All Chapters of Claimed By The Ruthless Alpha: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

Adeline bit down hard on the inside of her cheek to try to push the pain away. It didn’t matter now. Nothing mattered except reaching her father’s office. She could already picture the disappointment on his face and the way his cold eyes would scan her battered form and find her lacking. Again.By the time she reached the grand doors of the pack house, her limbs were trembling with exhaustion. She pushed them open. A guard stood by the entrance. He barely glanced at her before jerking his chin toward the office doors. “He’s waiting.”Adeline swallowed hard and limped forward to drag herself to the heavy oak doors. She raised her shaking hand and knocked.“Come in,” came the deep voice of her father, Alpha Gregor.Adeline pushed the door open and stepped inside. The familiar scent of leather and burning wood filled the room, but underneath it, there was something else. It was sharp and intoxicating like the raw scent of the earth after a storm with a raw and rich deep smell of pine

Adeline let her gaze wander around the room. The scent here was different from her father’s pack. It was more… stronger and dominant here.She pushed herself up slowly while blinking against the dim light filtering through the curtains. The room was plain. A single bed, a small wooden dresser, and an empty chair beside it. She had barely been conscious when they’d dragged her inside. She remembered Alpha Callum’s cold gaze, the sound of boots against polished floors, and the sharp pain in her side. Then, darkness.The first day passed in silence. No one came. Food was slid under the door. It was simple, bland and just enough to keep her alive.By the second day, she tested the door. Locked.She swallowed, forcing down the dryness in her throat.Of course, she was in his territory now.Alpha Callum.The ruthless Alpha. The man she wanted nothing to do with.Her wolf stirred at the thought of him. Avery had been restless and agitated through everything.“You’re wasting time, Adeline.