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.”

pull my hand away, but her eyes blinked open-slow,

then they

shifted. I didn’t know

wanted to speak but couldn’t. I said nothing. Just rested my other

“No one will

I wasn’t good with comfort. I didn’t coddle. But the way her eyes welled up and her

right now, I was

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

my arms. Jacket still wrapped around her,

car, she wouldn’t stop

I shifted her awkwardly onto my lap, trying not to let her fall apart entirely. Tissues piled on the seat beside us. Mike didn’t say a word. He just kept driving, fast

drained. Her head against my

Heath not

smells like

stop with that?”

I didn’t push her

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tilted and pressed into the side of my neck. My jaw tensed. I held

I said to Heath

head, smug. “Too late.

“Shut up.”

I adjusted her gently and pressed her head back

pulled into the private hospital just past midnight. The nurses were waiting at the door. I stepped out and

right?” I asked, not looking

Alpha,” the nurse

a curt nod and stood by as

Olivia’s POV

shapes. My limbs felt heavy, but not restrained. For a few seconds, I didn’t

to the fore- arms. The top three buttons were undone. His head

voice rang loud in my

my throat, but it came out dry and

head snapped up.

you remember anything what you are here

nodded slowly, then whispered,

didn’t soften. “How

I said bitterly, looking away. “I wasn’t completely unconscious. Just… couldn’t move. I

spoke again. “There’s good news and bad news.

said, my

news is… they didn’t touch you. You were sedated.

nodded faintly, blinking at

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

clenched the blanket tightly. “I

harder to read-maybe restraint. “We have all

said, trying to sit up

Just gave a soft, dry