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Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 167 Facing Randy
AdashaI freshened up, taking my time.Not because I was stalling—at least, that’s what I told myself—but because I needed to breathe. To prepare.Kai had decided to take a nap afterward, exhaustion finally catching up to him. I envied his ability to rest, even for a moment, when my mind was spinning with everything that had led to this point.By the time I finished breakfast, I was told Randy was waiting for me in the guest lounge.It was now or never.I knew this conversation would be brutal. I knew things would be said that neither of us could take back.And I knew—without a shadow of a doubt—that Kai was a little worried I might be swayed.But I wasn’t a fool.I wasn’t going to walk away from a stable, fated bond—one that gave me strength and security—for a relationship that had been built on fear, pain, and uncertainty.And now, knowing what I did about myself—what I was—I had a feeling Randy wouldn’t be able to handle the truth.Not really.He wasn’t the type to accept anything
Last Updated : 2025-02-25Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 168 Randy’s Pleas
Adasha"Adasha, please."Randy took a step toward me, desperation in his eyes.I stepped back."Your mother escaped your wrath, her death was quick, so you took it out on me instead, Randy." My voice was steady, but my chest ached from the weight of the truth."You ruined me. Completely. I felt like nothing. Worthless."Tears burned in my eyes, but I refused to let them silence me.Not this time.I wiped them away, forcing out a bitter chuckle."But of course, you think you had the right to do all that. To control me. To break me. After all, I wasn’t your wife, was I? Not really. I wasn’t even your mate."Randy flinched, but I didn’t stop."I was just another thing in your house. A piece of furniture. Something you could own and use however you pleased."His breath hitched, but I wasn’t finished."My parents sold me to you, Randy. I was a commodity. A business deal." I let my voice drop to a whisper, my next words cutting through the space between us like a blade."Tell me—was I worth
Last Updated : 2025-02-25Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 169 Desperation
Adasha"A lot has happened, Randy."My voice was steady, but the words felt heavy, final."I have found someone else—my fated."I saw the way his body tensed, the way his breath hitched ever so slightly, but I didn’t stop."I can’t walk away from this. Kai loves me. He has gone above and beyond for me. I would be a fool to turn my back on a gift from the Moon."Randy shook his head, his hands balling into fists at his sides."I love you genuinely, too, Adasha," he said, his voice rough, edged with something between heartbreak and defiance. "If Kai knew half of what I know about you, he wouldn’t be with you. You’d be taboo to him."I froze.My stomach clenched, a chill running through me.But Randy wasn’t done."I prepared myself for the worst the moment I set eyes on you." His jaw tightened. "Keeping you hidden wasn’t about control, Adasha—it wasn’t my pleasure. It was my way of protecting you from the world out there. From what they would do to you if they knew the truth."His voice
Last Updated : 2025-02-25Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 170 Never Hurt You
Adasha "Are you that desperate to leave me?" Randy’s voice was barely above a whisper, but the weight of his pain hung heavy in the air. "To not even give me a chance?" I exhaled, my hands clenching at my sides. "You have two choices, Randy." I met his gaze, unwavering. "Either you kill me, or you give me my freedom." His breath hitched, his body going still. "But I will not return to you." The words landed like a final blow, and for a long moment, he said nothing. Then, slowly, he nodded. "Give it time, Adasha," he murmured. "There is still so much you don’t know. Maybe when you finally do, you’ll see how much I hated the way I treated you… and how deeply I loved you." His voice cracked slightly, but he didn’t look away. "I won’t accept your challenge." That surprised me. "Because if I did, it would mean laying down my life for you." His hands curled into fists, his jaw tightening. "And I won’t touch a hair on your head. Not ever again." I felt something inside me shift—
Last Updated : 2025-02-25Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 171 Overprotective
AdashaMay looked excited, practically glowing with energy, but Gregory—he was stunned.I studied him closely, the features that now seemed so familiar, yet foreign.Was he truly my uncle’s son?If so, did he have siblings? How large was my family?The thought sent a surge of something unexpected through me.For years, I had been alone. No real family, no connections to my own bloodline. But now—now—there was the possibility that I wasn’t as alone as I had thought.That I belonged somewhere.I parted my lips, about to speak—And then Randy returned.I stiffened, my excitement instantly fading.I had thought he had gone to rest.What now?"Excuse us," he said, his voice clipped, his gaze locked onto May and Gregory.I let out a sharp breath, irritation flaring to life."We are done talking, Randy," I said, my patience wearing thin. I wanted to talk to my family.But he ignored me, turning his sharp, commanding gaze to May instead."I know you have Malachi’s protection," he said, his to
Last Updated : 2025-02-26Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 172 What He Knew
Adasha"I was worried your life would be in danger," Randy said, his voice low, careful.I frowned, studying him.He knew something.Or at the very least, he thought he did."Everything I did was to protect you."I let out a slow, measured breath."I let my insecurities fuck it all up," he admitted, voice rough with regret. "But my sole intention was to keep you safe—to keep you protected and hidden. Away from the evil that plagues our world."I didn’t say anything.I watched him.I could see the way he was treading carefully, choosing his words as if they were fragile, breakable things.He was trying to ease into something."I… didn’t buy you from your parents."My breath hitched.He squeezed my hand slightly, as if to ground me."Not the way you think. And not for the reason you think."I stiffened.His thumb brushed over my skin again, but I barely felt it."I paid them to protect you," he continued. "To keep you safe."A cold shiver ran down my spine."They didn’t have good intent
