Chapter: Chapter 47: FerrinI was beyond ready to get this day over with. Willa had definitely given me an effective reminder to ensure everything went smoothly this evening. Not that she needed to, but I was going to do anything but complain.But it wasn’t just our sexual encounter that had me determined to make sure everything went according to plan tonight. It was her attitude. She had taken the disruptions in stride, even making light of the situation. But I hated that she was already getting used to them and that she was already feeling like I wasn’t around enough.As king of the lycans, there would be times when there would be no avoiding those circumstances. But for her to have to accept them so early in our relationship was unacceptable. She deserved my full attention and as much of it as I could possibly give. The only reason I hadn’t blocked everyone this morning was because of the event. We had too many nobles and council members still arriving, and those already here would be milling around the castl
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Chapter: Chapter 46: WillaFerrin wasn’t kidding when he said he was tired. As soon as we were under the covers and curled up against each other, he was dead asleep. I lay awake for a little while, just listening to him breathe while I contemplated the next couple of days. I tried to run through any of the names and faces that I remembered from my morning with Rebekah, but lying there next to Ferrin kept my mind wondering what would happen after the dinner.We thought these few days would have been a bit easier on us both. There were fewer secrets and less sneaking around. Ferrin, Rebekah, and Shawn all confirmed that everyone seemed to buy our ruse. There were no hints of rumors that we had met any other way. And for the most part, they had not heard of any direct disapproval of a rogue werewolf being the king’s mate. That didn’t mean they would accept me, but at least there wasn’t open discontent.However, with all of that, the other obstacles we faced seemed to pile on tenfold. With the added stress, Ferrin
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Chapter: Chapter 45: FerrinSomething was really bothering her. And it wasn’t the same anger or disappointment I had felt from her the night before.No, she seemed… nervous around me. Almost scared.I had never seen Willa be timid. I didn’t think she even had it in her.But whatever was causing these feelings, they were only directed at me. She had acted normally toward Rebekah and warmly toward Henry and the kids. She was a picture of sweetness and belonging.My gut clenched, imagining what could possibly have her acting so distant from me. I hated this. I needed to be close to her more than ever right now, and this is when she decided to avoid me. Frustration and even a little anger started to creep up on me. I went to the office there in my apartment and found the carafe of bourbon. I poured a glass and took a few minutes to drink it before I went back to Willa’s room.I gently turned the knob. Opening it, I found Willa standing in front of the full-length mirror in the corner of the room. I could see her fac
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Chapter: Chapter 44: FerrinI didn’t sleep much longer after Willa left. The unease and anxiety that had been growing through the night had quickly seeped back into my bones. They had lessened for those few short hours I was able to hold her. But when she left, it was like a premonition of what would happen if I screwed everything up — if I made the wrong decision.We had gone through every single detail in Billy’s file that night. Scouring over every piece of information. We had relied heavily on Dante’s expertise, hoping he could shed better light on what we were looking over. With each passing hour, his thoughts were following the same path as Willa’s father’s. And with each passing hour, my mood soured even more. By two in the morning, Dante was so suspicious of what was going on that Damen insisted I fill him in on everything.I had reluctantly complied at the time, but Dante said this information did fill in a lot of gaps in the information. He went over everything again once he knew more of what we were l
