Avery’s heart hammered against her ribs like a trapped bird. She forced her features into a submissive mask, a weak smile flickering on her lips. "It isn’t what you think, Enforcer. I am simply... overheated from the journey. Surely a warrior of the Montgomery Pack doesn’t wish to claim a mate who is too faint to stand?"The man’s laughter was a jagged, wild sound that echoed off the stone walls. His predatory gaze intensified, pinning her to the spot. "I gave you a command, exile," he growled, each word vibrating with Alpha authority. "Strip. Now."Avery stood frozen, her wolf cowering deep inside. The man lunged, his hand snapping out to seize her chin with enough force to bruise. He wrenched her jaw open, and before she could draw breath to scream, he shoved a bitter, chalky pill down her throat.He stepped back, his complacency radiating in the humid air. "You said you wanted to stay by a strong male's side. Don’t howl to the ancestors now. Get on the furs and bare your throat. If

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Hudson gazed at Avery with his bioluminescent, predatory eyes. After a moment of heavy silence, he reached for the obsidian mask.Before he could fully reveal the man beneath the beast, Avery—driven by a volatile cocktail of trauma and feral instinct—snatched a jagged shard of silver-flecked stone from the floor. With a snarl, she raked it across his right cheek, drawing a line of deep crimson.It was the culmination of years of exile, a scream of a wolf that had been suppressed until it finally snapped.Despite the stinging iron in his wound, Hudson didn't flinch or retaliate. He kept his gaze locked on hers, those dark, compelling irises anchoring her soul, as he slowly pulled the mask away. The movement revealed the horrific, jagged scar that tore through the left side of his face—the mark of a "Dead Wolf."Hudson managed a grim, pained smile. "I feared my mutilation would send you running. But looking at you now, I see a Luna who has survived the winter. Avery, it has been many cy

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In the dark corners of the border apartment, Bennett’s fractured mind had morphed into a den of paranoia. He was convinced the pup was the secret blood of Avery and Hudson. Cowardly and unable to challenge the Alphas directly, he saw in Madison a helpless creature to absorb his years of failure. The striking resemblance she bore to Avery—the same defiant amber eyes—only fanned the flames of his resentment.For years, Bennett had been a scavenger in the Silver Ridge, stripped of his rank and rotting under the shadow of the Montgomery name. He possessed no territory, no loyal sentinels, and was a laughingstock among the high-bloods. But here, with a bleeding pup cowering on the floor, he felt a sickening surge of dominance—a false throne built on cruelty.Charlotte and the young boy, Harper Bennett, watched with ears pinned back and tails tucked. They were intimately acquainted with Bennett’s feral outbursts, having frequently been the targets of his heavy-handed "discipline." Whenever

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"I appreciate the 'guidance,' Harrison," Hudson said, his voice a low vibration that seemed to rattle the very air in the room.Across the territory, Harrison Montgomery slammed the communication stone against his stone desk, the obsidian shattering. "Bennett is a leaden weight! He is nothing but a curse upon my bloodline!"Hudson turned to leave the apartment with Madison, but not before the debt was collected. He didn't use silver or steel; he used the law of the pack.By his command, Bennett, Charlotte, and their son were forced to kneel in a line outside the tenement doors. They were stripped of their Montgomery silks and forced to bow their heads to every low-ranking omega and delta who walked past. For a full lunar cycle, their humiliation would be the talk of the Ridge. Furthermore, the boy was barred from the pack-kindergarten, his scent marked as "dishonored."By the time Avery’s transport slammed to a halt outside, the violence was over.She sprinted into the room, only to f

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Hudson lingered for a heartbeat, his voice dropping into a low, jagged vibration. "Do not waste your scent tracking me, Bennett. I am severing my ties to this den at sunrise. Where the Shadow goes is no longer a concern for a stray like you.""No!" Joanna shrieked, her claws dragging against the stone floor as she tried to lunged for Ethan’s retreating form. Desperation turned her movements feral, but Avery’s hand shot out, signaling two Monroe Sentinels to pin Joanna’s shoulders to the earth.A harrowing howl of anguish ripped from Joanna’s throat as Ethan vanished into the treeline. Her stamina finally buckled, and she collapsed into a heap of silk and broken pride. Avery stepped over her, her amber eyes reflecting a predatory coldness. "Does the air of the unranked taste sweet, Joanna?"Joanna’s eyes, red-rimmed and burning with a toxic yellow light, snapped up. "Are you glutted on my misery yet, Monroe? I scent the truth on you. You’ve marked him! He is casting me out because you’

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