Rowena’s sheltered life crumbled the night she witnessed her parents’ brutal murder, leaving her with nothing but a relentless enemy hunting her down. Desperate to survive, she vows to avenge their deaths and reclaim her rightful legacy. Then there’s Ryker—an Alpha with a heart once full of gold but now encased in stone after a betrayal that left him scarred and unyielding. He’s determined to keep his walls up, but Rowena is his unexpected problem: innocent yet defiant, naive yet dangerously persistent. When their paths collide, sparks fly, but so do tempers. Attraction ignites, hatred festers, and buried secrets claw their way to the surface. As Rowena and Ryker are forced to overcome these, one question lingers: what if the Alpha’s contract isn’t what it seems? Let the hunt for truth—and vengeance—begin.
view moreChapter 25– Tell me the truth.Rowena's POVI glanced at my bloodied legs. I could see my bones hanging, some in pieces and the only thing still connecting my knee to my feet was a piece of flesh. I groaned as I tried to adjust and sit in at least a little more comfortable way.My body was on fire. I thought Ryker was bad but Aiden was a full on evil monster. I had lost at least three nails while I was being tortured. I had to come up with a lie, a believable lie before I was left alone well if you considered fainting. I hadn't fainted, I'm pretty sure I would have been worse than this.I could feel my eyes swollen from all the hits I had taken, perhaps from the never ending tears that had run out of my eyes since I have been locked up in this cell. I shut my eyes as I felt a load of tears threatening to fall again.I thought I was strong. I thought I could overcome whatever they threw at me but I was wrong. I didn't even last a day. I sighed as I let the cold floor seep into my skin.
Chapter 24— Once an enemy, always an enemy.Ryker's POVI paused. My claws suspended in the air as his words rang in my ear. Was this some kind of joke?I forced Enzo to the back of my mind despite how hungry he was to harm Aiden, I needed to know if what he was saying was a lie. I shifted back into my human form, with the situation at hand I didn't realize my nakedness nor did I care."If you are joking with me—" I growled, leaving my threat hanging in the air."I swear I'm not" Aiden wheezed as he tried to stand from the floor to his feet."When did you find out about it?" I asked, my gaze unfocused as I thought of what might have happened. The only thing I came up with was that someone had helped Amelia escape, someone who was related to the sleeping potion and I came to one conclusion, the Shadow pack but something wasn't making sense, how had they taken Amelia but yet left Rowena in the cell?"As I was torturing her, I—" my glare shut him off, he didn't complete his statement but
Chapter 23– BrawlRyker's POVI just wish you would snap out of it and act like the Alpha we thought you were. There was that word again. I sighed as I closed my eyes, I have let a lot of people down. I have been letting a lot of people down and now my best friend. Bradford doesn't say anything most times when I fucked up unless he needed to say it and he just did. That means I was spiraling out of control. I needed to fix this, I needed to make things right.I slid out of the bed, my head spinning but I have a place to be. I have to set things right, maybe, just maybe, I will be able to regain the respect that has been lost.I sniff the air trying to find Bradford. My nose caught his familiar smell at the training ground. I headed in the direction to speak with him."Hey," I said softly as I approached him. His fist connected to the punching bag at a faster speed and harder the moment he heard my voice. I knew he was wishing it was my face he was hitting."Bradford," I called as I p
Chapter 22— HOW COULD YOU?Ryker's POV"You've got to be kidding me!" Aiden growled as he stared at me in disbelief.I could feel Enzo slipping away from my grip. "Just stop" I gritted, digging my feet into the ground as I tried to restrain Enzo.Maverick and Bradford came close to me as they tried to hold me, if Enzo should take over, their strength meant nothing as I would tear them down to get to Aiden.Aiden glanced at Rowena who was writhing in pain as she stared at her bloodied legs."Get your hands away from me" I shrugged off Maverick and Bradford and I walked towards Rowena, my nose in the air as the metallic smell clouded my senses.I was tempted to touch her, to soothe her pain and tell her I was here but I refrained myself and stood straight. I mind-linked Bradford and Maverick and told them to take care of her injury."Should I take the collar away from her? She needs to heal without it" Bradford asked and I shook my head."No, let her be like that, until she speaks the t
Chapter 21– Shadow's CrestRyker's POV"I believe you know what this is, Cousin?" Aiden voice was taunting as he kept on shoving the crest in my view. Now I was tongue tied, I have never been this humiliated in my entire years of life. Not even when Father had lashed me in front of the whole pack when I had caught the smallest game at a hunt."Of course, it belongs to the Shadow Pack," I replied. My voice was cold, the once understanding person I had tried to be when I had stepped into this cell was far gone, pushed at the end of the hole as I returned my gaze on Rowena.I watched as her eyes widened. I shook my head, I am so stupid for almost dismissing her as a suspect right now. I had let sentiment in and didn't look beneath the facade. I had been here for minutes questioning her and Aiden hadn't been here for up to five minutes and he had gotten a lead. An answer to our ever burning question.Aiden took some steps towards Rowena, he glanced at me and then back at her."Who is sh
