Alpha K 68

bChapter /bb68 /b

barely a few feet from the hospital when a warrior I recognise from the bortler patroles Barreling toward me like the whole

“Alphalb” /bbhe /bpants, skidding to a stop. “There was there was a giant woll–no, a beast roaming the pack, it caused a panic. It’s like nothing seen before. Maybe a hybrid? We should hunt it down and kill it, Alpha”

Istuint at him, trying to ce his name through the hare of my growing migraine. His breath rocks of something fermented.

Of course

sigh, pinching the bridge bof /bmy you were done?”

nose: “John,” I say slowly, “you didn’t quit drinking on duty, did you? Even after I warned you that if Feaught you again,

His eyes drop to the dirt, shoulders folding in like ba /bguilty pup. I don’t need his answer. My nose does the work

“Out of my fucking way.” I grow, showing bpast /bhim. “You’re fired. Dermoted to omega. Maybe scrubbing piss off floors will finally sober your ass bup/bb./b”

I mutter under my breath, more to myself than anyone. “Everyone’s blosing /btheir damn minds btoday/b…

And speaking of losing minds–mine is already hanging by ba /bthread with every second Kall isn’t by my side. wake up from.

I finally do the one thing I’ve avoided since stepping foot back in this ce- unlock the mindlink.

Big mistakeb. /b

The flood hits like ba /bwave

“Alphab, /bwe saw a boast shift into a woman!”

“She didn’t lose her clothes–it was magical!”

“It went into the Alpha’s house–Is that your Luna?”

This entire day feels like a nightmare can’t

I clutch my temples, breathing bhard /bas the voices ovep in a chorus of hysteria. They all say the same thing. Over and over. And that alone tells me–it must be true. They can’t all be lying….. right?

But it’s driving me insane,

Kali? A beast? The way they’re describing her–it’s like bshe’s /bsomething extraordinary. Something out of myth. creature on par with the Alpha King himself in wolf form. Powerful Untouchable.

Fury, still behind me, says cautiously, “Alpha… I know it sounds insane. But I swear on the Goddess, I saw it bwith /bmy own two eyes. So did the others…….

I whirl on him.

“Fine,” I bsnap/b. “Let’s say for a damn second all of this is true. Let’s say she’s some kind of beast or legendary wolf or whatever the hell that was. Then where is she now? If Kali came bback/b, why the hell isn’t she waiting for me at our home?”

Because until I see it with my own eyes, I don’t believe it.

Fury shrugs helplessly. “Her scent bwas /bin your house… but when I got there, byour /bbsister /bwas the only bone /binside. Maybe she saw Kali.”

I curse under my breath, scrubbing a hand down my bface/b, Guilt knots in my gut as I remember Jasmine’s bface/b–pale, trembling, trying to speak to me. And 1–fuck–brushed her off like she was just background noise.

Just go bto /bbJa /bimino’sb, /b1 bsay/b, balready /bfollowing her scent trail. Itikadi de Into the woods than Thxpectch pants, until we reath a smal, hted, weathered Suse that looks like one strong wind could bring down.

This bis /bwhere she lives matter, a sour taste in my mouth. I’ve never been here before. Never thought I had to. She was mated to my 6 bsupposed /bbto /bbe taken care of.

knock, but the door cleaks open on its own–hanging crookedly from broken hinges.

exchange a look with Fury, who’s suddenly gone stiff. No words. Just a silent agreement–we go in.

The ce is a wreck. Walls cracked, floorboards creaking like they’re whispering secrets. My nose twitches at the heavy mir of jasmine’s scent and

Khaos….

But what catches me off guard is the faint trace of Kall, She’d been here–hours ago, maybe. Why? What was she doing here?

A small whimper pulls me from my thoughts. Soft. Fragile Jasmine.

I take a step forward–then freeze when a cold voice slices through the silence,ing from one of the back rooms.

“You think you can run forever?” Khaos. Low, venomous. “You bear my mark now. There’s no fucking ce in this world you can hide from me again.”

