipped against my face as I ran through the heart of the Shadow Claw Pack, the moonless sky cloaking my pain, the gravel beneath my bare feet tearing into my skin. But I didn’t stop. I couldn’t. My lungs burned. My breathing hitched. My throat tasted of salt and blood—but the tears just wouldn’t stop.
I didn’t care that the guards at the southern boundary stared as I passed. Or that Elder Marcus shouted something behind me. Nothing mattered anymore.
Everything was unraveling.
Cohen.
The name echoed in my mind like a curse.
I had given him everything. Every smile. Every kiss. Every part of me that was soft, pure, and believing. I could still remember the first time he said “I love you”—we were sixteen, lying on the hill behind the Crescent Training Grounds, laughing at the stars and dreaming of running our own warrior school.
I gave him my heart. My trust. My soul.
And now…
“No,” I gasped, slowing to a walk, my chest heaving. I clutched my stomach as I staggered beneath the cold glow of the Pack’s eastern lights. “No… Cohen wouldn’t do that to me.”
I tried to breathe, but it felt like something was sitting on my chest. A weight I couldn’t lift.
He wouldn’t betray me like this. Not Cohen.
But the rumors… the whispers at training… the snickers from the other she-wolves today…
I turned off the main road, my body aching, my soul already numb. I needed answers. I needed to see it for myself.
Minutes later, I found myself standing in front of the small studio apartment we used to spend our weekends in. The same door he used to sneak me through, whispering promises of forever into my ear.
But the moment I stepped inside, everything inside me shattered.
The posters.
Gone.
Our warrior club’s banners, the scribbled notes we stuck on the fridge, the sketch I made of him in wolf form—they were all gone.
I stood frozen, eyes trailing the blank wall, the unfamiliar gray couch, the pungent smell of cheap perfume that was never mine.
My knees trembled.
And then I heard the laugh.
Her laugh.
Soft. Sultry. And very much not mine.
From the bedroom, a woman emerged—barely dressed in one of Cohen’s old football shirts. My shirt. The one I used to sleep in.
And there he was.
Cohen.
God, he still looked like the man I loved.
Tall, with sharp cheekbones and hair that curled at the ends just enough to be charming. His eyes—a shade of grey that once promised devotion—met mine with zero remorse. His chest was bare, abs defined and glistening faintly under the dim light. He looked like the man I spent years loving, and yet… in that moment, he was a stranger.
“Aliyah,” he said, nonchalantly, as if I’d just walked in on him brushing his teeth.
The girl beside him—Tatiana, I recognized her now—smirked. She didn’t even try to cover herself.
I swallowed the lump in my throat.
“Why?” I croaked. “Why would you do this to me?”
Cohen chuckled.
A chuckle.
Like this was a joke.
“You seriously didn’t figure it out?” he asked, stepping away from the girl and grabbing a drink from the counter. “Gods, you really are naive.”
I stood there, motionless. My fists clenched. My heart cracking with every second.
“I loved you,” I whispered. “I gave you everything, Cohen. I believed in you.”
He tilted his head, grinning. “That was the point, babe. I made a deal with my club. We all had this bet… who could get the innocent Papa’s daughter in bed first. And not just that—full exposure. Nudes, videos, the whole thing. You were the final dare.”
My world shattered.
“You… you were pranking me?” My voice broke. “You recorded me?”
“Oh, don’t be dramatic,” he said. “It’s not like I uploaded it anywhere. Yet.”
Tatiana laughed. “Honestly, you were always too good for your own good. Guess now you’ve learned what rejection tastes like.”
I stared at Cohen. At the man I once thought I’d mate. The man I once pictured standing beside me at the Luna ceremony.
“You said you loved me,” I whispered. “You said you’d never hurt me.”
He shrugged. “I say a lot of things when I’m bored.”
Something inside me snapped.
I turned away before the tears could spill again. I couldn’t let them see me fall apart. Not anymore. I stumbled out of the apartment, barely aware of how my body was moving.
The wind bit at my skin, but I didn’t care.
Everything felt… hollow.
The mate bond between us—I felt it. The last thread. Breaking.
I thought I would scream, but I didn’t. I couldn’t. The silence was louder.
All I could think of was how we used to be. The first kiss behind the training center. The way he’d wipe away my tears when I failed a trial. The letters he wrote me when he left for Alpha camp.
Lies.
All of it.
I didn’t know where I was going, but my feet carried me toward the town’s outskirts—toward the one place my father forbade me from ever visiting alone.
The Crimson Howl Bar.
They said it was dangerous. Filled with rogues, wanderers, and rebels. But I wasn’t scared. Not tonight.
Maybe I wanted danger. Maybe I wanted pain.
I walked in, and the scent of stale beer and cigarettes hit me instantly. Music roared from the back, and laughter echoed from the pool table.
And that’s when I saw him.
Asher Moretti.
Sitting at the corner table, a whiskey glass in hand, shadowed in darkness but glowing like a god among wolves.
Tall. Broad-shouldered. Arms flexed with veined muscle. His jaw was sharp, peppered with a faint stubble, and his raven-black hair was messy in a way that looked criminally good.
His eyes—piercing and unreadable—locked with mine.
I didn’t know what I wanted.
But I walked toward him.
Maybe it was the anger. The betrayal. The void.