Last Updated : 2025-02-26Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 173 He knows
Adasha"If Malachi knows, he—" Randy started, his voice tight with urgency.I sighed."He knows."Randy’s entire body went rigid.Shock flickered across his face. "What?""He knows, Randy." I met his gaze, unwavering. "May was my nanny. She was the one my grandfather entrusted with burying me. But instead of burying a child, she saved me."Randy just stared, his breath catching in his throat."She handed me off to a friend to arrange my adoption, to protect me. She was my mother’s cousin." My voice softened slightly. "She was there the night it all happened. She witnessed it firsthand."His lips parted slightly, his mind reeling."The Redwolfs protected her, or she would have been executed too."Randy slowly bowed his head, his entire demeanor shifting.I could see it—the way he was processing, the way the weight of this revelation crushed into him like a landslide.After a long silence, he spoke again, his voice hoarse."My aunt told me… it was a massacre that night." His fists clenc
Last Updated : 2025-02-26Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 174 Hard To Let Go
Adasha"I was a fool, Adasha."Randy’s voice was thick with grief, his tears flowing freely now."You were mine. You loved me." His breath hitched, his body trembling. "But I was too paranoid, too blind to see that I was killing everything we had."I watched as the weight of his own mistakes crushed him, as the realization of everything he had lost finally broke him."We could have been happy," he whispered, his voice raw. "If only I had learned to be more vulnerable with you. If I had trusted you. Given you the benefit of the doubt. If I had just believed you when you said things weren’t what they seemed."A humorless chuckle slipped from his lips, but it was bitter, hollow."A little love, a little tenderness, a little freedom—it would have gone a long way."He looked down at his hands, almost as if seeing them for the first time."My father was gentle," he admitted. "And I took his kindness for weakness. I saw my mother take advantage of his love, saw how she twisted it, and I told
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Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 187 What Were You Thinking?
Kai "Did you ever stop to ask yourself why someone would give you that information?" I asked, my voice smooth, but edged with something colder. "And if they did… did it ever occur to you that they probably knew exactly who you were?" Gregory’s face shifted—first confusion, then slow, dawning realization. His breath hitched slightly. "You were so desperate to find your father that you didn’t stop to think about the danger you were walking into?" I continued. Shame flickered across his face. He swallowed hard, but he didn’t deny it. "Can you lead us to the people who tipped you off?" I asked. He hesitated, then nodded. "I have numbers I can reach." I chuckled, shaking my head. "I doubt anyone will be picking up on the other end." Gregory’s jaw tightened, frustration warring with understanding. He had been used. Had he succeeded, Abraham would have had the perfect excuse to eliminate us all, pinning it on the Moonchilds. Plan A had been to trap us in that banquet hall. Whe
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 186 What Made You Come For Us?
Kai"Do any of you have the ability?" I asked, watching Gregory closely.He shook his head. "Neither of us inherited it. It might have skipped our generation."Maybe. But I wasn’t convinced.I suspected something else—something deeper.If James’s ability had been weak, the genetic pull might not have been strong enough to pass it on.Michelle, on the other hand, had been the stronger sibling. That much was clear. She had passed the trait to her daughter.To Adasha.But if Adasha’s compulsion was as faint as her uncle’s, then something had dulled it. Something had weakened it.Nightshade.That was a theory I’d have to dig into.For now, though, I needed answers."So what made you come for me?" I asked, my tone edged with curiosity and something sharper."And where did you get your warriors?"I already had a name—Abraham. Now I needed the full picture. I needed to know what had driven Gregory to seek me out, what had fueled his reckless attack. Because nothing about this situation was r
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 185 From The Top
Kai"We live on the east side—Ravenhurst, just by the small Narva village," Gregory began.I remained still, my expression unreadable, though his words struck something deep within me.Ravenhurst. Near Narva.That alone was reason enough to press him with questions, but I held back.Let him speak.Let me hear the full truth before I decided what to do with it."We used to live in Narva," he continued, his voice steady, but there was a weight to it—an old wound that had never truly healed."But after my mother was killed, we moved to Ravenhurst. It wasn’t safe for us anymore."His hands curled into fists, knuckles whitening.Even now, after all these years, the rage still lived inside him, simmering beneath the surface."She died in an attack eleven years ago. The Council was hunting Moonchilds, and because her wolf was white—greyish white—someone spotted her in the woods."His breath hitched, and for the first time, his composure cracked."They followed her home." His voice was lower
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 184 A Plea For Help
