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Chapter 003

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It was the run of shame, and thankfully, the sun was not completely out yet. Raine slunk around the corridors of the packhouse like a ghostly shadow, barefoot, trembling and reeking of sex, and regret.

Her dress was a pitiful mess on her body, hastily zipped up, and her hair was even worse. She could feel the scent of the older alpha clinging to her body, basically pouring out of her pores.

Every step she took sent an ache through her core, a reminder of what she’d done last

She had sex with Matthias Draven. A man more than twenty years older than her. She was 22, and if she remembered properly, he was approaching 45. The man was Ronan’s father. He’d probably even carried her as a child.

Not only had he knotted her, but their wolves had bonded. Fuck, what was she going to do?

How would she ever look herself in the mirror again. Raine’s head pounded, her muscles screamed as she staggered towards the back door, hoping to slink back to the motel and disappear forever.

But fate wasn’t done punishing her yet.

The moment she stepped outside, Raine smelled him before she even walked straight into him.

Ronan.

Ronan froze, and for a moment, neither of them spoke. Raine blinked up at him, eyes wide, as Ronan stared down at her in shock.

In the dim morning light, he was a sight to behold, all sharp angles, artfully tousled hair, bare chest and sweatpants that hung low on his hips. He's beautiful.

His hands were slightly red at the knuckles, and a light sheen of sweat covered his skin. He must have just come back from training.

Raine swayed into him, unable to help herself, as Ronan’s golden eyes trailed over her, his nostrils flared as he inhaled her scent. And then his entire body stiffened. His gaze darkened in anger.

“What the fuck?” He growled, grabbing her arm and dragging her painfully against him. Raine cried out in pain, his hold a bruising band on her arm.

“You reek.” He snapped, his voice sharp like the scrape of broken glass, his eyes flashing yellow as his wolf rose close to the surface.

Raine whined, fighting to urge to submit in the face of her ex-mate. “Ronan–”

“Shut up!” he growled again, fingers tightening. “Why are you back at the pack house, and why do you reek? What are you up to?!” His nostrils flared again, searching her scent, and Raine felt fear seized around her heart.

She didn’t want him to discover who she’d been with. It was bad enough she’d been disgraced by him once. If he found out what she did with his father, Raine didn’t know what he’d do to her.

Ronan’s jaw clenched tightly, his teeth grinding against each other as he caught her scent again. Raine’s knees trembled, and it was only Ronan’s grip on her arm that kept her upright. He stiffened, and then he laughed, a sharp, shocked sound that was full of mockery and disgust.

“You’re fucking pathetic.” He spat the words out. Raine flinched. “So you came crawling back after I rejected you, so desperate to be wanted that you spread your legs for the first man who looked your way.” He leaned in, voice dropping until it dripped with venom. “He smells like he was an alpha. Tell me, was it worth it being that cheap?"

Raine jerked back from the cruelty in his voice, choking on the sob threatening to claw its way out of her throat.

His eyes glinted with satisfaction of seeing her in a pathetic state.

“Please,” she gasped out, barely able to breathe past the lump in her throat. Ronan scoffed, staring down at her in disgust.

Ronan shakes his head like she’d gravelly disappointed him. “You begged me that night, do you remember? And now you’re begging me again after having sex with another man. No wonder I rejected you. Your wolf is a spineless, sniveling creature with no backbone. No match for mine.”

Raine’s eyes burned with tears, and her chest heaved as she fought back her sobs. How could Ronan talk like this to her? Just months before, he’d been telling her how much she meant to him, and now he was like he had never even loved her.

She wrenched herself, staggering back from his hold. Ronan watched her struggle to get her balance, staring down his nose at her like he didn’t know her.

“Go.” He said, his voice cold and flat. “The next time I see you here, in this pack. I will hurt you.”

And that was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Raine’s tears spilled over, and she looked at the man she had promised her life to, who had promised his in return. All she saw was a stranger.

Raine sucked in what was left of her dignity, and she ran.

For the second time that morning.

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She stayed in the motel for days before she mustered up the courage to move into the next town properly. She needed clothes and proper food. She couldn’t stay cooped in her room forever, and no matter how much her wolf yearned and ached for Matthias, she certainly couldn’t return to the pack.

She kept her head low, and her gaze averted as she made her way into a convenience store. She could smell there were shifters around, and she didn’t want trouble. If any of them smelled her scent and realized she was a rejected, unmated wolf, she would be prey. She felt it was best to stay out of everybody else’s business.

Raine turned to aisles for toiletries, hoping to pick some things up for herself, when she slammed straight into a familiar scent.

Her wolf perked up, preening with pleasure as the familiar scent hit her nostrils.

Her heart pounded in her chest as she glanced up and saw him, the man who had stirred up something she never knew existed, the man she had spent the best sex night of her life with, standing at the far end of the aisle, frowning down at a shampoo bottle.

Matthias Draven. A walking contradiction of a man.

