All Chapters of The Ruthless Alpha's Claimed Breeder: Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

139 Chapters

One hundred and ten

HAYESI walked down the stone steps, Below me, two Gamma guards had Sarah pinned against the wooden whipping post in the middle of the yard. Marcus stood to the side, his broadsword resting on his hip, holding a thick leather whip in his right hand.Sarah was crying loudly, her small shoulders shaking badly under her thin white apron as the guards pulled her arms above her head."Hold!" I called out, my deep voice cutting straight through the howling wind like an iron blade.The guards froze right away. Marcus lowered the heavy leather whip, turning his head to look at me as I walked across the snowy courtyard with long, heavy steps."Alpha?" Marcus asked, his brow furrowing as I stopped two feet from the post. "We were just about to carry out the sentence. Twenty lashes, like you said.""Stop," I said flatly, looking down at the terrified handmaid cowering on her knees against the wood. "Unbind her."Marcus stared at me for a second, then let out a slow breath. A look of quiet unders

One hundred and eleven

HAYESThe splintered wood of the office table groaned under the weight of my hands. Black ink leaked into the cracked grain, dripping off the edge onto the dark rug below. My heart pounded against my ribsMarcus stood by the locked office door, his hand resting on the hilt of his weapon. His knuckles were pale, his breath coming in fast, shallow hits as he stared at the ruined desk."Hayes, you need to calm down," Marcus said, his voice dropping low as he stepped carefully across the ink-stained floorboards. "You are talking about dark magic or complex illusions. A trick like that takes high witches from the western waste. No low-level border rogue has access to blood charms strong enough to mold skin and bone into an exact replica of the Luna.""It is not an illusion, Marcus," I growled, turning my gaze onto him. The raw Alpha power rolled off my shoulders in heavy waves inside the quiet room. "I stood two inches from her face. I held her throat. I smelled her skin. There is no magi

One hundred and twelve

HAYESThe silence inside our bedchamber was thick and suffocating.I stood by the tall glass window, staring out into the pitch-black courtyard below. Snow flurries danced in the freezing air, blowing past the stone torches mounted on the outer stone walls. Down on the flagstones, the white ground was completely smooth and untouched.Behind me, the soft rustle of velvet fabric brushed against the floorboards."Hayes?"Her voice was soft and sweet, pitched with the exact light rasp that Ciara always had when she was tired at night. She stepped into the warm glow of the oil lamp, her dark hair draped over one bare shoulder. The dark green dress clung to her waist, the ribbons unlaced just enough to reveal the reddish scratches on her neck.She looked small. She looked fragile.If I did not know the truth, I would have pulled her into my arms and kissed away every bit of worry in her dark eyes. But my wolf snarled deep behind my ribs, a cold, violent beast locked behind my teeth."You ar

One hundred and thirteen

HAYESThe cold wind blew hard through the tall trees, I stood in the pitch-black woods, my heavy coat pulled tight around my shoulders. My hand held the rolled piece of paper I had just pulled from the hollow oak tree. My heart pounded fast in my chest as I unrolled it with my thumb, leaning down into the dim moonlight to read the messy writing.The handwriting was jagged and hurried, nothing like the neat script my wife used in her letters.‘The Alpha knows something is wrong,’ the note read. ‘The maid story failed. He brought up a pregnancy to test me. The two rogues in his cell must be killed tonight before they break under questioning. Meet me at the eastern ditch at midnight.’A low growl rose up from my throat, vibrating against my ribs.I stared down at the paper, my jaw clenching so hard my teeth ached. She was smart. She was fast. But she was starting to panic, and panic made people sloppy.She did not even know that the two rogues down in the dungeon were already dead.I had

One hundred and fourteen

HAYESThe freezing wind howled through the high stone window of the eastern tower, biting deep into my skin.I stood completely still in the dark, my hand resting on the icy rock of the window frame. Down below, near the edge of the dark forest, the small yellow light flickered again in the deep ditch. Two fast flashes, then total pitch darkness.My wolf growled low in my chest, a dark, dangerous sound that made my throat burn.She was still upstairs in our bed, lying under the thick warm blankets, pretending to sleep while she waited for her signal. She had no idea that her two rogue partners down in the basement were already dead, their cold bodies hidden in the shadows of the cell floor. She had no idea that I had read her secret note. And she certainly had no idea that I was standing above her right now, watching every breath she took in my home.I stepped away from the tower window, my heavy coat sweeping around my legs as I moved down the narrow spiral stairs.I did not use the

