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.”

away, but her eyes blinked open-slow,

they

shifted. I didn’t know what,

to speak but couldn’t. I said nothing. Just rested my other hand gently on

now,” I muttered. “No

didn’t coddle. But the way her

I was

a sound at first-then louder, choking, painful sobs. I didn’t know what to do. I’d fought packs with fewer nerves than

second before scooping her up in my arms. Jacket still wrapped around her, I walked out through

she wouldn’t

my shirt, soaking it until the fabric clung to my skin. 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

drained. Her head against my

Heath not

smells like Lilies,” he

with that?”

I didn’t

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

said to

inside my head, smug. “Too late. You like

“Shut up.”

gently and pressed her head back to

at the door. I stepped out and handed her over. One nurse held her

be okay, right?” I asked, not

Alpha,” the

a curt nod and stood by as

Olivia’s POV

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

elbows on his knees, his shirt wrinkled, sleeves rolled up to the fore- arms. The top three buttons were undone. His head

her voice rang loud in my mind.He

came out dry and

snapped

while. “Do you remember anything what you

then

didn’t soften. “How

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

was a beat of silence before he spoke again. “There’s good news and bad news. Which do you want

I said, my

good news is… they didn’t touch you.

blinking

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“The bad news is… the person who arranged it

clenched the blanket tightly. “I

restraint. “We have all of them in custody. You can press

to sit up straighter. “I’ll take

Just gave a soft,