All Chapters of Bound By Broken Promises: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

31 Chapters

THE HUNT

Last Updated : 2025-06-06

The Alpha's Burden

Kieran POVThe urgent pack meeting had lasted for three hours, and I could sense my patience unraveling like a rope under excessive strain. Elder Blackthorne’s voice monotonously discussed territorial lines and customary hunting areas, while Elder Morrison nodded in agreement, exuding the type of seasoned wisdom that came from avoiding real choices during his seventy-three years of existence. "Which is why we must reflect on the consequences of letting outsiders interfere with our investigation," Blackthorne declared, his aged hands gesturing passionately. I clenched the arms of my chair tightly enough to hear the wood groan in discomfort. The conference room within the pack house felt more constricted than usual, saturated with the odor of old disputes and ancient biases. Through the expansive windows, I could view the Olympic Peninsula's timeworn forests extending towards the skyline, but even that reassuring sight couldn't soothe the restless tension that had been mounting in my

Last Updated : 2025-06-07

The Awkward Reunion

Aria POVThe Northgate Community Center reeked of old coffee and harsh disinfectant, with an undercurrent of tension that made my wolf shift restlessly beneath my skin. I arrived fifteen minutes ahead of time, a product of my hunting past, where tardiness could lead to fatal consequences, and used that time to examine the exits, assess possible threats, and select a seat that kept my back against the wall, allowing me to see both entrances clearly. Marcus referred to it as professional paranoia. I considered it a means of survival. The conference room was bland enough to fit in anywhere in America: beige walls, fluorescent lights that rendered everyone a touch sickly, and a lengthy table surrounded by mismatched chairs that had definitely seen better years. Not quite the sort of venue you'd expect for organizing a hunt for a supernatural serial killer, but Marcus preferred neutral territory for inter-pack discussions. Smart move. Put a bunch of territorial predators in an actual ter

Last Updated : 2025-06-07

First Crime Scene

Aria I had many things to suggest when Kieran asked if I had any suggestions, but after three years of being a rogue hunter, I knew better than to just suggest to him immediately. So, I asked that he give me time to go over all the past killings. And that was why I stayed up all night, reading file after file. The killer was one meticulous motherf**er. I didn't even realize it was daybreak until I got a text from Kieran. Unknown: There's been another death at Alpha Davidson's residence. You should come and check it out. This is Kieran. How did he get my number? I took my time to get a shower and get dressed before I headed out. It was the smell that hit me first. Death and fear were thick in the morning air outside Alpha Davidson's house. If it were the old me, I'd have described how fear tasted, too, but I was different. I was no longer the girl that's afraid of death. I pulled my leather jacket tighter as I walked up the gravel driveway, boots crunching with each step. Kier

Last Updated : 2025-06-16

Seperation Saga

All I could smell in Marriott's lobby was expensive coffee and air freshener. I sat in a corner chair where I could watch the entrances, wrapping my hand tightly around my third cup of caffeine and trying to make sense of Morrison's genealogy records. The connections were there. Subtle, but there.Beyond being the elders who had pressured Kieran three years ago, Davidson and Morrison were connected through bloodlines that went back five generations. Descended from the same alpha line, they are both part of a network of families that had controlled pack politics in the Pacific Northwest for over a century. My phone buzzed. Kieran: On my way up. I'd given him my phone number because the hotel lobby felt too public for the conversation we intended to have. We should be careful of places with too many ears and eyes. But now, sitting on my bed with files spread around me like a paper fortress, I was regretting that decision.The knock came exactly ten minutes later. Three sharp raps, t

