All Chapters of The Alpha’s Scarred Healer: Chapter 61 - Chapter 63

Raven / Scarlett’s POVAlpha Dimitri froze.His eyes remained fixed on the three words glowing on my screen. He did not move or say anything.I could not wait for his reaction. My hands were already trembling as I typed the next line and turned the phone toward him.A man from Ironclaw.The color drained from my face as I watched him read it.Moon goddess, please save me.I prayed silently, desperation twisting through me. I knew I was lying. Every word I chose concealed more than it revealed—the arranged mating, the rejection, the acid, the name Raven Moonshadow that no longer existed.I could not give Alpha Dimitri the whole truth. Not here. Not now. I needed a story believable enough to answer his questions without exposing everything I had spent so long hiding. My fingers trembled as I typed, making several mistakes before I managed to finish.I am not from Ironclaw. I married a man who left Ironclaw. He still carried their mark because he lived with a smaller pack near their bor

Alpha Dimitri’s POVA small smile touched my mouth, gentle enough that she would not mistake it for anger.“From now on, I promise you will be okay. Trust me. No one is going to find you. Nobody is going to hurt you.” I paused, giving her a moment to take in each promise. “You are fine. You are perfect, and you are safe here in Bloodfang, under my protection.”I held her gaze as I spoke. These were not empty words meant to calm a frightened healer. I meant every one of them. The man who had marked her and taught her to expect pain would not reach her again while she remained under my protection. Scarlett’s brown eyes remained on mine. The uncertainty was still there, but some of the tension left her posture. I had seen that small release before, the moment she stopped typing and allowed herself to simply wait.A promise meant little if I left her exhausted and hungry. I ordered something warm and simple from the inn’s kitchen and had it brought to the room. When the tray arrived, I