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As if he knew the dark path my thoughts had taken, he laughed at me again and reached between my legs. He gripped my sex in his hand and squeezed hard enough for me to cry out. And then, just when I thought the pain would be too much, he pulled back and slapped me across the face. Pain sparked across my cheek as I blinked stars out of my vision.“Don’t worry, Bryn, there will be plenty more where that came from.” He started to walk toward the door. “I’ve got a challenge ceremony to prepare for, but I’ll see you tonight.” He sent one more awful smile at me before walking through the door.My head fell, and tears poured and poured out of me. I knew it was over. Troy had won. If only a dashing knight would appear to whisk me away to safety. But no, that was just a desperate attempt to escape into fantasy and away from the awful reality that I faced now.8NIGHTI bounced on the balls of my feet and flexed my muscles in anticipation of what was to come. The winter air was crisp and clear,
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It wasn’t hard to find Troy’s home. He lived in the Alpha’s cabin, a property that was much larger than not only my own cabin but also the other cabins of the Kings’ pack. It had likely started out more humbly, and as the territory passed hands, each Alpha added more to it. Given the lumber that was piled near the western side of the cabin, Troy was probably in the process of expanding it even further now that our father was dead.On the second story, there was a window large enough for me to fit through. With one leap, I grabbed hold of the sill and tested the window. It was unlocked, so I pushed it the rest of the way open and slipped quietly inside.I landed in a crouch and surveyed the room. It was dark here, but my wolf senses allowed me to see what was around me. I seemed to be in a den filled with shelves and shelves of books. I scoffed at the idea that any of the Redwolfs would ever crack open a book or that they were even capable of reading. If they cared at all about books,
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My gaze roamed to the back wall, and my heart just about stopped. There was a woman stripped down to her underwear and tied to the wall. Ropes had left her skin raw and red, and she was silently crying tears that dripped onto the wood floors. I stared at her, a slew of questions forming in my brain before I finally settled on one. What kinky bullshit is this?I should have known that a man like Troy would leave a woman so vulnerable while he partied it up with the other Kings. I could judge him, but for all I knew, this might have been consensual. The woman’s head was down, and she was whimpering quietly to herself. She hadn’t heard me, which meant I could still salvage this.If I was quick and quiet, I might be able to leave the room without her noticing me. I took a careful step back. I never once made any sort of noise, but just then, the woman looked up. My reflexes kicked in, and I crossed the room in a blink. Worried she’d scream, I went to cover her mouth, but I stopped when I
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Fuck me. Why do I care about this random woman? The question echoed in my mind with no answer. I knew there was no logic behind it. Even stranger, I found that I didn’t need logic. She needed me, and that was all that mattered. Now, if I could just come up with my next move, I could stop acting like a sitting duck.“Hey.” Though her voice was soft and hoarse from all the crying and yelling she must have done, it stopped everything for me. I turned my attention to her, ready and willing to do whatever she needed me to do. But her next words left me speechless.“Who the hell are you?”9BRYNI knew that this stranger had asked who I was, but given my current situation and the fact that this man had clearly broken in, I figured I was owed an answer first. As he considered how to answer, I tried to figure out what to do next.I had never seen this man on the compound before, but those eyes were the same emerald green of the man who haunted my dreams. More than that, I knew exactly who he
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“Listen, that doesn’t matter now,” I said. “We need to get out of here.”His lips slowly covered his teeth, and one of his eyebrows rose as if to say, we?Panic began to prickle up and down my spine. There was a possibility that this guy would abandon me here. The thought reawakened the hopelessness I had felt when I was alone in the room with Troy.“Please,” I whispered. “I need your help. At least—at least let me out of these restraints. I-I’m sure I can handle things on my own from there.”But I wasn’t sure of that at all. My legs had started to go numb before Night showed up, and now I could hardly feel them. My arms weren’t much better; I could move them and clench my hands, but even my upper body had started to lose feeling from lack of blood flow. However, Night didn’t need to know that right now. I could figure it out once I wasn’t in restraints any longer.Night’s gaze shifted to the door. No, no, no, no!“Please,” I said again, more forcefully. Tears stung in my eyes, but I
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I bit back a whimper as I forced myself to move closer to the window. My body denied my urging to go faster. My knees threatened to buckle again. But Troy was even closer now, likely right down the hall, and what’s worse—his words were slurred. I needed to move. Who knew what he was capable of when he was drunk?“I just had to see you squirm again, Bryn,” Troy said. He sounded hungry. “I want to imagine your fear when I become Alpha—”Suddenly Night let out a growl. It was louder than the one he’d made when he and I were alone, and it was full of warning. I looked back at him so fast that I nearly lost my balance again. Was he angry on my behalf?Troy’s singsong voice stopped immediately. I froze, my body tense. The silence that followed was icy and filled with apprehension.And then Troy let out a vicious snarl. He knew there was a stranger in here with me. It had probably only taken him so long to notice because he was intoxicated. Troy sprinted to the door, kicking it in so hard th
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I felt another burst of heat and anger flash through me, and I screamed, cursing both Night and Troy as loudly as I could.“Put me down!” I called. “Put me down, you asshole!”Night ignored me, so I continued.“I’m so sick and tired of werewolves doing whatever they like to me! Why can’t any of you listen to me for even one second?” I punctuated my questions with another volley of ineffective blows to his back.“Probably because you’re so fucking annoying,” he growled. “Shut up already.”“No! I hope I scream until all you hear for the rest of your life is my voice!”I had spent my entire life with my head down. And now I was mad enough to leave any wolf who crossed me bloody and blue—if only my strength could match those desires. All I had going for me was my voice, but it was unlikely that any of the Kings would hear me; the ceremony was still in full swing, and everyone would be focused on getting drunk or getting lucky. Few would pay the screaming any mind.Angry tears filled my ey
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I froze as I laid eyes on the shirtless Alpha. I had seen countless shirtless men on the Kings’ compound, but none of those men held a candle to Night. His body was all hard muscle, defined and tight. I now had a much better view of his tattoo and the way that the heavy, black lines sliced across each other. The tattoo spilled across his shoulder onto his chest and down his arm, where it ended in a thick, black band around his wrist. Old scars slashed across his chest, stomach, and shoulders.My gaze slowly followed the trail of dark hair that ran between his washboard abs down to the hard “v” that I’d read about in the books I’d borrowed from Mom’s personal library. In those books, the woman always went crazy for the body of her man—looking at Night, I thought I finally understood exactly why. My gaze lingered around the waistband of his black sweats, and my face went hot. This man was a god.Night made a low sound, something between a scoff and a growl, and my eyes snapped back up t
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