All Chapters of Midnight Chase: Saved by the Alpha: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

It felt surreal.How I shifted into my wolf form for the first time, and how I recognized my mate’s scent all over me, everything felt surreal I almost couldn’t believe it.It was just yesterday when I ranted to my best friend, Winona, about how pathetic I was because I didn’t shift on last year’s blood moon even when I was already eighteen. All of the other debutants had shifted and most of them knew their mates already, but there I was, the pathetic alpha’s daughter who was believed to be a late bloomer."Your time will come, my dear. Don’t be disheartened," was what Dad told me.I was thankful he was such a supportive dad despite the pack’s expectations of me being his only child, but I knew deep down he was happy that I hadn’t met my mate yet because for him, I was his baby girl. But still, I couldn’t help but be disappointed with myself.Tonight, everything changed. I had changed for the better.Running away from the first district pack with my four legs was a lot more convenient

Winona offered help to get me out of prison but I refused it. I didn’t want anyone to suffer because of me, so if I were to escape, I would do it alone. But I knew that escaping this deserted place was almost impossible unless I was taken out. Perhaps getting married off to the fourth district’s alpha wasn’t that bad.I had found my mate, yes, but being with him right now was not possible. That man was living in the first district. He could have recognized my scent that night but he didn’t know anything about me. Not my face, not my name. He knew nothing so how could I expect him to come running to save me? Besides, what if he was just an ordinary person? He could do nothing against Uncle Nick’s scheme so I’d rather have him out of this mess."Alpha Nicholas’ people will come here for you tomorrow morning, so you should be ready." The woman sending me meals was kind enough to give me a heads up. "Finish your food and rest."I didn’t say anything like usual and just started eating dinn

I was no longer watching the scene but had returned to my own body in an instant, suddenly acutely aware of the fingers tightening around my neck. In the past, when I was small, and my powers hadn’t come in fully, I had feared that one day Brock might kill me in his senseless rage — or, if not, leave me so badly injured that there’d be no chance of recovery.Now, the first time he actually attempted it — I wasn’t scared at all. My heart was racing as adrenaline surged through my veins, but…it wasn’t cold, paralyzing fear. I didn’t know what it was, but I wasn’t going to stand listlessly against the door in my own home while this man tried to choke me out.Everything moved all at once. I surged forward, my hands grabbing at his forearms to push the pressure off my trachea. The red flooded back, and I stopped resisting it, offering up a savage snarl as I blinked, allowing my alpha power to come forward. Brock all but roared in response, shifting his position as he tried to shift his wei

I was quiet for a moment and tipped my head. “Is that why you were in such a mood last night? Your mom?”“I wasn’t—” Kaiser stopped himself again. “Yeah.” “Yeah, me too.” I grimaced. Kaiser did the same.“I’m sorry. I was looking for you, but people kept coming up to talk to me. I didn’t think Viola would—” He shook his head. “I don’t know why I didn’t think she would. Of course, she would. I’m sorry, Claire.”I shrugged. “I…I would have appreciated a warning,” I said after a moment. He couldn’t control his mother’s actions any more than she could control his, after all, but she had caught me off guard. “So, thank you.”I reached over and squeezed his knee. “I’m sorry I yelled at you. I could have explained how I was feKaiserng without yelling like that. Or cursing.” I gave him a wry smile, feKaiserng a little sheepish. I knew I could be a little crass, but I tried to reserve that for when I was trying to intimidate suspects — that wasn’t how I wanted to treat Kaiser. “It’s been reall

The council had already assembled by the time I made my way downstairs, but at least I wasn’t the last of the twelve to show up. Several members of my family were on the council — my uncles Gage and Sam, myself, and my father, of course. That was a third right there. My father’s close childhood friend, Liam Black, was also a member. Uncle Sam had once confided in me that Liam was meant to be the pack beta, but Gage had gone on a tear, wreaking so much havoc that the rest of the council had begun to pressure my father to take Gage on as the pack beta instead.One could argue nepotism was alive and well here, but the members were chosen by the alpha. In the case of Liam and Gage, that was the best my father could do for his old friend. The members of the council were meant to advise the pack alpha, but at least in Longbow, they weren’t really a ruling force.Any wolf could be nominated, too, though they usually required the support of at least one current council member before they were