Billionaire Alpha's 99 Deadly Games

Chapter 5

A heavy silence fell over the hospital room, as if time itself had stopped.

Lucas, who'd been in the middle of ripping into his friends, froze at Derek's words echoing through

the sterile air-

"Holy shit, man. Tell me you haven't actually fallen for her."

Fall for Aria? What the fuck?

He rejected the thought with almost violent immediacy, as if the speed of his denial could erase the

strange emotion crawling through his chest.

He had always been destined for Leila-what was Aria in comparison? Such she- wolf like Aria definitely didn't deserved to be his Luna.

And nothing but collateral damage in his revenge scheme. A means to an end.

But the logic didn't track. If she meant nothing, why had he lost his goddamn mind when he saw those men on top of her?

Even when drunk wolves hit on Leila at pack gatherings, he'd never gone nuclear like that.

It must only because of the fucking dame mating bond, right?

match cast the room into uncomfortable

friends exchanged knowing glances,

I thought you'd gone and caught feelings or something. Getting

hell was happening in his chest and stated coldly: "I will never have feelings for her and let Aria Collins be my Luna. Not in this

finally relaxed, laughing as they headed for the door. "She's probably gonna

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slowly approached the bed, staring down at the

was ghost-white, her brows slightly furrowed as if even in unconsciousness

escape the nightmare,

their own accord toward her cheek, but the moment they made

if her skin had shocked

stalked to the window, lighting a cigarette and taking a desperate drag, hoping the nicotine might

her eyes,

cup of water. Seeing her awake, he leaned forward: "How're you

didn't answer, just turned her head away, refusing to meet

hospital, taking care of her with an attentiveness

face softened when he returned,

knew now-those calls were to

back with clear eyes, she realized this pattern had existed throughout their entire relationship. The mysterious

devotion. Now she understood that Leila had

in