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024: Angry Alphas

Author: Nxy Arden
last update publish date: 2025-12-19 22:15:13

VIVIENNE pov.

I caught their scent before I heard engines, cologne, gun oil, rage, and pack madness. The twins were still clinging to my arms like I was a shield and not the reason they were shaking like leaves. Their fingers bit into my skin, but I didn’t shake them off. Not yet.

Truth, I didn’t regret any of it, not the club, not the kill, not the chaos. My only regret was not taking another shot of that expensive whiskey or maybe breaking a few more skulls while I had the chance.

I did somet
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  • Theirs To Possess And Ruin   198

    Kane’s pov. Ryker moved closer and examined him without touching. “A binding.”“Spell?” I asked.“Possibly. Or a blood oath.”Asher rose slowly, all amusement gone. “Then someone expected them to be caught.”That was the worst part.This had not been a rushed cover-up. Whoever arranged Zach’s false burial had prepared several layers of protection. The body had passed medical inspection, the scent and blood had matched, the burial workers had been compromised and even their ability to respond to Alpha commands had been destroyed. Now there appeared to be another failsafe inside them, one triggered by the attempt to reveal the truth.Asher closed the tool case halfway, then paused. “If there is a spell, pain may weaken their focus enough to create a gap.”Ryker considered it. “Or it may trigger the binding faster.”“We don’t know until we test it.”The eldest prisoner finally lifted his head. “Please.”Asher turned toward him. “That depends entirely on what comes after that word.”The

  • Theirs To Possess And Ruin   197: Buried Secrets

    Kane POVThe room smelled of fear, sweat and the faint bitter trace of wolfsbane.Five men sat restrained before us, their wrists bound behind heavy iron chairs while silver-lined chains kept their wolves suppressed. They had all been involved in Zach’s burial, directly or indirectly. One prepared the body after the autopsy, another transported it to the sacred grounds, two performed the burial rites and the last one signed the final record confirming the grave had been sealed according to werewolf tradition. Every one of them had sworn that the body lowered into the earth belonged to Zach, and until recently, we had believed them because there had been no reason not to. We had seen the corpse. The healers had confirmed death. The blood, scent, facial features and magical signature had all matched. The body had remained under Shadowcrest control from the moment it left the room until it reached the burial grounds, yet Zach was alive, walking around in secret meetings as if his grave

  • Theirs To Possess And Ruin   196: Finding Him

    Vivienne. Kane moved closer, his anger rolling through the bond like heat and I swallowed back my pain, “We don’t know yet.”“I need to know.”“You will.”I laughed bitterly. “Everyone keeps saying that.”“Because it is true,” Dante said.I looked at him sharply. “Is it? Because I thought I knew Zach. I thought I knew what he was to me. I defended him. Trusted him. Loved him like family. Even when he changed, even when things became ugly, some part of me still believed the person I knew was inside there somewhere. Was all of that fake?”The question broke something in my voice.Ryker’s expression softened, but he did not insult me with an easy answer. “Maybe not all of it.”“How would we know?”“We don’t,” he admitted.That honesty hurt, but it also kept me from turning away.I covered my face with both hands, and Asher shifted closer until his shoulder pressed gently against my knee. Kane’s hand moved from my shoulder to the back of my neck, steady and warm. Dante remained in front

  • Theirs To Possess And Ruin   195: Alive Enough to Betray Me

    Vivienne POVI was halfway through reviewing a report on the eastern supply routes when the door opened without a knock, and before I even turned around, I already knew who it was. The bond gave them away immediately. Four familiar presences entered the room together, heavy with tension, concern and something else they were trying very hard to keep from me. I stared at the figures moving across my laptop screen for another second before slowly closing it, then turned in my chair and looked at them.“Is knocking forbidden in this house,” I asked, “or have all four of you collectively decided doors are decorative?”They stopped.All of them.Dante was the first to look guilty, though he hid it better than the others. Ryker’s expression softened immediately, Asher shifted awkwardly near the door, and Kane actually glanced back at the frame like he was considering reopening it just so they could knock properly and try again.“Sorry,” Ryker said.“We should have knocked,” Dante added.Ashe

  • Theirs To Possess And Ruin   194: The Dead Man’s Shadow

    Dante POV The possibility that Zach was alive should have sounded absurd. It didn’t. Not anymore. The four of us were gathered in my room long after the rest of the house had settled, though none of us looked remotely close to sleep. Vivienne had finally rested after hours of pretending she was fine, and the bond carried the faint rhythm of her exhaustion from the other side of the wall. That alone kept every voice in the room lower than usual. Kane stood near the window, arms crossed, face hard. Ryker sat in one of the chairs with several reports spread across his lap, while Asher paced from one side of the room to the other, far too restless to remain still. I stood at the table, staring down at the files we had pulled from Zach’s death investigation. Medical report. Security records. Witness statements. Blood analysis. Time of death. Every piece of it had once convinced us that he was dead. Yet someone had seen him alive. “Either the sighting is false,” Kane said, “

  • Theirs To Possess And Ruin   193: Eyes Opened

    Vivienne povI gasped but she added, "Or someone made to look exactly like him.”The air left me and my knees almost followed.I didn’t even realize I had swayed until arms caught me from the side, firm and familiar. Asher. He had crossed the field so fast I hadn’t seen him move. One hand wrapped around my waist while the other steadied my shoulder, careful of my body and of the fear that had just punched through the bond before I could hide it. His eyes searched mine, sharp with silent panic, asking a question he did not dare voice while I was still on the call.I lifted one hand slightly, telling him to wait, though my fingers were not steady.“Where?” I asked Selene.“The old underground meeting house near the western canal. The gathering was small. Not public. No pack insignia or obvious mafia colors, and the people present were masked or warded.”“What was discussed?”“I don’t know yet. The informant could not get close enough without being detected.”“Then get closer.”“Boss.

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