All Chapters of The Assassin Alpha's Heir: Chapter 31 - Chapter 33

Ivy's POVI woke up wrapped in something warm.Not just warm—ridiculously, dangerously comforting. It was like sinking into a heavy down comforter fresh out of an industrial dryer, radiating this deep, steady heat that practically melted the residual ache right out of my exhausted limbs. For a solid ten seconds, my brain just hovered in that lazy, half-conscious bliss, forgetting that my life was a certified trash fire.I shifted slightly, stretching my cramped muscles, and my hand slid over something surprisingly firm yet soft.My fingers curled. I gave it a testing squeeze.Ouuu.Firm, solid muscle with just enough give. Nice. I liked that texture a lot. So, naturally, without opening my eyes, I gave it another full, shameless squeeze."Well, I certainly didn't peg you as the kind who has an ass-squeezing kink, Solokov."The voice was a deep, gravelly morning rumble, vibrating directly beneath my ear.My eyes snapped wide open.All the drowsiness evaporated into thin air, replaced b

Alfonso’s POVI was relieved she had finally thrown in the towel and picked the less painful route. Genuinely. Seeing her tied to that gurney looking like a ghost had made my chest hollow out in ways I hated thinking about.Yet, as I paced the perimeter courtyard, this weird, uneasy prickle settled under my collar, and for the life of me, I couldn’t figure out why. It was like an itch right beneath the bone. Everything was falling into place—tactically, biologically—so why did my gut feel like it was twisting into a hangman’s noose?I couldn’t stand being inside the house another second.“Mateo,” I barked, spotting him crossing the tarmac near the secondary motor pool. “Drop the manifests. We’re running the ridge.”Mateo stopped, wiping grease off his good hand with a rag, his brow furrowing as he jogged over. “The ridge? Alfonso, the sun barely crested the treeline. Besides…” He hesitated, looking at me with that irritating, cautious edge. “It’s been months since you let your Lycan o