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Chapter 11 - Nova

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I had been pushed into the deep end, the pool floor ten feet below me. I’m trying hard to get my head above the water and I know that if I can relax I could probably figure out the floating thing. But I screamed as I fell into the water and I can feel my lungs constricting and burning for air. There’s no relaxing when you’re running out of air.

But even I know this much about the human body: if your body needs oxygen desperately then there’s no way that you can stop it from taking a breath. You can put it off for a bit, but your body will eventually force you to take a breath.

So, yeah. I’m panicking just a bit. I try with uncoordinated slices and slaps of my hands at the water to pull myself up as I continue to sink down into the water. I try to kick my legs like I’ve seen others do when they swim, but I’m too panicked. All I was doing was tiring myself out and burning the little bit of air that I still have in my lungs.

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Hey guys - Sorry, I just found out that I have COVID. I'm working on getting more chapters out, but I owe you one.

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  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 12 - Nova

    SHIT! Goddess-damned, motherfucking shit! His eyebrows pinch and his eyes widen as he takes in my rogue mark. He’s distracted by what he’s just discovered and I use that to my advantage. Twisting from his grip, I take the towel that was in his hands and press it to my face as I move to stand and pull away. I’m winded and weak from nearly drowning and I know that my body right now is in fight, flight, or freeze mode. I am fleeing as fast as possible. The second that I’m standing, I pull the ponytail out of my hair, letting it down and pulling it to cover my face. Luckily, my bunny headband had fallen off in the pool, along with my heels. I don’t have to worry about that stopping my hair from falling across my mark. The next thing that I do is haul ass out of there. I don’t know how much of my mark is exposed and I’m sure that the descenting spray is gonna wear off soon. The other wolves will be able to scent me out. They’ll smell

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-09-10
  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 13 - Ivan

    I make sure that the partition is closed between me and Edie, my driver, before saying through the intercom, “Take us back to the packhouse.” I can’t having him scenting that she’s a rogue. I can’t have anyone figuring that out, but I need time to figure out what I’m going to do, so back to the packhouse it is. “Yes, alpha,” Eddie responds and then we pull away from the back entrance of the Warren. Obviously, Nova didn’t know how often I have snuck in and out of the Warren. I can’t have my pack knowing everything about my sex life. This is a routine thing for me, so I was able to mindlink Eddie and have him bring the car around when I realized that was where she was going. I had to use my alpha tone when I realized that she was almost out the door and that her rogue scent would be out in the air. I can’t have anyone else scenting her. It’s not that a rogue scent is a bad scent. But it’s very different from the scent of our pack. Each differen

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-09-11
  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 14 - Ivan

    The ride to the packhouse is tense, but at least it’s only about a 20-minute ride. She keeps my shirt fisted in her hands but hasn’t put it on yet. She just sits there coiled, ready to fight or run, whatever will get her away. Her eyes never leave me, though she’s not looking at my face. She’s watching my body. The movements of my face, the center mass of my body. Hell, she could give my warriors some pointers with how vigilant she is to make sure that she is safe and how she knows to watch me for any threat. It makes something in me ache that she knows to do that. I know every wolf that is in training as a warrior. I participate in the training of the higher-level wolves on a daily basis, but at least drop by every other training group two to three times a week. She’s never been in one.It means that she’s had to learn these survival skills the hard way.As an alpha, I don’t like to know that any of my pack members are going through something like that.

