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Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 135 A Beautiful Night
Adasha"Beautiful, isn’t it?"Kai’s voice was soft and warm, a gentle caress against my ear as his arms wrapped around me from behind. His lips brushed my neck—a tender, lingering kiss—and I felt the coolness of his freshly showered skin against my back.The faint scent of his soap—crisp, clean, and unmistakably him—wrapped around me, and I shivered slightly as his damp hair tickled my skin."It is," I murmured, my voice barely above a whisper.But as much as I adored the night sky and his closeness, another craving was beginning to win the battle for my attention.I glanced toward the small table, my stomach growling softly at the sight of the steaming dishes."But…" I teased, tilting my head with a playful grin, "I’m famished, and I can’t hold on any longer."A chuckle rumbled from his chest, deep and rich, and the sound of our shared laughter melted into the night."Alright, let’s eat," he said with a smirk, releasing me only to take my hand and lead me to the couch.We settled int
Last Updated : 2025-02-14Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 136 It’s Not About Randy
Adasha"Randy isn’t the issue."Kai’s voice was steady, but something in his tone made my chest tighten."What I need to discuss with you is about your parents."The word alone—parents—hit me like a blow to the gut.For a moment, my world tilted, and I felt the sharp, familiar sting of an old, jagged wound.My parents.The ones who had sold me.Who had thrown me to the wolves—to Randy—like I was nothing more than a bargaining chip.Those bastards.I felt the bitterness rise in my throat, hot and unforgiving.The memory of their betrayal—the abandonment, the greed, the cold indifference—it still burned.My voice came out sharp, my chest heaving with a rage I couldn’t suppress."Don’t."I met his eyes, the heat in mine unmistakable."Don’t bring up those treacherous, greedy bastards."My heart pounded, my nails digging into my palm."Don’t waste your breath on them, Kai. Don’t you dare feel sorry for them."I couldn’t believe he was even entertaining the thought—that they deserved anyth
Last Updated : 2025-02-14Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 137 Not The Slap
Adasha"Maybe she didn’t want to be embarrassed," I offered, my voice tight with confusion."I did warn her once that if she ever tried to slap me again, she’d regret it."I shrugged, trying to make sense of Ingrid’s bizarre behavior."Maybe that’s why. I don’t know. But..." I paused, the unease lingering in my chest."Her behavior was… off."Kai exhaled slowly. The kind of sigh that carried realization—like he had just connected a puzzle piece and didn’t like the picture it formed.His eyes darkened slightly, and I felt it—that shift.He knew something.My pulse quickened."What did she say I did to her, Kai?"I searched his face, the urgency rising in my voice."I swear, I did nothing. I—""Shhh."He silenced me gently, his finger brushing across my lips.The touch was warm, soft—intimate.Any other time, in any other conversation, I would have found it—hot.But right now?Right now, it only made my stomach coil tighter because—why did I need to be shushed?His eyes stayed on mine,
Last Updated : 2025-02-14Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 138 My Real Family
Adasha"Austin Westwood?"My voice trembled, cracking under the weight of disbelief."Laura’s father… my uncle?"My stomach twisted violently, and the room felt like it was closing in."That can't be."The words barely made it past my lips—thin, fragile, and desperate.My heart pounded, each beat a jagged shard of confusion and horror."How could I—" My voice broke, the thought too vile to finish."How could I be related to Laura? To them?"My breath quickened, sharp and shallow, panic building like a wildfire inside my chest.There had to be a mistake.There had to be.Nothing about this made sense—no part of it fit the shattered puzzle of my life.I felt the sting of tears, hot and relentless, burning down my cheeks."And what was so terrible about the Westwoods…" My voice trembled, thick with anguish, "that I had to be hidden from them?"My hands balled into fists, shaking at my sides."Why put me up for adoption?" My voice cracked, raw and pleading."Why let me suffer—alone—like t
Last Updated : 2025-02-15Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 139 Why She Gave You Up
