Semua Bab Claimed By The Alpha Billionaire: Bab 21 - Bab 30

It lunged.Everything else happened too fast to make sense of.One second, death was hurtling toward her, eyes wild and teeth bared. The next everything was a blur. A sound like wind and thunder crashing together filled her ears. The wolf was ripped from midair, colliding with something far more powerful than itself. They crashed to the forest floor in a blur of snarls, yelps, and snapping jaws. Aria hit the dirt hard, the impact knocking the breath from her lungs. Leaves and dust clung to her torn clothes as she scrambled back on her elbows, wide eyes darting toward the chaos.The wolf was struggling, trying desperately to fight back but not for long.The figure standing over it was unmistakable. It was Kieran. But not the man she knew, well at least kind of knew, not really. This was something else entirely. Something inhuman. His broad, bare chest heaved with adrenaline, glistening with sweat and smeared with blood, some seemed to be his, but most of it was not. His eyes glowed fai

The cold tiles of the bathroom floor had offered no comfort.Curled on her side, she was still wearing her mud stained leggings and vest, coated with a layer of fear and humiliation, Aria cried herself into the kind of sleep that wasn’t restful, just a surrender. Her body ached from the exertion, her mind even more so. The wolf’s snarling face still burned behind her eyelids every time she closed them. Its yellow eyes, the flash of its teeth, the final deadly lunge.She'd been sure that was it. That she would die alone, deep in the woods, reduced to nothing more than a body to be found… or never found at all.The sounds of the running shower lulled her into a deep sleep, where she was consumed by vivid, terrifying dreams. Wolves prowling just beyond sight, shadows moving too fast, teeth flashing. She ran and ran and never got away. And in the center of it all, a presence lingered. Watching. Waiting. It was monstrous. It was male. And it whispered her name like it belonged to him.She

Her chest heaved as she struggled, not just against him, but against the heat pooling between her thighs, the shameful ache pulsing through her limbs.With a grunt of defiance, she twisted her body just enough to free one wrist from his grasp.Then she slapped him. As hard as she could manage. Her palm cracked across his cheek with sharp, furious precision. The sound echoed off the trees like a gunshot and pain radiated though her open hand.His head turned as though with the force of the blow, though she knew that was for show, his jaw tightened… and then he looked back at her.Eyes glowing with a slight ring of gold that stopped Aria’s breathing. His smile was feral.Lips parted like he might kiss her. Or bite her maybe.“You really shouldn’t do that,” he said, voice almost gentle, his fingers tightening slightly on her wrists after he had quickly regained her other hand in his grasp. “But damn, it turns me on when you fight.”“Let me go,” she spat.“No.”His body pressed into hers

Chapter 26The dress clung to her body like liquid sin. Black silk, with thin shoulder straps, backless, cut to mold to her every curve. Her hair was softly curled, pinned away from her face to highlight the sharpness of her cheekbones. Her lips held the faintest sheen of gloss, her lashes long and thick, her skin glowing from the careful touch of blush and highlighter the older maid had applied with trembling fingers. She knew she looked good, but that did nothing to lessen the fear of what lay ahead.Aria stood just outside the double doors leading into the grand salon, where she’d been told they were waiting. She hesitated. She still didn’t know what she was doing here, why she’d agreed to this. It wasn’t the food, she could manage a night without that. It wasn’t fear, though she’d seen the terror in Mira’s eyes and could only imagine what Kieran’s wrath would look like.But it was... something else. Something deeper. More dangerous.The tall man stationed at the door gave her a re

Food arrived, it was a stunning array of roasted meats, delicate vegetables and rich sauces. Wine was poured into their glasses, and conversation resumed.Kieran spoke with Rafe and Thorne about training rotations, security, border activity. She caught words like “rogue” and “shift,” but they slipped through her fingers like water.Lena leaned toward her with a soft smile. “So, Aria, what do you like to do? For fun?”Aria blinked at the question, surprised by the normalcy, as if she was not being held captive against her will. “I used to run. A lot.”Lena’s smile widened. “Me too! We should go together sometime.”Aria hesitated for a moment, wondering if this was some kind of elaborate trap, but something about Lena felt safe. “Yeah. I’d like that.”Nyah chimed in, “We usually go early mornings before the sun is too hot. You’re welcome to join us anytime.”It was the first moment since her arrival that something warm settled in her chest. She wondered then if these women had been thro