Last Updated : 2025-06-18

Business Talk Only

Kieran's POVThe pack house felt like a war zone when I walked through the front door.Voices carried from the main hall, angry, heated discussions that stopped the moment I appeared. Damien met me in the foyer, his face grim."How bad?" I asked."Bad." He handed me a stack of files. "These are Davidson's records. And Morrison's too, since Marcus already called about the second scene."I took the files, noting how thick they were. Two alphas, both dead in the same morning. Both connected to... I pushed that thought away. Had to focus on facts, not feelings."The pack?"Damien's jaw tightened. "Elder Blackthorne called an emergency council meeting. They're not happy about bringing in an outsider."I drew in a sharp breath. "She's not an outsider. She's...""She's the hunter who was rejected by our alpha three years ago," Blackthorne's voice cut through the hall like a blade. "And now she's back, and alphas are dying."I turned to face him. Elder Blackthorne stood at the entrance to the

Last Updated : 2025-06-20

The Strange Attack

KieranThe Marriott's elevator seemed to take forever. I stood there watching the numbers climb, Damien's words kept ringing in my head. "But you'll never get it if you don't try."Maybe he was right. Maybe I was an idiot for not fighting harder three years ago. But what was done was done. Right now, I had to focus on the case, on keeping people alive.On keeping Aria alive.The elevator dinged, and I walked down the hall to Aria's. I knocked twice."It's open," came her voice from inside.I found her at the small desk by the window, papers spread everywhere. Crime scene photos, genealogy charts, maps of the pack territories. She'd been busy."You found something," I said, closing the door behind me."I found more than something." She didn't look up from the papers. "Your Morrison wasn't just an elder who supported the rejection. He was the one who started it."I moved closer, studying the documents she'd laid out. "What do you mean?""I mean, he's the one who first approached the othe

Last Updated : 2025-06-21

The Attraction Left

Aria"The one who left because you were 'obsessed' with someone who'd never come back?"The words were like a slap. "How did you?""Pack gossip travels fast. Even to hunters." She turned away from me. "Her timing is interesting.""What do you mean?""I mean, she's been gone for six months, and suddenly she comes back right when alphas start dying? Right when you need her support to maintain pack stability?" Aria shook her head. "Either she has the worst timing in the world, or the best."What she said hit me like a physical blow. "You think Sophia is involved?""I think everyone's involved until proven otherwise. That's how you stay alive in this business."She was right. I knew she was right. But the idea that Sophia, the woman I'd married to satisfy pack politics, might be connected to the murders was almost impossible to process."She left me," I said quietly."People leave for lots of reasons. Doesn't mean they don't come back when it suits their purposes."I looked at Aria, noting

Last Updated : 2025-06-23

Where My Heart Belong

KieranI watched as Sophia walked majestically out of the car with two guards by her side from the window of the conference hall. Her scent hit me first before she got close enough to the pack house. Expensive perfume, vanilla, and jasmine. She always wore them like her life depended on the blend. Knowing werewolves have heightened olfactory senses, she’d wear too much, as if a little of it wasn’t enough to announce her presence before she entered a room. I drew in a sharp breath, mentally calming myself for whatever the reunion would bring. She barely changed. She made sure she gathered everyone’s attention along with her as she walked, with her head high, as they all fixed their gazes on her perfectly straight posture from behind. “Are you nervous?” Damien appeared from behind, his expression was neutral beyond suspicion. “I don’t have a good feeling about her appearance.”“Do you have any idea why she’s really here?”“I spoke to her on the phone, and she said she heard about the

Last Updated : 2025-06-27

The Training

Aria POVI’d only been on the pack territory for a day, and I was beginning to reminisce on the reason I’d left in the first place. It wasn’t about the building or the guest room that was assigned to me. The guest room was more comfortable than the Marriott, and Damien made sure I had everything I needed. It wasn’t the stares and whispers that trailed after me as I walked through the pack members. I saw it coming. But what bothered me was the nostalgic feeling I kept getting. Their morning routines and rituals, the pack flow, and the strategic hierarchy that governed every part of it. It was like I travelled back in time, except that I was seeing it from a different angle this time.Watching the training session going on in the courtyard below stirred something in me. The way the young wolves sparred, practiced taking forms, and worked as a team reminded me that three years ago, I would have been down there with them, struggling to keep up in an attempt to prove that I also belonged

Last Updated : 2025-06-28

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