The Risk Novels & Stories

“Do you think it’s safe to risk it?” Risk it? RISK IT? She should not even be considering this, the greedy little idiot! I already know what she’s thinking. Ruelle would not let an opportunity like this slip through her hands. But this isn’t an average Alpha we’re talking about, this is the King of them all. She’s literally going to risk her life here.

"Before the noise is mostly gone." "I know," I said. "But months is different from indefinite." I looked at the glittery star sticker. "I can manage months. I couldn't manage indefinite." He nodded. He looked at the table. He looked at me. "The risk conversation this morning," he said. "What I said about it not feeling like a risk." "Yes," I said. "I meant it," he said. "But I want to add something." "Tell me," I said.

"The emotional component is secondary to the biological imperative. The high-risk nature requires immediate, total control." ​Elara finally found her voice, steadying herself against the sheer scale of the risk. She looked at Liam, seeing his fear hidden behind his need for control, realizing they were bound by a shared, terrifying stake. "This changes everything, Mr. Sterling," she said, the fear in her voice tempered by the challenge. "The stakes just went through the roof. If I am entering a high-risk pregnancy, I need to know one thing: when the complications inevitably begin, will you trust the doctor, or the dashboard?"

Somewhere out there, untouched by consequence, the culprit carried on. Still watching and still waiting. Here it gets risky. That moment stands out. Everything shifts then. The risk shows up clearly. Danger becomes real right there. Fingers from their last move still tingled in the air.

It was a big risk. * * *

She would never find peace! "Normally, I won't interfere with this because it's very risky. Even I will be affected by this if I'm not careful," Jon spoke with incredible difficulty. "But if you insist, I can take the risk and give it a try. But I'll be straightforward with you… I don't have much confidence in its success. We have a 30% chance of success at most. "I also want you to sign a declaration before I do anything that says I don't have to bear any responsibility if I fail. How does that sound?"

The Alpha's office went silent at Risk's solution. It was bold. Definitely aligned with his name. Risk was the hallmark of his suggestion. To comb through Snow Pointe would be to invalidate all security within the pack, including Alpha Damon's authority. Suggesting that any and everyone be called into question indicated foundational cracks within the pack that couldn't be denied or explained away.

Which was its own kind of answer. “You are never going to feel like it is safe enough,” Daniel said. “That is not a criticism. It is just true. Your threshold for acceptable risk where I am concerned is zero and zero is not a number that exists in real life and we cannot build a life around a number that doesn’t exist.” “I’m not asking you to accept unreasonable risk,” Tim said. “I’m asking you to stay inside for a few days.” “You’re asking me to go backwards,” Daniel said.

“I’m in if everyone is.” Liam adjusts his glasses, but his calm mask cracks; his voice comes out rougher than I’ve ever heard it. “The legal risk is high. The exposure risk is higher. But the reward…” He drags his gaze down my body, lingering on the way my tank rides up my stomach. “I’m listening.”