Watch Me Win, Alpha

Chapter 1

May 8, 2023, my Alpha Mate, Ethan Hawthorne brought his mistress to our pack, and I decided to deceive him into divoring me.

Standing in front of his office, I took a deep breath, knocked on and stepped inside.

The polished wood door swung closed behind me with a soft click.

I clutched the file in my hands, forcing a mechanical smile to my lips as I approached his desk. Ethan didn’t glance up. His focus remained on the laptop screen.

“Are you busy?” I asked, my voice even, polite.

He looked up, his gray eyes meeting mine without any flicker of warmth.

“A bit,” he said, voice low and rough. He leaned back in his chair. I placed the folder on his desk, already flipping to the marked pages where his signature was needed.

“Just a few spots to sign.”

Without reading, he picked up the pen lying next to his laptop and began to sign, page after page, his hand moving automatically, his gaze occasionally drifting back to his screen.

I watched silently. Ethan looked… worn out. His usually sharp grey eyes were dull, and there were deep shadows un- der them. He had just come back from London after two weeks at the Annual Alpha Conference – a gathering of pack leaders across the globe.

But he hadn’t come back alone.

My wolf Yve stirred uneasily inside me. ‘He reeks of her.’ I pushed her down gently. There was no point in flaring up.Not when the papers he had just signed held the ending we both needed.

When he was finished, he clicked the pen closed and slid it across the table toward me.

“Thanks,” I said, sliding the documents back into my folder.

I paused, hesitated, then asked, “Will you be home for dinner tonight?”

Predictably, Ethan shook his head. “Got some things to wrap up here. Don’t wait.”

I nodded, plastering the same empty smile across my face. “Got it. See you around, Alpha,” I said, forcing my voice to sound like any other obedient wolf under his rule-not like the Luna and fated mate he seemed to have regretted

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claiming.”

my smile fade

clicked softly against the hardwood floor as I walked toward the door. The air shifted slightly when I passed the annex lounge, and

perfume – too sweet.I glanced sideways without thinking, my enhanced senses sharpening

low glass table. A lipstick-smeared coffee cup beside it. And near the plush lounge chair,

across my bones than a true noise. He brought her here. Here. Not just to London. To our den. Our Pack. He

My throat tightened painfully.

of it as I turned on my heel and

exhaustion hit me hard. I dropped into

the divorce agreement from the lowest drawer-the very

brushed over his

Firm. Bold. Unwavering.

the mating ceremony years ago. Back then, Ethan had been so firm, so sure. He looked at me like I was his whole world. I had

familiar scent I sniffed earlier-I knew exactly who it belonged to. I’m smarter than this.

could still feel the phantom brush of his lips

staring blankly at the ceiling. I could almost hear Ethan’s mother Amelia’s voice again- calm, cold, and cutting. “Don’t be naive,

lips. “You were always

realized then that I had been

had Ethan cheated, but he had taken his

deserve better’, Yve

‘We do’, I agreed.

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picked up my phone, snapped a clear photo of the signed divorce agreement, and attached it to

new message.

Ethan has signed,

send without

confronting Ethan

packs and politics, image was everything. An Alpha embroiled in a public scandal would weaken the Hawthrone Pack’s standing – something Amelia would never

Ethan had left me, I would not humiliate myself

tacle.

I had my dignity.

everything – Ethan would be free.

settling into my

“Come in,” I said.

carrying a small, elegant

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quite meeting my eyes. “Alpha Ethan asked me to