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Thirty-One

CAMERON POVI woke up gasping, my cock painfully hard.The dream clung to me in vivid detail. I could still feel her around me and hear her voice saying my name. I lay in the dark breathing hard, trying to orient myself.Evangeline slept beside me, her platinum hair spread across the pillow.My mate.My body didn’t seem to understand that.I was harder than I’d been in years, aching with need, and it was all directed at a woman who wasn’t in this bed.I needed to fix this. I needed to prove to myself that the mate bond still mattered more than anything.I turned toward Evangeline and studied her for a moment.She was beautiful. She was mine.I leaned in and kissed her.She stirred under me, her eyes opening slowly. “Cameron?”I kissed her again and began unbuttoning her nightgown.A smile curved her mouth. “Well, good morning to you too.”I didn’t answer. I kept kissing her and sliding the fabric off her shoulders, trying to recreate what I had felt in the dream.But the moment the ni

Thirty-Two

CAMERON POVThe Council chamber was one of the worst parts of being Alpha. It was filled with men who believed their bloodlines made them superior to everyone else.Elder Council members flanked me on both sides, a row of gray-haired men who carried the stale scent of entitlement.And then there was Matthias.My cousin sat three seats down beside his strongest ally, Elder Richmond, looking every inch the heir he had always believed himself to be. Tall, broad-shouldered, the kind of polished Lycan appearance that came from generations of carefully preserved bloodlines.“Alpha Cameron,” Richmond began, managing to turn my title into an insult. “We’ve called this emergency session to discuss the matter of succession.”I remained seated at the head of the table and gave him nothing.“The council is concerned—”“Concerned about what?” I cut in. “Why does your reach always seem to dig so deeply into my affairs more than anyone else’s here? My mate is ill, and I have already taken steps towa

Thirty-Three

CAMERON POVI was nine years old when I realized my stepmother hated me.Not disliked. Not resented.Hated.She showed it in a thousand small ways. The way she “forgot” to have the kitchen prepare my meals. The way she assigned me the worst chores and gave me the smallest room in the massive estate.But mostly she showed it through silence.My father, the great Alpha everyone respected, was rarely home. He spent his time managing pack business, traveling to other territories, doing everything except being a parent.Which left me and Nadia alone with her.Nadia and I shared the same dark hair and sharp features we inherited from our birth mother, a woman neither of us had ever met.Our stepmother liked to remind us of that.“Your mother was a whore,” she would say casually over dinner when Father was away. “A desperate pig who spread her legs for tokens. Just another prostitute.”Nadia would flinch.I said nothing.“Your father only used her because I couldn’t give him sons,” Victoria

Thirty-Four

LISA POVThree days had passed since Cameron walked out of my room after I lied about being hurt.Three days of silence.No footsteps in the hallway at nine. No knock on the door. No demands for my body, my compliance, or anything else.Nothing.I should have been relieved to finally let my body recover. Instead the silence gnawed at me.The isolation felt suffocating. Evangeline hadn’t sent for me. It was as if I stopped existing the moment I became inconvenient.Cameron’s absence was worse.I kept expecting the door to open, expecting him to ignore my supposed injury and take what he paid for. Part of me even wanted it, because at least then I would feel something other than this hollow ache.At least then I wouldn’t feel forgotten.Franklin was the only person who bothered with me. Every day or two he stopped by with food from the kitchen, asking if I needed anything, making small talk about the weather or pack business.Kind, careful Franklin.He never asked the questions I could

Thirty-Five

LISA POVCameron moved before I could process what was happening.He grabbed the man who had pinned me and hauled him up by the throat. The bastard clawed at Cameron’s grip, trying to pry his fingers loose.“Alpha—” he choked. “Please—”Cameron’s fist smashed into his face. Bone cracked. Blood sprayed across the dirt, across Cameron’s chest, across my arms where I was still crouched on the ground.He threw the man aside. The hunter hit the ground and curled into himself, whimpering.The others hadn’t run. They had shifted back to human form and stood a careful distance away with their hands raised.“She ran into neutral territory alone,” one of them said quickly. “She didn’t identify herself. She had no protection. We thought she was a rogue. This is neutral land. By law she was—”“I don’t give a fuck about the law.” Cameron’s eyes still burned gold with rage. “You touched her. You pinned her down. You were about to rape her. She belongs to Silver Creek Pack. She belongs to me. If any

