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140: Dead Witnesses
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2026-03-19 22:55:51
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Theirs To Possess And Ruin 199: Betrayal
Vivienne POVFor several seconds after Dante stopped speaking, I heard nothing.Not the quiet crackle of the fire, not the faint movement of the curtains, not even the steady breathing of the four men surrounding me. All I could hear was the violent pounding of my own heart and the same sentence repeating in my head until it stopped sounding like words.It had all been planned.Zach’s arrival in Shadowcrest had been planned. His sudden return to my life, the timing, the way he inserted himself between me and the men, the tension he created, the fake death in Asher’s room, the dagger, the blood, the body and the burial. Every single detail had been placed carefully, like pieces on a board, and I had walked through them exactly the way he expected me to. I had grieved him. I had broken apart for him. I had turned on Asher because of him. I had nearly destroyed the fragile bond growing between me and the men because I believed someone I loved had been murdered.And he had been alive the
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, “
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