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All Chapters of Traded to the Ruthless Alpha: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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Chapter 1

Reya"Stand straighter, Reya. You look like a hunchback standing next to your sister," my mother, Eleanor, hissed the words directly into my ear. She did not actually look at my face while she spoke. Her eyes were completely glued to my younger sister, Bernice, who was currently preening in front of a massive mirror. I sighed and adjusted my posture by a fraction of an inch. "I am standing perfectly straight, Mother. Perhaps it is just the weight of your ridiculous expectations bending my spine." Eleanor sharply inhaled, her face turning a light shade of pink. "Do not use that tone with me, young lady. Tonight is the most important night of our lives. Your sister is a pure white wolf. She represents the future of the Oakwood pack. You are just here to make sure she looks flawless." I kept my mouth shut because arguing with my mother was like trying to talk to a brick wall. It was a complete waste of my breath. I turned my head and looked at my own reflection in the long glass panel

Chapter 2

Chapter 2ReyaI wish the fairy tale that I was experiencing with my fated mate, Skylar, could’ve lasted forever. It did not. It did not even last till midnight.Due to my spoiled sister not getting her way by getting the male she wanted, she demanded that we return home. My parents stayed long enough for it to be an acceptable time for us to leave, and then they forced me off the dance floor and into a carriage. The whole ride back to our estate was silent with tension. Bernice’s silence is worse than her screams. The second we walked through the front door, a heavy crystal vase came flying across the grand parlor and smashed directly into the mahogany wall beside my house. Shards of glass rain down on the carpet. Her chest rises and falls with her anger, and she shrieks at the top of her lungs, “I won’t allow this! I won’t! This plain, useless loser can’t have him!”Her perfect golden curls bounce frantically around her as she stomps her feet like a toddler having a tantrum. Her ch

Chapter 3

ReyaBeing stuck in a carriage for three days is agonizing. I’ve never experienced such dull torture and meanwhile, it hangs over my head how horrible my life could be at the Blackwood Pack. It makes me wish the journey was longer.Or that maybe I could’ve escaped this fate all together.I really thought I found my happily ever after, but even my mate betrayed me. I look towards the ceiling of the wooden carriage and murmur to the moon goddess, “You picked a real good one for me, huh?”The carriage grinds to a halt and my whole body lurches from it. I look out the window, the warm green fields from the south are gone, now there’s nothing but dark pine trees and a freezing mountain rainstorm that looks horrid.The driver doesn’t open my door, he just shouts from his high seat, “We do not move closer, Lady Reya. The Blackwood border guards told us to drop you right here at the outer iron gates. We must leave immediately, good luck.”I grab the handle of my small suitcase and I push the d

Chapter 4

ReyaLiving in the guard wing of the Blackwood fortress is like living as a ghost. It’s been three days since Alpha Killian brought me here, and since then, he has kept his word. He has not checked on me once.A quiet, elderly omega servant will bring me a tray with minimal rations to my room twice a day. Normally, the food was stale and cold, consisting of day-old bread, a bowl of thin, room-temperature broth, and dried meat. I know better than to complain; I eat everything I’m given to keep my strength up.During the daylight hours, I sit by the small, drafty window and study the details of the fortress courtyard below. I watch the warriors train in the muddy snow for hours. They’re brutal, efficient, and deadly serious about their combat. There’s no laughter or showing off, as there was back at the Southern Valley. This pack has lived on the edge of survival, and it’s shown through every movement. Today seems even drearier when I stare out the window. The sky looks like a dark gray

Chapter 5

KillianIt’s been hours, and no matter what I do, nothing can take away the scent of burnt pine and blood that seems to be stuck to my very being. Three men are dead; the wall that had been standing since my grandfather’s time has been turned to kindling, and I am left sitting here, staring at a door. Cormac, one of my most trusted friends, speaks up, “You are going to burn a hole through the wood if you keep staring like that.”I glance toward him, and he also looks like hell, his jacket torn at the shoulder, and dried blood is crusted around his face and hands.He hasn’t left to wash up yet; he's standing here watching this door while I get myself cleaned up. Guilt builds up in my throat, but I can’t allow her to go unwatched, especially after that attack and after learning who she is.My voice is flat, “She’s sleeping.”“Good for her. Meanwhile, we still have work to be done.” He drops a stack of papers at my desk, and the thud makes my temples throb.Cormac’s voice is tense as he

