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The Alpha's Bride CHAPTER TEN
My breathing is ragged as Cameron gently unveils the truth to me, “What? My dad - My dad knew?”Cameron gives me an uncertain look, “I thought you knew. Jason insisted I take you as my mate and that’s why my family was so furious. I couldn’t take another mate after Maria. I was told not to touch you unless I gave you the mating mark as well. The way Jason spoke about things, he implied that you were aware of your circumstances and were eager to come here.”“Jason said that?” My head is reeling at the wound of my own father’s betrayal. “Your family - did they -?”“I told them today,” he says, heavily. “So, my life is just a game to all of you?” I feel my body growing heavy. “You, Ness, Vivian, Michael, Jason, my father, all of you think I’m some piece of meat to be tossed around?”“T-That’s not true,” Cameron protests.My heart aches and I hold out my hand, “Give me a phone. I want to talk to my dad.”“You’re not allowed contact-”“I am a living breathing being!” I scream at hi
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By the time I get back to the mansion, Vivian, Michael, and Cameron are waiting for me. A bad feeling forms in my gut when I see Ness standing to the side, looking very pleased.Both Vivian and Michael are wearing cold expressions on their faces whilst Cameron looks guilty.I don’t know what to expect at this moment and when the door shuts behind me, I jump and look over my shoulder only to find my blood growing cold.Jason had been standing behind the door.I immediately step back in fear, but he just smiles at me, “Hello again, Danielle.”His words sound all the more sinister now and my heart is pounding as he approaches me. But there is no where I can go.“It seems Cameron spilled the beans already,” Jason sounds disappointed. “I’m very disappointed in him.”Cameron turns white as a sheet but doesn’t say anything. “You did this,” I finally muster up the courage to say. “You ruined my life on purpose.”Jason’s hand comes to stroke my cheek, “But, sweetheart, I am giving you
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As a child, I used to go on long trips with my father. It would always be me and my dad.Till wolves attain the ability to transform, they aren’t very strong, and their senses aren’t very heightened. It’s a gradual increase. Mine have begun ever since my eighteenth birthdays. So, I know my time is close. However, my father had wanted all of us to be able to survive in the wild which is why he had constantly taught us basic survival skills. That’s the only reason that I manage to see my had on my shoulders as I trudge through the forest, my sharp eyes following the map.However, after half an hour, I realise that Jason will be able to follow my scent. And if that happens, all my plans to escape will be fruitless. I look around in the dark and find a small skunk staring at me, almost balefully as if I’m intruding on its territory.Knowing what I’m about to do, I wince but reach out and grab the skunk, curling it into a ball so it can’t release its odour on me. I run back down the
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His words pierce through the curtain of haze within my mind, and I jerk back from his touch, “W-What?”He blinks and I see his eyes clear up, but he studies me. His hand lowers from my face, “What’s your name?”I want to step away from him, but something stops me, my chest seizing, “I - Are you real?”This time his lips twitch, “I don’t know how to prove that.”The flash of sudden humour makes me blink and suddenly this man in front of me seems more real. My current situation hits me like a ton of bricks, and I immediately scramble back, “Who - Who are you?!”The man seems a little taken aback at the amount of fear in my voice, “I’m Adam.”“I-” I stare at him, the cloudiness fading from my mind. “You’re with Jason, aren’t you? That’s why- I’m not going back!”I turn around and am about to run when he grabs me by the upper arm, “Wait! Just wait- How do you know Jason?”His words stun me and a seed of doubt sprouts in my head. I falter, “Y-You’re not with Jason?”There is a shar
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However, despite the sudden shock at his words, I don’t have time to process them.Whoever is chasing us has clearly caught our scent and is on our heels. Or that’s what it feels like.“Crap,” Adam hisses glancing over his shoulder. “I’m not fast enough. Not in this form.”My heart is beating loudly, and I tense up when my skin suddenly ripples.“Adam,” I whimper. “It hurts!”His voice is gentle even as he’s running, “I know. Just bear it for a while.However, a few minutes later, he stops and carefully lowers me to the ground, “Change of plan. Get on my back.”I stare at him as if he’s suddenly grown a second head, “I was just on there. Have you gone-?”I don't even get time to finish my question before he is transforming in a shimmer of light into his animal form. There is something comforting about the massive black wolf looking at me. Without thinking too much, I left my mud caked hand and run it through his fur. He doesn’t seem to be bothered and in a sudden fit of mischie
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My mouth is dry when I come to. And my head feels as if it is stuffed with cotton.I let out agora when I try to move and somebody is holding me up, murmuring, “Here. Drink this.”It’s water.Cold, fresh water, and as it flows down my throat, the cotton in my head begins to disappear.My eyes are bleary when I open them, “W-What happened?”“You nearly poisoned yourself,” Comes the angry response and I see vaguely familiar face looking down at me. It takes me a moment to recall everything, and I slump back into what is clearly a bed."It would have been kinder for you to have let me die,” My voice is heavy. “Let you die?” There is a strange undertone in Adam’s voice. “Why would I let you die?”I don’t answer his question, looking around instead. I’m in a small wooden cabin. When I look at Adam, he doesn’t look very pleased and I turn my head away, |Do you know what it’s like to be abandoned by everyone you loved and trusted? To be sold off as if you are not not an existence t
