IVY'S POVThe first thing I heard that morning was my name being spat like an insult.“Up from bed, you useless swine.”The voice cracked through the small servant quarters like a whip. My eyes flew open and I rolled off my thin cot before the real whip could follow.My feet hit the cold floor.Too slow.CRACK.The slap came before I could fully stand.Pain exploded across my cheek, snapping my head to the side. I bit back a cry and pressed my hand to my face.Margaret, the head maid, stood over me with narrowed eyes and her arms crossed over her chest.“You seem to have forgotten your place, Ivy,” she said coldly. “You are a maid in the Grey household. No one cares whether you slept or not. When you’re told to stand, you stand. When you’re told to bark, you bark.”Her lips curled.“Or you don’t get paid. Is that understood?”My cheek burned. My stomach twisted with hunger and exhaustion, but I forced myself to nod.“Yes, Head Maid Margaret.”Arguing would only make it worse.Margaret

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Ivy’s POV“Who gave you permission to touch what isn’t yours?”The voice behind me was deep. Calm.But the power in it slammed into the room like thunder.My entire body froze.The pressure of an Alpha aura rolled over the crowd, suffocating and absolute. It pressed down on my shoulders, forcing my head even lower toward the floor. Every instinct screamed at me not to move.For a moment, the entire gala went silent. Then something unexpected happened.Instead of punishment, a pair of gentle hands wrapped around my arm.“Up you go, darling,” a soft voice murmured beside me. “You’re safe.”Safe? The word sounded foreign.Slowly, cautiously, I allowed myself to be pulled to my feet. When I turned, I nearly forgot how to breathe.The woman standing beside me was breathtaking.Her golden-blonde hair fell over her shoulders like liquid sunlight, and her icy blue eyes held a quiet warmth that made my chest ache. She looked elegant, powerful… but kind.Something about her presence made the tr

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Ivy’s POVMy eyes widened so much they began to sting.Step-brothers?I looked at Tatiana, then slowly back at the three men in the room.The same three Alphas who had stood like gods at the gala.The same ones who had pinned Maven Grey against the wall without breaking a sweat.And now- They were supposed to be my family? My heart started beating faster. This had to be a mistake.“The surprises never end, do they?” one of them said lazily.He leaned back in his chair, long legs stretched out like he owned the world. His amber eyes swept over me slowly, the corner of his mouth lifting in a sharp smile that made my stomach twist.He looked amused. Like this was entertainment.“You used to be nicer, Kael,” Tatiana said with a small pout.So his name was Kael. The same one who had slammed Maven into the wall.“Well,” Kael replied casually, standing up, “people change.” He grabbed a helmet from a nearby shelf.“And this is me being nice.” His eyes flicked toward me again.Something about

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Ivy’s POVMy heart hammered against my ribs so hard it hurt.The glowing eyes in the forest moved closer.One by one. Predators circling prey.My hands trembled as I slowly stepped backward. Was this how it ended?Not in the Grey mansion. Not from Maven.But alone in a dark forest after running for the first time in my life.A branch snapped to my left. My head whipped toward the sound. A tall figure stepped out of the shadows.“What did I tell you about following rules?” My stomach dropped.Lucian Darkwood.Moonlight cut across his face, revealing the hard line of his jaw and the icy steel of his grey eyes. He looked furious.Not irritated. Not annoyed.Furious. Like the mere fact that I had tried to escape was a personal insult.Before I could speak, two more shadows emerged from the trees behind him.Kael.Rowan. The three brothers stood around me like a silent wall.And suddenly I understood something terrifying. Those wolves that had surrounded me? They weren’t wild animals. Th

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All Chapters of Claimed By The Darkwood Brother : Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

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