All Chapters of Mated to the Alpha Who Ruined Me: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

After dinner, Kane cleared the dishes.I sat on the couch, working through pack business for White Pine Valley.The terminal chimed.It was Kane’s.I walked over and picked it up. It was his Beta second-in-command, Cole.Kane was elbow-deep in soapy water, so I turned on the speaker.“Alpha, the Silver Moon Pack has put forward new demands for the northern mining project. They want to renegotiate the extraction shares.”Kane tilted his head, hands still covered in foam.“Tell them I’ll be at the pack headquarters tomorrow morning to handle it.”“If it’s urgent, you can head out first. I’ll finish up here,” I said.“It’s fine. No rush.”He smiled at me. “Nothing in this world is more important than being here with you.”His sweet words always caught me off guard.I hung up the phone in silence, a heavy, suffocating feeling settling in my chest.Later that night, as we prepared for bed, Kane was still in his study on a video call, negotiating territory partnerships with the Alphas of oth

The first line of the file was just one sentence.ELLA OBSERVATION PROJECT: INITIATEDA handful of words.They stabbed into my heart like a blade, twisting in the cruelest way possible.Bleeding.The pain was so intense I nearly doubled over.Observation project?What kind of observation project?I’d wondered before if his gentle pursuit, his meticulous care, was all just a dream.Now I knew for certain. All of it was a carefully crafted trap.And me?I was the test subject in his little project?Or the clown he’d strung along, making a fool of at every turn?A massive wave of absurdity and cold dread shot up from my feet to the top of my skull.My whole body was shaking.Shaking so hard I could barely hold the mouth in my hands.But as my fingers brushed the rest of the entries, they were all trivial, mundane notes:White Pine Valley snowfall today, her scar will probably itch, have the heating stones readyShe smiled watching the deer herd today, take her to the ranch next timeWhen

I sat on the cold floor for a long time.Only when my legs had gone completely numb did I finally push myself up against the wall and stagger to my feet.Kane’s black SUV was slowly pulling out through the castle gates.I stood there until the vehicle disappeared completely into the morning traffic.The moment I was sure he was gone, I turned and rushed back into the study.My hands were still shaking when I reopened the encrypted file bearing my name.I scrolled straight to the bottom.There was a new entry.Edited three minutes before he left.[Today’s Observation Log: Extreme emotional fluctuation; abnormal heart rate and respiratory frequency; panic and resistance reached peak levels. Subject has likely discovered irregularities. Continue close monitoring.]And beneath it, one final line.Plan B tonight.My blood turned to ice.What did that mean?What was he going to do tonight?Confront me?Drug me?Lock me up?Or had the last three years only been the first stage of whatever he

The drive home was silent.Kane didn’t ask any questions.He started the car.The black SUV glided smoothly into the Rocky Mountain night.The cabin was quiet.I leaned against the window, watching the neon lights fly by outside.The city at night was bright, glittering, and cold.But my heart was frozen solid, locked in a layer of ice that had been there for a thousand years.“You knew Rainer before?”He spoke suddenly, breaking the silence.His voice was flat, no emotion to read.But my heart jumped into my throat.He was testing me.I turned to look at him.In the dim light, he was focused on the road.His perfect profile was like a sculpture carved by God himself.“No.”I shook my head, keeping my voice as natural as possible.“First time meeting him tonight.”“Is that so?”He let out a soft laugh.“Because the way you looked at him… it seemed different.”Cold sweat broke out across my back, instantly.“Did it?”I feigned surprise.“Probably just because… he looks a little like a f

I arrived at the safe house Liam had mentioned half an hour early the next afternoon.It was a standalone cabin at the foot of the mountain, surrounded entirely by pine trees. It was perfectly hidden, impossible for anyone to find.When I walked in, a masked Beta guard checked me over, then opened a hidden passage in the wall.After walking through the passage, I stepped into a spacious underground hall.Someone walked over immediately, leading me politely into a private meeting room.“Mrs. Walker, please wait here. The Alpha is in a meeting, he’ll be finished shortly.”“Thank you.”I nodded, sitting down on the couch.It wasn’t long before the meeting room door opened.Liam walked in.He was less sharp-edged than he’d been at the gala the night before, more calm and refined.“Mrs. Walker. Thank you for waiting.”He sat down on the couch across from me.He looked at me, his gaze calm.Calm, like he was looking at a complete stranger, meeting for the first time.I couldn’t hold back any