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    Her heart stopped as soon as Matthias made his declaration. It was one thing for the alpha to threaten his son for attempting to hurt her. But forcing him to take her back. Raine didn’t know how she was supposed to feel about that. Oh but she missed Ronan so much. If this was the only way they could be together, then that was what she’d take. Ronan had been in love with her once, with time, maybe he could learn to love her again. She bit her lip, hope unfurling in her chest as she shoved away from where she’d cowed by the wall, and approached both men gingerly. “I will take everything from you,” Matthias said, leaning closer until he was almost nose to nose with his son. “Your inheritance. Your claim to leadership, your place in this pack. You will leave here with nothing and nothing to your name from generations to generations.” Ronan’s nostrils flared. “You can’t be serious.” Matthias pulled back just enough to meet his son’s gaze. “Try me.” Ronan’s eyes bulged as he re

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    Raine woke up alone in the large bed. Ronan was gone. A part of her was grateful. She wasn’t sure she was in the mood in to see him that morning, especially after what happened last night. After a long shower, she dressed in a pair of shorts and a peach tank top, leaving her wavy brown hair flowing down her back. She wasn’t in the mood for anything extra, so she slipped her feet into yesterday’s pair of loafers, and followed the smell of coffee down to the kitchen, only to find Matthias there, as well as his eldest son, Silas. Ronan was absent. The sight of Matthias, seated at the head of the table and sipping on a mug, caused her to falter in her steps. She was sure her cheeks were on fire, and anyone could see it. Both men were talking about something, but stopped when she walked in. Matthias flared his nostrils, scenting her, and he glanced away, something in his expression turning stormy. Silas stared at her with visible confusion. “Good morning, alpha.” She bowed slightly

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    She was already shaking. Already soaked and aching for him, and it was wrong. It was so, so wrong. “Please, alpha,” she whispered, voice breaking. “Take me.” Matthias swore under his breath, his hands tightening painfully on her hips. “You don’t know what you’re asking for.” Raine met his gaze. Yes, I do. Matthias’s gaze was hot with molten heat and an intensity that shot to her toes. He closed the distance between them and slammed his lips down on hers. Raine opened for him immediately, parting for his tongue and melting in his arms. A part of her knew this was wrong—the part that wasn’t being led around the noose by her wolf. Last night she’d been in Ronan’s bed. And now she was letting his father shove his tongue down her throat, on a counter, in the pack house kitchen, where literally anyone could walk in on them. She wanted to push him away, tell him to stop, tell him that this was wrong. Instead, she wrapped her arms and legs around him, pressing closer as his mouth devo

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    Matthias set a punishing pace, pounding into her tight cunt over and over, like a jackhammer on a nail, relentless and brutal, grunting with each thrust until Raine was reduced to incoherent babbles and whimpers, making uh, uh noises with each punishing thrust. She held his gaze as he turned her to lie down on the bed she shares with Ronan, and he looked so untamed and rogue, she felt like she was being fucked into the bed by a wild beast. Unable to do nothing but hold on for dear life as he fucked into her like she was a ragdoll. “Please… please… Matthias …” She sobbed, her climax coming down on her fast. His rhythm stuttered, and his thrusts became irregular as his orgasm crashed through him. He slammed into her one last time, and they both groaned as he came into her, painting her insides with his cum and marking her as his own. They were both panting when the alpha finally pulled out. He stared down at her, his gaze dark and unreadable. Raine didn’t know what she’d been exp

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    Selene was disgusted. And that was putting it mildly. Selene stared down her nose at the unmoving body of the woman on Killian’s bed, her hair spread out around her, chest rising and falling with each breath she took. Her lashes fanned shadows across her cheekbones, framing her features in a way that made her seem otherworldly, even as her brows were furrowed slightly, and her lower eye lids were fraught with dark circles. Selene dragged her gaze away from Raine Whitmore to glare at her brother. “Killian, I don’t know about you, but this has gone enough long enough.” Killian didn’t spare a glance. He stood at the far side of his large room, stripping out of his button down, and switching the shirt for an almost identical one. Selene watched the muscles of her brother’s back ripple, shifting the various scars and burns that dotted the skin from the planes of his shoulders all the way to his wrists. The sight of his bare, pale skin was a shock to her, as it’d been so long since Se

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    Matthias hardly slept and was up before the sun the next morning. As soon as he woke, he spread his senses wide, searching for any signs of Raine. He got nothing. The other side of the bond was still a silent blank wall. He swept out of the room in a blur of urgency and fear. The kitchen was still and quiet when he entered it, a strange, unnatural kind of quiet. Not the peaceful kind that came with the early morning, but the hollow silence of something missing. Matthias stood by the counter, nose perked up as he scented the room. He stood by the threshold, scanning the room like his presence alone could summon the woman he was looking for. But he got nothing. There was no sign of Raine at the table, no half drunk cup of tea left to cool on the table. Just cold air and the faint scent of ash drifting in from the half-burned logs in the fireplace. Raine was not in this house. She probably hadn’t been since yesterday morning. Matthias ran a hand down his face, the stubble scratchi

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    Raine was not in the pack house, neither was she in the surrounding area, or the pack proper, or in the woods. It was almost eight pm, and she was not on pack property. Matthias was going half mad with worry. His wolf was making matters worse, restless beneath his skin with the urge to shift and find her, sniffing her out like a bloodhound. Every time he turned and spotted Ronan glancing down at his phone instead of looking for his mate, Matthias fought the urge to pounce on his son and tear his throat out. “She’s a grown adult, isn’t she?” Ronan asked after an hour of searching the house and surrounding premises with no luck. “I don’t think we have to be looking for her just because she’s past curfew.” “She’s your mate!” Matthias spat, as it was the only thing he was allowed to say. “Are you not even worried to have her be absent from your side, even for just one night?” Ronan shrugged, a muscle ticking in his jaw. “I can count how many times she’s been in my bed, sleeping by my

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