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"You honestly think parading a rebound in front of him is less of a trope?"Vanessa leaned in, her breath smelling of sharp agave. "Rebound knots are eternal, Cass. Don't fight the math."The other three gave sharp, synchronous nods. "Standard procedure."Isabella Cruz stood so fast her chair clattered against the stone floor. She jabbed a finger toward the ceiling, her eyes flashing silver. "If Brandon Cole—that pathetic, scentless excuse for an Alpha—thinks he can just slick-talk my cousin and break his bond, he’s dead. It’s that simple.""He’s going to bleed for it," Camila Torres agreed. She struggled to her feet, hands braced on her swollen belly, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Isabella. "We’re going to tear his life apart."Laura looked at Vanessa. "Do we have to stand up to agree?"Vanessa just hiccupped and shook her head. Laura grinned, shooting a fist into the air from her seat. "Yes! Annihilate... eviscerate... slaughter him.""Break his pride," Vanessa added. "By hooki

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"I've officially decided to mark my territory."The thought had been a small itch in the back of my mind since the cousins left, but now it was a full-blown fever. Seducing the Alpha of the ice was a death wish or a dream come true."You're hunting your own roommate."I stood in my room at Navarro Ridge, heart hammering against my ribs like a trapped bird. After the pack had cleared out, the silence of the apartment felt heavy. Loaded.I waited until the sun dipped below the jagged peaks of the werewolf territory. I’d spent an hour grooming—slicking back my hair, scenting my neck with cedar-wash, and pulling on the tightest hockey jersey I owned. No pads. No undershirt. Just the thin fabric against my skin.I found Luke in the kitchen. He was hunched over his laptop, the light reflecting off his glasses."Hunting late tonight?"My voice was a low vibration. I leaned against the doorframe, trying to look like I wasn't shaking."Working," Luke muttered. His fingers flew across the keys.

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"HIS NAME IS ADRIANA."The declaration cut through the silence behind me. I spun around, the fur along my neck itching as I recognized that oily tone.Victor Reyes leaned against the stone wall of the locker complex, a jagged smirk playing on his lips. "Figured you’d want to know who was riding shotgun in my truck."I bared my teeth, my hands curling into claws at my sides. The bastard actually chuckled."What?" Victor taunted, pushing off the wall. "Don't blame me because the guy has a taste for real Alphas. He chose me, Reyes. Not some backup goalie."The heat in my gut flared. All I could see was the blurry memory from Harbor Street Bar—Victor pulling my dream wolf into his space, marking him with a kiss that made my stomach turn.And now he had a name. Adriana. Damn it. Adriana. I hadn't even managed to scent him properly, let alone get a name.The world went red."Get the hell out of my sight," I snarled, my voice cracking with a half-formed growl.Victor held up his hands, retre

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"Please," he whimpered. "Walk me through it. I’m spiraling. This is my first time."I squeezed my eyes shut, my jaw tight enough to snap bone.His first time? No. Not like this. Not with that animal."Well, I’m about to claim what’s mine, right here," Victor’s voice oozed through the speakers, dripping with a mock-heroic sarcasm that made my skin crawl.I forced myself to look at the screen. They were tangled on the bed. Bare skin. Adriana was trembling, but he reached out to touch Victor’s arm, a small, nervous gesture of trust. I couldn't breathe. I lunged at the monitor, slamming my palms against the frame, hunting for a kill switch until I ripped the power button out of its socket.The screen went black. Silence fell over the room like a heavy shroud.I let out a ragged breath, leaning my forehead against the plastic. Thank the Moon. It was over.Then the monitor hummed. The light flickered back to life. Victor must have been using a remote override from the other side of the wall

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"You need a sanity check," Lucas growled, his jaw set in a hard line as he stared at the wolf across the threshold. "I didn't even know your scent until last Wednesday. Why are we talking about me? Cass is here to settle the debt you owe him for being a backstabbing snake."Brandon Cole didn't flinch. He reached out, his fingers clamping onto Cass’s bicep like a vice, pulling him into his personal space. His eyes searched Cass’s for a flicker of betrayal. "Don’t trust him, Cass. The prick loathes me more than he loves the game. He’d do anything for the ultimate strike against me—including marking you behind my back.""Strike?" Cass echoed, the silver-cold dread rising along his spine. He’d never heard Brandon use the word so venomously. "What did you do to him that warrants that kind of blood-debt?"Brandon ignored the question, his grip tightening. "He’s only sniffing your trail because of me. He wants to use you as a pawn. Don't let him. He doesn't give a damn about you. You're goin

