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.”

to pull my hand away, but

then they

didn’t know what,

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

muttered. “No one will

way her eyes welled

I was

Her tears came fast, messy, without a sound at first-then louder, choking, painful sobs. I didn’t know what to do. I’d fought packs with fewer

my arms. Jacket still wrapped around her, I walked

the car, she

awkwardly onto my lap, trying not to let her fall apart entirely.

Her head

not to

smells like Lilies,”

you stop with that?”

I didn’t push her

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side of my neck. My jaw

said to

head, smug. “Too late.

“Shut up.”

her gently and pressed her head back to my

private hospital just past midnight. The nurses were waiting at the door. I stepped out and handed her over. One nurse held her steady while the others guided her toward

right?” I asked, not looking

the

curt nod and stood by as they wheeled her

Olivia’s POV

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

his elbows on his knees, his shirt wrinkled, sleeves rolled up to the fore-

her voice rang loud in

but it came out dry and hoarse.”

snapped up.

Alexander hesitated for a while. “Do you remember

nodded slowly, then whispered, “I

gaze didn’t soften. “How

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

was a beat of silence before he spoke again. “There’s good news and

I said,

exhaled through his nose. “The good news is… they didn’t touch you. You were

faintly, blinking at

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“The bad news is… the person who

clenched the blanket tightly. “I

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

enough already,” I said, trying to sit up

Just gave