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Chapter: Chapter 43: WillaRebekah was right about the gazebo being a good place to escape and get some privacy away from the castle. We spent a couple hours sitting there while she told me about the people I would be meeting at my introduction dinner. She pulled up pictures from her phone to help me recognize them. By the time we were done, she had gone through over forty people of various importance, and I was feeling a little overwhelmed. But I also felt more confident about the upcoming ordeal.We decided to move on so that she could show me around the grounds a little bit more before we had to meet her family when they arrived. We were walking along the hedges when she asked me what I planned to wear to the dinner. I froze up when she asked.“Crap,” I said. “I actually have to think about that, don’t I?”She laughed softly at my mortified expression. “It’s okay. I would love to help you get ready.”“Okay,” I said with a grateful sigh of relief.“Don’t worry,” she said. “You’ll do just fine. And I highly do
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Chapter: Chapter 42: WillaI was really getting tired of having to hide in rooms whenever Ferrin was acting like a jerk. I didn’t regret my decision to stay with him, but all this was becoming a bit suffocating. I couldn’t handle it if Ferrin suddenly started keeping things from me.I paced around the room for a while before I changed into my pajamas and tried to go to sleep. But I only ended up tossing and turning for a couple of hours. Finally, I let out a frustrated huff and threw the blankets off of me. I was still frustrated with Ferrin, and I was mad that I missed him, but I was also worried. It was the kind of worry that just sat in the peripheral. You know it’s there, but you just don’t know why.But then again, we both had a lot to worry about right now. So, I was probably just overreacting.I climbed out of bed and made my way through the joining bathroom and through to Ferrin’s bedroom. I paused a moment to breathe in his scent, which was all over the place. I quickly started to relax. I crawled unde
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The Alpha's Stolen Luna
After being sent to work for the Alpha of the Dawn Stalker pack, Sutton was given to the pack's brutal Beta as his mate. After killing him in self-defense, she escapes her abusive mate only to find herself in the hands of another Alpha. An Alpha with a reputation more ruthless than the Dawn Stalkers who also wants to claim her as his. With the wounds of her last mate freshly covering old scars, she is reluctant to trust his intentions and fights to keep her newly earned freedom. Lucas, Alpha of the Ironpaw Pack, comes face to face with his fated mate — battered, bloody, and close to death. While treating her injuries, he can tell she's not a typical lycan. In fact, she insists that she isn't a lycan at all, only a meer human. But Lucas and his wolf don't believe that. As they get to know each other, Lucas becomes more and more convinced whatever has kept Sutton from finding her wolf is linked to her family's mysterious past. Before they can get answers, Lucas must protect Sutton from her previous pack. While Sutton believes Alpha Anders is coming after her as revenge for murdering his Beta, Lucas thinks his interest stems from something else. Does Alpha Anders suspect there is more to Sutton than your typical human? What is so special that he would risk a war over her? Can Sutton accept Lucas as her mate and find her wolf before it's too late?
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Chapter: Chapter 294: SuttonMy talk with Soloman had been exactly what I needed. It didn’t fix everything but it helped me accept that no single conversation would. That was a start. I hadn’t faced the aftermath of what Mason had put me through. Not really. Whenever something went wrong, it was easy to remember how broken I still was. But as soon as things got better—as soon as Lucas made things better—I would forget about it. It was too easy to pretend I was fine.But I wasn’t. Not really.Don’t get me wrong, being with Lucas had made me stronger. He gave me everything in his power to give me and I needed that. But Soloman was right, I wasn’t able to give Lucas what he deserved. And I couldn’t change that by being with him either. Not yet at least. Our bond was too strong. Too influential. The false sense of security was too tempting to give in to.I took another day to work through some things. Soloman helped me find some resources to help me understand what I was thinking and going through. It all gave me a c
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Chapter: Chapter 293: SuttonI hadn’t left the suite in days. This whole figuring out how I really felt was harder than I expected. I tried to leave a few times the first couple of days, but was quickly met with a panic attack when I did. I had been forcing myself to eat too, but that just got less and less important. All the back and forth in my head, and even with Nova, was overwhelming, making me second-guess myself even more.And I wasn’t going to deny—I missed Lucas. I missed him so much it hurt sometimes. Especially at night, when I tried to sleep and nightmares came flooding back. It had been so long since I had them this regularly. If I ever had. Nova wasn’t shy about reminding me that it was Lucas who helped keep all of those demons at bay. But I was always quick to remind her that that wasn’t necessarily a good thing. That it was just another example of how the bond clouds my judgment.Eventually, I lost the motivation to keep trying. Giving in to the hurt and sadness that I couldn’t keep at bay anymore