Chapter 6

ReyaMy ribs ache; it feels like I’ve been run over by a truck, and then the person realized they hadn’t finished the job and then reversed and ran me over again.My eyes are heavy as I slowly blink, staring up at the ceiling. How did I go from the freezing forest to this comfy bed?I created a shadow sphere. Killian threw himself at me, testing my power, and then it was lights out.Rolling over, I let out a long groan as every muscle screams at me for moving in the first place. I blink slowly and see a huge tray sitting on the side table. There are thick cuts of meat, hot broth still steaming, and what looks like a soft half-loaf of bread. This is easily triple the size of the food I had been given every day since I arrived here. Maybe the strategy now is to fatten me up so that it’s harder for the rogues to take me. Or perhaps the previous strategy was to feed me so little that I would waste away.I’m an asset now; starving me isn’t logical.I drag the tray closer, pulling it to th

Chapter 7

Killian: The maps spread across the huge table were supposed to matter. My commanders were pointing at the eastern border, arguing about numbers, debating whether we needed six men or eight on the midnight patrol rotation. Their voices were nothing but background noise. None of it reached me. My mind was still trapped in the dining room from last night. I kept seeing her in that midnight blue dress, standing in the candlelight like she belonged in this crumbling fortress instead of being a prisoner I dragged out of the dirt. Why did I touch her? It had been a completely illogical impulse. I did not do things like that. I did not reach out. But I did, and when my fingers brushed that strand of hair behind her ear, she did not flinch. She did not recoil like I was a monster, and that was the part that terrified me. If she had snapped at me or pulled away, I could have handled it. That would have fit the script. But she just stood there, looking at me, and for a moment the air betw

Chapter 8

ReyaThe metallic tang of blood is in my mouth; I recognize it before I even open my eyes. The air in the room is different. It’s heavy, vibrating with an energy that has nothing to do with the fact my ex is marching up the mountain.I move out of the bed, lunging towards my training tunics, and I wince from the pain of my sore muscles. I yank the bedroom door open to see Killian standing there.He’s alone, in a dark corridor like a large statue. His face looks drawn and pale, and there are dark circles underneath his eyes as if he spent the entire night awake.His voice is flat as he states, “Two weeks became two days. Skylar has crossed the lower ridge. They will be here before the weekend.”My chest feels tight, and my words are slightly breathless, “Two days. That’s -”He doesn’t let me finish; he turns and walks to the exit.I rush to follow him into the freeing morning. I’ve learned when Killian is silent, his mind his racing.We reach the frozen lake and the gloves come off.“

Chapter 9

Killian: Reya’s fingers tightened on my arm as we watched the black SUVs move across the courtyard. The thought of someone coming here angered me more than I wanted, especially when I caught his scent. Skyler Raver stepped out like he expected cameras to flash. A gold crust at his lapel caught the light with every small movement, and he looked like a man who never had to fight for anything that he wanted. Then he saw Reya. His hand tightened down the door and his shoulders stiffened. And when he caught sight of her hand resting on my arm, he looked at her like he had thrown away something valuable and had only realized it now. My wolf snarled at the sight, and the fact that he was looking at my mate the way that he was angered me even more. I covered Reya’s hand with mine before I could think better of it. It wasn't a gentle touch, no, it was a claim and I was making sure that everyone understood. Reya did not pull away. Skylar smiled with the practiced ease of a man who had ne

Chapter 10

Reya: The world went quiet, and for a moment, I felt like the world was truing to break me. Wind tugged at my gown. Southern flags snapped behind the fortress walls. Killian held a strip of leather between his fingers, blood dark against the hide. A silver crescent had been carved into it. The same crescent hidden beneath the collar of my dress, making my heart drop at the sight. For a second my lungs forgot how to work. The shadows at my feet stirred, thin black threads trembling over the snow like wounded things. I tried to call them back, but they wouldn’t respond, and I knew that it was not something that I could get away from. Shadow blood. Crescent mark. Traitor. Monster. I could see the words forming in everyone’s mind as they looked at me. I had spent my life invisible. Now, at the worst possible moment, everyone suddenly saw me. Killian’s gaze dropped to my collarbone. It was a small movement, almost casual, but I felt it like a blow. He was assessing the moment, tryi

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