Maybe I just didn’t want to feel like nothing anymore.
Aliyah’s POVThe hospital corridors smelled faintly of antiseptic, that sharp, sterile scent that always made me feel smaller somehow. I pulled the hood of my sweatshirt lower over my face, praying no one would notice me as I slipped into the prenatal program office. Every step I took echoed with the heavy reminder of why I was here, of the tiny heartbeat that had tied itself to mine.It wasn’t supposed to be like this, I was supposed to be training, racing, fighting my way to the top. Not sneaking into hospitals like a criminal, carrying a secret so big it could swallow me whole.I clutched the appointment slip tighter, walking quickly toward the waiting room. I nearly froze in my tracks when I heard a familiar voice. It was warm, lively, and unmistakable.“Aliyah? Aliyah Censori?”My head snapped up. Standing by the reception desk, a hand resting on her slightly swollen belly, was Tracy Baldwin, my friend from university. My breath caught. Tracy, with her glossy braids piled high, h
Aliyah’s POVEvery second with Asher was torture, the memory of his touch haunted me, the reality of what we had created between us burned inside me, and the fear of him discovering the truth left me trembling.I had vowed to protect this child, that meant protecting it from him too. I am the chaos he represented, from the danger of his world.So I smiled faintly, even though my heart was breaking.“So,” I said, keeping my voice steady, “are you racing too?”He studied me, suspicion still glinting in his eyes, but he allowed the subject to shift.For the rest of the meal, I laughed when I had to, spoke when silence grew too heavy, and pretended with all my strength. Inside, though, fear devoured me.Because I knew Asher Moretti wasn’t a fool, wnd sooner or later, he would notice what I was trying so desperately to hide.The moment Asher took my phone number, my body tensed like I had handed him something far more dan
ALIYAH'S POV The morning sunlight bled faintly through the curtains when I opened my eyes. I had barely slept. Every muscle in my body ached from training, but it was my mind that had truly exhausted me. The weight of secrets pressed heavily on my chest, but I forced myself to move. I had promises to keep.I slipped into one of my biggest hoodies, pulled my sweatpants higher, and tied the drawstring tight. My reflection in the mirror stared back at me, pale, with faint shadows under my eyes, but still passable. Still hiding, that was all that mattered.Papa had left money on the dining table for groceries. I tucked the bills into my pocket, kissed him on the cheek, and assured him I’d be quick.“Don’t take long,” Papa said. His voice carried that protective edge that always made me both grateful and guilty. “And ride carefully.”“I will, Papa,” I promised.I hopped on my bike, the engine’s roar giving me a brief sense of power, of control, of freedom from the chaos I lived in. The ro
Aliyah’s POVTwo months passed in a blur of exhaustion, secrets, and silent determination. Each morning I woke up feeling weaker, yet stronger in my resolve. My body was no longer the same. It betrayed me in the early hours with nausea, with dizziness that left me gripping the sink, with swollen breasts that ached beneath my clothes. But no one could know. Not Papa. Not anyone.When the invitation to the major tournament came, I stared at the crisp envelope for nearly an hour, my hands trembling as though I held the weight of my entire future in it. It wasn’t just another race. It was the opportunity my last chance to prove myself on the track before vanishing into a life no one expected from me.The prize details made my head spin.First place: one million dollars and a brand-new Porsche.Second place: eight hundred thousand dollars and a brand-new race bike.Third place: five hundred thousand dollars and the latest iPhone 17.I whispered the figures under my breath, imagining the do
Aliyah’s POVBy the time I stepped off my bike in front of the house, my eyes were still swollen and raw from the tears I had shed in the restroom of that restaurant. No matter how many times I splashed water on my face, the redness wouldn’t fade. My reflection in the mirror had looked like a ghost. Pale, hollow, and broken.I wanted to disappear, but fate wouldn’t let me.Papa’s voice boomed the second I walked through the door. “Aliyah!”My heart jumped, he was standing in the lobby, arms folded across his chest, his eyes dark with worry.“Where were you?” His voice wasn’t angry, not yet, but firm, sharp like the edge of a blade.I swallowed hard, forcing a smile that didn’t reach my eyes. “Restroom.”His brows furrowed. “Restroom? For hours?”I shrugged, trying to sound casual, though my throat was tight. “I… needed space, Papa, that’s all. I just wanted to be by myself.”His gaze searched through me, reading too much, always reading too much. “You’ve been crying.”My stomach clenc
Aliyah’s POVThe roar of engines and the burn in my muscles had become my anchor. Every day I pushed harder, faster, stronger, because I had to. My secret sat like a stone in my stomach, growing heavier by the day. Nobody could know. If they found out, they’d treat me differently. They’d call me weak, broken, unfit.I refused.I would not let pregnancy become my cage. I would fight, train, race, and prove that Aliyah Censori was not someone who could be crushed. Not by Asher Moretti. Not by Cohen. Not by the world.That morning I wrapped my belly tighter than usual under my biker outfit, forcing myself not to flinch when the leather jacket pressed against me. My breaths came short, but I ignored it. Sweat trickled down my back before I’d even touched the track.“I’ll do whatever it takes,” I muttered under my breath as I mounted the bike.The wind tore against my face as I raced the loop. My vision blurred, not from speed but from the sting of tears I refused to shed. The child inside
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