Mated to My Intended's Enemy
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Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Luna of the Shadow img
Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Shirt img
Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Fantasy img
Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Lift Your Arms img
Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Mine img
Chapter 13 Chapter 13 Rosa img
Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Morning img
Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Jealous img
Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Get out. Now. img
Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Mirror img
Chapter 18 Chapter 18 I Need You img
Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Bark img
Chapter 20 Chapter 20 The Hunt Festival img
Chapter 21 Chapter 21 Dance With Me img
Chapter 22 Chapter 22 Possess Me, If You Dare img
Chapter 23 Chapter 23 My Wolf img
Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Ava&Ronan img
Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Argue img
Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Mission img
Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Friends img
Chapter 28 Chapter 28 Possessive img
Chapter 29 Chapter 29 My Alpha. My protector. My mate. img
Chapter 30 Chapter 30 Diplomatic Skills img
Chapter 31 Chapter 31 River Valley Pack img
Chapter 32 Chapter 32 You'll Be Waiting a Very Long Time img
Chapter 33 Chapter 33 Return img
Chapter 34 Chapter 34 Change img
Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Desire img
Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Letter img
Chapter 37 Chapter 37 The Debt Is Paid in Blood img
Chapter 38 Chapter 38 Frame img
Chapter 39 Chapter 39 Aurora img
Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Missing img
Chapter 41 Chapter 41 She's Alive img
Chapter 42 Chapter 42 Alpha Council img
Chapter 43 Chapter 43 I Want to Taste You img
Chapter 44 Chapter 44 I Love You Too img
Chapter 45 Chapter 45 Comeback img
Chapter 46 Chapter 46 Truth img
Chapter 47 Chapter 47 Attack img
Chapter 48 Chapter 48 Check img
Chapter 49 Chapter 49 Perfect Defender img
Chapter 50 Chapter 50 Invitation img
Chapter 51 Chapter 51 Return to Howlthorne img
Chapter 52 Chapter 52 Diary img
Chapter 53 Chapter 53 Plan img
Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Morning Leadership img
Chapter 55 Chapter 55 Keep Your Enemies Closer img
Chapter 56 Chapter 56 The Garden of Memories img
Chapter 57 Chapter 57 Forest Folk img
Chapter 58 Chapter 58 A Seat at the Table img
Chapter 59 Chapter 59 Alpha Marcus Grimwood img
Chapter 60 Chapter 60 Magic img
Chapter 61 Chapter 61 Taste My Luna img
Chapter 62 Chapter 62 Threat or Promise img
Chapter 63 Chapter 63 A Tunnel img
Chapter 64 Chapter 64 Elizabeth img
Chapter 65 Chapter 65 New Power img
Chapter 66 Chapter 66 Strategic Planning img
Chapter 67 Chapter 67 Memories img
Chapter 68 Chapter 68 Family img
Chapter 69 Chapter 69 I Need You img
Chapter 70 Chapter 70 Possession img
Chapter 71 Chapter 71 Rising Alpha img
Chapter 72 Chapter 72 Our Future img
Chapter 73 Chapter 73 Dangerous Alliance img
Chapter 74 Chapter 74 Threat img
Chapter 75 Chapter 75 Preparing for Battle img
Chapter 76 Chapter 76 Final Hours img
Chapter 77 Chapter 77 When All Is Ready img
Chapter 78 Chapter 78 Before the Storm img
Chapter 79 Chapter 79 Gambit of Blood img
Chapter 80 Chapter 80 Roots of Power img
Chapter 81 Chapter 81 The Temple of Chains img
Chapter 82 Chapter 82 Blood of the First Fae-Wolf img
Chapter 83 Chapter 83 The Lost Sister img
Chapter 84 Chapter 84 My Mate, My Forever img
Chapter 85 Chapter 85 Let the Elders come img
Chapter 86 Chapter 86 Together Against Them All img
Chapter 87 Chapter 87 Defying Tradition img
Chapter 88 Chapter 88 A Moment of Ease img
Chapter 89 Chapter 89 Tonight Belongs to Us img
Chapter 90 Chapter 90 Dark img
Chapter 91 Chapter 91 Flower img
Chapter 92 Chapter 92 Her Wolf Already Claimed img
Chapter 93 Chapter 93 My Privilege img
Chapter 94 Chapter 94 Argue img
Chapter 95 Chapter 95 Uncomfortable Truths img
Chapter 96 Chapter 96 Trust img
Chapter 97 Chapter 97 The Mother's Voice img
Chapter 98 Chapter 98 Threat img
Chapter 99 Chapter 99 Devil's Ultimatum img
Chapter 100 Chapter 100 Hidden Legacy img
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Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Runaway

