Chapter 234 Author Nancy felt a little lighter as she walked out of her parents’ house. The air was cold and sharp, carrying the faint smell of wood smoke from a neighbor’s chimney. She pulled her coat tighter and took a deep breath. Yardley was waiting by the car.. He

Chapter 233 Author After getting their marriage license, Nancy and Yardley barely talked. Not because anything was wrong. It was more like neither of them knew what to say. They were married now. Legally. On paper. But they hadn’t figured out what that meant yet. Then the weekend came, and

Chapter 232 Author Vanessa got the text from her brother Shane asking her to meet. She walked in light, not thinking much of it. Maybe lunch. Maybe a quick catch-up. What she found was a table covered in printouts. Screenshots. Bank records. Phone logs. Everything she had done to make

Chapter 231 Elara Half an hour later, a Bugatti rolled into the gray, worn-down rest stop parking lot. It stuck out like a sore thumb. Dominic killed the engine, threw the door open, and walked straight toward me. He didn’t slow down, didn’t say a word. He just opened his

Chapter 230 Author On the other side of town, Dominic had just finished handling pack business for the night. Monthly reports were signed. Patrol schedules were set. He even had to deal with one of the younger wolves stepping out of line. Nothing serious, just a lesson in discipline. Firm

Chapter 229 Elara The next morning, my phone buzzed. A message from Dominic. It was about Frank. I had never told him I was investigating this man. But he had his own channels. There were people in this city watching for him. Not surveillance. Protection. I stared at the screen

Chapter 228 Elara What should have been a two-hour drive took only ninety minutes. My assistant had pushed the speed limit the whole way. I did not tell her to slow down. Kevin, the hotel manager, met us at the entrance. He looked like he had not slept in a

Chapter 227 Author Across town, Quinn stared at her phone. The third rejection. She had read the message three times now. Hoping that if she read it enough times, the words would somehow change. They did not. “Sorry, we have to cancel.” That was it. Short. Polite. Final. No explanation.

Chapter 226 Elara I had started to notice something weird about Dominic. Not just weird. Suspicious. Like, I-need-to-call-someone suspicious. He was wearing a pink hair tie around his wrist. Not mine. A new one. I had never seen him wear anything pink in his life. The man owned exactly three

Chapter 225 Author Alpha Zack had been digging for weeks. He wanted proof. One piece. That was all. Something that would prove Alpha Dominic had set the whole thing up. That he had orchestrated Elara’s disappearance. That he had manipulated their breakup and played Alpha Zack for a fool. But

Chapter 224 Author Elara was not the only one surprised. Alpha Dominic was too. The pack council meeting ran long that morning. Way too long. The elders spent two hours arguing about a rogue pack up north that kept crossing into Wolfe territory. They killed livestock. They left marks on

Chapter 223 Elara I looked way better than I had during the holidays. The dark circles were still there, but lighter now. Like someone had taken a blur tool to the worst parts. Yesterday, the second we got off the plane, I crashed. Didn’t even shower. Didn’t even take off

Chapter 222 Author Three days later, Dominic and Elara finally boarded the plane back to the States. By the time they landed, it was nearly noon. Elara’s face was still pale, that kind of bone-deep exhaustion that no amount of sleep could fix. “Babe, eat something. You look like a

Chapter 221 Elara “Come on. Let’s get you cleaned up.” Dominic’s voice was gentle. The bathroom is warm and full of steam. He steps us both under the spray and I watch the evidence of what we just did swirl down the drain. His fingers find their way between my

Chapter 220 Elara The door locks behind us and the click goes straight up my spine. My legs are still shot from the RV, that weak jelly feeling that won’t quit. Dominic already has me by the waist, pulling me toward the bed like he thinks I’ll run if he

Chapter 219 Author “You said you’d massage my legs,” she muttered. “I am p> His thumb moved from her ankle to her calf. Slow. Steady. He worked the muscle, pressing deep where it was tight. Elara watched him. “Where’d you learn that p> He didn’t look up. “Picked it up.

Chapter 218 Author Hannah had been meaning to ask Elara about their Christmas plans. Then she found out her best friend was already on a plane. She sighed. Right. Elara was married now. She wasn’t just hers anymore. It stung a little. But she was happy for her. Then her

Chapter 217 Author Alpha Dominic grabbed her chin and kissed her. Not soft. Not gentle. His mouth crushed hers, demanding, taking. When he pulled back, his eyes were dark, pupils blown. “Who told you that bullshit?” His voice was low. Rough. “You do not look like her. She does not

Chapter 216 Author Elara hadn’t given Alpha Dominic a single decent look in days. But the second they pulled up to the Wolfe estate, she slipped her hand into his like it was second nature. Alpha Dominic raised an eyebrow. “Luna Wolfe. I thought you weren’t talking to me p>

Chapter 215 Author Three days later, Nancy finally got the test results. She flipped to the last page. Her eyes locked onto the line: 99.99% probability of biological relation. Orion was her son. Her whole body went still, like someone had hit pause on her brain. She needed to see