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-09-12
  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 15 - Ivan

    The sparks that flow over my skin at Nova’s touch have me closing my eyes and biting back a moan. I can easily see how this would be addicting, which worries me. Even if she joins the pack, can I accept her as my mate? How long as she been here? Why does no one else know? Is she a harbinger of something worse happening? The easiest way to find answers to these questions is to ask her, but I can’t do that until I get her to my room. We hurry up the stairs and make it to the floor of my gamma and delta’s families. Straining my ears and scent the air, I can tell that no one is in the hallway and I nearly sprint across the landing, Nova able to keep up with me easily. The stairway that we just came through is private, just for the leadership of the pack and their families. We use it as a way to escape in times of attack, especially to get the pups out. It’s not that it’s a secret, it’s just faster. What is secret is the stairwell that is behind

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-09-14
  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 16 - Nova

    I don’t know how to react to the alpha. He scares me. He has so much power over the city. Over me and my fate. I could piss him off and he could have me killed with just a flick of his hand. But, so far, he’s protected me. Yeah, he chased me through the Warren, but it seems like he just did it so that he’d be able to get me out of there without anyone seeing. I’m not really that gullible to just believe what he tells me, but his actions seem to support what he’s said. Now he’s left me in his room alone. He didn’t even lock the door. He gave me clothes, told me to get comfortable, and said that he was getting me food. Taking a deep breath, I look around the room. His scent fills me nose and, now that it isn’t augmented by the scent enhancer, it’s very pleasant. More than pleasant. I almost want to roll myself in it. To envelope myself in it and never emerge. It’s spicy and very masculine. Fuck, it’s making me horny.

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-09-19
  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 17 - Ivan

    When I walk into the bathroom, I can see that she’s made use of the products that were laid out on the edge of the tub. I wish that I had thought to bring out the even better stuff. The shampoo and conditioner and soap that I save for my mom and sister when they visit the packhouse that I got from Paris. But Fang is laying on his stomach in my mind, his tail wagging and his tongue lolling out of his mouth in pleasure that she smells like m. I have to admit, that is a pleasant bonus to this arrangement. She’s obviously used some of the bubble bath, but the bubbles have started to disperse. I can see her beautiful pale skin, the curve of her full tits, and the swell of her hips beneath the water. My dick swells in my pants and I can’t help but move forward to get a better look. I knew that she was gorgeous when I saw her at dinner tonight. That damn rogue mark on her fac doesn’t detract from that, though it does piss me off that she isn’t a part

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-10-08
  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 18 - Ivan

    Both of us are breathing heavily and I can feel aches and pains coming over my body as the adrenaline leaves my system. Goosebumps spread all over her skin and I realize that she’s naked and wet with bubbles still clinging to her skin. Turning, I grab one of the towels from the counter and toss it at her. She catches it with a snap, showing that I threw it a lot harder than I meant to. “Clean up. I’ll put clothes outside of the door.” My voice is terse and I’m barely suppressing everything that I’m feeling. “Alpha – “ she starts, but I’ve already turned around and am halfway out the door. “Just fucking get dressed, Nova!” I yell, slamming the door. I quickly walk to the other side of the room, opening the balcony doors and stepping outside. Calm the fuck down, asshole. You scared the shit out of her! Fang yells at me in my head. I pause in my pacing and turn towards the bathroom door. Shit. I did

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-10-10
  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 19 - Nova

    My wolf fucking attacked the alpha. The alpha who knew that I was a rogue. The alpha who currently has me locked up in his bathroom. In the packhouse. With a dungeon in the basement. Shit, I’m so fucked. I hurriedly rinse off the last of the bubbles and dry myself off. Quickly sneaking my hand outside of the door, I grab the clothes that Alpha Ivan left for me, though I don’t know why I’m bothering to get dressed. I’m likely just going to be killed outright when I leave this room. All I can think is that I’m going to die tonight. These are the last seconds that I have alive. Still, I take care as I dress myself and brush my hair. It at least postpones the inevitable. Having nothing else to do but face the alpha, I walk out of the bathroom and into the bedroom. I just look around long enough to find where the alpha is so that I can direct my groveling towards him. I immediately lay prostrate on t

    Terakhir Diperbarui : 2024-10-13

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  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 74 - Nova

