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."

twitching beneath his skin. "Do you understand what this

Stone

"And?" I challenged.

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sever any possibility of renewing our

evident in

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

be with you?"

slightly, surprise flickering across

voice gaining strength. "It will sever any possibility of

standing firm against his dominance

since we'd

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physical blow. My wolf

what we were hearing.

Lily to the Stone family registry tomorrow," I said, trying to regain control of the situation. "Consider it compensation for my past

watched her face, expecting gratitude or at least acknowledgment of my gesture. Instead, her expression hardened

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

grief was palpable, filling the confined space of the

you gave her over the years," she continued, her voice trembling

truth in it. I had often bought matching gifts for both girls, giving Emma's to her

"You haven't moved on, Olivia. This is

dangerously. "Jealousy? Of

prefer to belong to?" I

her. It worked. "Any pack would be better than yours," she spat. "You were never fit

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is that night five years ago. I wish I had never fallen in love with you.

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admission, the painful truth of