001— THE CORONATION.

I'd forgotten how suffocating home felt.The drums pounded through the ceremonial courtyard. I stood pressed between hundreds of Silvercrest Pack members, all of us facing the raised stone platform where Crew Harding would become Alpha. Where the boy who'd spent sixteen years tormenting me would finally have the power to make it official.I shouldn't have come back."You okay?" Elijah whispered beside me.My younger brother had grown while I'd been gone—taller, broader, more wolf than the kid I'd left behind four years ago when I'd escaped to Canada."Fine," I lied.His hand found mine and squeezed. "Liar."He was right. My heart was hammering, and every instinct I'd honed on the ice was screaming at me to run. But pack law was absolute. When the Alpha-heir was crowned, every ranked family attended. The Thornes were of Beta lineage. My father had served Crew's father for twenty years.We didn't get to say no.The full moon hung overhead, too bright to ignore. Silvercrest banners sn

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002— HOUSE ARREST.

I couldn't feel my wolf.Seven days of pressing my palm against my chest, searching for that familiar presence that had lived inside me since I was thirteen. Seven days of finding nothing but emptiness where she used to be."Sloane?" My mother's voice came through the wall between our rooms. "Are you awake?""Yeah.""Can you come here?"I tried my door. Unlocked. The guards had stopped locking us in individual rooms after the first night. Why bother? Six armed wolves surrounded the house and we weren't going anywhere.My mother sat on her bed in the same silver dress from the ceremony, wrinkled and stained now. Her shoulders curved inward and new lines creased the corners of her eyes."I can't sleep," she said when I sat beside her. "Every time I close my eyes—"She didn't finish. Didn't need to."Your father tried talking to the guards today. Asked when the trial would be.""What did they say?""Nothing. They just stared at him." Her hand found mine, cold and shaking. "Sloane, I don'

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003— "YOU'RE JUST SLEEPING."

I don't know how long I stayed frozen in that passage.Could have been seconds. Could have been hours. Time stopped meaning anything after the silence swallowed my father's voice.My hands were still pressed against the door, my ear straining for any sound—a cough, a groan, anything.But there was nothing.Just voices talking in low tones."Check every room. The daughter has to be here somewhere.""Alpha wants her found. He says there's good money if we bring her back breathing."They were looking for me.I should move. Should crawl deeper into the passage. But my family was out there.Footsteps receded.Then silence again.I waited until I couldn't hear anything anymore. Then I pushed the door open.The study was a mess. Papers scattered everywhere. My father's desk overturned. But no blood. No bodies.Maybe they'd taken them somewhere else. I moved to the hallway on legs that barely worked. The rejection mark burned with every step."Mom?" I called softly. "Dad?"Nothing.The air

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004— KAI VOLKOV.

THREE MONTHS LATER.The sound of skates cutting ice was the only thing that kept me sane.I pushed harder, faster, my legs burning as I raced down the rink. Cold air bit at my lungs but I welcomed it. Anything to feel something other than the constant ache in my chest."Gaya! Pass!"I snapped the puck across the ice to Mari, our center. She caught it and fired at the goal. The buzzer went off."Nice!" Coach Petrov blew his whistle. "Water break. Five minutes."I skated to the bench and grabbed my bottle, downing half of it in one go. Sweat dripped down my back, making the rejection mark burn.It always burned. Three months and it hadn't gotten better."You're skating like someone's chasing you." Anya dropped onto the bench beside me, pulling off her helmet. "Which would be great if we were running drills, but we're supposed to be working on plays.""I was working on plays.""You were working on escaping something." She gave me a look. "Want to talk about it?""No.""Didn't think so."

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005— EMPTY BLUE EYES.

I barely slept.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Anya's texts. “Kai Volkov. The Ice King. He hates the Silvercrest Pack. He can smell lies and weakness.”By the time I got to the rink Friday morning, my nerves were shot."You look like you're about to throw up," Anya said when I walked into the locker room."I'm fine.""You're not fine. You've been weird since I texted you about the scrimmage." She studied my face. "What's going on?""Nothing. I just didn't sleep well."She didn't look convinced but let it drop.The locker room was buzzing with energy. Everyone was talking about the scrimmage. About Kai Volkov finally showing up after months of being gone."I heard he's brutal in practice," Mari said, lacing up her skates. "He doesn't go easy on anyone.""I heard he can tell if you're lying just by looking at you," Sarah added. "Something about reading people's body language."Great. Exactly what I needed."Alright, ladies, listen up!" Coach Petrov walked in, clipboard in hand. "To

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All Chapters of OFFSIDE MATE: REJECTED BY ONE ALPHA. CLAIMED BY ANOTHER.: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

001— THE CORONATION.

002— HOUSE ARREST.

003— "YOU'RE JUST SLEEPING."

004— KAI VOLKOV.

005— EMPTY BLUE EYES.