Unwanted by Him, Chosen by the Stronger Alpha

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r damp earth scent of Moonstone territory. It smell

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echoed from the canopy. A net launched from

as instantaneous and excruciating, as if liqui

the silver threads sapped my strength instantly, short-circuiting the magic in my veins. My

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ey wore Moonstone colors, but their face

stepping into view, his boot crunching near m

voice sounding like broken

e didn't hesitate; he drove his boot

swallowed

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dungeon beneath the Pack House, a place

or groaned open.

oked unhinged. His hair was disheveled, his eye

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ho

nimal. "Izzy told me everything. How you signaled them. How you staged the kid

ye. The delusion wasn't just a lie he told others; it w

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into my skin, cauterizing the wound instantly and preventi

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His inner wolf was howling in distress, audible even to me. He was hurting his Fated Mate. Even though he had reje

on his forehead, his face pale as a sheet. "Just ad

matted hair. My body was broken, bleedin

hing to adm

utching his heart. "Nurse! Clean her up.

amming the door as

She looked terrified, he

medical kit with trembling hands. "I h

y shirt to check my bruised ribs, her fingers gentle. Then, she pa

dd," she

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lancing nervously at the surveillance camera in the corner, shieldin

eyes wide with a mix

els are elevated.

nning. The pain faded

ejection. A moment of weakness during his rut, which he had claim

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st whipped me

ngly strong, fueled by a sudden, fierce instinct. "Please. If he kn

here the Alpha had just left, conflicted between her Alpha's o

ered, making a decision. "But you have to leave.

me," I

ard shift changes at 3 AM. I'll leav

kly and left, taking the secre

, a constant thrumming agony, but I focused o

I told it

the loc

uring down in sheets-a blessing from the Moon Goddess. It

too weak, and the silver poisoning was still sluggis

lipping and sliding, ign

gs burned and my l

of the territory.

sive Pack House on the hill. Lights

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ective hand on

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de me didn't surface, but I felt her curl tightly a

o the shadows, a