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Everything inside me goes still, “What? Say that again.”Adam has a half smile on his lips, but his eyes are serious, “You are my Luna. My true mate, my other half. My-”“I get it,” I snap, annoyed at his light-hearted attitude. “I mean how do you know?”“How do you not?” He raises a brow. “You felt that connection when you first laid eyes on me. And don’t bother lying to me, little skunk. I saw it in your eyes.”“Will you stop calling me that!” I half wail. “This is a serious topic!”“Okay, okay,” He raises his hands in surrender and laughing quietly. “I don’t know what else to call you. Why don’t you tell me your name?”I hesitate before saying, “Danielle.”This time his smile is soft in a way that makes my face feel way too hot, “That’s a beautiful name.”I flush, “Thank you.”And then he pinches my cheek again, “But I’ll keep calling you little skunk.”I give up at this point.“Fine,” I glare at him. “Why can’t you be serious? How do I know that you’re not saying any of
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“A servant girl at the Moore mansion gave it to me,” I tell him, my eyes on his face. “Her name’s Jenny. She has a large burn scar on the right side of her face.”Adam goes still in an almost unnatural way, his face stiff, “What did you say?”His words are a threadbare whisper.Unnerved, I repeat myself and I see a savage pain in his eyes, “Jenny? Jenny’s still alive?”He seems so shocked and devastated. But under the agony, there is relief, but I feel confused, “How do you know her?”Adam’s jaw is tense, “She’s my little sister. I thought - I thought Jason had killed her or worse.”What could be worse than killing someone?I don’t realise that I’ve spoken aloud till he gives me a pointed look and something within me goes still as horror fills me, “He wanted her too?”Adam looks angry but nods, “It’s a long story. I don’t feel up to talking about it just yet.”I’m about to say something when I feel a piercing pain inside of me and I groan, curling up into myself.He is by my
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Seeing my parents again has made me question my trip back to the Silver Stone Pack. It hurts to see them; despite how much I’ve healed. It’s still a sore subject. I wonder if I’m putting myself in pain more than it’s worth.Then, I look down at my beautiful children and I know they deserve to be here. They should see the place where their mother was raised and grew up. It’s part of my history which makes it part of their history too.My family has already ruined so much for me. I can’t let them ruin this too. Besides, there are lots of good memories I have here. And I want to show that all to them.“Come on,” I say, scooping up Isiah as I continue down the grassy hill to the Silver Stone Pack. “I have a place I want to show you.”The kids are delighted at this mystery and Adam looks at me curiously as well. I smile that devilish smile that swears I won’t tell them anything until we get into town.There’s a certain entrance that Alphas and Lunas usually use, and I know people will
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Five years later…“Isiah, you get back here right now!” I call out, sternly.My two-year-old toddler freezes in his spot and looks over his shoulder at me, as if to assess the level of danger in my voice. It takes him a moment to decide that it’s worth the risk and he begins trotting away at full speed. However, before he can get too far, my four-year-old, Leila, swoops him up, gleefully and the two go tumbling down the hill and I sigh in exasperation.“Let them be,” Comes Adam’s voice from behind me, filled with laughter. I look over my shoulder at him, to see him carrying Sheila, Isiah’s twin. Sheila is quieter than her brother but when provoked, she turns into Satan’s personal assistant. She’s also a daddy’s girl as is evident when she refuses to let me hold her, turning away and hiding her face in her father’s neck.My voice is tense, “I don’t mind but considering where we are-”Adam’s hand comes to rub my neck, his voice calm, “This isn’t our first trip to the Silver Stone
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“What do you want to do then?” Adam asks me.I look at my father’s face and despite the love that is still in my heart, I know that love has been tainted with their betrayal.“Let them go back to their pack,” I say, slowly.I see the relief in the faces of my family and a bitter laugh escapes me, “Did you think I’d sell you into slavery like you did me?”Their faces stiffen and each beat of my heart is filled with a vicious pain, “No. I’m not you. I would never hurt you. But I will cut off all my ties with you. I can’t bear to look at your faces.”I see the flash of anger in my father’s eyes, “We are your parents. You can’t just cut us off!”My smile fades from my lips, “Why? You cut me off when you sold me, didn’t you? I’m just returning the favor.”I crouch next to him where he is kneeling and I grab his face, forcing him to look at me, “Or are you upset because now I am the Alpha’s mate and me cutting ties with you means you losing a powerful connection?”My voice is cold bu
