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Madeline’s POV“You don’t have to replace her,” I whispered. “But you can still let someone in. You’re allowed to feel again.”His throat bobbed with a swallow. For a second, he looked away—just for a second. Then, he shifted, leaning closer. “You always talk like you know exactly what’s right.”“I don’t,” I admitted, my voice barely a breath. “But we can’t stop moving forward just because of fear and pain, right?”I shrugged my shoulders and scoffed, “I mean, look at me, running from one nightmare to the pack where they call the hell of the kingdom.”It was meant to be a tease, making me let out a subconscious laugh, but he didn’t seem to find it funny because he just kept staring at me.The trees rustled behind us as the wind brushed our skin. Our surroundings turned cold, and yet there’s this unexplainable warmth that circulates through my heart.Slowly, he started leaning closer, and my eyes had a heavy urge to close. But just as his face was millimetres apart from mine, I jolted
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Madeline’s POVSilence engulfed us once again, and yet I still feel like the surroundings were as loud as when rock music was being played by how fast and loud my heart was beating.“Don’t give in…” I told myself silently while fighting the urge to tell him the truth.I shook my head firmly and shrugged my shoulders. “Like I said a thousand times, I’m no one. I’m just trying to survive, is all.”Keiran narrowed his eyes and leaned closer, breath fanning against my lips. “Then why does Jason think otherwise?”My eyes widened while my breath hitched, bringing a crack to my facade. “W-what?” Feeling how I panicked, I tried to mask it as fast as I could and cleared my throat. “What did he say?”He studied me for a while, fingers tapping on the dresser behind him. “He’s been looking through sealed royal documents, and we had a witness that he’s been reporting to someone in the kingdom.”Could I really not hide it anymore?I bit my inner cheek as I racked my brain while contemplating a lot.
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Madeline’s POVNervously, I raised my hand and used my index fingertip to try to push the knife a little further from my neck and forced a terrible smile, “I said thanks… Thank you for letting me stay.”“Stay in this dangerous place where the word ruthless probably was born…” I added silently.Completely unimpressed, he put down the knife and threw it on the hidden sheath on his combat boots. “Don’t thank me yet. You haven’t seen what Demonmaw is really like.”With that, he turned and faced the two guards who sneaked earlier and was now immediately shut off with his mere stare. “See that she’s fed and has somewhere to rest.”Sitting properly, letting my legs on the ground, I quietly said, “I can take care of myself.”Instantly, a cold smile formed on his lips. “That’s funny when it’s coming from someone I just dragged out of the dirt.”My brows furrowed, and without thinking, I glared at him, forgetting every fear as it was covered with annoyance. “Well, I didn’t ask for your help and
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Keiran’s POVThe moment I took a whiff, her scent hit me, letting it fill my senses as I loomed over her. I knew she wasn’t a rogue, just as she claimed.This made sense because Rogues wouldn’t be stumbling in my land unless they had a death wish.Her scent didn’t carry the wild bitterness and chaos most Rogues had, but it seemed a little bit off… No… in fact, a little bit familiar.It’s subtle, but it almost had a mix of the scent of chestnut and mint. I couldn’t point a finger at whether it was indeed the same scent I had been looking for three years, though because it was faint and a bit different.“Adeline… Adeline Hansford.”I kept my eyes on her. If she was lying, which I was damn sure she was, I’d find out soon enough. But the real question was why she was lying.I’d seen countless wolves hide before. Most of them were cowards running from debts, deserters feeling their Alpha’s wrath, and so many more, but they never ran to hide in the most dangerous pack, my pack.And even if
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Madeline’s POVSilence engulfed us once again, and yet I still feel like the surroundings were as loud as when rock music was being played by how fast and loud my heart was beating.“Don’t give in…” I told myself silently while fighting the urge to tell him the truth.I shook my head firmly and shrugged my shoulders. “Like I said a thousand times, I’m no one. I’m just trying to survive, is all.”Keiran narrowed his eyes and leaned closer, breath fanning against my lips. “Then why does Jason think otherwise?”My eyes widened while my breath hitched, bringing a crack to my facade. “W-what?” Feeling how I panicked, I tried to mask it as fast as I could and cleared my throat. “What did he say?”He studied me for a while, fingers tapping on the dresser behind him. “He’s been looking through sealed royal documents, and we had a witness that he’s been reporting to someone in the kingdom.”Could I really not hide it anymore?I bit my inner cheek as I racked my brain while contemplating a lot.
