Watch Me Win, Alpha

Chapter 20

I kicked the door open.

The wooden frame splintered against the force, the men inside scrambling like rats caught under sudden light. One of them screamed. Another dropped the syringe in his hand.

“Down!” I barked.

My bodyguards charged in, dragging the rogues down and pinning them against the floor. No hesitation, no mercy. I wanted them all on the floor before they could blink. My eyes scanned the room-filthy, humid, reeking of sweat and wolfsbane. A low growl rattled in my chest.

Then I saw her.

Olivia.

Unclothed. Hands tied to the bed. Pale, bleeding at the lip. Eyes clenched shut like she was waiting to die.

“Manager,” I snapped. “Cover her. Now.”

Without hesitation, he tore off his jacket and rushed to Olivia’s side, draping it over her. She was still tied to the bed, motionless, her skin pale and bruised. He struggled briefly with the knots, then freed her wrists with shaking hands.

I stood at the doorway, watching silently, jaw clenched. Her skin looked ice-cold from where I was. Her pulse-faint, but there.

The manager stepped away from her and turned to me.

“She okay?” I asked, still not stepping forward.

He nodded shakily. “Y-yes, Alpha. We were just in time… she’s alive, but terrified.”

I gave him a single nod. “Go. Call a vehicle. Make sure there’s hospital clearance.”

He rushed out.

I stayed there for a beat, staring at the floor, listening to the chaos fade in the hallway. Something tugged at me. A weight in my chest. I didn’t like it.

I turned back.

She hadn’t moved.

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Olivia lay curled under the manager’s jacket, trembling.

Quietly, I stepped into the room.

I crouched beside her and, without thinking, brushed her cheek with my fingertips.

She flinched-not from me, but as if even touch now carried pain. Then, suddenly, she leaned into it. Her cheek press- ing lightly against my palm, as if my hand was the only warm thing in the world.

My wolf Heath stirred.

“She’s the one,” he rumbled inside me, tail wagging like a damn puppy.

“Now’s not the time,” I said sharply. “Shut up.”

started to pull my hand away,

then they locked on

didn’t know what, but it

I said

“No one

comfort. I didn’t coddle. But the way her eyes welled up and her lips quivered-she didn’t need

I

louder, choking, painful sobs. I didn’t know what to do. I’d

sat there for a second before scooping her up in my arms. Jacket still wrapped around her, I

she wouldn’t

it until the fabric clung to my skin. I shifted her awkwardly onto my lap, trying not to let her fall apart

finally slumped, drained. Her head against

told Heath not to

smells like Lilies,” he

with that?” I

I didn’t push her

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tilted and pressed into the side of my neck.

said

only chuckled inside my head, smug. “Too late.

“Shut up.”

and pressed

private hospital just past midnight. The nurses were waiting at the door. I stepped

right?” I asked, not

the nurse

curt nod and stood

Olivia’s POV

my eyes, the ceiling lights above me blurred into shapes. My limbs felt heavy, but not restrained. For a few seconds,

wrinkled, sleeves rolled up to the fore- arms. The

conscious-and her voice rang loud in my

but it came out

snapped up. “You’re

hesitated for a while. “Do you remember anything what

then

gaze didn’t

said bitterly, looking away. “I wasn’t completely unconscious.

of silence before he spoke again. “There’s good news and bad news. Which

said, my voice

good news is… they didn’t

blinking at

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“The bad news is… the person who arranged it wasn’t a stranger. It was

clenched the blanket

then. Not with pity, but with something harder to read-maybe restraint. “We have all of them

said, trying to sit up

didn’t argue. Just gave a soft,