Lahat ng Kabanata ng CONTRACTED TO THE BEAST ALPHA: Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 50

Kane approached Luna’s chambers, tension coiling in his gut. Something wasn’t right. What kind of danger could possibly require a warrior? Had she been threatened? Attacked? And why summon him—this early in the morning?Alpha Trent had left at dawn, and nothing Kane could think of would justify this. Luna had never asked for his help before—in fact, she hadn’t spoken to any of the warriors since arriving at the pack.He knocked firmly on the door.“Luna Zora? Lena said you needed assistance.”A soft, desperate whimper answered him—and made him freeze. Every nerve in his body went on alert.“Please,” came Zora’s voice, muffled and breathless. “I need... I can’t...”Kane’s hand hovered over the handle. Something was wrong. Her voice trembled with fear and confusion, and it struck something primal in him.“Luna, are you injured?” he called out. “Should I summon the healer?”“No!” Her answer was sharp, panicked. “Please, just... come in. I need help.”Kane's jaw tightened. Protocol dictat

Aman took over from there. She knew Alpha Trent wouldn't spare any of the maids, and she didn't want him to do something he would regret later. She continued from there and told him she would give him feedback in a few minutes.Aman wasn't new to pack duties and situations like this—she had managed the pack for months when the alpha wasn't around. She was the only family Alpha Trent had in the pack. Instantly, she summoned all the maids working in the kitchen.She interrogated them, and Lena confessed everything she had done with Freya.Alpha Trent told Aman to summon the pack so that Freya and her companions would be punished.He returned inside to check how Zora was doing. If she remembered that she had been drugged, she would watch as those people who caused her harm were punished. If she didn't, he would have to punish them secretly. But he doubted there would be any way she wouldn't remember—taking part in punishing them would let her get the justice she deserved.Just as he was

In the evening, all the pack members had gathered in the main field by Alpha Trent's command. Word had spread quickly through the territory—Luna's poisoning had been an inside job, and justice would be served.It wasn't difficult to catch Freya despite her attempt to run. Freya stood in the centre of the circle, her hands bound behind her back with silver chains that burnt against her skin. Gone was the confident, stubborn woman who had orchestrated Zora's drugging. She was smaller, diminished, her head bowed to the ground; she couldn't look up to see anyone; the weight of her exposed crimes had crushed her.Alpha Trent sat on the elevated platform where he always sat when there was an occasion that involved the whole pack, his presence commanding absolute silence. Zora sat beside him, pale but strong, her hand resting on her lap. The entire pack could feel the barely contained rage radiating from their alpha."Freya Morrison," Alpha Trent's voice carried across the field, cold and f

Zora walked dejectedly beside the Alpha, her steps heavy with the weight of Freya's words still echoing in her mind. Alpha Trent was a virgin. She couldn't believe it. How could he be a virgin despite his position and handsomeness, she found it odd but still somehow believed it. Those people couldn't see him less. If he had been with a woman before, Freya would have mentioned that and from his confession to her, she believed she had been the first woman he had ever loved and Zora thought he deserved someone better than her. As they reached their quarters, Zora walked straight to her room without saying a word to the Alpha. She wanted to lock the door behind her, but Trent swiftly entered before she could.“Used woman. Not pure enough for an Alpha. He deserves better.” The cruel words replayed in her head like poison she couldn’t spit out.Alpha Trent noticed her pale expression, he knew those words found their ways into her heart. Though, he had done the justice but that didn't erase

The first rays of dawn barely touched the sky when Alpha Trent slipped out of bed, careful not to wake the woman sleeping beside him. He couldn't bear another moment lying there, feeling her warmth while knowing it was born of duty rather than desire.He dressed quickly and quietly, then paused at the small desk by the window. Taking a piece of paper, he wrote:Gone to the training grounds. No maids are to enter your chamber today. I've prepared your breakfast and left it covered on the table. Rest well. - THe set the note where she would see it, then looked back at Zora one last time. Even in sleep, there was a tension in her features that hadn't been there weeks ago. Freya's poison was still working, and he didn't know how to draw it out.With a heavy sigh, he left.---The training ground became Alpha Trent's sanctuary. He pushed his warriors harder than usual, using the physical exertion to silence the trouble clawing at his mind. Sweat dripped from his brow as he sparred with th