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Lahat ng Kabanata ng Marked Against My Will: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

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Chapter 1

I knew I shouldn’t have stayed after dark.Everyone knew that.Human or wolf, you didn’t linger when the sun dipped behind the tree line and the air started to change. The forest didn’t belong to us then. It never really did, but night made the rules clearer.I pulled my jacket tighter around me and quickened my pace, boots crunching too loudly over gravel. The path home cut through the borderland, a strip of land that wasn’t claimed outright but wasn’t safe either. Wolves patrolled it when they felt like reminding us who really owned the ground.I kept my head down.That was how you survived.I was almost through when the air shifted.It wasn’t a sound at first. It was pressure. Like the forest inhaled and forgot how to breathe out again. My skin prickled, every instinct I had screaming at once.Run.I didn’t make it three steps.Something slammed into me from the side, hard enough to knock the breath clean out of my lungs. I hit the ground, palms scraping against stone, pain flaring

Chapter 2

I woke up on stone.Cold seeped into my bones before my eyes even opened, a dull ache spreading through my limbs like I’d been left out in the rain too long. My head throbbed. My neck burned.The memory hit me all at once.The forest.The teeth.The mark.I sucked in a sharp breath and sat up too fast. The room spun, nausea rolling hard in my stomach. I pressed a hand to my throat instinctively.The skin was tender. Raised. Wrong.My fingers brushed the spot and pain flared, followed immediately by something else—heat, awareness, a pull that made my chest tighten.Him.The bond reacted before I could stop it, thrumming low and insistent, like it was pleased I was conscious again.I clenched my jaw. “No.”The word echoed uselessly in the room.I looked around properly then.Stone walls. Narrow windows set too high to reach. Iron sconces burning low with torchlight. The room wasn’t a cell, but it wasn’t a bedroom either. Bare. Functional. Meant to hold someone temporarily.A holding roo

Chapter 3

The bond hurt when I refused to listen to it.I learned that quickly.It started as a headache, dull and pulsing behind my eyes as they locked me inside the Alpha’s quarters and posted guards outside the door. I paced the room, back and forth, back and forth, ignoring the pull in my chest that kept tugging me toward a direction I didn’t want to think about.Him.The headache sharpened.I stopped pacing, bracing my hands on the table. “I won’t,” I said aloud, even though no one was listening. “I won’t give in.”The pain spiked instantly.I gasped, fingers digging into the wood as something hot and tight wrapped around my ribs, squeezing until my breath came shallow and fast. It wasn’t like being stabbed or burned. It was worse. It felt like my body was correcting me. Punishing me for stepping out of line.I slid down the side of the table until I was on the floor, knees pulled to my chest.“No,” I whispered. “Stop.”The bond didn’t stop.It eased only when I stopped fighting it long en

Chapter 4

They didn’t let me hide.That was the first thing I learned.By morning, the entire pack knew exactly where I was being kept. I could feel it in the way the air shifted outside the Alpha’s quarters, the steady movement of bodies that lingered just long enough to be noticed before moving on.I wasn’t a secret.I was a spectacle.A guard knocked once before entering, not waiting for permission. “You’re coming.”“Where?” I asked, my voice hoarse.“Training grounds.”My stomach twisted. “Why?”He didn’t answer. He just stepped aside and gestured for me to move.I hesitated.The bond tightened in warning.I swallowed and stood.They escorted me through the compound in broad daylight, not taking back paths or quieter corridors. Wolves stopped what they were doing as we passed. Some stared openly. Some whispered. Others looked away like I was something uncomfortable they didn’t want to acknowledge.Human.Marked.Problem.The training grounds were already crowded when we arrived. Wolves stoo

Chapter 5

They didn’t give me time to prepare.I was escorted from the Alpha’s quarters before the sun fully cleared the treeline, guards flanking me on either side like I might bolt if given half a chance. My clothes had been changed sometime during the night — simple, neutral, nothing that marked me as pack or outsider.Nothing that protected me either.The council chamber sat at the heart of the compound, a wide circular structure carved from dark stone. I felt it the moment we stepped inside. Power lingered here, thick and heavy, pressed into the walls by generations of authority and judgment.The council was already seated.Five of them.Three men. Two women. All wolves. All watching me with open assessment.The Alpha stood at the center of the room, his back straight, hands clasped behind him. He didn’t look at me when I entered, but the bond reacted anyway — a sharp tug that steadied my steps and reminded me exactly where I stood in relation to him.Bound.Exposed.“Bring her forward,” o

