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A BROKEN ONE
You’re here.”I stopped a little too close. Just close enough to make her shift her weight, to test the boundaries. She was waiting by the lake as she promised. Four days. That is how long a quick lunch stop turned into a stakeout. I smelled the paper bag on the table; it was sweet and delicious.“Said I would be,” she told me. She looked up. Not at my eyes, though. She was well trained. Meeting an Alpha’s gaze is a challenge unless you are his mate or a close friend. She had mastered the respectful glance.“So you did. I thought I might need to eat a couple more meals at Gilad’s to persuade you. You have a stubborn streak,” I pointed out.She still had not moved back. Every other wolf I knew would have backed up the second an Alpha moved into their space. Unless they were an Alpha themselves. But I knew this intriguing wolf was not. I had scented her the moment I walked into the diner four days ago. The wol
LAST BATTLE
Chapter 6 — Ali’s POV“Please Meira, can’t you just take that table?”Normal life crashed the moment the Alpha walked back into the diner. It was the next morning and he sat down again. Not in the same spot as yesterday’s lunch, but still in my section. I had practically bribed Dora into taking all my other tables so I could swap with her. My back ached from hustling, but I kept one eye on him. I just needed to survive the shift without interacting with him.I groaned when Kefira tripped near his table. She spilled half a pot of hot coffee right into his lap. Mrs. Tzipporah rushed out of the kitchen, apologizing before the steam even cleared. I held my breath, praying. Please, don’t make me handle him.A god must have been listening. Mrs. Tzipporah took the table herself.“Poor man, getting hot coffee all over his privates,” she whispered to me later, after the Alpha had finally left.“Yes,” was all I could manage to say.“And such a handsome and nice man. Not even a little angry or o
FINAL WIN
Chapter 4 — Aliana’s POV“You look like you haven’t slept in a week, kid.”I checked the rear-view mirror. My face was pale. My eyes looked heavy and dark. I forced a small smile before I reached the pack border. The guards in the booth knew my old car. They just offered a little wave as I drove past. They must have heard the news, I thought. Everyone knew everything inside the territory. Usually, leaving the pack lands gave me a deep, painful pull in my chest. This time, I felt lighter. Every mile put more distance between me and Virginia.I drove toward the nearest large town. I needed cash and a new ride. First stop was the bank. I was eighteen now. I walked in and withdrew everything. My savings from the sawmill, all the birthday money I’d hoarded, and the college fund my parents had started years ago. It hurt to take the last one. The total was a decent sum. Enough for my long road trip and a fresh start somewhere new.The car dealership was next. The car I had was a year old, a
Something New
Aliana’s POV“Aliana, I made some tea. How is she doing?”I heard Luna Simcha’s voice from the hallway. My mother must have gotten up to answer the door.“Thank you, but she's fine,” my mother said. Her voice was too calm. “She is holding on and being strong.”I knew the tone. It was a clear dismissal, telling Luna Simcha she was not welcome here.“I was hoping to sit with her for a while,” Luna Simcha replied. “Maybe I could offer some comfort.”“I do not think that is a good idea right now. Aliana needs her family.”“Aviva,” Luna Simcha gasped. “I like to think of myself as family. We have always been close since Ethan and Lior became friends.”My mother sighed. “I would have said the same thing yesterday. But after what Ja...” She paused. I heard her taking a slow, deep breath. “After what your son did to my baby, I think we need to rethink things. I need to protect Aliana and put her first. We both know how this will affect her. We both know the pack will not give her the same pro
A New Beginning
Chapter 2 — Aliana’s POV“Aliana,” Ari said. His voice was too soft. Wistful.“Ari.” I answered him. I barely noticead the crowd shifting around us. Everyone gave us space. They always did that for a newly mated pair. The protectiveness was high until the claiming. I heard my father and the Alpha laughing somewhere behind us, congratulating each other. Then a shadow passed over Ari’s face. I knew that look. My stomach sank and my heart felt cold.“Ali,” he whispered, using the pack’s nickname for me. The sound was sad. I tried to brace myself for the impact. I already knew what was coming. He walked a few steps closer. I stayed frozen, unable to look away from his eyes. They told me everything before his mouth moved.“I am sorry, Ali, but I cannot. You know I cannot.”The words were a physical hit, even though I expected them. The pack had gone silent. Everyone was listening. I wished his words had been real punches. Then I might have blacked out or died. Anything was better than stan
THE ORIGINALS
The four hundred and ninety-two days did not stay four hundred and ninety-two for long.Flint had expected, after the first recalculation, that the number would settle into ordinary decrement — one day gone for every day lived, the way the count had run for the first hundred and eighty-four days before the network crossed its threshold. Instead, over the following weeks, small adjustments kept arriving, each one modest compared to the first great drop but each one moving in the same direction.Four hundred and eighty-one. Then, six days later, four hundred and sixty-two.He stopped being alarmed by them and started simply watching them the way Terra watched the substrate — data confirming a trend rather than a mystery requiring explanation.Caravan explained the pattern to him one evening, the two of them at the eastern window in the specific companionable quiet that had become the shape of most evenings now that he had returned."Each time something the network touches becomes fully
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