All Chapters of Please Keep Your Alpha On A Leash: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

MaraFor several seconds, I couldn't move. Lila sat in front of me with one leg stretched awkwardly across the grass, her little fingers twisting together in her lap.Luna Selene hit me with her ruling cane.Every ounce of warmth drained out of me. I looked at Kieran. He was already staring at me. And whatever he saw on my face made him go completely still.Good. He should be fucking terrified. But not yet.I forced myself to look back at Lila. Patient first. Always."Okay, sweetheart." My voice came out much gentler than I felt. "I'm going to finish checking your leg first."She nodded."Where did she hit you?"Lila pointed to the outside of her lower leg, just above the ankle. I carefully palpated the area. No obvious fracture. No swelling anymore. Of course not. Her body had already healed all of that.I moved her ankle slowly. Up. Down. Then rotated the foot.Lila flinched."There?""Yes."I frowned. Something was sitting wrong. Not dramatically. Just enough. I checked the opposit

KieranI found Selene in her office. She looked up when I entered. Then her eyes dropped to my hands, to the two broken pieces of the ruling cane. Her face changed."What the fuck did you do?"I closed the door behind me. Then crossed the room and dropped both pieces onto her desk. "Did you hit Lila?"Selene went still. That was answer enough."Did you?"Her jaw tightened. "She was disrespectful.""She is eight.""She is a wolf."My wolf snarled. "She was limping for days.""She heals.""She healed wrong."That stopped her. I stepped closer. "Her ankle was out of alignment when her body healed around it. Mara had to reset it."Something ugly flashed across Selene's face at Mara's name. I didn't give

MaraBy three in the afternoon, the last werewolf finally left my clinic. I locked the front door behind him. Then turned around.Sabine was still sitting in the waiting room. Smiling.I pointed at her. "You sent them.""I did not.""That warrior apparently has friends.""He has too many."Tessa walked past carrying a trash bag. "Werewolf Yelp.""Not helping."She disappeared into the back.I dropped into the chair across from Sabine. "My clinic treats animals."Sabine tilted her head. "Technically—""No."She laughed.I rubbed my temples. "I reset three joints today.""Four.""The elbow didn't count.""It stopped clicking.""It was barely displaced.""So four."I glared. She looked deeply pleased with herself."You know what's terrifying?""What?""You're enjoying this.""A little."I leaned back. "Why?"Her expression softened. "Because yesterday changed things."The humor faded. I waited.Sabine folded her hands in her lap. "We have spent generations learning how wolf bodies heal."

MaraI was elbow deep in a werewolf's shoulder when the woman walked in. "Hold still.""I am holding still.""You twitched.""You stabbed me.""I used a needle.""You stabbed me with a needle."I looked at Sabine. "Do they all complain this much?""Yes.""Good to know."The warrior glared at both of us. I ignored him and went back to flushing the small pocket beneath his shoulder blade. Another piece of wood. Because apparently werewolves had spent generations seeing foreign objects beneath their skin and collectively deciding, eh, probably fine.The door to the healer building opened behind me. I didn't look up. "Unless somebody is actively dying, I need ten minutes."Nobody answered. That made me look.A woman stood just inside the doorway. Older. Elegant. Perfect posture. Perfect hair. Expensive coat. And a facial expression suggesting she had just walked into a sewage treatment facility.Her eyes landed on me. Then on my gloves. Then on the shirtless warrior sitting in front of m

KieranNobody spoke after Cassian said he would find Silas. The records remained spread across the examination table. Proof of seven years built on a lie.Vivienne stood beside Selene, pale but still somehow managing to look offended that we had uncovered it. Selene looked like someone had hollowed her out. Mara stood near Sabine. Quiet. Watching.My wolf wanted her closer. I ignored him. There were things I needed to handle first."Cassian."He looked at me. "Find Silas.""I will.""Use whatever you need. Records. Contacts. Neighboring packs."Vivienne stiffened. "You cannot simply begin contacting other territories about private family matters."I looked at her. "This stopped being private when you helped force a mate bond onto my body."Her mouth closed."Find him," I repeated.Cassian nodded. Done.I turned toward Selene. Her eyes lifted to mine. This was harder. Whatever had been done to us seven years ago had not been her fault. What she had done afterward was. Both truths had to