All Chapters of You Have Your Throne, I’ll Get Mine: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

I pushed open the heavy glass doors of the Silvermoon Ridge headquarters, blocking out the sight of Rowan’s careless face.My phone buzzed in my palm. A video call from my childhood friend, Jax.The second I answered, his sharp eyes locked onto my wrist.“Where’s the bracelet? Caleb, did you take off your bond bracelet?” His face changed instantly. He shot upright. “You’re ending twenty years together because she forgot to bring you a rock?”I stood on the marble steps, looking up at the gray sky. I didn't look away from his glare.“It’s not about one rock, Jax.” My voice was quiet. Empty. “It’s about the seventeenth time.”“What seventeenth time?” Jax was lost.“Rowan’s been Alpha Female for exactly three months,” I said, walking slowly down the steps. “In those three months, this is the seventeenth time she’s broken a promise to me.”Jax opened his mouth, trying to find an excuse for her. “She just took over a new territory, she’s got too much on her plate, maybe she just can’t keep

Chapter 2

“You’re really doing it? Caleb, I’ve waited three whole years for this day!”On the screen, the face of Marcus, the usually stone-cold Alpha of the Blackpeak Pack, was lit up with pure joy.“This is your seventh invitation, Marcus,” I said, leaning back in my chair. “The first six times, I turned you down. For Silvermoon Ridge. For Rowan. But this time, I’m saying yes.”“Give me two days, tops. I’ll arrange the highest-level private transport!” Marcus slammed his hand on his desk in excitement. “I’ll be there to greet you myself! Those fools at Silvermoon Ridge have no idea. They just lost the greatest strategic mind on the continent!”Bang!The study door was thrown open.It was 8 PM.Rowan should still have been at headquarters, “handling business” with her Omega scribe, Finn.She was home early.She swept in wearing an expensive black coat, bringing the night’s chill with her. And something else. The faint, but unmistakable, scent of an Omega.“Blackpeak? Who’s going to Blackpeak?”

Chapter 3

It was 2 AM. The living room was dead silent.I was on the sofa, my eyelids heavy with exhaustion. I let them close.Dreams washed over me like a tide.I was seven, on the back hill. A rogue wolf lunged for me. Rowan threw herself in front of me, her small shoulders trembling, but she wouldn’t move.I was eighteen, at the graduation ball. Her cheeks were flushed as she held my hand and swore, “Caleb, you’ll always be my number one.”I was twenty-seven, on the night of her ascension. I forced down my own boiling Alpha blood. I endured the soul-tearing feral agony, just to watch her be crowned under the moonlight.The vibration of my phone jolted me awake. The screen’s bright white light cut through the dark.A message from Rowan.[Banquet ran late. Finn had a bit to drink, he’s not feeling well. I’m taking him home. Not coming back tonight.]The few short lines were like a dull, rusty knife, slowly sawing through my last shred of hope.I stared at the text box.Right above her message w

Chapter 4

The room was deathly quiet.My calmness seemed to piss Rowan off.She finally focused on me, really looked at me.Then, her gaze froze on my left hand.“Why is your wrist bare? Where’s your bond bracelet? What the hell is your problem now?!”Three rapid-fire questions.I watched her sudden explosion of anger with cold eyes.It was the most emotion she’d shown me all day.Before I could answer, a special ringtone cut through the tension.Rowan answered the call, her voice instantly shifting from rage to extreme tenderness.“Alpha…” Finn’s voice was a pathetic whine. “I’m a little hungry… when are you bringing the venison?”“Right away. Be a good boy and wait for me downstairs.”Rowan hung up, all her questions for me forgotten.Without a second thought, she grabbed the fancy food container from the table and strode out the door.Bang. The front door slammed shut again.I stood there for a second, then let out a low laugh. I laughed until tears started to well in my eyes.I turned and wa

Chapter 5

The moment the plane broke through the clouds, the cabin shook. A jolt of turbulence as we crossed the pack border.I didn’t grab the armrest like I used to.I opened my bag. Pulled out my tablet. Opened the note I kept locked behind three passwords.The last page was a list. Dates and descriptions. Every single time Rowan had broken her promise to me in the last three months.1. March 2nd. Forgot to pick me up from work.2. March 9th. Forgot our dinner date....17. Last night. Forgot our Bonding Anniversary.I used to think keeping a list like this was pathetic. Love isn’t a business. You don’t keep a ledger.I was wrong.If I didn’t write it down, her easy “I forgot” would smooth everything over. My hurt would be dismissed. My sacrifices, ignored.Staring at the cold, hard facts on the screen was the only thing stopping me from caving. It was the only thing that forced me to see the truth.I closed the tablet.“Enough,” I whispered.As the plane pulled away from Silvermoon Ridge, a

