Alle Kapitel von Mated to two alphas: Kapitel 1 – Kapitel 10

The floorboards of the Crescent Moon packhouse were soaked in bleach and my blood."Scrub harder, you bitch."Thorne's heel found my ribs. Same spot as yesterday. Same spot as always. I bit my cheek until I tasted blood and swallowed the cry. I had done it ten thousand times before. What was one more? Eighteen years old. Never shifted. A defect in a world that eats defects for breakfast. I was a property. Lower than humans. A punching bag Alpha Sterling kept breathing only because I worked for free. Cheap labor. Cheaper than a mop. Cheaper than the dirt under their claws.Tonight was the decennial Alpha Summit. A fragile peace treaty between the continent's most dangerous packs. The plan was simple. Serve champagne. Stay invisible, and then disappear into the human world forever.Thorne's footsteps faded down the hall. I leaned back on my bruised knees and let out a breath I didn't know I had been holding. The floor was clean. It was always clean. I spent my life making things clean

CHAPTER 3: SOFTNESS I must have fallen asleep again.When I opened my eyes, gray morning light shone through the cheap motel curtains. The neon sign was dark. The rain had stopped.And I was alone.Panic shot through me. I sat up too fast, pain exploding in my chest. The bond pulled tight, screaming that something was wrong.The bathroom door opened.Kael stood there, shirtless, fresh bandages on his shoulder. Steam curled from behind him.He looked like a god in human form."You're awake.""Where's Ryker?" The words came out sharper than I intended.Kael's jaw tightened. "Getting supplies. Food. Water."I hated how disappointed I felt. Eighteen years alone, and I couldn't breathe without them now. The bond. It had to be the bond."He'll be back," Kael added. "He wouldn't leave you. Neither of us would."I stared at him. The most feared executioner on the continent, standing in a motel room with peeling wallpaper, telling me he wouldn't leave."Why?"Kael moved closer. "Because you'r

We ran east.All night. Through fields, the forests and back roads that twisted into nothing. Ryker carried me when my legs gave out, which was often. Kael ran beside us, shadows flickering, his wound screaming, his jaw set in that stubborn way I was starting to recognize.The pull in my chest never faded. East. Always east. Like a string tied to my heart, tugging me forward. Dawn broke. Gray and cold. And finally, finally, we found it.A farmhouse.It sat at the end of a dirt road, surrounded by dead crops and silence. The roof sagged. The windows were dark. Even the ghosts looked like they had moved on.But the pull stopped. Right here."This is it," I breathed.Kael's eyes scanned the tree line. "It's a trap.""Probably," Ryker agreed, shifting me in his arms. "But we are out of options."We approached slowly. The door hung open, creaking in the wind. Inside, dust covered everything. The floorboards groaned. The air smelled like rot and abandonment.Ryker set me down against a wall

The dust settled around me like snow.For one heartbeat, the world was silent. The dogs howled in the distance. The hunters lay scattered across the field, thrown back by the blast.Then they started laughing.A big wolf in the front—scarred, arrogant, clearly the leader picked himself up from the dirt and grinned at me."Look at that," he jeered. "The defect learned a party trick."Behind him, more hunters rose. Dozens of them. Shaking off the blast like it was nothing."The Alphas are drained," another called out. "Get them first. The girl's just a glowing freak show."Kael tried to stand but he couldn’t. Ryker grabbed his shoulder, barely able to stay upright.They had nothing left. They had given it all to me.The hunters charged.And I stepped forward.Not back this time. Forward.The first wolf reached me in a heartbeat. Massive. Claws extended. Aiming for my throat.I didn't think. I didn't plan. I just felt my hand snapped up. Silver light exploded from my palm, not in a blast

I woke to whispers.Not words—I couldn't make out the words, but the bond carried the weight of them. Heavy. Desperate but afraid.Kael and Ryker stood by the arched window. Their voices were low, tense, meant only for each other."I will do it." Kael's voice. Barely a whisper. "You're faster. You can protect her better after.""No." Ryker's reply was immediate. "My ice can shield. Your fire can destroy. She needs you for the war.""She needs both of us but the prophecy only demands one."Then Ryker's voice was so quiet that I almost missed it. "Then we fight for it.""Agreed."I sat up. "Fight for what?"They turned. Guilt flashed across both their faces before they masked it with concern."You're awake." Ryker crossed to the bed, his cold hand pressing against my forehead. "How do you feel?""Don't." I caught his wrist. Stared into his ice-blue eyes. "I felt it through the bond. You're both planning something stupid."Kael's jaw tightened. "We're planning to keep you alive. That's a