CHAPTER 1: Blood and Ash

The phone rang at midnight, the way bad news always did.Gabriel Thorne stared at the unknown number glowing on his cracked screen, his heart already sinking before he answered. He had learned to recognize the particular quality of silence that preceded disaster, the way the air seemed to thicken with unspoken grief before the words even formed."Gabriel." His mother's voice was barely a whisper, stretched thin with exhaustion and fear. "You need to come home. Your father is dying."He should have said no, and ended the call, or thrown the phone across his pathetic studio apartment, and pretended he had never heard those words. Five years ago, Patriarch Michael Thorne had stood in the grand hall of the family estate and declared his eldest son dead to the Holy Order, dead to God, and dead to the bloodline that stretched back twelve generations of exorcists. Gabriel had been seventeen, broken, and desperate for understanding that never came.Instead, he found himself standing outside t

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CHAPTER 2: The Rejected

The memory hit Gabriel like a physical blow the moment he stepped into his father's bedroom, the smell of smoke and burning wood suddenly overwhelming despite the sterile scent of sickness that permeated the actual room.Five years ago. The Riverside Pack purge. Gabriel had been seventeen and still believed that the Holy Order served a righteous purpose, that the werewolves they hunted were monsters who deserved the flames.He had been so fucking wrong.Patriarch Thorne lay motionless in the massive four-poster bed, his skin gray beneath the curse marks that crawled across his chest like living tattoos. The symbols pulsed with that sickly green light, moving slowly toward his heart with the inexorable patience of poison. Gabriel forced himself to focus on his father's shallow breathing, on the present moment, but the past refused to release its grip.The Riverside packhouse had been burning when Gabriel arrived with his father's strike team. He remembered the heat against his face, th

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CHAPTER 3: The Bargain

Ashford Tower rose from downtown Seattle like a monument to werewolf ambition, seventy-three floors of glass and steel that reflected the gray morning sky. Gabriel stood across the street, watching expensive cars pull up while uniformed valets opened doors for people who radiated wealth and confidence.He wore the same worn jacket from the night before, jeans patched twice at the knees, boots that had seen better years. His reflection in a shop window showed exactly what he was: someone surviving on the margins, scraping by on investigation jobs that barely covered rent.Gabriel forced himself to cross the street. The lobby was all marble floors and abstract sculptures that probably cost more than he would earn in his lifetime. The security desk sat dead center, manned by three guards who radiated supernatural alertness."I need to see Dominic Ashford," Gabriel said, keeping his voice steady. "My name is Gabriel Thorne."The lead guard's nostrils flared, scenting him. Her expression s

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CHAPTER 4: The Penthouse

The private elevator opened directly into Dominic's penthouse, and Gabriel stepped into a space that looked more like an architectural magazine spread than a place where anyone actually lived. Floor-to-ceiling windows wrapped around three sides of the massive open-plan living area, offering a panoramic view of Seattle that made the city look like a glittering toy seventy-three floors below.Everything was minimalist luxury executed with ruthless precision. White marble floors stretched in every direction, broken only by strategically placed rugs that probably cost more than Gabriel's entire year of rent. The furniture was all clean lines and expensive materials, arranged with careful composition that suggested an interior designer rather than personal taste.The space felt cold despite the warm afternoon light. It was more like a showroom than somewhere a person might actually live. Gabriel supposed that was the point. Dominic Ashford did not do comfort. He did control, power and care

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CHAPTER 5: The Gala

The tailored suit arrived at precisely nine in the morning, delivered by a service that handled the garment like it contained the crown jewels. Gabriel stared at the midnight blue fabric, at the way the light caught subtle patterns woven into the material, and knew without checking the label that it cost more than he had earned in the past six months combined.It fit perfectly. Of course it did. Dominic would have ensured that every measurement was exact, that Gabriel would have no excuse to appear as anything less than what an Alpha's companion should be. Gabriel stood before the full-length mirror in his assigned room and barely recognized himself. The suit transformed him from the shabby exile he had become into someone who looked like they might actually belong in Dominic Ashford's world.The illusion was almost convincing enough to believe.Ethan collected him at six o'clock, his professional mask firmly in place as he looked Gabriel over with critical eyes. "You'll do," he said,

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All Chapters of The Exorcist’s Son: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

CHAPTER 1: Blood and Ash

CHAPTER 2: The Rejected

CHAPTER 3: The Bargain

CHAPTER 4: The Penthouse

CHAPTER 5: The Gala