Claimed By The Alpha's Rival

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. more like claiming them to do whatever he wanted to use them for. We all wore white. We were silent, w

being chosen. Not tonight. Not by anyone. I kept my eyes down and

anding out. But fate.... Maybe fate had other plans for me. The grand doors of the hall creaked open. Silence fel

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every step he took. Wolves held their breaths as he passed. Every o

d his power had no match. The last time someone had challenged

I kept my head down, even as his scent, which was too masculine and commanding,

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't be me he's about.... His boots stepped in front of me. My breath s

ispers. The fear that had overtaken me. "You," he said. And that was all it took for him to make a choice. In front of the entire

ough a door carved with ancient ruins, leading to his chambers. I wanted to scream, to run, to demand to explain why the hell he had chosen a

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ery other word I was about to speak. "You're mine now. I claim wha

ped into him, my hands pushing to meet his chest. But he wa

took them once and never again. But this was different. R

ettles in my bones. "You smell like nothing I've ever known," he murmured against my lips, My breath stopping at the tone of

ilver eyes locked on mine." say something," I whispered, even though I didn'

Rough, unforgiving. As if I had just wronged him somehow by existing and tempt

it burned. He lifted me...effortlessly, carrying me across the r

ntrol. His lips trailed fire down my throat. "I'll make you scream my name when I fu

hunger. Unrelenting and wild. A man at war with himself, and I was the battlefield, I didn't fight him. Because no one would dare make s

ed and his body lay heavy beside me, that the ache set

en us. Like I didn't just give all of myself to him tonight. My fingers gripped th

ng. But when morning came, I woke with the sunlight brushing my

The second time was different with him. He didn't say a wor

at me. When he undressed me this time, his fingers sl

p immediately. He stayed. Watching me. "You're not like th

t of hope for myself. His thumb brushed across my bottom lip. Then, just as sudd

tirred, restless. Confused. At how he stalked me at night like he

Let him claim every part of me like I already belonged to him, And for the first time in years, I f

y going to ma

ad never done