All Chapters of Owned by the Ruthless Alpha: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

He started walking slowly toward me like he had all the time in the world. My breathing grew shallow as he got closer, my body pressed back against the men holding me. I tried to get away but failed. He stopped right in front of me. Too close. I could feel his presence, his heat, the sheer weight of him. It pressed down on me, suffocating and making it hard to think. His eyes moved over me slowly, like he was measuring me. My fingers curled into fists as I trembled and my gaze dropped because I couldn’t hold his. It felt like he would see every fear and weakness if I kept looking. I hated how small I felt. I hated how scared I was. Then he stepped back. And just like that, the pressure eased, and air rushed into my lungs. “What are you talking about?!” My voice came out shaky, breaking as panic finally took over. “What debt? What… what is he saying?!” I struggled harder now, shaking my head wildly. “Let me go! I didn’t do anything! You can’t just take me…!” “Wait!” My fathe

ARIAMy breathing picked up as I sat up suddenly, my fear finally spilling over. “Where are you taking me?” My voice shook despite my effort to steady it. “Where are we going? Why are we so far from the city?” No answer. The car kept moving. “Why are we in the middle of nowhere?” I pressed, my voice rising. “You can’t just take me like this, I told you, I’ll help pay the money back, just give me time, I’ll…” “You make a lot of noise.” His interrupted mine. “Be quiet.”Something in his tone made me keep quiet, my instincts made my body obey before I could argue. My lips parted slightly, then closed. Silence swallowed me and I turned away, shrinking into myself again, my heart pounded violently as fear went through me. The car finally slowed down and gravel crunched beneath the tires. A tall and imposing iron gate loomed ahead like something out of a nightmare. It creaked open slowly, it sounded as if it had been expecting us. We drove in, and my eyes widened slightly as I looke

ARIA I stirred, then my eyes snapped open. I tried to sit up too fast, and pain exploded through my head. A sharp, blinding ache made me gasp as the world tilted violently. I let out a broken sound before collapsing back against the bed, clutching my head. “Easy... easy, my lady. ” The voice was soft and close. I froze, my eyes snapping open again, wider this time, my breath catching as I turned my head. A woman stood beside me, calm, composed, smiling. She was pale with wavy hair and the most beautiful eyes. “My lady?” I repeated weakly, my voice barely a whisper. My brows furrowed in confusion. “…Is this a dream?” She laughed lightly. “Oh no. This is very real.” I forced myself up again, ignoring the way my head throbbed. She reached out to steady me, and I slapped her hand away. “Don’t touch me!” I snapped, panic rising fast. “What is going on? What’s happening?!” My chest heaved as my eyes darted around the room. That’s when I noticed everything was wrong. The

VALEN The forest was quiet, but not in a way that brought peace. The scent of blood lingered faintly in the air, buried beneath the damp earth and the trees. I stood just beyond the edge of Alaric’s territory, my gaze fixed ahead. My jaw tightened slightly. My men had died here, torn apart like they were nothing. And yet there was no sign of it, nothing to suggest that anything had been taken from him. It irritated me more than I cared to admit. I hadn’t come here to fight. If I had, I wouldn’t be standing this far out in the shadows, watching instead of acting. No, this was something else entirely. I came to look at everything he had built, and imagine it burning. The thought settled in my mind easily, dark and steady. Every building reduced to ash. Every piece of land stripped from him. Every trace of his control destroyed. Sending my man back in that condition, barely alive, barely able to stand, just so he could deliver a message. I could still hear the words clearly, like

ARIAI couldn’t sleep, no matter how I tried to lie still, no matter how tightly I curled myself under the blankets, rest refused me. My body ached with tension, and my mind refused to quiet. I kept glancing at the window, even though I didn’t want to.Everything felt… off. I didn’t understand it, but it was there, a warning I couldn’t name. I shivered and drew the blankets tighter, then pushed them off again.Selene noticed first. She didn’t usually speak, never, but she watched me closely. Her dark eyes flicked toward Mira as if to confirm what she was thinking. Mira met her gaze. I could see it in the quiet way they exchanged that they understood that something was happening with me.“Aria,” Selene said softly, her voice unusual in the silence. “Is there… anything wrong?” I shook my head quickly, almost violently, as if the motion could clear my thoughts.“No. No, no, I’m fine. I’m good.” I stood slowly, pacing the room. My eyes drifted back to the window. Shadows stretched across