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I woke up to find myself face to face with the most gorgeous man i’d ever seen. He had the most brilliant blue eyes, his hair was sandy brown and neatly styled. He had long nose and pretty strong jaw and his lips turning down in a frown were full. He was tall and all muscles bunched up beneath his white shirt. This strange man exuded power and had such a foreign aura around him even in my battered state I couldn't help but drool over him. He turned to the other man from before snapping angrily. “Isaac why did you bring her down here like she was some rogue prisoner?Isaac cowered. I would have too if I wasn't so busy thinking how beautiful his voice sounded. “i’m sorry Alpha it was my mistake.”His name is Alpha? How odd.Alpha turned those piercing blue eyes on me and my heart did a little pitter-patter. I had only dated once, his name was Boyd and though we’d never gone far, the few make out sessions we had was enough to make me recognise the stirrings of desire and while Boyd had to actually touch me to get a response this man Alpha only needs to look at me and i would feel myself getting wet down there.Get it together Kyra I chided myself, there's no way you want this stranger good looking as he may be to actually act on the purpose you’re here for in the first place. I have no intention of becoming his sex slave.He spoke to me for the first time. “my name is Tristan O'Connor what’s yours?”I blinked, Alpha wasn't his name? Was it some kind of weird titles people go around making up nowadays?“Kyra.” I cleared the lump in my throat and said again, “Kyra Sinclair.” His gaze lingered a little too long on my chest where the swell of my breasts were quite visible from the low cut of the neckline of my blouse. They were quite a sight to behold if I may say so myself, every other parts of my body were average looking except for my big boobs.After Tristan was done ogling my boobs his gaze travelled downwards then back up again. “turn around slowly so I can get a good look at you.”I did, feeling like a prized mare at an auction. “what happened to you?” he asked noticing my bruises for the first time.“I fell.” I lied. It won't make much of a difference if I told him Gary did it anyway.“so he brought you here to feed me a sob story, and after warming my bed you can then elevate your status to the lady of this mansion.”“for your information my step father brought me here against my will and I have no intention of becoming your sex slave.” I snapped. How dare he think I was in cohorts with that slimeball?Tristan sniffed the air slightly and smiled wickedly while staring at me. “oh but I bet you do.” He said as if he knew something I didn't. “I bet you want me buried deep inside of you, fucking you raw until you can barely walk or think and the only word out of that pretty little mouth of yours will be my name.”I gasped at his straightforwardness and crass words, my core unintentionally clenching hard as I stepped back. He had no way of knowing how turned on I was for him right now so I squared my shoulders, tilting my head back in defiance. “I’d like to see you try, i’m not so easily broken.” I challenged. Swallowing hard, my heart dropped to the pit of my stomach when I saw the look in his eyes that suggested he was either going to make good on that challenge or strangle me to death.“I can have you eating out the Palm of my hand in no time.” I shivered at the promise. Tristan closed the distance between us and I panicked. He froze with a frown on his handsome face.“how old are you?” “seventeen.”“do not lie to me.” “what will I gain by lying?” He studied me for a moment and after he seemed to be sure I wasn't lying he cussed out loud. “sweet mother goddess! I’m going to tear that bastard to shreds!”Well it seemed Gary hadn’t been lying about the tearing to shreds bit.“Isaac send her back and make sure to hunt down that bastard and bring him to me.” Tristan said turning in his heels.What just happened? Did I hear right, he just said I could go? Tristan was gone before I could process what he just said.“let's go.” Isaac ushered me out but I was still in a daze. I couldn't believe I was free to go wherever I want, that Gary's plans hadn’t succeeded. I gazed up at the mansion longingly and then an idea struck me.Chapter Forty SevenTristanThe moment it happened, Tristan felt it.There was no pain, no fear but a lingering absence.The bond didn’t snap—it didn’t vanish either—but it recoiled violently, like a wire pulled too tight. A sharp, hollow pull ripped through his chest, stealing the air from his lungs.Ren exploded.‘Mate. She is in danger.’“I know." He said.Tristan was on his feet before the glass shattered.His office window blew outward in a spray of crystal as he shifted mid-stride, bones cracking, skin tearing, the massive grey wolf bursting free in a surge of fury that shook the estate.Pack members scattered.Isaac was already running toward him.“She’s gone,” Tristan’s voice snarled through the link before his paws even hit the ground.“I know,” Isaac replied grimly. “Her scent disappeared near town. Cameras cut out two blocks from the diner.”Hunters.This wasn’t the same as that rogue accident.It would seem they finally got their chance.Tristan tore through the forest at