Kai"James is the pillar and hope of our family, Alpha." May’s voice cracked, her tears falling freely now.I clenched my jaw, watching her as she knelt before me, desperation carved into every trembling breath."Please, Alpha." She swallowed hard, her gaze pleading. "Gregory wants to speak to you about his father. He promised to tell you everything in exchange for help. We might not mean much to you, and I know this is too much to ask, but please…"She hesitated.A flicker of fear passed over her face, and then she pushed forward, voice barely above a whisper."If not for our sake, then for Adasha’s."Silence settled between us, heavy, suffocating.She knew she was crossing a line by using Adasha’s name. And yet, she wasn’t wrong.James had been taken, and if they were willing to go after him, then it was only a matter of time before they came for her.My mate.The very reason he had been captured in the first place could just as easily become the reason they hunted her down.I exhal
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 183 A Hard Night
KaiI couldn’t leave Adasha alone after the cold bath.She trembled in my arms, her body wracked with silent sobs, her breath uneven and broken.The disorientation in her eyes was more than mere shock—it was devastation, a soul left untethered, fraying at the edges.I had known severed bonds could wreak havoc, but this? This was something else entirely.She clung to me as if I were the last solid thing in a world that had shattered beneath her feet.Her pain seeped into me, raw and unrelenting, and for a fleeting moment, I questioned everything.Yes, this was a new chapter.Yes, we had made our choices.But at what cost?Did I want this?To see her unraveling, caught in the throes of a loss so deep it stole the air from her lungs?No.But it was part of the process, and the process didn’t care about the wreckage it left behind.A sharp knock at the door broke through the heavy silence. I exhaled, grounding myself before calling out, “Come in.”May stepped inside, her gaze flicking to
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 182 The Release
Kai "I release her to you, Malachi Redwolf." Randy’s voice was strained, thick with the kind of pain that dug its claws deep and refused to let go. "When I get home, I’ll start the divorce proceedings. It’s the only gift I can give her now." His words felt like a death sentence—to himself. I watched as he sat there, hollowed out, his soul laid bare. A man whose world had been torn from him, whose heart had been ripped apart, leaving only remorse in its place. For a second, I hesitated. But then I remembered. The scars on Adasha’s body. The pain in her voice when she spoke of her past. The fear that had once lived in her eyes. Their marriage had been toxic. A slow, suffocating kind of destruction that would have eventually ended in her death. And that? That would have been far worse than losing her to fate. This… this was the better outcome. For both of them. Orion, who had been prowling beneath my skin, watching, waiting, finally receded—satisfied. "Thank you, Randy," I sa
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 181 You Are Still Needed
Kai"Please take care of her, Malachi."Randy’s voice was quiet, but the weight of his words settled heavily between us."She’s had a shitty life," he admitted, his gaze distant. "First with her adoptive parents. Then with me."I could hear the regret thick in his tone, see the resignation in his eyes—the kind that dragged a man down into depths he might never crawl out of.And that? That was something we couldn’t afford.Not now. Not with everything coming."She still needs you, Randy."His eyes snapped to mine, wary, uncertain."She’ll need all the support she can get if she’s going to be truly free in our world."He didn’t respond, but I could see the turmoil inside him. The war between stepping back and stepping up.I exhaled, lowering my voice."She has compulsion abilities."Randy’s body tensed."But she didn’t commit the crime in Narva," I clarified. "It only surfaced two days ago—after an altercation with my aunt. Before that, she had no control over it. No idea it was even in
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 180 Words From The Heart
KaiI waited, my patience thinning with each second Randy hesitated. Whatever he was trying to say, it was difficult for him—more difficult to speak than to think.Then—"She told me you know she’s a Moonchild."The words came out in a rush, almost like he was forcing them past his own restraint.I frowned, my mind immediately racing through the implications. Had Adasha told him this as a deterrent? A warning? Or had he known all along?"Did she tell you this?" I asked, my voice careful, measured.He shook his head."No. I knew before I mated with her."I stiffened."In fact," he continued, "her adoptive parents tried to sell that information for a profit. They saw her as a commodity, something they could trade for the right price."My fingers curled into fists. The very thought of it—of her being treated like something to be bargained over—sent a slow, simmering rage through my veins."The moment I laid eyes on her, I knew she needed to be protected," Randy admitted, his voice rough.
Trapped In The Alpha's Shadow 179 Strategizing
Kai "So how about we find out exactly how Abraham and the Westwoods planned this?" Draco suggested, his tone cool and calculated. "Which families are in league with them, how deep their alliances run—and then, once we have the full picture, we launch a direct attack based on our findings." The room went silent for a beat. It was a bold move. But honestly? It was the only move that made sense. Randy exhaled, rubbing the back of his neck. "Investigations take time," he admitted. "And as good as this sounds, we might not have the luxury of time it would take to execute it properly." Draco chuckled, leaning back with a smirk. "That’s because you don’t have my resources." Randy’s brow furrowed slightly, but Draco wasn’t done. "I have access to ample information," he continued, voice dripping with confidence. "And if I need to dig deeper, I know how to do it. Information is power, gentlemen. And it just so happens to be one of the strongest weapons in my arsenal." He wasn’t boasting
