All Chapters of His Obsession, My Ruin: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

Cassandra’s POVThe wind screamed through the trees at the forest's edge, and the cold bit into my skin like tiny knives.A few steps away, Alpha guards had my brother Ethan pinned to the ground, and my heart lurched at the sight of him struggling beneath their grip.Asher stood there with a cigar between his teeth, his face carved from ice.Behind him stretched the Barrens—that godforsaken wasteland where even the most vicious rogues refused to go.I knew exactly what he was planning.My legs gave out, and I dropped to my knees in front of him."He's twelve years old," I choked out, my voice breaking. "He doesn't know how to survive out there alone." Tears burned my eyes, but I didn't care. "Please, just let him go. Do whatever you want to me, but don't hurt him. He's all I have left."Asher looked down at me with lazy contempt. He lifted my chin with one finger, and his lips curved into a cruel smile. "When you hurt what Vivian loved most, did you stop to think about how she'd feel?

Cassandra’s POVVivian's laughter echoed through the hospital room, but I barely heard it anymore.Ethan had spent an entire week in the ICU, fighting his way back from the edge of death. When the nurse finally told me he was out of danger, something inside me just... gave out. All those days of holding myself together, and my body decided it was done.Next thing I knew, I was the one in a hospital bed.I opened my eyes to find Asher sitting beside me. There was worry in his expression—faint, but unmistakable. I didn't care anymore, and he could tell.His jaw tightened, irritation flashing across his face. "What's with that look? You blaming me for this?"I turned away. "I wouldn't dare."He moved fast, grabbing my wrist with both hands. His eyes had gone red around the edges, and his Alpha presence pressed down on me like a physical weight. "Cassandra, we're barely getting started here." His voice dropped low and dangerous. "After everything I've sacrificed for you, this is how you re

Asher's POVI sat by Vivian's hospital bed, and my wolf was going crazy inside me.It felt like my bond had snapped somewhere, and that hollow emptiness made my Alpha instincts scream. My mind kept flashing back to yesterday afternoon—Cassandra's face at the blood donation room door, tears streaming down her cheeks.But Vivian's situation had been critical. She'd saved my life, and even if we only had a fake mate bond, I couldn't just stand there and watch her die. Besides, it was just a little blood. No one was gonna die from that. I'd even sent the pack's best healer to take care of Ethan.Ethan would be fine.After my rebirth, Cassandra's sudden change in attitude had me torn between excitement and paranoia. I was excited because I'd finally gotten what I'd been chasing across two lifetimes—my true mate's love. But I was paranoid because I couldn't tell how much of it was real and how much was fake.So I'd set up test after test.She'd passed every single one. Every reaction made my

Cassandra's POVThe moment the plane touched down, I felt it—that bone-deep familiarity, like I was finally back where I belonged, back in my territory.Outside the arrival gate, Lucian was leaning against a black SUV, waiting for me.Five years had changed him. His Alpha presence was more substantial now, and he carried that mature predator energy that made humans instinctively keep their distance. But when he saw me, his eyes softened the same way I remembered.Lucian Knight. My childhood friend, the boy I grew up with, and before Asher came into my life, the only man who'd ever made my heart race.In my past life, I had repeatedly rejected Asher, and Lucian was a significant part of the reason. I thought he was the mate the Moon Goddess had chosen for me.But after my rebirth, fate played a cruel joke on me—I chose Asher, and then I didn't see Lucian again for years.That changed a few months ago when he called me for the first time. "Cassandra, come back with me. Leave him."I said

Cassandra’s POVI got home around noon and found the house empty. Lucian was gone.My wolf surged to attention, every instinct screaming danger.My phone buzzed. Unknown number. The message was short: "Want to see Lucian? Come to the rooftop. Alone."Ice flooded my veins.Five years with Asher had taught me to recognize his methods, and this had his fingerprints all over it.I went to the rooftop alone.The door rattled in the wind, hinges groaning. I pushed it open, and the world stopped.Asher had one hand locked around Lucian's neck and a silver blade pressed to his throat. Silver—lethal to our kind. The edge had already broken skin, and blood dripped down the blade in dark red beads.Lucian's eyes blazed gold. His wolf was fighting to shift, but the silver was spreading through his system and shutting him down."Cassandra." Asher's voice came out as a low growl, barely human. "If he dies, there's nothing left between us, right? No more obstacles."His eyes burned crimson.His Alpha