    It’s been three days since we went to the old encampment.I’ve had nightmares every single night since then, reliving the highlight reel of my pain and abuse there. Even being in Ivan’s arms hasn’t helped keep the memories at bay.It’s a torture I went through when I first came back. Nothing helped then—just time and keeping myself busy. I used to run myself ragged every day, working to the point that I’d pass out from sheer exhaustion.Praying to the Moon Goddess for a dreamless sleep.She even answered my prayers.Sometimes.Now? I shun sleep. I’m downstairs with the omegas at the crack of dawn—cooking breakfast, helping in the gardens, in the gym, in the pool. Anything and everything I can think of to keep my mind and body busy.“Nova, you’ve got to rest. You’ll make yourself sick,” Lucy begs, pulling the dust rag out of my hand. I had just climbed down the ladder from dusting the ornate carvings along the tops of the bookshelves in Ivan’s office.I nearly snap at her, but I stop my

  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 73 - Ivan

    Lucy’s words have all of our attention immediately.Before I can even respond, Nova is out of my arms, her hands gripping Lucy’s arms. “What do you mean? You know Cody? How?”Her words come out in a fast whisper, as if her hope is so fleeting she’s afraid to speak it too loudly.“He—Cody—he was part of my pack. We took him in after the breakup of the rogue pack. He’s been training to be a warrior,” Lucy says, her words just as quiet as Nova’s. Like it’s a spell neither of them want to break.“You mean the same pack we just cut all ties with?” Jude asks, anxiety laced through his tone.“And ran one of its higher-ranking members out of our territory?” Jakobi adds with a cringe.I glare daggers at both of them. Would you two shut the fuck up? I bite out through the mindlink. We don’t need to add more stress to Nova than she’s already dealing with.Sorry, man. But you know they’re not going to willingly let Cody talk to us, right? They could be assholes about it just out of spite, Jude li

  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 72 - Ivan

    Jude, Lucy, Jakobi, Nova, and I arrive at the old rogue camp around lunchtime. Jude had talked to the omegas about packing us some food, but none of us are really in the mood to eat as we stare at the waterfall.I can feel the anxiety and fear rolling through our matebond.Bite is trying to calm her, but this place… it holds a lot of bad memories for our mate, Fang tells me. You gotta help her through this.I can feel it, I respond. Do you think she’ll ever tell us what happened here?Fang gives a huff that somehow conveys both his grief for our mate and his fury at the whole situation. I don’t know, Ivan. I don’t know if she’s had time to process any of this trauma.He’s right. Our little rabbit hasn’t had any time since her mother left to deal with her emotions. That’s something we’re going to have to prioritize. I wonder if one of my parents knows any good therapists in the city. It shouldn’t be hard to find one.In the meantime, I reach out and pull Nova into my chest. “You know y

  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 71 - Ivan

    “Dude, have some respect for yourself and your title. What the hell are you doing around here in a fucking tank top?” I growl at Jude. “And a manbun?! I told you the next time I saw you with that, I’d hack it off with a butter knife.” Nova giggles beside me, and I can’t help but turn a smile on her, even though I’m annoyed by my second-in-command. Goddess, this female has turned me into a sap, but I wouldn’t change it for anything. “You will NOT be touching my mate’s hair!” Lucy says indignantly, hands immediately going to her hips. “It’s okay, baby. He’s just jealous that I’ve had my mate mark longer. And I’m wearing the tank top, asshole, to show it off,” Jude taunts as he sits at the breakfast table, pulling Lucy into his lap. “Seems like it’s something that you like doing, too. Since when was the last time you wore a crew-neck shirt instead of a button-down for work?” “At least mine has sleeves,” I grumble, knowing he has a point and very much not liking it. Jakobi and Erick a

  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 70 - Nova

    I wake to kisses along my neck and a hand creeping over my thigh.I grin, loving the feeling of Ivan’s skin against mine. I don’t think I’ve slept in actual clothes since we completed the matebond last week.Our mate is insatiable, Bite yawns in my head.Don’t act like you don’t love it, I say, biting back a moan as Ivan shifts my thigh over his leg, opening me up for him. I can feel his erection pressed against my ass and can’t help but shiver at the feeling of him against my body.“I know that you’re awake, little rabbit,” he whispers in my ear. “You only shiver like that for me when you’re anticipating what I’m going to do to you.”I try to pout that my fun was spoiled, but his fingers sweep across my pussy, finding me wet and wanting, and I completely forget about teasing him.“Always so wet for me,” Ivan growls in my ear.“I can’t help it,” I breathe out as I arch my back into his chest. “Just your scent makes me needy for you.”I can hear the smugness in his voice as he responds

