Chapter 1

-Ava’s POV

Concealers

Scarfs.

Smiles

None of them were enough to mask the shock 1 still felt as I stared at the screen before me.

I saw my husband, Dylan, his hands gripping Crystal’s neck in pleasure unlike the same way they always gripped mine whenever I spoke out of term. He kissed her with passion, leaving red marks on her naked back, different from the bruises he gave me, which came from his anger whenever he punched me for any slight mistake.

Quickly forcing all thoughts out and wiping away the tears that were seconds from falling. I focused on the door.

The only solution to stop this constant pain was right behind it and all I had to do was turn the knob then the door suddenly swung open just as I reached for it forcing me to collide with a wall.

I stumbled backwards, my legs giving out and I crumbled to the floor looking up to see the wall.

Then saw him.

The answer.

His cold gray eyes stared back at me pinning me to the ground. It didn’t matter how many of his pictures I had seen, I was not prepared to be physically hit with how beautiful he was

Grayson Blackwood.

The Alpha King,

His eyes locked onto mine, and for a split second, everything stopped. The world around me faded, and all that existed was his gaze–sharp, assessing, and impossibly cold.

With the last ounce of strength I had, I bowed my head, kneeling at his feet. “Please,” I rasped, my voice raw and broken. “Please, Alpha King- help me.”

towards us and I couldn’t help

that made me want to shrink back. It was the kind of look

Blackwood’s gaze was

notice. I could hardly breathe under the weight

so beautiful be so utterly

back, retreating into

member in the room were on me, and I could

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was laced with fury but I ignored him,

me if he could

voice rose, sharper,

“Who is she?”

my eyes were focused solely on him.

as

same

control of this situation, not now. Not when I

flicker of a taunting smile on her lips making me grind my teeth in

the Alpha King, bowing my head before him. “Alpha Grayson, forgive me for this intrusion, but this was my only option.

the air like whip. “Ava, go back inside. You’re making

with a

command was soft, almost too soft to be threatening, but the power behind it was undeniable. Dylan fell silent immediately,

heart pounded in my chest, a wild, uncontrollable rhythm as his gaze shifted back to me, trailing down my body with leisurely indifference that made me feel exposed,

“Naked,” I thought

naked under

moment passed then after what felt like an

absolute. My voice wavered as I forced the words out. “I want you to end my

his eyebrows lifted slightly, a silent question yet no words left his lips as he waited for me to

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