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.”

my hand away, but her

they

I didn’t know what,

looked like she wanted to speak but couldn’t. I said

safe now,” I muttered. “No one will hurt you

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

now, I

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

scooping her up in my arms. Jacket still wrapped around her, I walked out through the service exit, ignoring

car, she wouldn’t stop

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

drained. Her head

not to

like Lilies,” he

stop with

I didn’t push her

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side of my neck. My jaw tensed. I held my

said to Heath

head, smug. “Too late. You

“Shut up.”

gently and pressed her head back

midnight. The nurses were waiting at the door. I stepped out and handed her

not looking any of them in

the

gave a curt nod and stood

Olivia’s POV

shapes. My limbs felt heavy, but not restrained. For a few seconds,

his shirt wrinkled, sleeves rolled up to the fore-

voice rang loud in my

cleared my throat, but it came out dry and hoarse.”

head snapped up. “You’re

“Do you

nodded slowly, then whispered,

gaze didn’t

looking away. “I wasn’t completely unconscious.

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

I said, my voice

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

nodded faintly, blinking at

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who arranged it wasn’t

hand clenched the blanket tightly. “I

to read-maybe restraint. “We

helped me enough already,” I said, trying to

Just gave a