All Chapters of Alpha Petrova: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Serena:The iron collar at my throat had rubbed my skin raw long before sunrise, and by then the sting had become something I no longer noticed. Pain was an ordinary part of our world, something we learned to live with until it became as familiar as breath. Hope, however, was far more dangerous, and none of us dared to hold on to it.I stood shoulder to shoulder with twenty‑three other women, our wrists bound by thin chains that clinked whenever someone shifted. Not a single one of us spoke. We did not dare look at the guards who lined the marble hall, watching us with the same indifference one might give a wall or a stone. The silence pressed against us, heavier than the cold air that seeped through the room. It stretched time, made every heartbeat feel louder, and turned the tension into something suffocating.Crimson banners hung from the vaulted ceiling, each one embroidered with the Petrova wolf, a silver beast with glowing eyes and fangs stained red. The creature seemed to watch

Serena:I had barely closed my eyes when the knock came. Three sharp raps echoed against the wooden door of the tiny room I shared with six other women, slicing through the darkness like a warning. The room fell silent instantly. Every slave sat upright. No one spoke. No one dared move.The door swung open before anyone could answer.Two maids stepped inside, followed closely by Lady Helena. She looked exactly as she had the day before, her silver hair perfectly pinned, her emerald gown untouched by a single wrinkle. Her gaze swept the room once before landing directly on me.“Serena.”My stomach tightened, but I knew better than to sass her after what happened earlier this morning. “Yes, my lady?”“Come with us.” She said, making me frown in confusion.“Where are we going?” I asked, and she scoffed.“The fact that you believe that I am going to owe you an answer makes this a little more amusing than it should be.” She said, making my stomach churn. “Move… now.”The other women stared

Serena:The doors to the Alpha’s chambers closed behind me with a heavy thud, and for a long moment I simply stood there, breathing in the cold air of the corridor.Alive… I was still alive. Fucking hell, why was I still alive?The two guards standing outside looked at one another in open confusion before one of them finally cleared his throat. “You may return with Lady Helena.”I blinked. “That’s it? I can just leave?”Neither guard answered, and their silence made it clear they were just as puzzled as I was. And though they might have not truly understood my own confusion, or they did… neither one of them commented.A few moments later, Lady Helena appeared from farther down the corridor. The composed expression she always wore slipped ever so slightly when she saw me standing there untouched. Her eyes swept over me from head to toe, searching for bruises, blood, shackles… anything. To her, and my, surprise, there was nothing… I walked out just as I had walked in.“Come,” she said q

Serena:I woke up to someone deliberately knocking into the side of my bed.My eyes snapped open, and I frowned when I saw that a woman stood beside me, already dressed for the morning. Her long black hair was braided neatly down her back, and she carried a basin of water between both hands.I stared after her. “Good morning to you too. You could have had the decency to at least apologize.”She stopped and several women around the room glanced toward us. The brunette slowly turned. “Did you say something?”“You heard me.” I said coldly. “You don’t need to act like you’re deaf.”Her mouth tightened. “I was wondering whether the Alpha’s favorite would wake before midday. It seems to me that you had your own special treatment to the point where you don’t give two fucks about anything else.”There it was. Two days in the Petrova Estate and apparently I already had a title and I sat up. “If I were his favorite, do you really think I’d still be sleeping in here with you?”A few women snicke

Serena:His question lingered between us, heavy and impossible to ignore. For a few seconds, I couldn’t find a single word.I had spent years hiding what I was, years learning how to suppress my scent, how to quiet my wolf, and how to pass as nothing more than a human slave. It had kept me alive longer than I ever expected, and I wasn’t about to let one Alpha unravel everything simply because he had a sharper sense of smell than the rest.“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I said, keeping my voice steady, watching as he raised an eyebrow. “I’m human.”“Are you?” He asked, smirking as if he could easily read through my lie.“Yes.” He hummed under his breath, and something about the sound irritated me. “You don’t believe me?”“Not even a little.”I clenched my jaw. “Then why bother asking if you already made up your mind?”“Because I wanted to see whether you would lie.” He said, shrugging.“I’m not lying.” His lips curved into a smirk, and I hated how easily he did that. “I was