AdashaKai rose swiftly, his strong arms wrapping around me, steadying my trembling frame. His warmth pressed against my chaos, his heartbeat a dull, grounding thrum."Your father loved your mother dearly," he began, his voice low but thick with the gravity of what he was about to say.My breath hitched, and I clung to his shirt, feeling the tension in his body—as if he carried this story like a wound."But someone…" His voice sharpened, laced with anger that felt ancient, "someone knew who she was. And they set her up."My chest seized, and the room began to blur through the tears pooling in my eyes."The day the Eleven Families visited to greet you—on the day of your birth."I froze, every word carving deeper into me."She had a fever."His voice dropped, a tremor running beneath it."And someone was wicked enough to serve her nightshade tea."I sucked in a sharp breath—Nightshade.The word burned through me, cold and venomous."The poison made her wolf lose control."A shudder ran
Last Updated : 2025-02-15Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 140 He Chose Me
AdashaRealizing the gravity of Kai's words, I lifted my tear-streaked face to meet his eyes."Was that what kept you out all night… the other night?" I asked, my voice barely a whisper, raw and fragile.His gaze softened with something that felt like both sorrow and resolution.Without a word, he pulled me into his chest, his thumb brushing the tears from my cheek with aching tenderness."I’ve made peace with it," he murmured, his voice low and steady.But I shook my head, my heart pounding with something colder—dread."No."My voice cracked under the weight of what was suddenly too real—too possible.I pulled back, my eyes burning into his."I can’t—" My breath hitched, breaking into a sob. "I can’t let them kill you because of me, Kai."My voice trembled, thick with fear that tasted like acid."I won’t."But before my panic could swallow me whole, his lips found the curve of my neck—soft, warm, grounding.The whisper of his breath, the heat of his mouth—it was a balm against my unr
Last Updated : 2025-02-15Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 141 I Won’t Run
Adasha "Please…" Kai’s voice was low, roughened by an emotion he rarely let me see—vulnerability. "Don’t run from me." His hands tightened around mine, his warmth bleeding into my skin as if he could bind me to him through touch alone. "Not in some desperate attempt to protect me." His thumb brushed against my knuckles, slow and pleading. "Because if you do…" His voice broke, his breath shallow—"I will search for you, Adasha." His eyes burned into mine, fierce and unyielding. "I will find you." The rawness in his voice—the desperation—hit me square in the chest. "We are in this together. And there’s no getting away from that. No getting away from us." His forehead dipped, his lips brushing my hair. "So, please—" His voice softened to a whisper, the ache in it unmistakable—"let me carry this burden with you." His sigh—long, heavy, and full of a weariness he was trying to hide—brushed warm against my skin. "I wanted to wait until after the summit to tell you." His fingers
Last Updated : 2025-02-15Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 142 Ready For The Summit
KaiTelling Adasha about her family was one of the hardest things I had ever done. The weight of it pressed against my chest, a quiet but insistent dread whispering that she might run.The fear was a shadow in my mind, relentless and unshakable. But I had to trust her—I had to believe in the promise she gave me.Locking her away with guards while I left for the summit would make me no better than Randy, and that thought alone made my stomach twist.She deserved more than that. She deserved freedom. I could only hope she would choose to stay.The day of my departure arrived too soon. As I adjusted the sleeves of my shirt, preparing to leave, I felt Adasha’s arms wrap around me from behind, her warmth pressing against my back.The morning had been passionate, filled with lingering touches and whispered words neither of us wanted to end.Breakfast had been good, but even as we sat together, I could sense the unspoken between us—the quiet ache of impending separation.She was already missi
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Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 163 Not The Same
KaiI pinned the bastard beneath me, my grip bruising, my rage boiling over.Twice.Twice in a single night, I had come inches from death. My body ached, my wounds burned, but none of it compared to the fury coursing through my veins.The man beneath me struggled, his naked form trembling with raw anger. His eyes—wild, unrelenting—held nothing but pure hatred.But something about him made me pause.There was a look, a presence—peculiar, unmistakable.Moonchild.I hesitated for just a second, and Draco’s growl snapped me back."Speak!" he barked, his voice sharp as steel.The man didn’t flinch. His chest rose and fell in ragged breaths, but he held my gaze with defiance.I bared my teeth, forcing my knee harder into his ribs."Why are you trying to kill us?" My voice came out rough, guttural, edged with the violence still pumping through me. "Twice tonight—you and your wolves attacked us!"A flicker of confusion crossed his face."We didn’t attack you."I stilled."We followed you from
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 162 Another Attack?