Victoria

I was still smiling from my night with Leo as I slipped back into the mansion, dawn just breaking across the pack house. The soreness between my thighs was a delicious reminder of what had happened-how I'd taken control of my own destiny for once. I'd done it. I'd given away what Enzo had been planning to sell. For once in my miserable life, I'd made my own choice.

My victorious mood lasted precisely three seconds after entering the living room.

"You worthless little bitch! You thief!" Enzo's voice thundered through the house as he grabbed my arm, spinning me around to face him. His eyes-normally a cool blue-had shifted to their wolf hazel, a clear sign of his rage. He gripped my chin roughly, tilting my face to examine the marks on my neck. "What the hell have you done? How am I supposed to negotiate with Alpha Moretti now?"

I couldn't suppress my smile, even as his fingers dug painfully into my jaw. Every single thing that made Enzo unhappy was a small victory for me.

"Let me go," I said, voice steadier than I expected. "I don't know what you're talking about."

He shoved me against the wall, his hand moving to my throat. "Don't play dumb. Five thousand dollars missing from my safe. And look at you-covered in another man's scent, bruises on your neck." He leaned closer, inhaling deeply. "You reek of sex. Did you really think I wouldn't notice?"

"Did you really think I wouldn't notice that you were selling me like cattle?" I shot back, finding courage in my anger. "Trading me to settle your pathetic gambling debts?"

Enzo's eyes widened slightly. "You don't understand pack politics," he sneered. "Alpha Moretti is offering you a position most she-wolves would kill for. You should be grateful-"

"Grateful?" I laughed, the sound bitter even to my own ears. "For being handed over to a thirty-two-year-old monster? A man known for breaking his partners during sex? I'd rather die."

His lips curled into a cruel smile. "You think being Luna to a powerful Alpha is worse than what you are now? A pathetic half-breed who can't even shift? Father may have bonded with your human mother, but that doesn't change what you are."

The mention of my parents sent a spike of pain through my heart. "At least my mother didn't abandon her mate and child," I hissed. "Unlike darling Aurora, who ran away when things got tough."

It was a low blow, and I knew it. Aurora, Enzo's mother, had betrayed our father and left the pack when Enzo was just a child. She only returned with eight-year-old Enzo after learning my human mother had died giving birth to me. By then, Father was devastated by grief, barely functioning as Alpha.

"Don't you dare speak of my mother," Enzo growled. "At least she came back. Yours just died and left you as a burden for everyone else."

The words stung more than they should have. I knew my mother hadn't chosen to die-childbirth complications from carrying a hybrid baby had weakened her human body beyond recovery. She'd held on until I was three, growing weaker each day, before finally succumbing.

"You weren't always like this," I said quietly. "Before Father died, you were different. You used to protect me, remember? You taught me how to ride a bike. You threatened to beat up the kids who called me half-breed."

Something flickered in Enzo's eyes-a shadow of the brother I'd once known. Before he became Alpha. Before the gambling and prostitutes and drugs had eaten away at whatever moral compass he once possessed.

"That was before I understood what a liability you are," he said, but his voice held less conviction. "Before I understood pack hierarchy."

"Before Luna Aurora poisoned you against me."

