All Chapters of The Alpha's Breeding Pet : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

**ARIA'S POV** Three days passed after the feast, and the fortress felt…different. I felt it like a weight pressing on me. The way wolves looked at me, they didn't even look at me. Their eyes would land on me for half a second, then skitter away like I'd burned them. Conversations died the moment I entered a room. Omegas whispered in tight clusters until I got close, then scattered like startled birds. I was being avoided. It wasn’t like Lysandra’s open cruelty. This was quieter. Sharper. And somehow…it felt worse. On the fourth morning, I tried to stay in my tiny room. Curled up on the thin mattress with my back pressed against the cold stone wall. Maybe if I stayed there long enough they'd forget I even existed. That would be better for me. The door opened without a knock. A woman stood in the doorway. Her hair was pulled back in a bun, grey strands of hair visible everywhere. She wore a simple black dress with an apron tied at the waist, and her hands were red and raw

**CAELAN'S POV** The courtyard was empty but the air reeked of fear, sweat and panic. And the sharp tang of wolves who'd just watched their Alpha nearly lose control. I stood there, blood dripping from my palms. My claws had torn through my flesh when I'd clenched my fists. I watched the drops hit stone and didn't even care. My wolf, Ryder, paced under my skin, snarling. He hated the fact that I let Ronan walk away with his throat intact. I hated it too. The thought kept circling back, burning like a brand I couldn't shake. I bought her. She's my property but why did my wolf make me feel like she was something more? And why had Ronan looked at her like he could take her? My hands were still shaking. The anger in my mind hadn't faded. If anything, it had gotten worse. I wanted to make sure Ronan understood what would happen if he ever came near anything that was under my protection again. Her scent flooded my nostrils. Smoke and fear and something else I couldn't na

**ARIA'S POV** We walked through the long hallway in suffocating silence. His boots echoed on stone while my bare feet made no sound at all. “Where are you taking me?” I forced the question out. He kept walking. “WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME?” I snapped, stopping in my tracks. My hands curled into fists. "You bought me. The least you could do is treat me like a person.” Caelan stopped. My heart lurched. Maybe I'd said too much…gone too far. But what should he have expected from someone who has been a slave her whole life and then bought by someone as awful as him. He turned slowly. I noticed the unusual dullness in his ever burning eyes. They look cold. I swallowed hard. "I don't treat you like a person," he said. His voice was quiet and somehow it made my pulse spike. He walked toward me, his boots making heavy thuds that began to match the rhythm of my heartbeat. I wanted to back up but my feet were rooted to the floor. He stopped right in front of me. Close enough that I h

**ARIA'S POV**What did she just say?Fellow human?The words echoed in my skull like a threat. She couldn't be a human. Humans didn't glow the way she glowed. Didn't move with that kind of grace or speak with that kind of confidence.So how could she be one?I shook the thought away and forced myself to breathe. My chest tightened.My eyes drifted to the basket she'd left near the fireplace.I walked slowly toward it, each step feeling heavier than it should have. Like my legs were weighted down with something I couldn't name.The clothes were just as extravagant as hers. Deep colors. Expensive fabrics. Silky to the touch when I finally reached out to feel them.Some pieces were far more revealing than I was comfortable with. Cut low. High on the thigh. The kind of thing meant to draw attention I didn't want.I didn't know if she'd chosen them or if Caelan had.But they sure weren't the kind of things I would want to wear. No matter how beautiful they looked.I pulled my hand back an

**ARIA'S POV**“They're coming,” Lina signalled as soon as she caught a glimpse of the high ranked wolves walking in.She immediately went away, leaving me alone by the corner close to the long dining table. The thick scent of roasted meat that made my empty stomach rumble but I contained it.The group of high-ranking wolves finally entered from the opposite door into the dining hall, their movements synchronized and deliberate. Crested collars marked them as Caelan's elite.Then they noticed me.The room shifted like someone sucked all the air out. Conversations died mid-word, forks froze in the air.The moment they spotted me, their faces twisted.Wicked…disgusted.Like the sight of me offended something primal in them.Dozens of eyes were all locked on me.They didn't look curious.They just stared like I was poison in their space.My stomach clenched but I pretended I hadn't noticed them at all. I swallowed hard and lowered my gaze.Then I saw her.The woman from last night. The