CHAINED BY THE ALPHA

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like you be heading to a he

e. I stood at the edge of the railing, watc

struck my ank

way to go," I whispered.

d was overwhelming. Tears threatened to spill

ool human with a thick

at my curves. He was staring at the jagged

my coat

something," he said, his voice rough but no

I have left

e horizon, where a dark land

chaos," he muttered. "It's been a long time

ppened?"

is was going to be m

Dangerous criminals. Shifters. Vampires. The s

spitting in

Now? The inmates run the asylum. It is a dangerous place t

my hea

for me in Calabr

rent island," he pressed.

ds tasting like ash in my mouth.

han garbage. At least on Dartmoor, no one w

esort for people who ha

ard. "Best advice? Travel west. Find the Centro

see to

e me,

nd the captain walked away, l

ter, and suddenly, I wa

e back to the mom

AYS AGO

rthday. It was supposed t

mother and my wolf-shifter dad smiling at m

s ha

ated with a human. The pack whispered that he had

my twenties, much later than the pur

I th

ting Ball just befor

tion. Every unbonded wolf was w

en I s

ore. The

ends, looking like a god among mor

yes l

htn

nearly stumbled. My w

t attractive man I h

across my face. I waited for him to close the dis

his lip

e, unadulter

fr

, a cruel, barking sound. "Yo

the air as if wafti

this happenin

started to snicker. The

pered. "I... I

is! Never!" he yelled, his

silent. Everyo

olf was already whimpering. She knew. She felt the

. His eyes, which should have been

utt in my bloodline," he spat. "I

his voice so the Alpha o

more, reject

t me like a

ust fall.

d my chest, gasping for air. It felt like someone had reached i

c," Jack

ls. I opened my mouth to scream, to beg

t me, made a sickened f