All Chapters of Alpha’s Forbidden Temptation: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Scarlet’s POVI couldn’t accept it. No… this thought, this looming truth, it couldn’t be real. I didn’t know what would become of me. My life was spiralling out of control, slipping through my fingers like grains of sand. I clung to him, desperately, like a drowning soul latching onto driftwood in a stormy sea. I held him as tightly as I could, because if I let go… I would fall.He was the only solid thing left in my world. My anchor. My pillar of strength. Without him, I would shatter.My mind was muddled, scattered, lost in fear, lost in the crushing weight of tomorrow. My trembling fingers reached for him, again and again, needing to feel every inch of him. But it wasn’t enough. No closeness could be enough.I wanted to be closer. So close, I would melt into him. So close, I could seep beneath his skin, flow in his bloodstream, hide within his heartbeat.Because if I had to leave him tomorrow, I didn’t want to exist as a memory. I wanted to become a part of him. A piece he could

Allyssa entered the room and paused at the doorway, surprised. Alpha Juno sat slouched in his chair, a half-empty bottle of whiskey clutched loosely in his hand. She had never seen Juno drunk so early in the morning. A sinking feeling twisted in her gut. Something had happened.From the look on his face, dark, brooding, and worn, she could tell he was deeply displeased. She had heard the whisper about Dante’s conditions for Scarlet’s return. It didn’t take much to guess that Juno had been forced to agree, and the humiliation was eating at him.If Hector hadn’t been so obsessively fixated on bringing Scarlet back, Juno would have never wasted such a hefty sum to reclaim a woman who, in his eyes, contributed nothing valuable to the pack. Scarlet’s absence had been no real loss, and her return was only a painful reminder of their defeat at the hands of Phantom Moon.But Hector couldn’t tolerate defeat. His pride wouldn’t allow him to let Phantom Moon keep what had once been his. No matter

Dante’s POVShe looked around the room, her gaze sweeping over every face, before it landed on me. And then slowly, with trembling fingers, she pointed at me.For a moment, I couldn’t breathe. What was she saying? Did she even realize what she was doing? How could it be possible?“Dante… Alpha Dante,” she whispered brokenly, and every pair of eyes turned toward me."You bastard!" Alpha Juno exploded. He lunged across the table, trying to reach me, but before he could lay a hand on me, my soldiers and Edward’s men intercepted him, shoving him back into his seat."Alpha Juno! Remain seated!" Alpha Edward barked. "We are the mediators! We will conduct this negotiation properly."Juno seethed where he sat, but didn’t move again.Alpha Edward turned his attention back to Scarlet. She stood trembling, her lips wobbling, eyes swimming with terror and shame. It wasn’t like last night when she was broken apart. This was different. There was something raw and devastating in her now as well

Scarlet’s POVThe meeting had ended, and Phantom Moon was making preparations to depart. I sat quietly, watching as everyone gathered their things. My thoughts were elsewhere. I tried to look around, hoping to catch a glimpse of Dante, but he was nowhere to be found. A gnawing sense of dread tightened around my chest, and I couldn't shake the feeling that something was coming, something beyond my control. Shouldn't I feel relief that I had escaped the suffocating grip of the Moonlord pack? But no, all I could feel was an unsettling anxiety, a foreboding that kept gnawing at my insides."Miss Rossetti, please sit in the car, we are leaving," the soldier's voice broke through my thoughts.I stood while my mind still swirling, and replied without thinking, "Please refer to me as Scarlet Blackthorn in the future."The words felt strange but they also felt right. Blackthorn was my mother’s last name. Since Mr. Rosetti was no longer my father, it seemed only fitting to sever that connection

Scarlet’s POVThe soldier left me at the doorstep of Dante’s house. It was the same place from which I had earlier departed for the Bloodmoon Pack. Standing there, staring at the familiar door, I hesitated. I didn’t know if I had the right to walk in or belonged here anymore. After all, I was here because of a lie. It is not I who is pregnant but Vespara, and I am using her. But the door creaked open before I could talk myself out of it. Quietly, I stepped inside. The house was silent, almost too silent, as if holding its breath. I sank onto a chair near the entrance, folding my hands tightly in my lap. Minutes ticked by in uneasy silence until a soldier appeared, bowing politely before speaking.“Lady Elizabeth wishes to see you,” he said.I perked up immediately. “Did she return already?” I asked, barely able to contain my excitement.Elizabeth had told me she would be back very late as she had gone to treat a little girl who had no wolf. I hadn’t expected her back so soon. Among al