Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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I felt my body slam against the leather seat as Ethan shoved me into his Midnight Maybach. The familiar scent of his car-leather and his Alpha musk-filled my nostrils, bringing back

unwanted memories.

"Let me go!" I shouted, struggling against his iron grip.

My wolf surged forward, lending me strength. I managed to twist my body and kick him

squarely in the chest. He grunted but didn't release me.

My enhanced senses detected someone walking nearby. "Help!" I screamed, hoping they

would hear me.

Ethan's reaction was lightning-fast. He slammed the car door shut and locked it with a click,

then activated the special tinting that turned the windows completely opaque from the

outside.

"Scream again,” he threatened, his amber eyes glowing with dominance, "and you'll regret it."

I was trapped. His werewolf strength far exceeded mine, and we both knew it. Anger surged

through my body, my wolf bristling beneath my skin.

This soundproofed luxury vehicle had once been a place of passion between us. I remembered

our first time here, when I had desperately needed money for Lily's treatments. I had gone to

Stone Pack Enterprises, and he had taken me in the underground parking garage. Now, despite his proximity, my wolf felt nothing but cold detachment. The mate bond that had

once burned so brightly between us had withered to almost nothing.

"What is your problem?" I asked coldly, my emerald eyes flashing with defiance.

"You need to convince my grandmother to abandon this ridiculous adoption idea," he

voice

I didn't hesitate. "No."

his skin. "Do you understand what this

she adopts you into the Stone family, you'll legally

"And?" I challenged.

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any possibility of renewing our mate bond," he

evident in his

escaped my lips. "Ethan Stone, don't tell me

be with you?"

surprise flickering

the adoption," I continued, my voice gaining strength. "It will sever any possibility of a relationship between

howled in agreement within me, standing firm against

time since we'd

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blow. My wolf snarled beneath the surface,

what we were hearing.

I said, trying to regain

face, expecting gratitude or at least

voice breaking. "She never wanted anything from you except your time and love, which you

filling

the years," she continued, her voice trembling with emotion, "were they just

had often bought matching gifts for both girls, giving Emma's to

forward. "You haven't moved on,

emerald eyes flashed dangerously. "Jealousy? Of what? Your

prefer to belong to?" I challenged.

Alpha was deliberate, meant to provoke her. It worked. "Any pack would be better than yours,"

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cut deeper than any knife could have. "My greatest regret is that night five years ago. I wish I had never fallen in love with you. I wish I had never conceived

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wolf howled in anguish at the admission, the painful truth of her