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,

they locked

know what, but it wasn’t

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

“No one will

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

now, I was the

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

there for a second before scooping her up in my arms. Jacket still wrapped

car, she

awkwardly onto my lap, trying not to let her fall apart entirely. Tissues piled on the

finally slumped, drained. Her head

not

smells like Lilies,” he

with

I didn’t push her

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

said to

head, smug. “Too late. You like

“Shut up.”

gently and pressed

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

asked, not looking any of them in

the

a curt nod and stood by

Olivia’s POV

limbs felt heavy, but not restrained. For a few seconds, I didn’t know where I was.

to the fore- arms. The top three buttons

me-weak but conscious-and her voice rang loud in my mind.He saved

cleared my throat, but it came out dry and

snapped

you

nodded slowly, then whispered, “I

gaze didn’t soften.

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

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

said,

news is… they didn’t touch you. You were sedated. No physical

faintly, blinking at the

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

hand clenched the blanket

read-maybe restraint. “We have all of them in custody. You can press charges.

trying to sit up straighter. “I’ll take it from

gave a soft,