All Chapters of Mated To My Ex’s Stepbrother, The Alpha: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Aria’s POVI pushed the door wider. “Mira?”Silence.The living room was trashed. Couch cushions slashed. Table overturned. Blood—small drops—on the floor.My stomach lurched.“Mira!”A muffled sound came from the bedroom and I ran there.Mira was on the floor, wrists zip-tied, duct tape over her mo

We waited and just as expected, Lyra and her guards stepped into the trees.They were twenty feet away when Mira moved.She threw a rock, and it cracked hard against one guard’s temple, making him drop without a sound.The second guard spun and I lunged in that same moment. I drove the hunting knif

Aria’s POVThe first guard lifted his rifle before he even saw my face clearly.“Stop right there!” He barked, voice sharp with panic as Mira and I stepped out from the treeline and onto pack territory. The afternoon sun glinted off the barrel aimed straight at my chest. “Another step and I shoot.”

Damon’s POVBy midday, I had shaken more hands than I could remember and accepted congratulations that felt like condolences disguised in silk.“Wise choice,” Elder Maren told me for the third time that morning, her thin fingers squeezing my forearm as if she were sealing a bargain. “You’ve put the

Aria’s POVBy the time the sun dipped low enough to cast gold across the clearing, I had memorized every step of the mating ritual.That had been the goal.If I was going to stand inside that circle tomorrow, I needed to understand exactly what I was standing against.“Hand me the silver cord,” I to