His expression hardened again. "Enough! You think you're so smart with your little rebellion? You've just made things worse for yourself. What do you think Moretti will do when he discovers you've given away what he paid for?"

I lifted my chin defiantly. "I don't belong to him. Or to you."

The slap came without warning, the force of it snapping my head to the side and sending me sprawling across the coffee table. Glass shattered as I crashed into it, cutting my arms and legs as I fell.

"You belong to whoever I say you belong to!" Enzo roared, standing over me. "You think I enjoy being in debt to Moretti? You think I enjoy having to hand over my own sister to settle it? This is your fault! If Father hadn't wasted so much of our fortune on your human mother's medical treatments-"

"Don't you dare blame her!" I screamed, tears streaming down my face now. "Don't you dare blame a dying woman who loved her family more than anything!"

Enzo grabbed a fistful of my hair, yanking me to my feet. "Clean this mess up," he hissed. "Then stay in your room until I figure out how to fix your stupidity."

I wanted to fight back. I wanted to claw at his face, to make him bleed the way he'd made me bleed countless times. But without my wolf, I was no match for an Alpha werewolf's strength. I'd learned that lesson through too many broken bones and bruises.

"I hate you," I whispered, my voice shaking with rage and pain.

"Feeling's mutual, little sister." He shoved me toward the shattered remains of the coffee table. "Clean it up. Now."

I dropped to my knees, carefully picking up shards of glass with trembling hands. Tears blurred my vision as I worked, the cuts on my palms stinging. How had my life come to this? I was the daughter of Alpha Howlthorne, once respected leader of our pack. Now I was nothing but property to be traded away.

Enzo watched me for a few minutes, his presence a looming threat, before finally stalking off to his study with a disgusted grunt. Only when I heard the door slam did I allow myself to really cry, silent sobs shaking my body as I continued cleaning.

By the time I finished, my knees were cramped and my hands were bleeding from several cuts. I dragged myself to my room, pulling the first-aid kit from under my bed where I kept it hidden. Enzo had "accidentally" thrown away my medical supplies too many times for me to keep them in the bathroom anymore.

The face that stared back at me from my vanity mirror was barely recognizable. A red handprint bloomed across my left cheek, my bottom lip was split, and the light in my eyes-what little remained-seemed dimmer than ever. The bruises Leo had left on my neck now looked less like badges of rebellion and more like markers of another failed attempt at freedom.

I dabbed antiseptic on my cuts, wincing at the sting. "Happy birthday to me," I whispered bitterly to my reflection.

My mother had been gone for fifteen years now. Sometimes I couldn't remember her face without looking at photographs. I missed her. I missed my father. I even missed the Enzo who used to sneak me extra dessert and teach me how to throw a proper punch.

The tears came again, hot and relentless. I'd turned eighteen yesterday-the age when most werewolves shift for the first time. But my wolf never emerged. Another sign of my unworthiness, according to Enzo. Another reason I'd never truly belong in the wolf world.

I'd considered running away to my human aunt Sarah's home several times, but I knew better. If I involved my human relatives, Enzo wouldn't hesitate to hurt them. Besides, what could humans do against an Alpha werewolf determined to get his property back?

I touched the necklace at my throat-the only thing I had left of my mother. A simple silver crescent moon pendant that had somehow survived Enzo's many attempts to pawn my possessions.

"What do I do now, Mom?" I whispered to the empty room. "I thought I was being so clever, giving away what Enzo was selling. But now..."

Was this really my fate? To be handed over to Alpha Moretti like some prized breeding mare? I'd heard the stories about him-how his sexual appetites were violent, even by werewolf standards. How he'd been cursed by the Moon Goddess for some ancient transgression, cursed to destroy anything he tried to love.

I curled up on my bed, ignoring the pain from my various injuries. Maybe I could run tonight. Take what little money I had saved and just disappear. It wouldn't be much of a life, constantly looking over my shoulder, but it would be mine.

            
            

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