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.”

Dylan, my husband growl from the side, stepping towards us and I couldn’t help but notice the stark difference between the

to shrink back. It was the kind of look that held a thousand unspoken

Blackwood’s gaze was

beneath his notice. I could hardly breathe under the weight of it, and

beautiful be so utterly

run. He stepped back, retreating into the

room were on me, and I could feel the weight of their judgment

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voice was laced with fury but I ignored him, my eyes locked

if he could see every

voice rose, sharper,

“Who is she?”

Grayson had spoken even though my eyes were focused solely on

clenched, his teeth grinding together as he spat out the words.

as quickly as it appeared, it was gone, replaced by the same

Not when I was so close. On instinct, my gaze traveled to

around the pack house proudly and there was a flicker of a taunting

for this intrusion, but this was my only option. I’ve been backed into a corner, and

Dylan snapped, his voice cutting through the air like whip.

Grayson silenced him with a single, frigid glance.

was soft, almost too soft to be threatening, but the power behind it was undeniable. Dylan fell silent immediately, his mouth snapping shut as

my chest, a wild, uncontrollable rhythm as his gaze shifted back to me, trailing down

“Naked,” I thought

felt naked

like

command in it was absolute. My voice wavered as I forced the

me to continue.

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