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Claimed By The Wolf Kings 82 Last time
ARIEL Dimitri insisted on driving me.I'd tried to refuse. Told him I could take the car myself, that I didn't need a chaperone, that I'd be fine. But he'd looked at me with those steady, knowing eyes and said, "I'm not asking, Ariel. I'm telling you. You're not going alone."And I hadn't argued. Because part of me was relieved. Because part of me was terrified of what I was about to do, and having someone there, even if they didn't know the full story, made it easier to breathe.The car was warm, the heater humming softly against the winter chill. Dimitri drove with one hand on the wheel, his eyes on the road, his expression neutral. He didn't push. Didn't pry. Just let the silence stretch between us like a comfortable blanket."You don't have to do this, you know," he said finally."Yes, I do.""Whatever you owe him…” "It's not about what I owe him." I stared out the window at the passing trees. "It's about what he knows. What he can use against me. It’s just better to pay him off
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 81 Lifeline
ARIEL I walked back to my room on autopilot.My legs carried me through the hallways, past the portraits, past the windows, past everything I didn't see. My mind was still in the dining room. Still hearing his voice. Still watching his lips form the words that had cut through me like a blade.We're formally courting. And we'll be settling down in a matter of months.I closed the door behind me and against it. Pressed my palms against my eyes and tried to breathe.It didn't work.I'd known this was coming. I'd known he would choose his pack. I'd told myself I didn't care, that it didn't matter to me and I was really nothing to him. I wasn't ready to confront that part just yet. I'd heard the words. I'd seen the way he looked at me when he said them, like he was trying to hurt me, like he wanted me to feel every syllable. And I'd felt them. I'd felt them all. He succeeded. I slid down the door and sat on the floor, my knees pulled to my chest, my head bowed.Then my phone buzzed.I
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 80 The plan
KAZIMIR The house was a tomb.I'd been back for three days, and in that time, I'd seen Ariel exactly twice. Once in the hallway, where she'd turned and walked the other direction the moment she saw me. Once at breakfast, where she'd sat at the far end of the table, her eyes fixed on her plate, not speaking a single word.She was avoiding me.Good. I was avoiding her too.The silence between us was a living thing, thick and suffocating, filling every room I walked into. I couldn't escape it. Couldn't escape her. Her scent was everywhere, in the halls, in the kitchen, in the bed I couldn't sleep in. It clung to my clothes, my skin, my lungs.I wanted to scream.Instead, I buried myself in work. The investigation into the casino fire. Anything that kept me from thinking about her.It really didn't work.-—————-The council arrived at dusk.I'd been expecting them. Katherine had been making her reports, feeding them information, twisting the narrative to make me look like the reluctant g
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 79 Distractions
KAZIMIRThe club was loud and suffocating. It made my head ache in the most nauseating way. The bass thrummed through my chest like a second heartbeat. I was in the VIP section, a bottle of whiskey in front of me, a glass in my hand that I'd been nursing for the better part of an hour.I wasn't drunk. I couldn't get drunk. Not really. But I was trying.The images wouldn't leave my head.Her lying to me. Her face, the guilt and fear warring for dominance. The scent of another man on her skin. I didn’t want to imagine what could have happened between them. Or why she was so secretive about it. I threw back the rest of my drink and gestured for another.I didn't come here to think. I came here to forget. The music, the lights, the noise and the women who kept glancing my way with hopeful eyes. None of it worked.All I could see was her."You look like hell."Dimitri's voice cut through the noise. He was standing beside me, his eyes covered with dark sunglasses, his arms crossed, his ex
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 78 Blast from the past
ARIEL The message came at dawn.I was sitting by the window, watching the sun creep over the horizon, when my phone buzzed. Unknown number. I almost didn't answer. Almost.But something made me pick it up.Ariel. I know you're with the Rossi pack now. Fancy. I heard you're living large. But you haven't forgotten about me, have you? You owe me. Remember? I want my money. All of it. If I don't get it by tonight, I'll come to your new boyfriend myself and explain everything. You know where to find me.My blood went cold.I knew that voice. Knew that cadence, that arrogance, that threat that always came wrapped in a smile. I'd spent years trying to forget him. Years trying to erase that part of my past.Damian.I'd met him during my running years, when I was desperate and broke and stupid and still foolishlyyoung. He'd been charming at first, handsome, smooth, offering help when I had nowhere else to turn. But the help came with a price. Everything came with a price with Damian.Things
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 77 Burned
KAZIMIR I knocked.Footsteps. The click of a lock. The door opened a crack, and she peered out at me. Her face was guarded and careful. The way she always looked when she was trying to protect herself."How are you doing?” I asked. "I’m fine. What do you want?"I should have had an answer. I didn't."I wanted to see how you were," I said. "How's Evie?""She's fine. She went to school.""Good. That's good."We stood there, the door between us, the distance between us. The air was thick with everything we weren't saying. I reached out, my hand moving before I could stop it, to touch her face.She stopped me.Her hand closed around my wrist firmly. Her eyes were hard."Don't," she said."Ariel…” "I mean it, Kazimir. Don't."I let my hand fall. "Why?""You know why.""Tell me anyway."She looked at me for a long moment. Then she stepped back, opening the door just wide enough for me to enter. I stepped inside.The room was dim, the curtains had been closed and the lights were off. "I
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 5- Mine
KAZIMIR The scent of wolfsbane and gun oil clung to the air as I strode through the weapons room. My brothers moved like extensions of my own will, Lev filling syringes with lethal precision, Nikolai loading silver rounds with that fucking grin of his, Dimitri already melting into the shadows wit
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 4- The beginning
KAZIMIR The study smelled of aged whiskey and cigarettes. I poured myself a drink, the crystal glass cold against my fingers, and stared into the amber liquid like it held answers. Nikolai slouched in one of the leather chairs, spinning a knife between his fingers. "So. What's the plan, brothe
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 3- Meeting the Rossis
ARIEL The car door slammed shut behind me, the sound final as a coffin closing. Kazimir hadn't spoken a word since we left the club, his silence more unnerving than any threat. Through the tinted windows, I watched the city lights blur into nothing as we climbed higher into the mountains, putting
Claimed By The Wolf Kings 2 - Ghost from the past.
KAZIMIR I didn’t come through the front door because I knew Maddox would run if he ever heard I was in his shitty club. He would use the chance to sneak away like the slimy frog he was and hide for the next couple of months before my men found him again. No. I took the back exit, the one reekin
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