Thirty-Six

CAMERONWe stayed knotted together longer than we should have.My body was still locked inside hers, her warmth wrapped tight around me while our breathing scraped against the quiet of the forest. Leaves rustled overhead and somewhere deeper in the trees a bird called out, the sound sharp against the silence settling between us.I should have pulled out as soon as the knot loosened. Should have stood up, gotten dressed, and put distance between us before this became something harder to control.Instead I stayed where I was.My forehead rested against hers. Her legs were still wrapped around my waist, holding me in place, and the longer we remained like that the heavier the guilt pressed down on my chest.I had kissed her.Evangeline’s one rule. The single line she drew to keep this arrangement from becoming something else. Something personal.And I crossed it without hesitation.The knot loosened and I finally pulled out. Lisa inhaled sharply as I withdrew, my release spilling from he

Thirty-Seven

CAMERONI spent the rest of the day with Evangeline.She was in bed when I arrived, propped against a pile of pillows with a book in her hands. She set it aside when she saw me.“Cameron.” Her face brightened. “I wasn’t expecting you.”“I wanted to see you.” I sat on the edge of the bed and took her hand. “How are you feeling?”“Better.” She smiled. “The new medication seems to be helping. Dr. Beauty says my vitals are more stable than they’ve been in weeks.”“That’s good.”“It is.” She squeezed my hand. “Maybe we’re turning a corner. Maybe I’m not dying after all.”“I hope so,” I said.We sat together in quiet for a while. My attention drifted to the tray of food untouched on the bedside table.“You haven’t eaten.”Evangeline’s smile faded. “I’m not very hungry.”“You need to eat, Eva. You’re already too thin.”“I know, but food doesn’t appeal to me lately. Everything tastes strange.”“Please.” I picked up the tray and held it toward her. “For me. Just a little.”She sighed but took

Thirty-Eight

LISA POVMom called to tell me she’d moved.“It’s small,” she said, and I could hear the smile in her voice. “Two bedrooms. Two bathrooms. The kitchen is barely big enough to turn around in. But it’s ours, Lisa. It’s ours.”Relief hit so hard I sat on the edge of the bed.“And it’s close to James’s school?”“Ten-minute walk. He can come home for lunch if he wants.” She paused. “The landlord didn’t even ask for references. Just first and last month’s rent. The money you sent covered everything. More than enough.”I closed my eyes and breathed out slowly, letting the weight lift off my chest. Mom wasn’t under Dad’s roof anymore. She had a door she could lock. Walls that belonged to her.“I’m glad, Mom.”“I know what this cost you,” she said quietly. “What it’s still costing you. And I—”“Don’t.” I cut her off before the apology started. “Just be safe. Be happy. That’s enough.”We talked a little longer before she hung up to keep unpacking.I sat there afterward, staring at the phone in

Thirty-Nine

LISA POV“I told you they won’t let you visit,” I said into the phone. “Sorry, babes. I tried.”“Are you fucking kidding me?” Sasha snapped. “They won’t let me? Who the hell do they think they are?”“They’re Lycans. And I’m here for a job.”“That’s bullshit.”“I know.”She went quiet. I could hear her breathing hard, forcing herself to calm down.“Are you okay?” she asked. “Like really okay?”“I’m fine.”“Lisa.”“I am,” I insisted. “It’s just complicated.”The words spilled out before I could stop them.“Cameron is confusing me. One minute he’s cold and distant and treating me like I’m nothing. The next he’s—” I stopped, heat crawling up my neck even though she couldn’t see me.“The next he’s what?”“We had sex in the woods,” I blurted. “Not scheduled. I went for a run, almost got attacked by rogues, he showed up, and then we just… did it. Right there.”Sasha made a strangled noise. “Holy shit, Lisa.”“And he kissed me.” My voice dropped. “That’s not supposed to happen. It breaks the

Forty

CAMERONEvangeline stood in the doorway staring at us.Guilt hit me hard and cold.Lisa scrambled off the desk so quickly she nearly lost her balance before catching herself against the wall across the room.I stayed where I was.My shirt was open, my pulse still racing from the kiss, and I could do nothing except stare at my mate and feel like the worst bastard alive.Evangeline stepped inside slowly. Her gaze moved between us, taking in everything. My rumpled clothes. Lisa pressed against the wall. The heavy silence that followed the door closing behind her.“What is going on?”Her voice trembled. Then her eyes returned to me.“You’re kissing her now?”The accusation landed like a blow.“Lisa, leave us,” I said sharply.“No.”Evangeline lifted her hand without looking away from me.“There’s no need for her to leave. I think we all know exactly what’s happening here.”Lisa remained against the wall, her back rigid.Evangeline turned toward her.“I trusted you,” she said quietly. “I g

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