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Madeline’s POVI knew it—it was the Snakefield crest.It was the same tree I’d seen Keiran staring at the other day. I raised my hand and slid my fingertips across it, tracing the worn ridges of the carving. It must’ve been made weeks ago, maybe more—it was already starting to fade, and the edges were soft with time.But then my hand froze.I felt something sharper, fresher. My eyes narrowed, and I heightened my senses, my vision sharpening with a faint golden glow.“These markings weren’t here before…” I whispered.Beneath the emblem of the Snakefield Pack, a new detail had been added—its name, recently carved in. The letters felt raw against my skin, the edges still rough. It had been done not long ago.My heart beat a little faster.I glanced around, scanning the trees with squinted eyes, the quiet pressing in around me. The forest felt tense, but after a few long seconds, I saw and heard nothing. No movement. No threat.Turning back to the tree, I took a step back and crossed my a
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Madeline’s POVI clenched my hands tightly at my sides while I tried to steady my breathing and force my racing heart to slow down. But damn, was it still so loud that I could almost swear he might hear it thudding in my chest if he listened closely enough.After all, I could even feel my pulse pounding on my temple.“I don’t!” I blurted out way too quickly, and his eyes narrowed, suspicion flashing through his sharp brown eyes.I forced myself to breathe and let out a light, dismissive sigh. “At least, not the one you’re thinking of,” I added with a casual shrug, acting and trying to sound unfazed. “But… I grew up near there. That’s all.”He leaned in a little toward it. It wasn’t threatening, but I could feel the curiosity behind his probing gaze. His voice came out slow and deliberate, almost cautious. “It’s strange how much you seem to know about it.”I raised an eyebrow at him while my lips curved into a teasing smirk. “Strange how you know the same things.”He let out a low laug
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Madeline’s POV“You’re slipping, Adeline. That last swing was pathetic,” Helena commented with a huge smirk spreading on her face behind her raised arm while she was still in a defensive stance.“Maybe you’re just punching faster than usual.” I panted as I stopped and rolled my eyes at her.Shaking my head, I turned around, silently signalling the end of our little spar.Grabbing a water bottle and towel, I dropped to the ground with a thud and wiped off the sweat from my face before gulping half the contents of the bottle in one go.“Or maybe,” Helena said as she sat down in front of me, and continued, “you’re just distracted.”I scoffed but didn’t answer. Still, her silent stare lingered, making me feel tense. Only when I looked back at her did I realise that her stare turned into teasing.She wiggled her brows and flicked a glance toward the other group of trainees, where Keiran stood, towering, and barking orders like a drill sergeant from hell.“Thinking about a certain brooding
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Madeline’s POVHe didn’t respond. He just sat there, staring at me like he was trying to read my thoughts, like he was trying to memorise me.And despite everything he’d said, his walls hadn’t fully crumbled. There was just a crack in them.And somehow, I was standing right in it.Whether that was fortunate or not… only time would tell.“Don’t make the mistake of caring for me, Adeline,” he said quietly after a long silence.I shrugged and stood up, smirking faintly. “Too late.”As I walked out of his office and into my room, I couldn’t stop my mind from replaying everything that had happened between us. The shift was so sudden, like whiplash. One minute we were at each other’s throats—or more like, he was at mine—and now this...Maybe it was the anger that made him snap open. Maybe it was hearing about Francine. Or maybe it was an accident. A moment of weakness.But whatever it was, it left something behind—something raw and quietly terrifying. That little crack between us... It was
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Madeline's POVThe air was heavy with silence engulfing us in a warm but tense embrace. The silence felt unbearable as I sat in front of him, watching him look troubled.His elbows were on his desk, hands clasped together, supporting his bowed head. He looked so much in pain, guilt radiating all over him.Seeing the inner struggle he seemed to be putting himself into, I sighed and extended my hand, squeezing his. “You let him go. The pup… You did great, Keiran. You’re not the monster everyone sees you to be.”Everyone looked at him like a monster, despite the respect they had for him as their Alpha. He might have done well in the pack, which they saw, but the fear they had toward him from what happened that day was still embedded in their hearts.An alpha feared by his own pack… How hard could that be?He looked up at me, shaking his head slowly. “It wasn’t mercy either. I was just… afraid. I didn’t want to face him.”His face was tense, his jaws clenching and lips pursing. “I didn’t
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Madeline’s POVI looked at Keiran pointedly as I offered a small, sympathetic smile, continuing, “I worked my ass off to master combat skills so I could protect the man she was so worried about until her last breath. The same man she feared would drown in his own sorrow.”His eyes dropped to my hand, still resting gently on his arm. Slowly, he followed its trail until our gazes met.“She was always so selfless,” he murmured with a hollow laugh, though the pain behind it was as loud as a scream. “How... How could she still be thinking about me while she was dying?”“Because that’s how much she loved you,” I said softly, trying to offer comfort. “And I know for a fact she wouldn’t want to see you closing yourself off from the world, hurting and dying on the inside.”But he flinched at my words like I’d struck him. Stepping back, he pulled away from my touch.Right. I must have overstepped.He had opened up, but that didn’t mean we were close—not after everything I’d seen in that archive
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Madeline’s POV“Ouch! Can’t you be more careful?” Despite the fear building up in my heart, I still managed to let that sarcastic remark, which seemed like it had already become my defense mechanism.I rubbed my wrist, which had a red mark around right now, after he gripped it so tightly as he dragged me along the hallway and into his office before throwing me onto his couch. Without mercy or any care, if I may add.“Explain,” he uttered with gritted teeth, staying at the doorway as he slammed the door closed and locked it.To say that it didn’t add to the building fear in my heart would be a total lie.“Are you going to tell me why you are digging into my past, or do you want me to dig the answer fr
