All Chapters of Taming the Dangerous Alpha: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Everything had been arranged. Fitch would arrive at exactly nine—Cody was at school, our parents at the office. The living room would become an island, which was precisely what we needed: a conversation with no audience.I knew the word werewolf would keep surfacing in the air, like a verdict still under deliberation. My parents should never hear any of this—just as I shouldn’t be sitting here, waiting for an answer.According to the plan, we were supposed to keep our distance. He on the sofa, me in the armchair, the coffee table stretched between us like a hastily drawn boundary. It was necessary—whenever Fitch came too close, something inside me began to slip out of control. Now I understood why. And I wished I didn’t.The doorbell rang right on time. I counted to three before standing, as if delaying a few seconds might change something.The moment I opened the door, I froze.Fitch stood in the morning light like a crumpled sheet of paper. Dark shadows pooled beneath his eyes, brui

“What?” My voice came out soft, uncertain. I looked at Fitch, trying to tell whether I’d misheard him.“Bernice met her mate six months ago in the hospital—a human boy who was fighting cancer,” he said quietly. “Terminal. There was no chance of survival… medically.” He paused, his voice dropping lower. “At the time, I had already rejected you. And she had just lost her mate. So I… chose her as my moonshadow.”I nodded weakly. A genuine wave of sorrow welled up inside me—for her.“Did you and she… ever actually get together?”The moment the question left my mouth, I already knew the answer.He lowered his gaze and nodded. Of course. Why had I even asked?I let out a sigh,

He stared at me, delight rippling through his eyes simply because I was standing so close to him.“After I rejected you, my wolf refused to speak to me for weeks. It knew everything—and still wanted to go to you. I did everything I could to avoid you, but that bond kept working against me. All I wanted was to look at you every day. I even convinced my friends to go with me to the bakery where you worked.”When Fitch said that, a smile finally curved his lips, and I couldn’t help smiling too.“That’s when I realized I had to act. If I truly wanted to sever the mate bond completely, there was only one way—by marking someone else. All I needed was an unattached, compatible she-wolf. I would mark her and make her my future Luna. That’s why Bernice appeared. Her mate was dying, and she was about to lose

The drive home was steeped in suffocating silence. The three words Linjian had blurted out hung between us like an invisible barrier. I didn’t know what to say—worse, I didn’t even know how I was supposed to feel.When your boyfriend confesses under circumstances like that—completely naked, after you’ve just experienced the most unforgettable kiss of your life, still wrapped in his arms—what response could possibly be appropriate?The instant I heard those words, my heart skipped a beat before panic flooded in. It was too soon. This was all the fault of that damned soul bond.In the end, I said nothing, because I simply couldn’t return the same three words. Not yet—at least not now. I knew with painful clarity that I wasn’t in love with him. Not yet.I hur

I still didn’t understand why—but the moment I announced that Eva might be pregnant (no, to be precise, she waspregnant), the entire room’s atmosphere shifted abruptly. The hostility and coldness from before cracked quietly, like ice melting in early spring.I knew nothing of the couple’s past, yet watching Mr. and Mrs. Jones silently meet each other’s gaze for several minutes, I realized this news must mean the world to them. And I was the one delivering it—this filled me with an inexplicable warmth.“You can check now,” I said softly, carefully observing Eva’s expression. She nodded dazedly, then cautiously picked up the test and stood from her comfortable high-backed chair. Her knees trembled slightly, and I worried she might fall.She walked out of the room as if sleepwalking. I anxi