Chapter Forty SixKyraI told myself Tristan was being paranoid.I repeated it all afternoon two days later at the diner.While refilling coffee, wiping tables and all the while pretending my hands weren’t still shaking every time someone walked in too quietly.‘He smells like trouble.’Tristan’s words wouldn’t leave me alone.Bryan had always smelled like soap and aftershave and whatever detergent his grandmother used. I’d never noticed anything metallic. Never felt threatened.But then again… I'm not a werewolf and I’d never been hunted before.“You’re awfully quiet today.” Bryan said, leaning against the counter while I rang up an order.“Long night,” I replied.He studied me for a second too long. “You sure you’re okay?”“I’m fine.”The lie tasted thin.He lowered his voice. “Your, uh, boss seems intense.”“Tristan’s not my boss.”Bryan’s lips twitched faintly. “Sure.”I bristled. “You don’t know him.”“Maybe not,” Bryan said easily. “But I know controlling when I see it.”Heat fl
Chapter Forty FiveTristanTristan did not blink.Bryan’s smile was relaxed, friendly and concerned.In other words too controlled for Tristan's liking.Predators recognized predators.Ren stirred low in Tristan’s chest, not with the wild rage of battle—but with something colder.Wrong.“I appreciate the concern,” Tristan said evenly, every word measured. “But my estate matters are handled internally.”Bryan held his gaze without flinching. “Of course. Didn’t mean to overstep.”He shifted his attention to Kyra, softening instantly. “I just wanted to make sure you were okay.”Kyra nodded. “I’m fine.”She wasn’t.Tristan could still feel the tremor in her through the bond. A bond she still has no idea they share. Tristan had made up to tell her everything after last night but he's still hesitant because he found himself so afraid that she might not accept him. Sure, she might've been lusting over him but that was different from being told you're a mate; it's nothing like the human weddi
Chapter Forty FourKyraCherry looked awful.And yet she still managed to grin when she saw me.“You look worse,” she croaked from the infirmary bed.I burst into tears before I could stop myself.“Oh no,” Josh muttered from the bed beside her, arm strapped and shoulder heavily bandaged. “We survived a rogue wolf, don’t let tears be what takes us out.”I laughed and wiped my face. “You’re both idiots.”Cherry reached for my hand, squeezing weakly. “Yeah. But we’re alive idiots.”The guilt hadn’t left me since last night. It sat heavy in my stomach, twisting every time I looked at the bruises lining Cherry’s ribs or the deep bite wound stitched across Josh’s shoulder.“You shouldn’t have stayed,” Cherry said gently.“I wasn’t gonna leave you all by yourselves.”“That’s not the point,” Josh said. “You’re not trained for that.”The words stung, even though I knew he didn’t mean them cruelly.“I’m tired of being the helpless one,” I admitted quietly.Cherry’s expression softened. “You’re
Chapter Forty ThreeTristanThe clearing was empty now, scrubbed of blood and chaos, but the scent lingered—fear, violence, death— It coated the back of his throat, mixing with something far worse.Guilt.Ren paced violently beneath his skin, hackles raised, rage bleeding into every nerve.'She should never have been there.'“I know,” Tristan muttered, voice rough.Isaac approached quietly, stopping beside him. “Perimeter’s secure. Patrols doubled. No other movement.”“That rogue wasn’t alone,” Tristan said flatly.Isaac’s brow furrowed. “You think it was a probe?”“I know it was.” Tristan turned, eyes cold. “Rogues don’t wander this close unless they’re pushed…or paid.”Hunters.The word was a blade in his mind.They were escalating. Testing response time. Drawing him out.And Kyra had been standing right in the middle of it.Tristan dragged a hand through his hair, the image of her frozen in terror replaying over and over. He’d seen that look before in pack members who’d survived ma
Chapter Forty TwoKyraI woke up still in the back of the SUV, my hands wouldn’t stop shaking.No matter how tightly I curled my fingers into my palms, no matter how many times I told myself it was over, my body refused to listen. The clearing was gone now—washed away by flashing lights, rushing wolves, voices overlapping—but the image of yellow eyes and snapping jaws stayed burned into my mind.I sat in the back seat of an SUV at the edge of the pack grounds, a blanket wrapped around my shoulders that I didn’t remember anyone giving me. My teeth chattered anyway.Cherry and Josh had been taken ahead to the infirmary.Alive.Injured and hurting, but alive.That was the only thing keeping me sane.I stared at the ground until a familiar pair of boots came into view.Tristan stopped a few feet away from me.He didn’t crouch, didn’t touch me, and didn’t soften the hard line of his body like I half-expected him to. He stood there like an Alpha addressing a threat instead of a woman who’d