One hundred and fifteen

HAYESThe cold winter wind blew white snow across the dark forest paths as I carried Ciara through the trees.She felt so light in my arms. Her small body was shaking hard under my heavy leather coat, but she held onto my neck like her life depended on it. Her dirt-stained face was hidden against my chest, her wet tears soaking into my shirt. Every few minutes, she let out a soft, shuddering breath, as if she was still terrified that she would wake up back in that black cave."Hold on to me, my love," I whispered, keeping my steps fast and steady as I moved through the deep white drifts. "We are almost home.""I am holding on," Ciara murmured, her voice raw and cracked from days of crying in the dark. "I just... I cannot believe you found me, Hayes. The female who took me... she stood over me in the woods before they dragged me away. She looked at me with my own eyes. She smiled with my own lips. It was like looking into a twisted mirror.""Her name is Vesper," I told her softly, my j

one hundred and sixteen

VESPERThe door swung open,I remained sitting in the center of the massive four-poster bed, the plush velvet blankets draped gracefully across my lap. I kept my posture soft, my chin tilted down, and my dark eyes wide and glossy with fake sleepiness. I had dragged my fingers through Hayes’s thick dark hair, kissed his rough jaw, and let his massive, heavy hands touch my skin while my stomach turned in absolute disgust.He stepped into the room, his towering frame blocking out the faint yellow candlelight from the hallway.His broad shoulders were squared, his leather coat dusted with fresh white snow from the outer yard. His golden eyes burned through the dim room, cold and unreadable, fixed completely on my face."Hayes?" I murmured, letting my voice drop into that sweet, breathless rasp Ciara used whenever she wanted him to hold her. I let the heavy blanket slip down to my waist, showing off the thin green silk gown and the faded red marks on my collarbone. "You were gone so long,

One hundred and seventeen

HAYESI dragged Vesper behind me by her arms. Her bare feet scraped against the rough steps, leaving thin trails of red on the gray rock. She did not scream anymore. She just laughed, a low, wet sound that rattled inside her chest with every step we took."You think this changes anything, Alpha?" Vesper hissed, spitting a mouthful of dark blood onto the back of my leather sleeve. "You think locking me in a hole makes your little wife clean again? She sat in my dirt for days. She breathed my air. She knows what my hands feel like, and every time you touch her, she is going to see my face."I did not answer her. I kept my grip tight around her wrists, my knuckles white, my jaw locked so hard my teeth ached.We reached the bottom level of the keep. The air down here was thick, smelling of old rust, standing water, and rot. This was the deepest cell in the fortress, built directly into the dark mountain rock where no sunlight ever reached.I kicked the heavy iron door open. It swung back

One hundred and eighteen

VESPERThe silver chains cut deep into my wrists, burning straight through my skin into the raw meat beneath. Every time I breathed, the metal heavy against my ankles scraped the damp stone floor, sending hot sparks of pain up my legs.I did not care.I leaned my head back against the cold, wet rock wall of the cell, letting out a wild, bubbling laugh that rattled in my chest. A thin stream of dark blood leaked from the corner of my mouth, dripping down my chin and staining the torn collar of my green silk dress.Outside the heavy iron grate, two Gamma guards stood stiff in the dim torchlight. Their hands gripped the hilts of their broadswords, their knuckles white, their pale faces slick with sweat as they stared at me through the iron bars."Look at you two brave little wolves," I mocked, my voice raw and rasping in the quiet dark. "Standing there with your big iron blades, shaking in your leather boots because a chained girl is laughing at you. What is the matter? Are you afraid I

One hundred and nineteen

HAYES I stood at the head of the table, my hands resting flat on the polished wood, my golden eyes scanning the terrified faces of my ten senior pack commanders. None of them looked me in the eye. They kept their gazes fixed on their empty silver plates, their shoulders stiff, their breaths shallow in the heavy silence of the room."Four watch captains had the key to the eastern laundry grate," I said, my voice dropping into a low, lethal growl that made the glass wine cups rattle on the table. "Four men knew the exact guard rotation for the garden wall on the night my wife was taken. I want every single one of them stripped of their armor, thrown into the guards' hall, and questioned until someone gives me a name."Marcus stepped forward from the side of the hearth, his face pale and tight with deep concern."Hayes, we have already questioned the watch captains twice," Marcus said softly, keeping his hands open and visible. "They have served this pack for fifteen years. Their blood

...

9 10 11 12 13 14

SCAN CODE TO READ ON APP