KaiI didn’t need to be told—we were under attack.A thick gas flooded the cabin, burning my throat the second I inhaled it. My vision blurred, and a sharp, searing pain split through my skull. My nose was bleeding—I could taste the metallic tang in my mouth.Poison.We had no choice but to run.The moment we burst out of the cabin, the cold air hit my skin, but it did nothing to clear my head. My body felt sluggish, my limbs heavier than they should be. Had they traced us from the banquet hall? Had they known we’d come here? I had no answers.But right now, answers didn’t matter.Survival did."Poison gas," Randy muttered, his own breaths ragged.I nodded grimly, already assessing the battlefield.We were surrounded.Vicious, predatory wolves encircled us, their growls vibrating through the ground beneath our feet. Yellow eyes glowed in the dark, muscles coiled, ready to strike.I quickly counted our numbers.Me. Randy. Draco. Draco’s Gamma and Beta. Randy’s Beta and Gamma. Darius. G
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 161 The Cabin
KaiWe finally arrived at the cabin in Cleverbridge, and Lucian wasted no time. He had to take my aunt for medical assistance, leaving the rest of us behind.As I stepped inside, a familiar scent of aged wood and earth greeted me.The place was exactly as I had left it—furniture covered with waterproofing to keep the dust at bay, the faint smell of cedar still clinging to the air.It had been a while since I’d last been here, and the nostalgia hit me unexpectedly."I have clothes that will fit us," I said, already heading toward my room.The others shuffled inside, their exhaustion palpable."Make yourselves comfortable," I added over my shoulder. "The cabin is off-grid, but Darius knows his way around. There should be some canned food in the kitchen we can heat up."I disappeared into the room, pulling open old drawers, grateful that I had stashed extra clothes here in case of emergencies.This wasn’t exactly what I had in mind, but at least we wouldn’t have to suffer in the ill-fitt
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 160 Let’s Talk
Kai"I heard what Michelle Westwood did," Draco said, his voice edged with something between warning and certainty."And trust me, you do not want to experience that. I believe we’re safer without them."I exhaled through my nose, the weight of his words pressing against my own convictions."But murdering people simply because they’re Moonchild descendants is wrong," Randy interjected, his voice surprisingly measured. "As long as they don’t have compulsion abilities—""I doubt the Moonchild descendants pose any real threat," I cut in before he could finish.The van was silent, the road stretching endlessly ahead as I continued."Michelle Westwood was served Nightshade tea. She was happy being Kevin’s mate. She wasn’t trying to reclaim her grandfather’s kingdom, wasn’t looking to start a war."I ran a hand down my face, feeling the exhaustion clawing at me."Most of the Twelve family members who attended that day were ready for a fight. Someone knew her identity. Someone planned on exp
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 159 To CleverBridge Cabin
KaiLucian arrived an hour later.By then, my aunt was doing better—her breathing stronger, her color returning—but she still wasn’t lucid.Her body was healing, but her mind was somewhere else, caught between recovery and the lingering effects of the silver.We stood there, bare-skinned in the middle of the forest, the chill biting at our skin. But none of us cared.The weight of what had happened, of how close we had come to death, was heavier than the cold.How did the council expect us to react?Did they truly believe we would just accept this? That we would swallow their lies and pretend this wasn’t an orchestrated execution attempt?What excuse would they give?What bullshit would they spin to justify turning the banquet hall into a silver-cage death trap?Draco stood off to the side, his body rigid, his fists clenched. His silence was louder than any words.He was seething. Out for blood. And I couldn’t blame him.If we had stayed in that hall any longer—if we had hesitated, if
