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t. You will regret this. It wasn't the plea of a hear

o my apartment, added a secondary physical lock to the door, and reviewed the bu

t into an uneasy sleep, my laptop on the nightsta

eb

m the rage churning inside me. My destination was Cynthia's apartment, a place I shouldn't have been going,

of me, radiating fury. Her usual serene smile faltered, replac

wning it in one gulp, the burn doing little to num

the words tasting like ash. "A

, does she?" Her fingers traced patterns on my sleeve, her touch a subtle current of submission and adoration I so craved to hear. She conti

"Do you remember, Kaleb? Long ago, beneath another moon, we made

reading through me, but the rage still a cold knot in

d she must not. Think of our future, Alpha. Think of the legacy. An Alpha cannot be seen to be rejected, not by hi

r duty. Remind her of her place. Make her understand that her defiance is not just an insult to you, but a threat to the very fabric of our society. She

ore dangerous. My initial despair and anger began to coalesce into a cold, hard resolve. She was

Alpha mind knew that being discovered leaving my mis

ts were pristine, as if no one had ever slept in them. There was no trace of her scent in the air, only a cold, suffocating emptiness. This was not simply leaving. This was erasure. She hadn't just left my bed; she had wiped me from her life, attempting to uproot me from her memory entirely. This utter rejection, t

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as the soft click of the

. My heart hammer

rom the living room. The scent hit me first. Whiskey, his own mascu

drenche

hoarse whisper. I scrambled up, pulli

its prey. His amber eyes glowed in the darkness, feral and p

is voice thick with alcohol and rage. "

ing me to the mattress. His hands tangled in my ha

so he would conquer me. He would force a pup on me, brand m

ut beneath the panic, something els

whiskey and betrayal,

and his mouth landed on the pillow beside my e

g darkness. "Don't touch me." I spat the words out

body, pressed so heavily against mine, went still. He had been caught, so flagrantly,

d of hesitation

hard, connecting with the

sing all my strength, and rolled out from under him. I landed on the flo

growl rumbling in his chest. But I was on my feet now