Chapter 6

The first attack didn’t come at night.That should have warned us.I was in the outer courtyard under guard, allowed fresh air under the Alpha’s orders, when the bond twisted sharply — not pain this time, but alarm. My breath caught as something cold brushed the back of my neck.I wasn’t alone.The guards noticed it a second too late.A figure dropped from the upper wall, moving fast and silent, shifting midair in a blur of dark fur and limbs. Chaos exploded instantly — shouts, snarls, the crack of bone against stone.I stumbled backward as a wolf slammed into one of my guards, tearing him down. Another lunged for me.“Move!” someone shouted.I didn’t get the chance.Strong arms wrapped around me from behind, dragging me back as claws slashed where I’d been standing. The bond flared violently, heat and fear crashing together until I cried out.The Alpha.He turned with me still in his grip, his other hand striking out hard enough to send the attacker skidding across the courtyard. The

Chapter 7

They kept me close after the attack.Too close.I learned that within the hour, when the Alpha ordered that I be moved into the inner quarters — not mine, but his. The decision was delivered like a command issued to the entire pack, not a suggestion open for debate.No one argued.That scared me more than the rogues had.The room they put me in was adjacent to his, separated by a thick stone wall and a door that didn’t lock from the inside. It wasn’t a cell. That almost made it worse.“This is temporary,” he said, standing in the doorway as guards took up position outside. “Until we identify the leak.”“And if you don’t?” I asked.His gaze held mine. “Then it becomes permanent.”I swallowed. “You don’t get to decide that.”“I already have,” he replied.The bond hummed low, not painful, but aware — like it was listening.He turned to leave.“Wait,” I said before I could stop myself.He paused.“You said the rogues were captured,” I continued. “What did they say?”His jaw tightened. “En

Chapter 8

I woke up to silence that didn’t feel peaceful. It pressed in on my ears, thick and heavy, like the calm before something went wrong. The room was dim, gray light filtering through the narrow window. For a moment, I didn’t remember where I was. Then the ache in my wrists reminded me. The cuffs were gone. I sat up too fast, the blanket sliding off my shoulders. My heart started pounding, not with relief—but confusion. They didn’t remove restraints out of kindness. Not here. The door opened without warning. He didn’t knock. The Alpha stepped inside like the room already belonged to him. Like I did. His presence shifted the air, heavy and commanding, the way it always did. He wasn’t angry. That was worse. His expression was controlled, unreadable, dark eyes fixed on me like he was assessing damage after a storm. “You’re awake,” he said. I swallowed. “You had them removed.” “Yes.” That was it. No explanation. I pushed the blanket tighter around myself. “Why?” He closed the doo

Chapter 9

The council chamber smelled like cold stone and old power.I felt it the moment I stepped inside—the weight of eyes, the quiet judgment pressed into every breath. Wolves lined the edges of the room, some seated, some standing, all watching me like I was a problem waiting to be solved.The Alpha’s hand settled at the small of my back.Not possessive.Protective.The contact sent a jolt straight through me, sharp and undeniable. I stiffened, then hated myself for how quickly my body reacted to something so simple. His touch was steady, grounding, like an anchor in a room that wanted to swallow me whole.“Stay,” he murmured under his breath. Not a command. A warning.I stayed.The council members were elevated on a stone platform, three of them seated in carved chairs that looked as old as the pack itself. Their gazes were sharp, calculating. One leaned forward slightly, eyes narrowing as they settled on the mark at my collarbone.“So,” she said, voice smooth and cold. “This is the human

Chapter 10

The hallway stretched longer than it should have.Stone walls. Flickering torches. Silence broken only by our footsteps—his steady, mine uneven. He didn’t let go of me. Not when we turned the corner. Not when the council chamber disappeared behind us. His grip remained firm, anchoring, like if he loosened it even slightly, something would snap.“Slow down,” I said, breathless.He stopped immediately.Too immediately.I almost collided with him, my hands landing flat against his chest. Solid. Warm. Alive. The contact sent a shock through me that had nothing to do with fear.His breath hitched.Just once.He looked down at me, eyes dark, jaw clenched so tight I thought it might crack. The bond hummed between us, low and insistent, like it was pleased with how close we were.I pulled my hands back quickly. “Sorry.”He didn’t step away.“You didn’t do anything wrong,” he said quietly.The words lingered. No one had said that to me since all of this began.We stood there, too close, neithe

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