100 Days, Alphas' Mate

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here, you wor

ehind me, their footsteps pounding the forest floor in hot pursuit. The leaves under m

oul

eat trickled down my forehead, stinging my eyes. My lungs burned wi

st e

to su

e to

trying to silence the sobs crawling up my throat. My min

ar. Promise me, you wil

hard on my cracked lower lip until I tasted blood, but I didn't slow down. I didn't loo

I couldn't compete in speed or strength. But none of that

s... slashed through the underbrush as they closed in. I didn't dare look. My only hope was reaching the edge of the

egs betr

ard into the dry earth, face-first. Sand filled my mouth and pain exploded through my

cre

avage delight. Icarus, the pack's Zeta, joined them. I knew the Beta would be nearb

but refused to beg because that

a Adonai's voice thundered in my ears like

g slave,"

parents betrayed our father!" Adonis growled, his lip curled

laughed as he raised his dagger. In his ot

wasn't punishment, it was a game to the

eing tied to a racehorse and dragged through the village square until I was nearly u

he border, I'd be spared. That was the only mercy they'd

ver ma

ind a way to twist the

n. Because

er proof. Long enough to clear our family's name. Long enough to avenge

tears running freely down my

on the chain, his grin w

r cursed family. Your name will be erased from this

my tangled hair and slam

from deep within me. My body crumpled to the ground, trembling. My ears rang, my s

, I p

wered me, even though every offering, ever

me," I whispered.

spoil the fun, brother. Let's take her back. Tear h

oice rough with amusement.

d lolled back, blood dribbling from my mouth, my vision blurred b

th

to

foggy, my ears still ringing from the impact. But

her

e twins. That voice... it was calm but fi

demanded, his whole bo

t to regret stepping into

onai thundered. "We dec

at the same time," the voic

e, heavy with dominance. The ground a

ranger, challenging him. No one crossed them and lived. Whoe

led to shift at eighteen. I was cursed. Marked f

and light. A tall figure advanced on Icarus. He moved

snap, bone cracking, and t

d me as my eyes r

thing...