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LUKE"Cass? What’s—"I’d barely drifted into a restless sleep when a hand clamped onto my shoulder. I lurched upright, my heart hammering against my ribs like a trapped bird. In the dim light of the Navarro Ridge apartment, I squinted until his silhouette sharpened."Shh." Cass pressed his palm over my mouth. "Not a word. This isn't reality. Don't make it real. I just... I need this."Before I could process a syllable, he grabbed the edges of my quilt and flung it back. He moved like a predator, straddling my waist and sinking his weight directly onto me."But—""Quiet." His hand hit my chest, shoving me back against the pillows. "One sound and I'm out of here. If you want me to leave, talk. If you want me to stay, shut up. This isn't happening. No talking."I stayed silent. There wasn't a single part of this I wanted to stop.He waited, gauging my breath, then shifted. He slid down and back up, a slow, agonizing grind that made my vision blur. The heat from his body scorched through

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Luke snorted, his hand dropping from his hair to the mattress as he leaned toward Cass. "This is insane. Don't let that headcase poison you like that. He didn't drop the puck on your relationship because you were 'bad' at it. You just woke me from a deep sleep and had my pulse redlining faster than a breakaway. If he says you’re a bust in bed, he’s a liar. Which—shocker—we know he is."Cass stayed huddled in the quilt, eyes fixed on the shadows."The only reason he went looking for other wolves was his own ego," Luke continued, his voice rough with rising heat. "Cheating is a power play for him. It has zero to do with you or your performance. He could’ve had something incredible if he’d ever bothered to move his feet, if he’d actually thought about what you needed. God, I can't stand him. That pathetic loser turned his own failure around on you. I just want to—fuck. I hate him. I hate him so much."Luke gripped the locks of his hair, trying to anchor the rage vibrating through his fra

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"Cass? Wake up."The low rumble of Luke’s voice vibrated against my cheek. I jolted, my eyes snapping open."Again," I grumbled, but I didn't pull away. He was a furnace. A solid, warm wall of muscle.After I’d slunk back into his room last night in heavy sweats and a thick shirt, we’d stayed up in the dark. We watched the old legal tapes—Night Court—and between laughing at Dan Fielding’s ego and Bull’s towering height, I’d drifted. Now, I was sprawled across him like a blanket.This was a bad habit. One of these days, Luke was going to growl at me to get out of his bed.Or maybe not.I started to shift, then went still. My hip was pressed right against a heavy, undeniable ridge beneath his joggers. Morning wood.My gaze shot to his face. I didn't want to be caught looking.He was still out. His jaw was relaxed, his face tilted toward the window where the pale light of the Navarro Memorial Stadium glinted in the distance.I rolled off him, heart hammering. As I went to pull the quilt

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"You've been digging for thirty minutes. Enough."I drained the last drop of my drink and set the glass down with a definitive clack. The pack sisters had spent the entire night clawing at the remains of my relationship, begging for every jagged detail of the split. It was a hunt. Any time I tried to change the lead, they circled right back to Brandon Cole."I’m out," I announced, standing up. "Thanks for dragging me out of the den, but I've hit my limit. I'm heading back.""What?" the three of them barked at once. Hands snapped out to snag my sleeves. "You just got here, Cass.""And look at you. That body is wasted in a dark corner. People need to see this."I arched a brow, scanning Murphy’s Tavern. It was a Tuesday. The place was a graveyard. Aside from two tables of mated pairs who couldn't care less about us, we were alone."One more hour," Diego’s sister, Vanessa, pleaded, her grip tightening on my wrist. "Please."I exhaled, my head suddenly full of a much better plan. I saw my

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"Is your shadow of a housemate actually around tonight?"I kept my focus locked on the holographic display, my thumbs twitching over the haptic pads of the pack-issued training console. I waited until I’d successfully put a silver-tipped round through the throat of the rogue vamp on the screen before I cut Jax a look. "You got a problem with how you say that, Mendoza?"He shrugged, leaning back in his chair with his massive legs dangling over the armrest. "So, where’s the pup?""I’m not his keeper." I shrugged back. Our avatars moved through the frozen ruins of a Lycan fortress, side by side, claws out.Jax snorted, his character kicking in a heavy stone door and disappearing into a dark tunnels. "You’re going to look me in the eye and say you have zero clue where he is?"I followed him in, seriously considering a friendly-fire headshot. Jax was starting to grate on my nerves. "He said he was hitting the Harbor Street Bar for drinks with some friends."Jax shot me a look that said I w

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