บททั้งหมดของ The Ruthless Alpha Begged Me Not to Leave: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

AthenaMy entire body hurt like hell, but to realize that my mate didn’t love me was an even greater pain.‘Enzo, please’, I forced through my groggy mindlink with him, coughing as a sharp, agonizing pain flared in my chest. ‘I was ambushed at the northern border. My ribs are hurt... I need help!’Silence stretched across the link for three long seconds. Then Enzo’s voice came, flat and dripping with ice.‘Are you serious right now, Athena?’‘Enzo I’m serious! I’m bleeding out—’‘Enough!’ he snapped, cutting me off. ‘The northern border hasn't seen a rogue in five years. You’re the Chief Warrior and Luna of this pack. If you think lying about an attack is going to get my attention and pull me away from Bonnie’s birthday party, you’re dead wrong. Do not ruin my mood tonight!’‘Enzo—’The link snapped shut. I tried to push through again, but a dull, metallic wall hit my mind.He blocked me. He really actually blocked me.A number of emotions flared in my chest at that. I felt anger, sha

AthenaThe door swung open before I could even try to run.Martha rushed outside into the hallway, her eyes wide as she took in the shattered ceramic and the dark liquid pooling around my feet.“Athena! Dear Goddess, are you alright?” she exclaimed and reached out to grab my arm, but I flinched as a bitter, suffocating anger clawed its way up my throat.Behind her, Enzo stepped into the doorway. He didn’t look worried. His eyes narrowed as he took in my trembling hands and the mess on the floor.“Were you eavesdropping, Athena?” Enzo asked, his voice sharp and accusing.Eavesdropping. My heart hammered against my ribs. Part of me wanted to hurl the shattered pieces of ceramic straight at his face, to scream at both of them for treating me like an animal to be bred and tossed aside. But I swallowed the rage down and forced my face into calmness.“I wasn’t,” I lied, keeping my voice as flat as I could manage. “My hand slipped. I… I’m sorry. I didn’t hear anything.”Enzo’s eyes bored int

AthenaTyler looked nervous, and when he did, that meant he was hiding something from me.I took another threatening step toward him, ensuring that he felt my intimidation.“Tyler,” I growled. “Tell me what you know.”“I want to, Luna,” Tyler said, lowering his head nervously. “But Alpha Enzo—”“Alpha Enzo is currently busy keeping Bonnie company,” I interrupted, my voice dropping an octave. “I don’t need his permission to do my job. Where is Beta Rudolf right now?”Tyler swallowed hard, looking around before stepping closer. “Every Friday afternoon, Rudolf goes to the private hunting ground near the eastern cliff. He… he uses it to interrogate and torture rogues or traitors before executing them.”Shock hit me like a splash of ice water. A private torture ground? As Chief Warrior, all executions and interrogations were supposed to pass through my office. The fact that Enzo allowed Rudolf to conduct such ruthless, unsanctioned butcheries right under our noses was sickening.“Stay here

EnzoAthena glared at me, as if I was her worst enemy.Her eyes were filled with a searing hatred so intense it made my chest ache. Standing there in her torn combat gear, bleeding and fierce, she looked like a complete stranger. When had Athena become this headstrong and bold? She never looked at me this way.“Reject me, Enzo!” she spat again when I didn’t reply, her voice trembling with raw, venomous hurt. “Bonnie is back! You clearly want everything to go back to the way it was before! Just reject the bond and end this!”A sharp, violent snarl echoed through my head. My wolf slammed against my ribs, baring his fangs in absolute fury.‘If you reject our mate, I will shut you out forever,’ my wolf growled. His threat was heavy and dangerous, and I knew he meant it. ‘She is our Luna, and you are failing her!’I shoved my wolf’s anger down and locked eyes with Athena, keeping my face a mask of rigid Alpha authority.“I am not rejecting you,” I said, my tone firm and unyielding. “You ar

AthenaI woke up close to noon, every muscle in my body sore.Sitting up on the edge of the bed, I dragged a fresh shirt over my head, and changed into fresh clothes.My body felt… different.My cheeks burned as memories of last night rushed back. Other than the night he had stormed into my room drunk years ago, last night was the first time Enzo had ever knowingly taken me.A deep, painful blush crawled up my neck as I recalled his possessive hands on my hips and his rough, desperate mouth. I hated myself for it. I hated how my own body had betrayed me, how I had ended up wanting him and giving in to the feverish, intoxicating surge of the bond.‘He cares about us,’ my wolf purred deep in my chest, buzzing with excited, foolish hope. ‘Did you feel how fiercely he held us?’‘He doesn’t care,’ I reminded her wryly, swallowing the bitter lump in my throat. ‘Martha told him the pack needs an heir, so he performed his duty. Notice how he didn’t even mark us?’My wolf whimpered and went qu