My blood chills.

What the hell is he saying to my sister? Like she’s some animal?

I know I should turn away. I made thatw myself–never interfere in mated bonds. But his next words w straight into my spine, lighting up every protective instinct I’ve buried deep.

“Town you,” he says darkly. “I can do whatever the fuck I want with you. That mark means byou’re /bmine. Forever. And no one can save you not that beast of a Luna, not your Alpha brother. bJust /blike he never has.”

My vision goes red

Every breath

like blood and rage. And then, in that moment, Kali’s voice echoes in my head–low, broken, full bof /bhurt

tastes like

“bAnd /bball /bI can say is that you’ve not only failed bas /ba mate… but also as a brother.”

I stumble back, like bher /bwords physically struck me.

She was right

She was fucking right.

Kali had seen something I didn’t… something I refused to see. bDespite /bknowing Jasmine for a shorter time, she looked–she cared. She felt what I didn’t

bother to notice.

“Check on your sister,” she had said.

And what did I bdo/bb? /b

I dismissed her. Shut her down with that same cold excuse I’ve used for years: I don’t get between mates.

I’m such a goddamn fool.

And now now I see it.

I remember warning Khaos long ago–take bcare /bof my sister, I remember the bway /bhe stiffened, like I’d caught him doing something. And still–ignored it.

Chapter 68.

* sick, bcold /bfoar twista in mo

Nampre

I storm down the hallway, following the stench of rage, sweat, and Jasmine’s fear like a bloodhound. The door is cracked open,

bI /bpush it wide–and Fruere.

Jasmine’s back is against the wall, her arms pinned, her bare body exposed, bruised, trembling vulnerable in the worst way. Her whimpers slot through me like razors.

And Khaos?

That piece of shit is looming over her, tearing what’s left of her clothes, about to

My body moves before my mind can catch up. I forget everyw lover wrote.

Isnarl–so deep and raw it tears at my throat–andunch forward, grabbing him by the neck and lifting him clean off the ground like he weighs nothing —nothing, despite being built like a boulder.

“JACK–17

He barely gets my name out before I throw him across the room. He crashes into the wall with ba /bsickening thud, dust falling from the ceiling as the ster bcracks /bbehind him

I don’t stop.

I charge him

My Fists connect with his face–again, Again. Again.

Crunch. Crack. Stter.

His blood bsprays /bwith every punch, coating my knuckles, the walls, and the floor. I don’t bstop/b. I won’t stop. Not after what bhe’s /bdone. Not after what I saw.

-YOU.

Fucking Monster” I rear with each blow. “You hurt her? You hurt my sister!”

He grunts beneath me,ughing even through the broken teeth and blood.

“Jack–stop please!” Jasmine’s

I don’t listen.

Why the hell is she begging for him?

“bAlpha/b!” Fury’s voice now, hard and panicked. “She’s passed out!”

My head snaps up.

Fury is cradling Jasmine in his arms, her body now wrapped in bhis /bjacket. She’s limp. Pale. Bloodless.

She fainted.

My heart seizes.

I stumble back from Khaos, panting hard. My fists are bshaking/b, stained with his blood. I nce at bher /bagain, her head lolling against Fury’s chest like a broken doll.

And then I remember the mate bond. She can feel his pain.

13:41 bSat/b, 21 Jun GGO

I look down at Khaosb. /b

That bastard is still smiling through the blood, one eye already swollen shut. His prin treiches,loth stained red.

“Go on,” he rasps. “Keep hitting me, Alpha… If you want your sister to die lon

Everything stops, and for the first time in my life, I feel helpless, Truly, sickeningly helpless.

I finally understand. Those weren’t tears of joy Jasmine shed when she got that mark on her neck.

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They were tears of pain. Pure, soul–crushing pain.

Because she hadn’t been imed by her mate… She’d been enved by a monster.

And the bitter truth?

I was the worst monster–for never seeing it,

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