LOGINOne dare. One kiss. One ruthless Alpha who won't let me go. I thought it was just a game. Kiss the scariest guy in the club for five hundred dollars. Easy money I desperately needed for tuition. What could go wrong? Everything. The man I kissed wasn't just dangerous—he was Tyler Raxon Raven. The Alpha of the Raytheon Pack. A billionaire warmonger known for tearing throats first and asking questions never. The kind of predator even other Alphas fear. I expected to be thrown out. Maybe slapped. I didn't expect him to kiss me back. And I definitely didn't expect the entire club to go deathly silent when I pulled away. My mistake wasn't the kiss. It was who I kissed. Now, the doors are locked. The music is off. And the most dangerous man in the city is staring at me with hunger in his eyes, claiming his wolf has chosen me as his mate. But Tyler doesn't do romance. He does deals. When my aunt collapses and the hospital demands fifty thousand dollars I don't have, Tyler makes me an offer I can't refuse: He'll pay for everything. He'll give me wealth beyond my wildest dreams. All I have to do is marry him. Wear his mark. Warm his bed. And give him an heir. I'm a nobody—a broke scholarship student, an Omega in a world of Alphas. He's a ruthless billionaire with enemies circling and a reputation for violence that terrifies the Council itself. I should run. I should fight. I should do anything except agree. But my aunt is dying. And Tyler holds all the cards. He took something from me without asking. Now he's taking everything else. Welcome to The Eyrie. Where Alphas make the rules, mates have no choice, and one dare changes everything.
View MoreThe next morning, Tyler is different.He doesn't avoid me. Doesn't push me away.But he's... clinical. Detached. Like he's decided something during the night and won't tell me what.At breakfast, he slides a folder across the table."What's this?" I ask."Information on optimizing fertility. Diet recommendations. Exercise guidelines. Vitamins you should start taking." Tyler's voice is matter-of-fact. Professional. "Dr. Reeves sent it over. If we're doing this, we should do it right."I open the folder. Inside are printouts. Charts. Graphs tracking ovulation cycles.There's a detailed calendar with my cycle mapped out. Red circles marki
Three weeks later, I'm late.My period is five days late.I don't tell Tyler. Don't tell anyone.I just buy a pregnancy test on the way home from visiting Bella at the hospital.The cashier at CVS doesn't even blink. Probably sells these things a hundred times a day.I hide it in my purse. Drive home. Wait until Tyler leaves for a business dinner.Then I lock myself in our bathroom and open the box.The instructions are simple. Pee on stick. Wait three minutes. Two lines means pregnant. One line means not.Simple.I've never been more terrified
Dr. Reeves's office is in the medical wing of The Eyrie. I didn't even know we had a medical wing until she gave me directions.It's on the ground floor, tucked behind the kitchen. Fully equipped with examination rooms, a small lab, medical supplies.Pack doctor perks, apparently.Dr. Reeves is waiting when I arrive. She's in her early forties, competent and kind, with graying hair pulled back in a neat bun."April," she says. "Come in."Her office is professional. Desk covered in files. Medical charts on the walls. Anatomy posters. A skeleton in the corner that I try not to look at."I take it Tyler knows you're here," she says."He k
Tyler finds the research papers the next morning.I left them spread across the library desk. Printouts about clinical trials. Articles on experimental treatments. The paper about genetic compatibility and pregnancy.He's holding that one when I walk in with coffee."What is this?" he asks. Voice dangerously quiet."Research.""Research on using pregnancy to cure genetic mutations.""Theoretical research. Dr. Reeves wrote it five years ago."Tyler sets down the paper. Carefully. Like it might explode."You called Dr. Reeves."It's not a question."Yes.""And asked her about genetic compatibility.""Yes.""Without talking to me first.""You wouldn't have agreed to it.""You're damn right I wouldn't have agreed to it!" Tyler's voice rises. "Because it's insane, April. Using a baby as a potential cure? Risking pregnancy when we don't even know if it's safe? This is fantasy, not medicine.""It's a possibility. That's more than you have now.""It's false hope.""It's better than no hope!"
He takes a step closer. I step back, hitting the table. Nowhere to go."April West." He tests the name, rolling it over his tongue like he's tasting wine. Like he's memorizing it. His gaze drops to my mouth, still swollen from his kiss, and something dark and hungry flashes across his face. "Do you
A low growl ignites in his chest. It isn't human. It's deep, feral, and terrifyingly possessive. It vibrates against my palms, through my bones, into my very blood. His hand shoots up and grips the back of my neck. Not gently. Not asking.Taking.He isn't pushing me off. He's locking me in.His oth
The bass doesn't just vibrate the floor. It rattles my ribcage, making my lungs pulse with each beat. Strobe lights cut through the smoke-filled air, turning the crowd into a mass of flickering shadows. I've been to this club a dozen times, but tonight it feels different.Oppressive.Dangerous.Or
His hand comes up, pressing briefly against his heart. Like he needs to hold it in place.Liam stands beside him as Best Man, grinning. Mitchell is there too, in his groomsman position, his face a mask of polite interest. But his eyes are calculating, watching, waiting for me to falter.I start wal
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