All Chapters of The Alpha’s Debt: Chapter 1 - Chapter 7

MATE CONTRACTThe words sat at the top of the page in bold letters like they were perfectly normal, like people signed contracts to become someone’s mate every day of the week. Below that were terms and conditions laid out in neat paragraphs.Party A (Kade Blackwood) and Party B (Sage Monroe) agree to enter a mate bond for a period of one (1) year. Party B will live in Party A’s residence and present as Party A’s mate at all pack functions. In exchange, Party B’s debt of $500,000 will be cleared in full.She read it again to make sure she was not imagining things. Then she started laughing, the kind of laugh that comes out when something is so ridiculous and your brain cannot process it any other way.A mate contract. He wanted to buy her like she was some kind of commodity, like he could just write up paperwork and own another person for a year.She crushed the paper in her hand and threw it across as it bounced off the wall and landed in the trash can.Then she poured herself a gl

Sage woke up confused for a moment trying to remember where she was and then she remembered the contract.Kade had been there before she fell asleep but he was gone now, which made Sage feel relieved because she did not know how to talk to him in daylight.She got up and found a robe, then went to the kitchen hoping coffee would help her brain start working again.Marcus was already there leaning on the counter with a mug in his hand. “Morning,” she said and went straight for the coffee maker.“You do not belong here.” His voice was flat and cold.She poured coffee and tried to ignore him. “Kade seems to think I do.”“Kade’s making a mistake.” Marcus set his mug down.“You’re human. Weak. You can’t shift, can’t fight. What happens when enemies come? Are you going to hide behind him like a coward?”“I’m a doctor.” She turned to face him. “I save lives. That is what I do.”“You are a burden.” He moved closer in a way that it made her heart speed up. “Everyone knows it. Half the pack t

Sage sat on the floor of Kade’s bedroom with her back against the wall. She stared at her hands like they belonged to someone else.She could still taste blood in her mouth even though she scrubbed her teeth until her gums bled. The hunter’s blood, the same man she killed by biting his throat as a wolf.Her wolf was awake now and restless under her skin like something alive trying to claw its way out. Fifteen years she kept it buried with pills and meditation, now it was free and hungry and she didn’t know how to put it back.The bedroom door was locked from the outside. Kade had not come in since his men brought her back from the warehouse three nights ago. Food came in from outside the door twice a day but she barely touched it. She could hear him sometimes in the living room pacing back and forth until late into the night.The mate bond hurt worse than anything she had ever felt. Like someone was taking a hammer to her ribs from the inside. Headaches that made her vision blur.