  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 69 - Ivan

    I had tried hard not to be worried about the fact that Nova didn’t want to be inducted into our pack with Lucy. I wanted to have access to her all the time. Not just for safety purposes, but also because I’m just fucking obsessed with her. She’s my mate, so sue me. But I could tell from the link of our incomplete bond that it wasn’t because she was scared, like she used to be. In fact, there was yearning in her so deep that it seemed to come from her soul. To belong. To be wanted. So I couldn’t understand why she didn’t want to become part of the pack with her step-sister. But I don’t push. She’s been through a hell of a lot here in the last couple of days. My own insecurities don’t need to be added to that. Dinner with Lucy and our crew goes well. Lucy is a lot less chatty and animated than she was originally in that way that rang false to all of us. Now, she seems relaxed, calm, and acting like herself. And her sense of humor is going to give Jude a run for his money.

  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 68 - Nova

    We don’t see Lucy and Jude again until dinner that night.They walk into the dining room practically floating on air, and all of us instantly notice the change in their scents. A quick glance at their necks confirms what I already knew—they’d marked each other.Seeing the mark on Lucy’s neck does something to my insides, twisting them in a way I don’t immediately understand. It takes a second to name the feeling.Jealousy.My hand drifts to the mark Ivan gave me, fingers tracing the imprints of his canines in my skin. It might not have been what I wanted at the time, but now?Now, I wouldn’t trade this connection with Ivan for anything.As if sensing my thoughts, Ivan’s hand joins mine on my shoulder, his fingers twining with mine before he brings my hand to his mouth and presses a kiss to it. “We have plenty of time, little rabbit,” he murmurs.I just nod, unable to voice what I’m feeling—and what I want to happen because of those feelings.Once everyone is seated, the servers place

  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 67 - Ivan

    There’s something off about Harley, Kamryn, and Lucy. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I don’t like the way they interact with Nova. Harley seems genuine enough, but the way Kamryn and Lucy cling to Nova—so emotional, so overly happy—it just rings so fucking false. I don’t like it. I don’t like that my mate may have more difficulties ahead because of her absolute shitshow of a family. How did such an amazing female come from an asshole father and a mother who is… whatever the fuck Kamryn is supposed to be? The Moon Goddess truly moves in mysterious ways. But it isn’t until Kamryn tries to blame my father for why she didn’t report Roy’s abuse that Fang has had enough. This stupid bitch is blaming everyone but herself. She was a victim for so long that she still sees herself that way. She’s blaming everyone else for her own actions! he snarls in my mind, and all I can do is growl in agreement. It’s Nova calling her out on her bullshit—along with the disgust and anger I pic

  • Alpha Ivan's Rogue Mate   Chapter 66 - Nova

    I can see the exact moment my mother—Kamryn—realizes she can’t talk her way out of this. That I don’t believe her.That none of us do.Both Ivan and Erick beside me are pissed, muscles taut and ready for action.Bryson’s usually affable face has hardened into a stone mask, and he’s now standing behind Harley and Kamryn in case they try anything.Luna Annelise’s face is pale with rage, while Alpha Derek’s has gone red with the same emotion.Jakobi is the calmest of the group, but he’s hypervigilant, his sharp eyes never ceasing their scan of the room.Jude has completely hidden Lucy behind him, his fangs bared as he protects his newly found mate. I can’t see my step-sister behind him, but I can feel the worry and fear radiating from her.And me?Hell, I’m just resigned to the fact that the only people who were supposed to protect and care for me never followed through. That the ones who actually did weren’t blood-related at all.Kamryn is just like Roy.Oh, she might not have beaten me

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