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Chapter: Chapter 292: LucasI still hadn’t slept. I paced my office, unable to go back to our apartment. Sutton’s scent was everywhere. It permeated the walls. I thought it would be a comfort but it only fueled my anxiety. So did Max’s failure to answer my calls. And Helene. Sutton’s phone was still off and I hadn’t heard anything about when they would get home. So, I wasn’t prepared for Max to walk through the door.I rushed to leave, knowing she would be in our apartment. I could fix this. This would all be over soon and I could hold her.But Max stepped in front of me, blocking my path. Jaden had come in behind him and was also blocking the doorway.“Move,” I barked. “I need to see Sutton.”Max’s expression shifted. Pain and even fear filled his eyes as his jaw muscles clenched and released anxiously. I looked to Jaden. The look on his face just as grave.“Where is she?” I demanded, my voice eerily calm. He didn’t answer. “Max, where the hell is Sutton?”“She… she wouldn’t come home,” Max told me.Numbness fl
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Chapter: Chapter 291: Sutton“Sutton, please, just come home,” Max pleaded. “I swear, Lucas can explain everything.”“I don’t want his explanation,” I replied as I sat by the window, still in my night clothes with no intention of changing.Max huffed. “He deserves a chance to explain.”“Does he?” I asked. “Even if I give him the benefit of the doubt that he wasn’t actually here to sneak around with Sera, then the question still stands—why else would he be here? The only other reason I could imagine is something to do with this… vendetta he has against my uncle. Meaning he not only went behind my back after I asked him to drop it. Either way, he’s been keeping something from me.”“Which is why you should come home,” Max argued. “He’ll tell you whatever you want to know.”“No,” I said sadly. “I’m not so sure he will.”“Sutton…”“I just need some space,” I snapped. “Please, just go.”Helene came over and sat in the chair across from me. “Sutton, are you sure about this?” she asked. “It may be easier to hear him out.
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Chapter: Chapter 290: LucasWe made it back to the car and I helped Sera get into the backseat before turning to Max.“Rodney is waiting at the airstrip,” I told him as I put the keys in his hand. “Get her on the plane and call Dr. Callahan. Have her waiting for them to check Sera over.”I didn’t wait for a response before I started walking back toward the palace entrance. A hand grabbed my arm, yanking me back.“Where are you going?” Soloman hissed. “You can’t go back in there. They can’t know you were here.”“I don’t give a fuck if they find out I’m here,” I growled viciously. “The only person I care about knowing already found out. I’m going to Sutton.”“And how are you going to do that?” he retorted. “Even if you find her room, what happens if she doesn’t let you in? Are you going to wake up half the country pounding on her door? How do you think Osric would react to that? How many questions do you think he’d start asking? Right, you need to finish fixing this mess. Then you can fix things with Sutton.”Max
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Chapter: Chapter 288: Lucas“Sera, we’ll…”“No,” she insisted, shaking her head. “After all this, I’m not leaving without it.”I shared nervous glances with Max and Soloman. I wanted to say it didn’t matter. That we worry about that when she was safe and had been seen by a doctor. But I couldn’t. I needed that key. And I needed it before someone realized it was missing. If either Raphe or Nomi realized it was gone, I had to have the evidence deciphered before they suspected I was involved.“Where is it?” I asked Sera. “I’ll get it.”“I…” She put a hand to her head, obviously in pain. “I hide it. They pulled me out of the way of a group of people. Up next to the wall. I… I dropped it in a pot. Or maybe a vase.”“Where?” I pressed. “Were you still in the royal wing? The main building?”“We had left the royal wing,” she said. “But… I don’t remember the way we took.”I suppressed a curse. Not wanting her to feel even worse than she already did. But right now, she was the only hope we had of finding that key. I didn’
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