All Chapters of Please Keep Your Alpha On A Leash: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

MaraThe ride home felt nothing at all like the drive there had felt.Nobody argued over the music this time. Nobody opened the candy that still sat, forgotten, in the cup holder. Nobody accused Kieran of cheating at one of his ridiculous road trip games. The SUV rolled quietly through the dark, tires humming against the pavement, and Silas's words rode along with us like uninvited passengers.Forget Mara.Stay with Selene.For both territories.For both families.And worst of all, the words that kept circling back no matter how hard I tried to push them away: when Ravenholt learns Selene is no longer Luna, you had better be ready.I stared out the window and watched the trees blur into long dark streaks. Kieran drove beside me, one hand steady on the wheel, the streetlights sliding gold across his knuckles.This was the same man who had bought me poppies because he remembered seeing them in a little vase on my office desk. The same man who had packed my favorite snacks for the trip w

KieranThe door clicked shut. Then it locked, a small sound that seemed far too quiet for how much it changed.I stared at it anyway.My wolf made one sound inside me. Mate. Not angry, not demanding, just broken, like something small and wounded curling in on itself.I could still see Mara through the glass. Her forehead rested against the door, one hand pressed over her mouth. She was crying, and the rain outside blurred the edges of her until she looked like something already fading from memory.Everything in me screamed to go back. Knock. Break the door down if I had to. Tell her she was wrong, that Ravenholt could burn before I let her walk away because some dead men decided our lives belonged to the pack.But one sentence held me exactly where I stood. You said I get to choose.I had said that. Fuck. I had meant it, even now, even when her choice was tearing something out of my chest."Kieran." Cassian's voice sounded far away, muffled by the rain and the roaring in my own ears.

SeleneMy mother arrived before breakfast. Again. Apparently being told to leave had become more of a suggestion than an instruction.I found her in the sitting room.She was speaking to one of the house staff as though she still had authority under this roof, her voice pitched in that smooth, pleasant register she saved for people she considered beneath her."Leave us."The young woman disappeared immediately, eyes down, the door clicking softly behind her.Vivienne turned. "There you are."I stayed in the doorway, one hand on the frame. "You were told to go home.""I did.""And yet somehow you found your way back."Her expression tightened. "Circumstances have changed."With my mother, that usually meant she had found another way to use me."What circumstances?"Her face softened into something almost pleased. "The human left him."I stared at her. "Mara.""What?""Her name is Mara."Vivienne waved that away like smoke drifting between us. "Mara ended whatever was happening between

MaraI was examining a bulldog's ear when Tessa appeared in the doorway. She didn't say anything. She just stood there. I looked up."What?"Her eyebrows rose."What?""You have a visitor.""Does my visitor have fur?""No.""Then tell them I'm busy.""I don't think she's going to leave."She. My stomach dropped."Tessa.""She's very pretty."Fuck."And terrifying."Double fuck. I slowly straightened."Selene?"Tessa nodded. "Selene."The bulldog chose that moment to shake his head hard enough to send ear cleaner across my scrub top. I closed my eyes."Perfect."Tessa bit her lip. "Want me to tell her you died?""She'd probably ask to see the body.""Good point."I finished the exam, spoke with the owner, prescribed treatment for a straightforward ear infection, and took longer than necessary washing my hands.Selene was waiting when I finally walked into reception. Alone. No ruling cane. No expensive mother. No Kieran. Just Selene. She looked tired. Not messy. I wasn't sure the woman w

KieranI watched Mara walk away through the healer building window. She stopped halfway to her car, and for one stupid second, hope surged through me.Turn around.My wolf lifted his head.Mate.Mara didn't turn around. She stood there for several seconds, gripping the strap of her medical bag. Then she kept walking. The car door opened and closed. The engine started, and she was gone.Fuck.“She came anyway.”I closed my eyes. Sabine. Of course.“I know.”She stepped beside me. “You called and she came.”“You called.”“You know what I mean.”I looked through the empty window. “Someone was hurt.”“Exactly.”I turned.Sabine folded her arms. “She knew she would see you.”“I'm aware.”“She came anyway.”“Sabine.”“I'm making a point.”“I don't want the point.”“That has never stopped Mara from making one.”That almost hurt enough to be funny. Almost. Sabine's expression softened.“She left you, Kieran.”My jaw tightened. “I noticed.”“She did not leave your pack.”No. Apparently she had