All Chapters of BOUND by BLOOD and MOONLIGHT : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

I didn’t know how long I ran.My legs burned, lungs screaming, the world blurring past me as the trees swallowed my tears. The forest had always been my refuge the one place where the pack’s whispers couldn’t follow, where my name didn’t feel like a curse on someone’s tongue.My chest hurt, not from the run, but from the way my father’s words still echoed inside me.You will never be more than what you are.I didn’t stop until my feet carried me to the narrow path only two people knew existed. A sharp turn between thick vines, a fallen oak that formed a natural arch, and then there it was.Our place.The clearing opened like a secret the world had agreed to keep. Sunlight filtered through the leaves, painting gold over the grass. The old training posts stood where we’d built them years ago, scarred from endless sparring sessions and stubborn dreams.I dropped to my knees, breath hitching as everything I’d been holding in finally spilled out. My hands curled into the dirt.“I did every

Jake - Third Person Limited POV The first thing I learned about power was that it never felt the way people imagined it would.It wasn’t glorious.It wasn’t pride.It wasn’t even strength.It was heavy.Heavy, crushing, unrelenting.I felt it the moment I opened my eyes that morning, long before the sun crept over the mountains, long before the arena roared to life. The ceiling above me felt too close. The air is too thick. My wolf paced beneath my skin, restless and uneasy, as if he already knew today would change everything.I sat up slowly, running a hand through my hair, exhaling through clenched teeth.Bella.Her presence still lingered in my chest like a bruise that refused to fade. The bond pulsed faintly, a constant reminder of what I had seen, what I had felt, and what I was trying desperately not to want.She was mine.And I couldn’t claim her.The irony tasted bitter.I had been born into power raised to lead, trained to dominate, shaped into the Alpha everyone expected me

Bella POV Winning didn’t feel like winning.I thought it would feel loud. Like relief. Like something settling inside my chest after years of fighting just to exist.Instead, it hurt.At first, it was small enough to ignore. A strange pressure under my skin, like something shifting where it didn’t belong. I stood in the middle of the arena, my mask lying at my feet, the crowd frozen in silence. No cheers. No insults. Just shock. The kind that presses in on you and makes you feel exposed.My legs shook.Not because I was scared. Because something inside me was breaking.I straightened anyway. I forced my shoulders back, lifted my chin, and reminded myself that I had survived worse than their stares. I wasn’t going to give them the satisfaction of watching me fall apart now.Then the bond flared.Not the familiar pull. Not the awareness of Jake somewhere nearby.This was a pain.It rushed through me fast and hot, like fire flooding my veins. I sucked in a breath and nearly lost it whe

POV: Bella (Third-Person Limited)The gates of the Alpha Academy groaned as Bella pushed them open, and for a moment, she felt like the world itself was holding its breath. The stone towers loomed over her, iron vines curling around the edges, symbols etched deep into the walls that made her chest tighten with a mixture of awe and something she couldn’t name.She had dreamed of this day for years. Every early morning she spent training in secret. Every bruise she hid. Every time someone told her she would never belong, she pushed harder. Every moment she had endured the sneers and whispers, the “omega” labels, the dismissals they had led her here.A smile tugged at her lips. I made it.Her chest warmed with pride, but it didn’t last. The elders had approved her entry with unnerving ease. No resistance, no hesitation, no warning. After everything in the arena, the bond flared, the panic she had caused she expected objections, tests, conditions. But they had opened the gates and let her

Third Person Limited POV — BellaThe scream cut through the training grounds before anyone could stop it.Bella barely had time to register the sound before the Alpha who attacked her collapsed completely, clawing at his own chest like something inside him was trying to tear its way out. His body hit the ground hard, dust flying up around him.No one moved.Not the instructors.Not the students.Not even the healers standing at the edge of the ring.Bella stood frozen, blood still dripping from her arm, heart hammering so loudly it drowned out every other sound.“What did I do?” she demanded, her voice shaking despite herself.The Alpha convulsed once, then went still.Dead silence followed.Jake was already beside her.He didn’t touch her. Didn’t even look at the fallen Alpha. His eyes were locked on Bella’s wound, jaw tight, fists clenched like he was holding himself back from doing something reckless.“Cover it,” he said quietly.“I what?”“Your arm,” he repeated, sharper this time