Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Twin Switch: The Alpha’s Mistaken Mate: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

Heavy alpha scent fills the private suite of the Sterling Crown Medical Center, musk and pine wrapping thick around Elowen Hartwell’s senses until her head spins. Calloway Sterling presses his massive frame over hers on the wide leather couch, his hot breath fanning across her jawline while his hands grip her waist like vice grips. He leans down, burying his face into the crook of her neck, inhaling deeply until his chest vibrates with a low, primal growl that makes her skin break into shivers."You smell so, so fucking good, Marlowe," Calloway mutters against her pulse point, his voice a rough rasp that carries the heavy command of an upper-tier wolf. His lips hit her bare skin, dragging up toward her jawline, and when his mouth captures hers, a deep groan escapes his throat.Elowen's fingers automatically loop over his broad shoulders, digging into the firm muscle of his back as she gives in to the brutal heat radiating off him. She does not care about the brutal snowstorm raging ou

Elowen Hartwell grips her old, faded brown coat tightly around her shoulders, the icy winter wind of the Sterling Metropolitan District biting through the thin fabric as the pack transport cab drives away. The heavy iron gates of the Hartwell Estate loom ahead, forged with the massive crest of the Hartwell Family. She steps onto the cobblestone path, her breath blooming in thick white clouds, her body trembling from the freezing air and the sharp, lingering ache between her thighs from Calloway Sterling’s relentless alpha claim just two hours prior. She forces her feet forward, passing the frozen central fountain where a massive carved stone wolf stands mid-snarl, completely dusted in white snow.Elowen lifts her hand, her knuckles bruised and pale, and knocks heavily against the massive double oak doors of the main pack house. No one answers. She presses the brass bell button repeatedly, the sharp chime echoing through the quiet interior until heavy footsteps approach from the other

Elowen Hartwell grips the thin leather strap of her worn shoulder bag, stepping out of the billing office of the Sterling Crown Medical Center. The heavy scent of silver-infused antiseptic and commercial floor wash stings her sensitive nostrils, making her wolf whimper in discomfort beneath her skin. She slips the official payment receipt into her inner pocket, her dark fingers still cold from the icy wind outside.She scans the wide, marble-tiled lobby, hoping to spot Doctor Wallace Pembroke to thank him for holding the medical ward's isolation unit, but the high-ranking beta physician is nowhere in sight.Elowen adjusts the surgical mask covering her mouth and nose. Being the only unbonded Omega in a pack facility dominated by territorial betas and volatile alphas makes every breath dangerous. If her natural scent slipped past her disguise, the whole floor would lock down. She moves quietly toward the heavy metallic elevators, her head held low.When she was sitting in the pack tran

"The line is growing long, and my mother is waiting for me upstairs," Elowen replies, her voice firm behind her mask. "Pay the keeper. You can return it if you see me again."Reluctantly, the male takes the note and hands it to the shopkeeper, quickly grabbing his parcel.He waits outside the doorway of the depot as Elowen pays for her own small basket of toiletries. The moment she steps out into the cold street air, he steps up beside her, holding a black leather credit pouch he had just retrieved from a black SUV idling across the cobblestones."I pulled my backup pouch from the patrol car," he says, pulling out a crisp one-hundred-credit bill and handing it toward her. "Thank you for saving my hide back there. Please, take this and keep the extra as a gesture of goodwill from Lagos Holdings."Elowen reaches into her coat, pulling out fifty credits of her own change and pressing it back into his gloved hand alongside the one-hundred-credit note, keeping only her original amount."We

Suddenly, the overhead fluorescent lights flickered back on with a loud buzzing sound. The hydraulic brakes unlocked with a loud hiss, and the elevator doors slid wide open to the fourth-floor medical corridor.The trapped pack members began shoving past one another to escape the enclosure. Elowen didn't hesitate; she tried to bolt forward with the crowd, but Calloway’s grip shifted instantly. His large, gloved hand shot out, catching her wrist in a vice-like hold and dragging her back into the corner of the lift, pinning her shoulder blades hard against the metal wall.His dark blue eyes burned down into hers with terrifying intensity. "Marlowe...?"Elowen’s throat seized. She was trapped. She wasn't wearing her brown contact lenses, her natural amber eyes exposed beneath her dark hood, and her face was covered by her cloth mask. If she admitted who she was, her family would destroy her mother. She had no choice. She had to put on the mask of her sister once again."C-Calloway...?" E