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“These are all lies!” Jason scrambles once he realises that he has been implicated. “Those documents are fake! I would never-”“I got them from your computer and your emails,” I counter. “I saw the purchase of the wolfsbane that was used on me. I saw names of girls who have been living in the red-light district area, frames who have been forced into the position of pack breeders, who are abused almost daily. I saw their names in emails. You bought them from their packs in exchange for money.”My voice grows louder as Adam lets me take the stage, “Everything is there in those papers, the transactions. There are interviews with those girls. They are willing to testify how they were forced to come here under the guise of mating other males and then forced to become your mistresses and then disposed of into the red-light district. The previous Alpha was also doing something similar, but it wasn’t this bad. Jason took it a step further by looking for females in his own pack, females he wa
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Adam’s hand on my mouth prevents me from uttering a sound but the sound of my heart breaking all over is a thundering sound between my ears.More is said, more words exchanged, ideas on how to ruin my life and I feel faint, my mind shutting down. I vaguely see Adam holding something under the window, but I can’t make out what it is. At some point he drags me away, far enough that I collapse on the ground on all fours, throwing up.“Danielle,” His voice is soft but my head jerks.“No. No, I was such a fool, trying to save them, worried for them and here they are.” My eyes lit towards my mate, tears burning them, tears of desperation and devastation, “Am I that unlovable that they just - Am I not worth anything? Adam-”He drags me to him, “You are. You’re worth everything to me. I swear, Danielle. If they don’t cherish you, I’ll cherish you enough for every single person on this earth. Don’t cry, sweetheart.”“I feel so stupid,” I sob. “Ever since I came here, all I do is cry. What
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Returning to the house is a difficult thing for me because I don’t want to go back. But Adam is able to convince me in a few words.“We can stay here and forget about revenge, Danielle, but as long as Jason is the Alpha, think of all the females who are his targets, who will suffer similar fates to yours and Jenny’s. Think all the girls in the red-light district who might have been thrown there as a result of Jason’s greed and lust.”That is the only reason I agree.So, when we return to the house and the butler looks at me, his face tightens in shock.At this point, I have a strong feeling that everyone was aware of this plan to feed me the wolfsbane. I’ve relayed everything to Adam, word to word, and the anger is in his eyes had been satisfying to say the least.Nobody had expected him to bring me back. News of me leaving must have sounded throughout the mansion if the butler’s shocked look was anything to go by.Which is why when we walk into the drawing room, Adam tells me to
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“No, you don’t see!” He bursts out, making me flinch.“I refused,” he says, tightly. “I told them that no matter what happened, that even if you really had gone through with something like that, I didn’t want to spend my life with anyone aside from you.”His hands cup my face, his eyes filled with grief, “No one but you, Danielle. I swear on my sister’s life. You are all I have ever wanted in a mate.”I don’t know whether to believe him or not. I don’t know how to believe anything anymore.“I don’t want you to hold yourself into anything, sweetheart,” He swears. “I just want you to be you. You are my Luna.”I remember Jason’s words from the afternoon before, “A true mate bond doesn’t mean you will have feelings for me. Jason has a Luna but he still-”“A true mate,” Adam interrupts me fiercely, “is the most perfect fit for you. Jason is twisted and so is Cara. Yes, love is never guaranteed but I fell for the say I met you, Danielle. When you stood there, covered in skunk door, con
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The darkness is a nice reprieve and I find myself floating in it.Is this what death is like?My mind feels blank, my worries having faded.But as I float there, I feel something tugging at me.Discomfort hits me first, followed by the sensation of something winding around me. I begin struggling but when I open my eyes, it looks like a glowing strand of rope. It entwines around me and begins pulling me in a certain direction.I begin to struggle, alarmed but I can’t seem to put up much of a fight.The golden rope is warm and comforting but I don’t want it. I want to stay here.However, it’s a losing battle.I jerk awake, my eyes wide, gasping for breath. My whole body is drenched with sweat.I barely have time to process what has happened before Adam’s face is in front of mine, his expression a mixture of agony and fury.“Oh, thank heavens! You’re awake!”His words make me realise that he revived me and the anger that fills me is so much that it bursts out of me, “What the h
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“So, you truly believe I would be capable of something like this?” I look at Adam, my voice dull.His jaw tightens, “I don’t want to, Danielle. But the facts-”“The words of your childhood friend and the pack doctor, you mean?”“I saw you at Jason’s office!” He growls.I can see the way the corner of Maya’s lips twitches, but her tears are still pouring, “We both did, Danielle! Look, I told you this afternoon, that whatever your concern was, you should talk to Adam about it!”I tilt my head, “Was that before or after you led me to that cabin and force-fed me wolfsbane?”“What?” Adam’s eyes narrow.But I don’t expect him to believe me. I don’t expect anything of my true mate anymore.“What are you talking about, Danielle?” Maya sobs. “Why are you constantly trying to create a rift between me and Adam? I just got him back after five years! I don’t mean either of you any harm!”I purse my lips, “Of course you don’t.”Adam takes a step towards me, “What are you talking about?”“
