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CHAPTER 21: CRAVING THE SCENT OF THE ENEMY ADRIAN:It wasn't easy playing along with my father’s sick little game. Trying to make Elena fall for me was a straight-up test of my patience. She was super attractive, yeah—I’d be a liar if I said otherwise—but every single time I looked at her face, all I could see was the daughter of the monster who murdered my mother in cold blood. The anger would just boil up in my throat. But tonight, I told myself I was gonna put all that baggage aside. I was gonna touch her. In fact, defiling her, breaking her pride, and making her give up her body to the enemy should be part of her ultimate punishment. And that was exactly why she was sitting on my thighs right now.I’d noticed how she practically drooled the second she walked through the door. It was so obvious she was impressed with my physique, staring at my chest and arms like she’d never seen a real man before. Good. That meant tricking her into falling for me was gonna be a walk in the park.

CHAPTER 23:ADRIAN:I sat on my bed, running my hands through my hair. When I went back to Elena’s room, my only real goal was to get back at her. She had left me hanging on the couch, running out of my bedroom like I was some kind of plague, and my pride was seriously stinging. No woman had ever walked out on me like that, let alone a captive from a rival pack. I wanted to knock her down a few pegs and remind her exactly who held all the cards in this house.But sitting on the edge of my bed afterward, the adrenaline finally wearing off, I had to admit to myself that I probably overdid it.I’d stood right in her face and told her that kissing her was a terrible mistake. I told her she wasn't even someone I would ever want to fuck, and I warned her all over again not to make the mistake of falling for me. Thinking about it now, that was going way too far. It was completely counterproductive. My dad’s whole strategy—the strategy I had literally just agreed was brilliant—was to make her

CHAPTER 25: WHAT THE HELL WENT ON IN HERE?ELENA:My open palm connected squarely with his right cheek, the loud sound echoing off the walls of the study.My chest was heaving heavily as I stood there, my hand stinging from the impact. Adrian’s head was turned to the side, a bright red handprint already forming on his tan skin. He slowly turned his face back to look at me, his dark eyes narrowing into a dangerous glare."You set the boundaries, Adrian," I hissed, my voice trembling with rage as I pointed an accusatory finger at his face. "Please respect them. Keep your hands off me."Without waiting for his reaction, I grabbed my bucket, turned around, and stormed out of the study, my heart hammering against my ribs like a trapped bird. I was moving so fast, my vision blurred with angry tears, that I didn't even notice the figure standing in the hallway until I almost crashed right into them.I stopped short, the water in my bucket sloshing over the edges.Standing right there in the

CHAPTER 27: DISCOVERING THE PLOTELENA:The moment I left Adrian’s office, my feet practically flew down the hallway. My lips were still burning from his sudden kiss, and my hand was still tingling from the hard slap I’d planted across his cheek. Pushing past Alpha Silas in the corridor had only added to the panic racing through my veins. I didn't have time to process any of it, though, because I wasn't done with my new duties.Adrian had made it crystal clear that I was his personal servant now, and if I didn't want him to have another excuse to breathe down my neck, I had to keep moving.I went straight to his master bedroom to clean it up. I didn't let myself pause to think about how weird it was to be in his private space after everything that just happened. I grabbed the vacuum from the hallway closet, plugged it in, and ran it across the heavy dark rugs until every speck of dust was gone. Next, I got the mop, filled the bucket with clean, soapy water, and scrubbed part of the fl

CHAPTER 29:ELENA:After retreating to my room to escape Adrian’s heavy gaze, my stomach started growling like crazy. Realizing I hadn't eaten anything all morning because of that grueling cleaning session, I decided to go downstairs to get something to eat from the kitchen.As I was walking down the grand staircase, my phone buzzed in my pocket. I pulled it out and noticed a notification for a new file sent from an unknown number. Curiosity got the better of me, so I clicked on it.An image popped up on my screen, and I stopped dead on the stairs. It was a crystal-clear picture of Purity flinging herself at Adrian by his SUV, the exact scene I had just witnessed from my window a few minutes ago. Underneath the photo, there was a caption written in all caps: HE’S STILL MINE, YOU DON’T STAND A CHANCE.Instead of getting upset, a slow smile crept up my face. I actually chuckled out loud. Wow. This didn't sound like a threat at all; it sounded like pure, unadulterated desperation. And it