Chapter 20– What's that?Ryker's POVMaverick, Bradford, and I all went to the pack house. I wanted to believe it was a way to get me away from Cami knowing that Bradford wasn't in support of me and Cami but there was this little bug at the back of my mind telling me it was not.I kept my face rigid, my expression stoic as I walked towards the pack house. My heart was literally beating hard in my chest full of worry but I didn't let it show.We got to the quiet pack house and I glanced around watching as my pack members were all in a deep slumber. "What in the name of the moon goddess happened here?" I asked."I don't know, we came back from patrolling duty and found them like this" Bradford answered."This can't just be happening without a reason," I muttered. Whoever did this had a reason."Where is the cook?" I asked. The food must obviously have been lazed with a sleeping potion. There is no way the entire pack was fast asleep right now.Maverick pointed in a direction, I squinted
Chapter 19– Cheating pain.Rowena's POVI groaned as my eyes flickered open. My body was burning, the spot where the hot rod imprinted on my skin burned, and the silver collar on my neck refrained me from shifting, if I had shifted, my skin would have healed properly.I shifted on the floor and scoot backward to let my back rest on the—"Fuck!" I groaned as the pain hit me below my abdomen. What the fuck! I tried to scoot backwards again but I couldn't.It was like someone was ripping my heart, twisting and turning it. I couldn't breathe, my eyes became watered and red as I struggled to breathe. I held my abdomen as tears leaked out from my eyes.What's happening to me?I couldn't communicate with Lupa because of the silver collar in my neck, I couldn't tell what was happening to me. Another wave of pain hit me and I groaned. I lay on the floor as I allowed myself to get cold but the more I tried the more painful it was. The place I was marked on my neck began to heat, what I was feel
Chapter 18– You still owe me.Third person POVElly sat on the cold hard floor. She shivered lightly as the cold penetrated into her skin, as a werewolf, she wasn't supposed to be cold. She was supposed to be resistant to it but the cell she was thrown into was no ordinary cell.She closed her eyes hoping that the woman did as she was told. Soon, William would walk into the pack to save her, that is if Ryker didn't change his mind about her yet.A grin crept up her face, her plans were really working out as she planned. It was a shame that the current Alpha of the Shadow Pack who she had informed about Rowena hadn't taken a step like she had thought he would, but it didn't bother her. She had her plans too and she wasn't going to wait for someone else to do it for her. "Soon, really soon." She kept on mumbling, hoping it would soothe her.The silver cuff on her wrists was really eating deep into her skin, reducing her capability to heal quickly but she didn't mind at all. She was goin
Chapter 17– A sudden intrigue.Ryker's POVI watched as Rowena lay motionless on the floor. If it wasn't because of her steady pulse which of course I had checked, I would have thought she was dead.The spot where I had placed the rod on her thigh had an angry red, the scar looking ugly but I wasn't done with her yet. I have never been this irrational but Rowena had pissed me off. Lying to me was one thing, but teasing me and daring me like she hadn't lied to me, stringed me along. It inflamed the fucking inferno in me."You know you can't continue with the torture when the captive is almost half dead. You need them to be alive to feel it" Aiden's annoying voice met my ears and I groaned inwardly."What are you doing here?" I hissed. A pesky fly isn't one I was looking forward to right now."I heard you had a new prisoner, I wanted to see who it was" he replied as he paused behind my back, his gaze flitted to Rowena who was still lying on the floor passed out. I knew the pain would
CHAPTER 1— Death And Escape. ~Rowena~ "No!" A helpless scream tore out of my throat as a sickening slashing sound pierced through the air, sending shockwaves of terror down my spine. "It can't be real," I choked out. Tears flooded my eyes, blurring my vision with each bitter drop that fell. I blinked uncontrollably, trying to stop it because they reminded me of a cruel reality. My father, Alpha of the Shadow pack, crumpled to the ground like a twig. His once strong body was now limp and his vacant gaze bore into mine. How could I be so useless? I wondered, glaring at my trembling arms. I yearned to lash out at those responsible for my parents' deaths, but I knew I was outnumbered and outmatched. No matter how hard I fight, I wouldn't change the outcome of my death and their freedom. I approached the scene gingerly, clamping my hands over my mouth to stifle the second scream that threatened to explode from within me. It was reduced to pathetic wh...
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