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 158 Unusual Team
Kai"This hall was built by our great-grandfathers after the fall of King Lycus Moonchild," Randy said, his voice laced with exhaustion."It was meant to be a symbol of hope and peace."I glanced at him, noting the strain in his posture, the subtle tremor in his hands. He was feeling it too—the slow, creeping weakness as the silver took its toll.We were running out of time."And how exactly is that relevant to our situation?" I asked, my patience thinning.Randy exhaled, his gaze sweeping across the room."Because the times back then weren’t as peaceful as they are now. Our great-grandfathers would have built this place with caution. With escape routes. They had to have been prepared for betrayal, for war."I sighed, rubbing a hand over my face. "We’ve checked everywhere, Randy. There aren’t any hidden doors. No levers. No secret passages."He nodded, his jaw tight. "Then we check the floor."I frowned, but he wasn’t wrong.All this time, we had been searching the walls, the windows,
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 157 What To Do
Kai"You better give her back once we’re out of here."Randy’s voice was firm, but there was something else laced beneath it—desperation. Even now, trapped, he was still clinging to the matter of Adasha.I narrowed my eyes. "You mean if we get out of here."The walls, the windows, the doors—every exit was reinforced. We weren’t walking out of here anytime soon. We had to wait, bide our time until the silver was retracted. And even then, we’d have to fight our way out.Randy’s Beta stepped forward, his tone grim. "The only way out is when they come for us. We need a plan. We have to be ready when they attack."Randy barely acknowledged him. His attention was still on me."You can’t keep her."His voice was raw, something breaking beneath the anger."She isn’t safe with you. Fated or not, you can’t keep her."There was something in his eyes—something more. He wasn’t just spewing possessive bullshit. He knew something.My instincts flared."Just give her back, Malachi." His voice tremble
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 156 Trapped
Kai"You should have run for safety."The words felt hollow, empty—because I knew she couldn't hear me.My aunt lay still, her face pale, her breathing shallow.The wound on her shoulder was ugly, deep, and I knew the silver still lingered, making her healing sluggish.She had thrown herself in harm’s way for me, taken the bite meant for my flesh. And now, she was paying the price.I tore a strip of fabric from her ruined clothes, hands steady despite the fury simmering in my veins, and bound the wound as tightly as I could.It wouldn’t fix everything, but it would stop the bleeding long enough for her wolf to catch up."Trap?"Gabriel’s voice pulled me back to the present. I lifted my gaze to meet his and nodded as I stood, my muscles aching from the shift."It’s odd, isn’t it?" I said, scanning the ruined hall."The attackers aren’t trapped in here with us. They got in, did their damage, and disappeared. Everyone else is gone. Which means—""We were the target."Realization settled
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 155 A Strange Attack
KaiA woman’s scream cut through the air, raw and panicked.Then—chaos.Wolves shifted in frantic, desperate bursts of fur and bone, scrambling to escape. Chairs overturned, boots pounded against marble, voices shouted in confusion. The banquet hall, once a place of power and control, had descended into madness.And then—I saw her.Aunt Ingrid.She turned, her stance fierce, her eyes locking onto one of the intruders. She was ready to fight, to protect—me.But she never saw the other one.A blur of motion. A wolf lunging from the side.Fangs sank into her shoulder.She screamed—a sound that ripped through the air, through my bones, through Orion’s very soul. A deep, gut-wrenching cry of pain and shock.That bite was meant for me.Rage exploded through Orion, white-hot and blinding.I twisted, scanning the battlefield, my vision tunneling. Draco. Where was he?Then I saw him. Already on his feet, his wolf prowling, muscles coiled, ready to strike. His golden eyes burned with the promis
