All Chapters of I Accidentally Became the Alphas' Mate : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

I'd never felt the weight of this many eyes on me at once.Standing at the head of the long table, palms flat against scarred wood that had seen decades of deals and blood oaths, I let the silence settle. Presidents, VPs, enforcers—Ashwood Pack on one side in their worn leather cuts, the other side empty and waiting.River stood to my right, close enough that his shoulder brushed mine every time I shifted. A claim without words. Cade leaned against the wall behind me, arms crossed, radiating that quiet authority that made even the hardest wolves think twice. I could feel the heat of him at my back, tracking every movement in the room like he was daring someone to test me.Good. Let them see it."Before we start," I said, cutting through the low murmur of conversation, "I want Iron Fang at this table."Dead silence.I felt Cade's energy shift—not disapproval, just curiosity. River's mouth quirked, that barely-there smirk that said he hadn't expected this move, but he liked it."You wan

The second Alpha Korr stepped onto my land again, I was done.No fear. No nerves. No patience.Just rage.Pure, exhausted rage.I took one step off the porch, River and Cade immediately moving with me, but I didn’t stop.I didn’t hide behind them either.I planted my boots in the gravel and looked Korr dead in the eye.“You have five seconds to explain why I shouldn’t have your body dragged off my property in pieces.”That got the MC’s attention fast.Low whistles. A few dark laughs.Weapons shifted.Bikes idled.Ashwood spread wider behind me like a living wall of leather, steel, and wolf.Korr didn’t smile this time.Didn’t posture.Didn’t flirt.That alone made every instinct inside me sharpen.The Destroyer Wolf in my chest lifted its head.Watching.Waiting.Korr’s gaze locked on mine.“I’m here to offer my help.”Silence.Then I laughed.Once.Sharp. Ugly. Disbelieving.“That might be the stupidest thing you’ve said to me yet.”A few of the bikers behind me barked out laughter.B

This has been a long night.I look up and I’ll be damned—it’s a full moon.The sky stretches above me, massive and luminous, the kind that makes every wolf in a hundred-mile radius feel the pull deep in their bones.My bones included, though I’m fighting the urge to shift, and just run, with everything I have left.River and Cade stayed behind with their father, Alpha Rian, making sure no one interfered with the investigation. No one sabotaged it.There was a criminal investigation of the scene of Alpha Korr’s assassination. He will then be moved ironically to the same morgue my father was in just days before. Luna Elizabeth walks with me on my right, her heels clicking against the asphalt with surprising precision for someone wearing four-inch stilettos at two in the morning.Shianne follows at a respectable distance on her motorcycle, the engine cut, just rolling the bike alongside us.She’d offered me a lift earlier, asked if I wanted to ride, but I’d refused.I need to feel my l

The aftermath was organized chaos—my sisters left immediately for their packs, Luna Elizabeth and Alpha Rian returned to Iron Fang with MC escort, and I placed Kira as Temporary Beta at Black Talon, where she'd be critical in the fight against the unknown military operation hunting destroyer wolves. Shianne and Garrett remained to complete my MC initiation trials.But tonight, I needed something different.Tonight, I need to show my mates who I am beneath the crown.The sun is setting, painting the sky in shades of amber and blood orange. I lead River and Cade away from the main compound, away from the pack, behind the alpha house, where grief and decisions I never wanted to make still linger in every corner.There's a path here, overgrown with weeds and disuse."Where are we going?" Cade asks.His hand finds the small of my back—natural now, instinctive. Three months ago, I didn't know these men. Now I can't imagine moving through the world without the weight of their presence beside

The healers arrive within minutes—pack members from the mountain compound, moving with practiced efficiency through the chaos. They load Ricky onto a stretcher, his breathing shallow and wet, blood soaking through the bandages Cade wrapped around his ribs. I watch them carry him toward the vehicle, my destroyer wolf screaming to hunt, to tear apart whoever did this, to paint the forest red.But I let them take him. The healers' compound is deep in the mountains, a sanctuary carved into stone and protected by wards older than any living wolf. If Ricky's going to survive, that's where he needs to be.River's voice cuts through from the porch—sharp, lethal. "Treeline!"I'm on my feet instantly, Cade rising beside me. "I'll stay with Laney," Cade says, his hand already on his knife. "You good?"But River's already shifting. Bones crack and reform in seconds. His wolf explodes forward—massive, silver-black, all predator fury—and launches off the porch into the darkness.The trees rustle. S