บททั้งหมดของ The Alpha's Vengeful Heiress : บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 5

CHAPTER ONESERA POV"If you spill anything on the Alpha's carpet tonight, I will personally ensure you spend the next month cleaning the omega kennels.""Noted," I said. "Truly. Life-changing advice."Mrs. Holt's jaw tightened. The vein in her forehead pulsed, that familiar, angry little throb I'd watched for three years. It meant she was deciding whether to scream or walk away."The Mating Ball is the most important event on the pack calendar," she gritted her teeth. "Every unmated wolf in the territory will be in that hall tonight. The Alpha will be watching."The Alpha doesn't even know I exist, I thought."The Alpha will be busy," I said instead, adjusting the tray on my hips. "I'll be in the passage.""You'll be wherever I need you to be, Sera."She said my name like a headache."Of course." I smiled and picked up my tray.I'd known Kade Hawthorne once.I was fifteen, hiding in my father's study, watching the young Alpha heir argue about pack law with Mathis Delacroix like he ha

CHAPTER THREE SERA POVI made it to the pack boundary at 11:47 PM.I know the exact time because I checked my phone the moment my feet crossed the territorial line and because every second since the rejection had felt like an hour.The pack line ran along the eastern ridge. I stepped over it, turned off my location services, and stood there in the dark.My face hurt.Not from crying. I hadn't cried. I wasn't going to cry. My face hurt from standing in front of three hundred wolves and feeling something tear loose in my chest while keeping my expression completely blank.My ribs ached where the bond had been, my hands were still shaking.The walk to the door had been the longest thirty seconds of my life.I'd set the tray down. I turned and walked. Three hundred wolves parting around me like I was something they didn't want to touch. I heard someone whisper. Another one laughed. A woman near the front looked at me like I was gum on her shoe and said, "What did she expect?"I kept walk

CHAPTER 5 SERA POVThe room they gave me was not the room I used to mop.I stepped inside, set my bag on the bench at the foot of the bed, and stood there for a moment. The fire was going. The bed was made. Someone had put flowers on the desk.I hated the flowers. They felt like a message. We know who you used to be. Look how far you've come. Aren't you grateful?I moved them to the hallway.I wasn't grateful. I was here because I had to be, not because I wanted to be.***I unzipped my bag and started pulling things out. It took nine minutes. I'd packed light. Clothes, medical supplies, a burner phone and a photograph of my father.My phone buzzed.Antiviral shipment confirmed for 6am delivery to pack infirmary. First dose protocol attached. Also you forgot your good coat.Dana. My second-in-command. She communicated primarily through bullet points and mild insults.I typed back: I didn't forget it. I left it intentionally.Three dots. Then: That's the same thing.Then: Get some sle