214: What I Became Was Mine

Vivienne POV I had been poisoned before. Shot, stabbed, beaten and betrayed by people close enough to know exactly where to hurt me. I had nearly died enough times that death itself no longer frightened me the way it probably should, but the moment I felt something pulling at the faint presence of my baby inside me, I understood terror and it wasn't the kind I could swallow, hide behind anger or fight through. This was different because, for the first time, the thing I was terrified of losing wasn't myself. The ritual circle flared beneath my knees, and something invisible reached through my body. It didn't feel like hands or claws. It was worse, like something had found the tiny bond I had only recently learned to recognize and was trying to drag it out through my bones. I screamed as Ivy exploded inside me, her panic hitting almost as violently as the pain. The pup! I knew. Fuck, I knew. My hands were still trapped by the magical restraints, but I fought them anyway, barely notic

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215: I Wish You Chose Me Sooner

Vivienne POVMy father was dead.I thought I would feel something bigger when it finally happenedLike maybe relief, satisfaction or even the kind of happiness that made people laugh after surviving something terrible. Instead, I stood in the remains of the ritual chamber staring at his body while the last sounds of fighting slowly disappeared around us, and all I felt was tired.The bond with my baby was still there. That mattered more than anything else. I could feel her faint presence tucked safely inside me again, no longer being dragged toward magic that wanted to tear her apart, while my four mate bonds burned with a new clarity I still hadn't completely adjusted to. Ivy was awake in a way she had never been before, and for once, even she had nothing sarcastic to say.Then someone shouted for Maya.I turned immediately.Mara ran through the ruined doorway first, blood covering one sleeve that didn't appear to be hers. Maya followed only seconds later, and between two Shadowcrest

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216: The Life I Kept

Vivienne POVSeveral months after my father died, I learned that killing the head of a conspiracy was much easier than cleaning up the mess he left behind.The evidence recovered from his stronghold kept investigators busy for weeks. Names led to accounts, accounts led to businesses, and businesses led to people who suddenly became very interested in explaining that they had absolutely no idea what my father had been planning. Some were telling the truth. Others were terrible liars. Shadowcrest dealt with its side while my people handled mine, and between us, the network my father had spent years building slowly collapsed. The hostages were returned safely, his remaining loyalists were hunted down, and several packs discovered that agreements they thought were independent opportunities had all come from the same source.Red Hollow was one of them.Their mysterious better offer had been designed to pull them away from Shadowcrest, cut off important supplies and weaken us economically b

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217: Anything You Choose

Vivienne POV — Five Years LaterFive years later, I had come to an unfortunate conclusion.Defeating my father had been easier than raising his granddaughter.“No.”My daughter stood in front of Dante's desk with both hands behind her back and her most innocent expression firmly in place. At five years old, she had already learned that the expression worked particularly well on her fathers, and Dante was unfortunately her favorite victim.“But Daddy...”“I said no.”I watched from the doorway and almost laughed. Dante didn't know I was there yet, which made the entire thing much more entertaining. He sat behind his desk wearing the same cold expression that had frightened Alphas, politicians and businessmen for years, while the tiny girl in front of him looked completely unimpressed.She wanted to go riding alone and Dante had said no three times.Five minutes later, I found them outside.He had given her the horse.I folded my arms. “Strict parent?”Dante turned slowly.Our daughter

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Alle Kapitel von Theirs To Possess And Ruin: Kapitel 221 – Kapitel 224

214: What I Became Was Mine

215: I Wish You Chose Me Sooner

216: The Life I Kept

217: Anything You Choose