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Retribution at the Gates
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2026-07-09 13:55:39
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Xander's POVMaps of the northern border were spread across the oak. My generals were arguing about supply lines, snowfall and sun wolf movements. I wasn’t listening because the air had changed. Cedarwood that wasn't Ashton’s. It hit me like a blade. My hand slammed down on the table, causing the maps to jump."Your Grace?" Commander Hale asked. I was already moving. "Out." "Your Grace, we were in the middle of..." "I said out." Chairs scraped and the twenty men filed out without another word. They knew that tone. The moment the doors shut, I moved. I followed the scent. It was faint in the halls, stronger near the east doors. The private corridor. The one that led to the gardens. My guards fell in behind me. I didn’t tell them to, they just knew. The scent grew worse the closer I got to the garden gate.Ashton. My chest caved in. I threw the gate open and there he was on the ground, pinned to the stone bench by the fountain by a stranger.He had one arm across Ashto
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Ashton’s POVThe maids brought me tea, that’s when I knew something was wrong. The dining hall was silent when I walked in this morning. Not the tense, waiting kind of quiet from yesterday. This was different. This was fear. Twelve high-born ladies stood the second I crossed the threshold. Even the ones who had pretended not to see me yesterday. "Consort Ashton," the steward announced. Chairs scraped and heads bowed. I stopped at the seat to Xander’s right. A maid was already there. She pulled the chair out for me, her eyes on the floor. Another poured my wine first. A third laid the napkin across my lap. No one looked at me. "Thank you," I murmured. There was no response, just more bowing. Yesterday Xander broke Lady Mirelle’s hand in front of everyone. Yesterday he rewrote the law. `Any insult to Ashton is an insult to me.` Today, the entire palace was terrified of me, and I hated it. Xander wasn’t at breakfast. He was in the war room with his commanders. He’d kissed
Omega of Two Packs Retribution at the Gates
Xander’s POVThe dining hall was too loud. Forks hit hard on porcelain, low laughter filled the place, and the rustle of silk. But underneath it all, the sound I’d been listening for since dawn.Silence.It started the second Ashton walked in.I didn’t look up from my plate. I didn’t have to. I could feel him, his scent filled the room. And I could feel the way the room shifted around him."Your Grace," the steward announced. "Consort Ashton."The twelve high-born ladies at the long table didn't stand.Good. Let them show me who they were.Ashton’s footsteps were quiet. He’d worn the black tunic I sent to his room. It fit him. He stopped at the empty seat to my right. The seat that had been Brenda’s for six years.No one offered to pull it out for him. I took a slow sip of wine and waited patiently. This was the test. A girl with braided gold hair and a jeweled collar shifted in her seat. Lady Mirelle. Third daughter of House Coren. She stood, walked around the table, and stopped
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Ashton POVLady Brenda didn’t flinch. If anything, her cruel smile got wider. Her eyes dragged over me where I was still half in Xander’s arms, my face burning, my shirt wrinkled."Three seconds?" she purred. "My, my. The Moon King is dramatic tonight." She stepped fully into the moonlight. Silver dress. Diamond pins in her hair. The kind of woman the court spent years polishing to be queen.Her gaze flicked to my bare feet, to the servant’s tunic I hadn’t changed out of.Xander’s arm tightened around my waist. "Two," he said. Low. Brenda laughed. "The high houses will hear about this by dawn, Xander. You can threaten me all you want. But you can’t threaten all of them.""One." His voice didn’t rise. It got quieter. Brenda looked at me with cold eyes. "We’ll see how long he wants you when the court is done with you, servant."She turned and walked away. The clack of her heels on stone was the only sound left.The second she was gone, Xander let out a breath. His hand came up to
Omega of Two Packs Lurking in the Dark
Ashton’s POVI knew someone was following me.I stopped and looked over my shoulder. The corridor was dark and empty. Damn it. My skin was crawling. I needed air... The second Xander got up and left the bedroom, my chest went tight. So I decided to take a walk. Toward the blue light at the end of the hall.When I stepped through the archway, my breath caught.There was a garden hidden behind the palace walls. A little stream cut through the grass and fed into a small fountain. Soft blue light glowed from under the water. Fireflies drifted around like fallen stars. For one second, the fear in my stomach vanished.Then I heard it again. Step. Step. Step.My head snapped around. "Who’s there?" Only the splash of water answered. The silence pressed against my skin. This was the Alpha King’s palace. There were guards everywhere. I was fine.I told myself that as I sat on the cold stone edge of the fountain. The blue water looked unreal. I thought about El, about the secret burning u
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Xander’s POVHis words broke something in me.For a second the whole bathhouse went still, like the air had been pulled out of the room. I just stood there and watched him break down in front of me.Then he fell forward and hit me.His forehead slammed into the center of my chest and the heat of him followed right after. Wet, sharp, and fast. His fingers dug into the muscles of my back like he was drowning.I couldn’t think past the sound of him.“I’m sorry,” I said. “I didn’t know."My hand came up on its own. I ran it through his hair, damp and dark and shaking under my palm, and pressed it flat between his shoulder blades to keep him from falling any further.He didn’t answer. He only pressed closer and shook harder, and his sobs tore out of him in broken pieces that made my jaw ache.I slid one arm under his knees and the other around his shoulders and lifted him. He was too light for how much weight he was carrying. I carried him out of the steam and out of the bathhouse without
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