LOGINALEXANDER. I knew the moment my fangs broke her skin, it was done. She was bound to me forever. I had forced her to stay, overriding her will when she was at her most vulnerable. It wasn’t what my human heart wanted for her. No. I had wanted her to be free, to choose her own path, and now the beast had taken that choice away entirely.“You must be happy now…” Lena’s voice cracked, cutting through the heavy silence of the room.I looked at her, my throat tight.“You must be happy to have marked me!” she yelled, tears clouding her orbs now. I tried to speak, to defend myself, to tell her it wasn't me, but the words died in my throat. There was nothing I could say to fix the bleeding brand on her neck.“Why are you so selfish?” she cried, her voice rising in hysteria. Tears slipped down her cheeks, catching the dim light of the room. “Why does everything have to go your way? Why won't you let me choose when to stay or leave? Why would you mark me?”She shook her head, her hands tremb
LENA.The restlessness was no longer a feeling; it was a riot now. I couldn’t keep my limbs still, couldn't keep my thoughts straight. The voice in my head had grown into a roar, a psychic tether pulling at my chest, dragging me toward the one person I had just tried to cut out of my life. I shouldn't be thinking about him. My body should not be pulling toward him, no. Yet, it felt like it was only him who held the antidote to making me feel better. My head was a whirlwind of emotions I was fighting through. I scrambled through the bedroom window, my breath hitching as my feet hit the dirt. I fumbled for my keys, my fingers feeling like lead. I was not supposed to do this. I was not supposed to feel like this. What the hell was wrong with me?! Yet, all I wanted to be was with Alexander. The voice in my head wouldn't stop screaming for me to find him. For me to be with him. The drive was an agony of waiting. I wished I could appear before him. Smell him. Touch him. Kiss him and
ALEXANDER. The pain of submission was a thousand white-hot spears puncturing my skin every second. I could barely see the road. My body felt like it was being unmade from the inside out, but I didn't stop. I had knelt. I had submitted to a weak wolf. I had invited this agony.But the physical torture was nothing compared to the mental image of Lena. She was gone. She had severed the bond, and now she was heading into the arms of another man. The thought of Ken touching her, mounting her, was driving me into a state of pure insanity. My hands gripped the steering wheel so hard the leather began to peel and shred under my fingers.Inside me, my wolf was whimpering. The loss of his dominion felt like an amputation.“No!” he growled, the sound echoing in my skull, but the rejection hit him like a physical blow, slamming him back into the dark.“We are rejected,” I gasped out, my eyes burning with tears I refused to shed. “She isn’t ours anymore!” I repeated the words, trying to force
LENA. “He let me reject him,” I said.Mom turned over her shoulder, her hands freezing mid-air over the stove. She stared at me as if I had suddenly started speaking a language she didn't understand.“He submitted to you?” she asked. I simply nodded.The pan in her hand hit the counter with a loud clatter, but she didn't even flinch. She stepped toward me, her eyes searching mine. “Tell me something, Lena. He knelt? On both legs, in front of you? He actually submitted?”“Mom, I wouldn’t lie about that. He was mean through the whole thing. He spoke to me like he couldn't wait for it to be over. I just... I don’t know why he did it.”Mom leaned against the island, her expression shifting into something like awe. “Taking a rejection from a weaker wolf is a humiliation ritual, Lena. His wolf had to bow to you. Do you realize the pain he had to be in? To give away his dominance like that... it’s like pulling a fish out of water. It goes against everything he is.”I looked away. I could
LENA. “He let me reject him,” I said.Mom turned over her shoulder, her hands freezing mid-air over the stove. She stared at me as if I had suddenly started speaking a language she didn't understand.“He submitted to you?” she asked. I simply nodded.The pan in her hand hit the counter with a loud clatter, but she didn't even flinch. She stepped toward me, her eyes searching mine. “Tell me something, Lena. He knelt? On both legs, in front of you? He actually submitted?”“Mom, I wouldn’t lie about that. He was mean through the whole thing. He spoke to me like he couldn't wait for it to be over. I just... I don’t know why he did it.”Mom leaned against the island, her expression shifting into something like awe. “Taking a rejection from a weaker wolf is a humiliation ritual, Lena. His wolf had to bow to you. Do you realize the pain he had to be in? To give away his dominance like that... it’s like pulling a fish out of water. It goes against everything he is.”I looked away. I could
ALEXANDER. Seeing her draped over Ken ignited a fuse I didn't know was buried in my soul. It wasn't just anger; it was a white-hot volcanic eruption. I didn’t realize I had grabbed her until we were dragging across the floor, away from the office, away from him. The teacher’s startled face blurred past us as she stayed with the kids, but I didn't care.I didn’t stop until the hallway turned into a blur of shadows. I slammed her into the wall, my palms hitting the stone on either side of her head, caging her. My breath came in ragged, jagged hitches, skimming over her skin like a fever.She jerked her head to the side, her lips pressed into a thin, white line.“Kiss me,” I commanded. The image of her mouth hovering over Ken’s burned behind my eyelids like acid. "Kiss me now."“No!” she spat.The word was a spark to a gun powder. My wolf clawed at the underside of my skin, howling to be let out. She was making it impossible to hold back. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw it, her ha
BRYAN. Today was the wedding, Alexander and Tina were getting married while I was incapacitated on the bed. There was no way I would sit still and do nothing. He would have to die for thinking of coming to take control of the empire I had built for years. Alpha Nathan had said he would take care o
ALEXANDER. The first slap that touched Lena’s face sent her head to the side and she bit her lower lips in pain. Tears built in her eyes and she tried to speak but couldn't. Her eyes were on her stepsister and I soon realized Annalise had a crush on Isaac. It sounded crazy to me but I didn't thin
LANA. The next day, Alexander knocked on my room door and told me to prepare. He was going to take me back home. Getting out, I looked toward the room where his mother was. I couldn't help but think that was his mother, the bracelet made me think so. Why did he keep her in his house? Would she be
ALEXANDER. Scott, my assistant and hacker sent me a video clip, the one where Lena and Isaac were kissing. I had asked him to help after Isaac mentioned there was a reason he posted that video. The bastard had kissed her suddenly in the video while promising to help her. He was blocking her hence







