All Chapters of She tamed the untouchable alpha : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Chapter 1The PoisonThe first time I tasted death, it was sweet.I was nine years old, barefoot in the kitchen of our small pack house, when I saw the glass. It sat on the wooden table like any other cup of milk, pale and innocent under the late afternoon light. Jason stood beside it, laughing at something my father had said. He was twelve, already tall for his age, with bright eyes and the easy confidence of a future Alpha’s son. I adored him the way little girls sometimes adore older boys who are kind to them. He never mocked my soft voice or the way I trailed after him like a shadow.I did not know the glass held poison.My stepmother had prepared it. She moved through the kitchen with quiet purpose, her smile too sharp at the edges. I remember the way her eyes flicked toward Jason and then toward the door, as if measuring how long it would take for someone to notice. My father had stepped outside to speak with the Beta. The house felt strangely empty.Jason reached for the glass.

Chapter 3The Morning AfterI woke to the weight of an arm across my waist.For a moment I did not move. The room was still gray with early light. Heavy curtains muted the dawn, but enough filtered through to show the unfamiliar shape of the bed, the dark wood of the walls, the ceiling far higher than the one I had known my whole life. The arm over me was heavy, warm, and unmistakably male. The scent of dark forest and steel filled every breath I took.Kael.Memory returned in a slow, merciless wave. The banquet. The mistake. The blood. The binding. The way his wolf had gone quiet the instant I touched him.I lay frozen, staring at the far wall. His breathing was deep and even against the back of my neck. At some point in the night he had closed the careful distance he promised to keep. His chest pressed along my spine. One of his legs had tangled with mine beneath the blankets. The heat of him soaked into my skin as though my body had been cold for years and only now remembered warmt

Chapter 5: The Rules of His HouseI woke up because I couldn’t move.Kael’s arm was locked around my waist. His chest was against my back and his face was buried in my hair. I could feel his breath on my scalp. Slow. Even. Too even.He wasn’t asleep.“How long have you been awake?” I asked.“Since four.”I looked at the window. The curtains were half open and the sky was just turning grey. The clock on the table said ten past seven.“That’s three hours, Kael.”“Yes.”“You just lay here?”“Yes.”“Doing what?”He didn’t answer. His nose moved against the back of my neck and he breathed in deep, like he was checking something. My stomach turned over. Then I remembered last night.The reception. Jason standing in the doorway of the great hall with rain still on his coat, looking at me like I was someone he’d lost. Jason saying my name. Me saying I need time, because it was the only thing I could say without somebody bleeding.Jason had hugged me before Kael pulled me away. One second. May