Chapter 6

Caleb's POVThe plane landed in Blackpeak Territory at dawn. My phone was vibrating off the hook.Sixty-three missed calls. Over a hundred texts. All from Rowan.I stared at the screen for three seconds. Then went to my settings.Block.My finger tapped the button without a single shred of doubt.A huge man stood at the bottom of the jet stairs. Dark coat, eyes sharp as knives."Caleb." He held out a hand. His voice was a low rumble. "I'm Marcus."I shook his hand. As I started to speak, I saw a flicker of shock in his eyes.He let go, taking half a step back. His nostrils flared."That scent you had… the calm, Beta scent…" Marcus’s voice was tight. "It's gone. Replaced by something else. A possessive, Alpha scent. It's nothing like I remember."It was only then I realized. The Alpha presence I had forced down for twenty years was now pouring out of me, unchecked.Pure. Wild. A cold, territorial dominance. The kind of consuming power that only a top-tier Alpha possesses.Marcus grinned

Chapter 7

Caleb's POVI didn't go after her.Rowan's figure disappearing into the blizzard was like the end of an old, faded movie.I went back inside and locked the door.I opened my laptop and went back to work.The phantom ache from the broken Mate Bond was still there, a ghost in my nerves. But true healing isn't about the pain stopping.It's about feeling the pain and still making the right choice.The next day, I moved into a high-level isolation sector, deeper in the core territory.Security was tight. No one got in without being a core member.I cut off every possible way for Rowan to find me.For the next week, I threw myself into integrating the territories.The Northern Silver Mine and High-Grade Crystal Sector merger. It was the first strategy I spearheaded.At the head of the conference table, I spread out the map. "Their defenses look strong," I said, my voice low. "But they have three fatal flaws. We cut off their supply lines here, here, and here. The balance of power at the nego

Chapter 8

Caleb's POVThe lights in the conference room were blinding. The applause was loud enough to shake the building."Project Fission. The most perfect western expansion plan in history." Marcus stood up, his voice filled with undisguised pride. "The representatives from all three neutral territories signed the accords today."I stood in front of the projector screen, looking at the map covered in arrows and data.A month ago, inspired by my own suppressed past, I had written the first line of this strategy.Don't rely on anyone. Grow back from the cracks, by your own strength."The most important echo should come from within yourself." I'd said that in an interview for the Alliance's internal journal. But standing here now, I finally understood the weight of those words.The core warriors rose to their feet, raising their glasses to me.I didn't feel a shred of vanity. Just a profound, solid sense of self.It was late when the victory celebration ended.I threw on my coat and walked out o

Chapter 9

Caleb's POVAfter Rowan went back to Silvermoon Ridge, she was a different person.Jax told me later that she’d had three major lapses in judgment during core pack meetings. The Alpha Female's mental instability, a direct result of the broken bond, almost tanked a major mining deal.The core warriors started talking. Whispering that their Alpha wasn't right.Someone would glance at her wrist, where the bond bracelet used to be. It was empty now.During a meal, she ordered a plate of roasted venison, but when it came, she just stared at it, not taking a single bite.If someone even mentioned the name "Blackpeak," her face would go pale and she'd make an excuse to leave the room.Jax said that after Finn was exiled, he became desperate. He cornered her outside her office and demanded to know why she was blaming him."I didn't force you to forget his anniversary! Why am I taking all the heat for this?" Finn had shouted, his voice full of resentment.Rowan was silent for a long time. Final

Chapter 10

Caleb's POVA year later, I returned to my home city as the new Alpha of Blackpeak. I was hosting the North American Werewolf Alliance summit, titled "Echoes of Self."The spotlight was on me at the podium. A sea of reporters pointed their cameras my way."Alpha Caleb, a year ago you chose to leave Silvermoon Ridge. Now you return as the new Alpha of Blackpeak. How does it feel?"I held the microphone, my voice steady. "I don't regret the chances I gave up for a mate. But if I could do it all over again, I would have learned to love myself first, a lot sooner."A murmur of approval went through the crowd.After the interviews, I made my way through the throng, heading for the lounge.At a corner, I stopped.A figure in a dark trench coat stood silently in the shadows.Rowan.She was even thinner than a year ago. Pale, with a permanent exhaustion in her eyes.She saw me and her body went rigid."It's been a long time," I said first.She looked up, meeting my eyes from a few feet away. I

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