Sold to the Cursed Alpha

he instinct, walked away, and gone straight to the pack house like a sane pers

world s

thrown back in a soft, breathless moan. She was on top of him, bare, moving with a slow rhythm I couldn't unse

g her. His eyes closed. His jaw was tight, like he was t

ke a sound.

om and replaced with ice. My heart didn't even have t

g. Her gaze met mine over her shoulder. She f

saw

went still told me eve

unken slip. This had been happening. And he knew exa

s nothin

burned me. And then I walked away. Down to the stairs and out the front d

silent. Numb. The bond between us, the one I had

ut snapped a

ody was too rigid. I walked like a soldier retreatin

my chest, the bond, or whatever was left of it, tightened the moment River stepped into the clearing. I d

av

for him. I stood in front of the old tree behind the pack clinic, where he first ki

at him. "Don't say my name like

you to find o

wind catching my ha

n," I said. "You let her ta

d, but he did

ear to you, it just... happened. Thing

t's what you're calling sleeping with

w clen

u l

snapped. "To train. To get my license. To take my

red at him for a long moment, heart thudding aga

brows fu

ha

ped fo

ere you che

hame, hesitation, and that

in, slower this tim

admitted, voice ba

ye

p back like the words h

d. "Why her? W

rything before his w

in," he said. "At first, it was just duty. But then things changed. I chan

"Don't you dare turn t

kened, like he kne

re," he sai

y, but he ke

s pre

rld bl

" I br

n, rubbing the b

ut it happened. I fou

sked, voice raw. "You chos

nod

had

some noble sacrifice. You chose her, River. While I was gone, busting

dn't

d louder than anythi

felt something inside me crack. Not just the bond. Not just my trust.

a," I said coldly. "I

He didn't follow, so I called Hennessy and told he

ub tucked into the heart of the city, all neon haze and expensive drinks, but beneath the sur

dn't

the sleek interior with its hidden scent barriers

ll apart and to c

, my anchor, and more like a sister to me than Reina. She didn't ask w

d, wide-eyed, after I f

na betrayed me, and he got her pregnant, Hen. While I was

o a hard line. "I'll

t, humorless lau

ely knew, and then cried in the bathroom like a girl who'd never been broken before. Hennessey tried to take me home twic

mist

clutching my jacket like armor. The alley behind the cl

mell them until

inst wet pavement. Shadows moved fast, two me

red back, instincts

a punch. Caught one of them in the jaw. Bu

enough to knock me out, but e

e van," one of

My wolf howled in rage, but I couldn't shift, cou

ed, claws tearing through my f

ragged

rs slam

verything