Alpha, Let's End This Bond!

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aming their tiny lungs out. The nursery camera on

Not a

hat felt like it took a

alled out with annoyance, even th

The sheets were cool on my side, untouched since Luca left the mansion a year ago. He hadn't come back yet. Probably won't be until

e nursery. If the twins didn't make noise tonigh

faces scrunched and red with misery. Their howls weren't just cries but were full-

ying to figure out who w

first. She had that great smell of milk and baby powder, an

p first. Typical boy. Seriously, even as a two-year-old, he

our Highness," I said, lif

felt more like the live-in babys

was getting good at it. I carried them to the k

ing both twins. They quieted down while they dra

ven if I couldn't shift yet. She was empathetic, more so than any wolf I ha

murmured in my head. "The pack is un

ended. "Do I get to be uneasy, Silver? Or am I supposed to just smil

warm, knowing presence buzzing in the back of my head

to the empty room, the words swallowed

ppiness felt like a c

ght sent a bitter taste in my mouth. Probably laughing with her and touching her. Probably giving her the version of himself I never got. A

ght away. It didn

solutely set in stone and final. I was done with this loveless, hollow li

didn't care about feelings-that's how I ended up married to Luca Stormbourne, Alpha of StormRidge Pack, the man everyone belie

the wolf who trapped their Alpha with an accidental pregnancy. But now, I had my children to think about. They deserved t

Adrian buried his face in my neck, and I could feel his warm, milky breat

uch I loved and wanted to protect them. I tucked the blankets around

checked my phone. There was an

ope you don't mind that I'm t

five full seconds, clenchi

t out, feeling a bit

efore I could spiral too much into my own anger and

for you tonight? Anything

ng, a small smil

'm taking you up o

got the gaso

little better. I wasn't complete

ry party, I'll end it for good. I would tell Luca I wanted to sever our bond. I

was terrifying, but the t

a few essentials, just in case. A change of clothes, a toothbrush, a photo of me and Nova from before

ed open. Keys hit the floor, and I heard

h alert inside my head, buil

uld be coming into the house at this hour. My heart hammered against my ribs as I

. He was h

of the mattress, trying to look like I had just woken up. My mind was ra

wn open with so much for

light. The moment he walked in, his pine and whiskey sm

rld and had just decided to stroll back into mine. His chest wa

ng for a moment. Finally, he broke th

re pa

ht. "Wow. How observant for som

r behind him with a slow shove tha

o that,"

laugh. "I haven't seen you since the twins' first birthday.

pacing once like a caged wolf. "

left without a goodbye, without a message, and

in his eyes, but I ju

't want to come b

nerve in my body screaming. "

owering over me, and Silve

" His voice cracked. "You think I did

bout them from afar. But I was the one doing all the work: feeding, changing

ht his teeth might shatter. "I

to," I countered. "Don't pretend things were different just beca

You think I was with

hink you were wi

enching his hand so hard the wood started

e-home kiss and a casserole?" I snapped. "What do you want me to say, Luca? Tha

o a whisper, raw an

ut I kept my face straight.

e. His eyes swept over my rumpled pajamas, the dark circles under my eyes, th

time, he looked

are you plan

n front of the Council, I'm go

d out of him like

ped out instantly.

determ

e severs a Council-forged bond. Besides, it's again

be the

ght my wrist. It wasn't rou

not leav

ely refusing to back do

rils flared, his wolf pushing beneath his sk

ow, we'll find out who I'm more afraid of-you

ell like he was trying

t you

gone for a year and still somehow expe

ready

we were forced into marriage, Luca St

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