All Chapters of Framed By Her Husband. Saved By His Deadliest Rival: Chapter 1 - Chapter 6

ELSPETH CROWHURST POV"Open the door right now, Elspeth!"Hadley Thornbury's voice slammed against the solid oak door of the pack room.Elspeth Crowhurst gasped awake, her breath burning in her lungs. Sunlight sliced through the heavy velvet curtains of Frostwick City's Mooncrest Wedding Lodge. Her body throbbed with a deep, lingering ache—a phantom mark of intense, consuming passion from the night before. Her wolf stirred beneath her skin, warm and confused.Someone had entered her bed during the dark hours. She had felt the powerful, possessive scent of a dominant mate—heavy, magnetic, and intoxicating. Thinking it was Hadley, her newly bound husband, she had given in completely to the heat, moaning softly as large hands claimed her body, leaving phantom fire across her skin. The mysterious male had caressed her cheek with surprising tenderness before she blacked out from total exhaustion.Now, her shredded silk gown lay scattered on the floorboards. Pain shot up her ribs as she scr

ELSPETH CROWHURST POV"Get off me!" Elspeth Crowhurst shrieked, spinning around on the cold cobblestones and swinging her small leather purse with all her remaining strength."Whoa, Elspeth! Stop, it is me!" Mavis Ellington shouted, jumping backward and taking the hit straight to her forearm. "By the Moon, you nearly broke my arm!"Elspeth’s heart thundered inside her ribcage as her eyes finally adjusted to the face standing under the dim lantern light of The Howling Hearth Café. Her hands trembled violently, her claws threatening to snap out through her skin from pure panic. "Mavis? What... what are you doing here? You scared the life out of me!""I was screaming your name for three blocks!" Mavis panted, rubbing her bruised arm and glaring with deep concern. "I saw you sprinting away from that massive black carriage like a rogue was on your tail. Why were you running like that?"Elspeth swallowed hard, her throat feeling like sand. She glanced over her shoulder at the empty street,

ELSPETH CROWHURST POV"You rejected my pack tokens this morning just so you could track my transport and strike it?" Alistair Wrenford asked, his voice low and laced with cold disdain as he stepped out onto the wet street.Elspeth Crowhurst stared at the male towering over her. He stood well over six feet, wrapped in a dark silk tunic that accentuated his broad shoulders and commanding presence. Even in the dim light of the streetlamps, his sharp jawline and icy gaze made him look like a dark legend made flesh. But the utter arrogance radiating from him set her blood on fire."I tracked you?" Elspeth shouted, taking a defiant step toward him despite her soaked, ruined gown. "Are you insane? I was sitting on a bench trying to figure out where I am going to sleep tonight! I didn't ask your carriage keeper to drive through a puddle and soak me to the bone! I don't know who you think you are, but the world doesn't revolve around you!"She turned on her heel, her chest heaving as hot tears