His Trouble Maker

Chapter 186

JESSICA

Where in the Moon Goddess name am I?

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My head swivels from left to right, the iron clinking as the chains bite into my wrists. I always knew Jack is a fucking traitor, but I didn’t think he’d sink this low.

“Jack,” I hiss into the dark, voice raw and trembling with fury. “When I get out of here, I’ll carve your name into the dirt myself.”

A low chuckle answers me.

My eyes strain against the dark until I catch the outline of broad shoulders slumped across from me. His arms are yanked high, the same iron biting into him that cuts into me.

“Jessica,” Jack rasps, voice hoarse, threaded with pain. “If I were the traitor, do you think I’d be locked in here

too?”

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My pulse stutters. For a second, the fury falters but only for a second. The coup is still howling outside, claws against steel, wolves tearing at wolves. And here we are, both chained, both useless.

“Then who, Jack? Who had the strength to drag both of us down here while the pack rips itself apart?”

His head lifts, slow, the chains grinding with the motion. “That’s the question, isn’t it?”

My stomach knots, but I don’t let the fear show. “Don’t you dare play cryptic with me.”

The last thing I remember is trying to get out of Jack’s hold as I try to rescue Grayson.

“Is this your plan? Hand me over and play martyr beside me?”

“Damn it, Jessica,” Jack growls, jerking at his restraints. His voice isn’t sly now–it’s desperate. “Shut up.” His head snaps toward the door, eyes wide, feral. “They’re coming.”

Coming who?

Panic rises, slowly morphing into terror. Who is coming? I’ll have to get out of this place before whoever they are reach that door. Grayson, please.

closer. Heavy, Slow. Whoever it is doesn’t need to hurry.

ragged. “Whatever happens, don’t

blood on fire. Before I can even ask what

And now, the mate of Alpha Grayson

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empty. Jack

“Don’t… don’t turn.”

I need to. My wolf claws at my mind, straining, desperate. The whisper comes

little wolf,” the voice murmurs, low and dangerous, brushing along my neck, circling me like a predator. “Clever, ambitious… and so hungry for more. Look at you, Omega. Chained, yet you burn with a fire that could level

the chains, trying to find it, to see it, to face

a low, teasing sound that makes my stomach twist. “Ah, curious. That’s good. Ambition suits you. But careful…

shivering, my hands straining

not meek… dangerous. Ambition like yours… it’s rare.

Who are

neck like fire. “I am… everything you crave and everything you fear, little wolf. And

my scalp and my body jolts against the chains. I feel the weight of someone pressing close, almost merging with me. A hot,

marked,” the voice murmurs, low and playful, almost

the tender skin over the mark, mocking it, daring me to react. My stomach twists violently, a shiver of revulsion and fear crawling over me. The predator’s hot breath brushes my ear, the whisper teasing, “Already trembling…

down my cheeks, unbidden, as shame, rage, and disgust twist

choke out, voice breaking. “Whoever you are… just

my neck, brushing my ear. “Go? Oh, little wolf… I could, I suppose. But where’s the

“Don’t touch her!” he roars, straining against the iron.

catches Jack across the temple. His head snaps back. His body slumps against the chains, limp.

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What did you

the voice murmurs, low, amused, almost intimate. “What

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met more evil than this person right here, and I’ve survived. My fists curl into tight

You think you can intimidate me, play your games, threaten my mate… but I am not weak. I am not yours to toy

worry about him,” it murmurs, glancing toward Jack’s slumped form.