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Chapter 5

作者: Jade Smith
last update 最終更新日: 2026-02-07 16:24:15

Hunter’s POV

She had no idea what she had just agreed to.

Watching Gloria eat, wearing my clothes, her hair wet and smelling of my shampoo, took every ounce of restraint I possessed.

I had lied to her. Partially.

Yes, I wanted revenge on the Silver Moon pack. Yes, I wanted to turn their discarded princess into a weapon that would dismantle their hierarchy from the inside out. But that wasn't the only reason I let her stay.

When I saw that video... when I saw the raw, unfiltered need on her face, something inside me snapped. It wasn't just lust. It was recognition.

She was broken. Just like me.

And the scent... gods, the scent. Even under the blood and rain, she smelled like vanilla and ozone. It was driving my wolf insane. My beast was pacing in the back of my mind, scratching at the walls, screaming Mine. Mine. Mine.

But she wasn't mine. She was an Alpha female. I was a Beta exile. We were incompatible by every law of our kind.

"So," Arnold said, breaking the silence. He was twirling a steak knife, his eyes locked on Gloria. I knew that look. Arnold was interested. And Arnold didn't have my restraint. "How does it feel, Princess? Sleeping in the house of the 'filthy exiles'?"

Gloria didn't flinch. She chewed, swallowed, and looked him in the eye. "Better than sleeping in a car wreck."

Arnold laughed, a genuine sound. "She's got teeth, Hunter. I like her."

"She's not a toy, Arnold," I growled.

"Everything is a toy if you play with it right," he countered.

Gloria looked between us. "I'm sitting right here."

"We know," I said. "Finish your food. You take the guest room. Lock the door."

"Why?" she asked.

"Because," I stood up, taking my plate to the sink. "I don't trust myself not to walk in there."

The air left the room. Gloria’s cheeks flushed a deep crimson. She didn't look scared, though. She looked... curious.

"And if you did?" she challenged, her voice barely a whisper.

I gripped the edge of the granite counter until I heard it crack. I turned to face her.

"If I walked in there, Gloria, I wouldn't leave until you were screaming my name loud enough for your ex-mate to hear it in the Silver Moon territory."

Her eyes widened. Her pulse spiked; I could hear it thumping in her jugular.

Arnold let out a low whistle. "Well then. I think I'll take the first watch tonight."

I shot him a glare. "No. I'll watch the perimeter. Jaxson’s scouts will be looking for the wreck. If they track her scent here, we need to be ready."

I walked to the door, grabbing my jacket. I needed the cold air. I needed to run. Being in this enclosed space with her, smelling her arousal and her fear, was torture.

"Hunter," she called out just as I opened the door.

I paused.

"Thank you," she said softly. "For saving me."

I didn't turn around. I couldn't let her see the conflict in my eyes.

"Don't thank me yet," I warned. "The night is young."

I stepped out into the storm, shifted into my wolf—a massive, charcoal-grey beast—and howled. It was a warning to the Silver Moon pack. "She is here. Come and get her."

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