Chapter b50 /b

Alpha Jack

I don’t see red

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Tamred.

My grip tightens, fingers digging into his skin until I hear the sickening, satisfying pop–crack of bone shifting. He bares his neck in submission, choking- but it does nothing to calm the wildfire raging inside my chest.

He touched hot.

He held her.

She was in his arms.

“Jack, let him go! Please!” Kali’s voice breaks through the storm in my head–high–pitched, terrified. I feel her hands pushing against my chest and when I look down, I see her eyes. Those beautiful eyes. Shining. Red–rimmed. Brimming with tears.

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For him,

A bitter taste rises in my throat. Jealousy–raw, ugly–chokes me.

I was looking for her. I’d gone to my private library to surprise her. Thought maybe we could sit together and read. Maybe, in that quiet, romantic atmosphere, she’d finally let her guard down and ept me. Open up to me.

Thate reading–but for her? I was willing to turn pages until sunrise if it meant seeing her smile.

But she wasn’t there.

I waited.

Ten minutes turned into thirty. Then an hour. Every second felt like a noose tightening around my chest.

Where the hell was she? I even mindlinked my sister out of desperation. She told me Kali was home.

And I came racing back like a fucking lunatic–like ba /bman in love. Only to walk in and find her in his arms. Her face buried in his chest.

No male should ever have to see that. No Alpha. No mate.

I finally blink. My jaw clenches as I force myself–physically force myself–to let him go. Fury copses to the floor with a violent cough, clutching his neck and gasping for breath like a wounded mutt

Kali drops to her knees beside him, hands trembling as she checks him over.

“Are you okay?” she asks softly, full of concern.

My stomach knots.

“I’ve had worse,” Fury rasps, managing a weak smile like a damn hero in a bad y.

I see red all over again.

“You’re in love with my mate, aren’t you, I growl darkly.

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That bhits /bharder than a punch to the ribs.

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bng to no one,” she fees back, bfire /bshing in her eyes. “And if you can’t trust me enough to know that, then maybe just maybe you should ept my repection. Then ‘t be free bto /brum straight into Fury’s arms.”

My fists clench so tightly my nails bdig /binto my pals. “You were in his arms, Kali Isaw the way he looked at you. That bastard is in love with you.”

“was crying?” she yells, her voice cracking “He was holding me so i wouldn’t fall apart. Because he told me my mother is being tortured, Jack!”

The brage /bevaporates instantly, reced by confusion–and guilt.

“What?”

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message to her, and that’s how he found out what happened–how she’s being tortured. He only came here to break the news. That’s why I ended up crying in his armsb./bb” /b

My knees threaten to give out. “Why didn’t you tell me?” I ask, my voice rough and strained. “For Moon’s sake, Kali–I’m your mate. I would’ve helped you. I should’ve been the one to carry that burden… bnot /bhim.”

“Maybe if you weren’t so busy trying to im me like I’m some kind of possessionb, /bbI /bwould have,” she snaps.

I’m still your mate-

She cuts me off.

“You might be my mate but I never epted you.” She shakes her head, tears bbrimming /bin her eyes bagain/b. b“/bAnd bafter /bbseeing /byour animalistic behavior just now?” She pauses, “I don’t regret it.”

1 stagger backb, /bbreathless.

“Kali…” I whisper.

But she doesn’t hear the. Or maybe bshe /bdoes–band /bbjust /bbdoesn’t /bcare. bShe /bbturns /bawayb, /bbwalks /bto bthe /bdoor.

And ms it behind her like she’s bnever /bing back.

i fall to my bknees /b

The hardwood for titles into me, but i don’t bens in really. My chest heaves like there’s a goddamn boeder sitting on top of it. I grit my bteeth /band squeeze my eyes shut, fighting bback /bthe scream bwing /bits bway /bup bmy /bthroat

The pain. fuck, it’s not hum te before it’s not distant or dull. It’s balive/b. Burning Gnawing Bleeding

My soul feels like it’s being form to stovers from the inside, and my wait–my damn wait–in whimpering like a dying animal, bcurled /bup somewhere deep

within row, or fanchas No FRE

She said she does ranges nepecting me. She mmed the door like she’d never came back

And I besee her.

The silence in bthe /broom is bdefining/b, bweRaping /baround sve like a shroud. My fingers w at the floor, bmy /bbjaw /bbclenched /bso tight I’m bsure /bbI’ll /bcrack a btooth/b.

bEvery /bbbreath /bfeels like bantuting /bshands of grass

Then-

bThe /bdoor bcreaks /boper

My heart stutters, Kali?

bMy /bhead stags up, eyes wide, hope splintering through the haze of agony-

But it’s not her.

It’s baim /bAgai

Fury rushes in, eyes darting around bthe /broom beforending bon /bme. “Alpha shit bare /byou singht?”

The whimper in my throat warps into a guttural growl. “Don’t fucking touch me,” start. “Or be ready to take yourst breath.”

Fury freezes mad–step, hands raised slightly in surrender, but he doesn’t back away. “Alpha.. bI /bbdidn’t /bmean to disobey you. I swear it. But i couldn’t exmb. /bbWhen /bshe said the words, I had to listen her voice fuck it was like it wasn’t even her. it was… something more. Commanding. Powerful. I

didn’t bstand /ba chance

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Thanting words rattle around in bmy /bbbrain/b, not quite settling, but not quite fies either. My bwolf /bisn’t marking smp just botaning

bly be out a harsh, shaky sth Firy reaches bto /bhelp me to my bfeet/b, and this time- don’t push him away.

Bet for some stupid fucking reason I believe Him

Fery toadies me pyes gent. “Alpha, bI’ve /bdone anything to offend byou /bor bdisrespected /bbyour /bim, punish me. 1 ept it. But bplease /bplease help

My binod brume /bbcold/b.

“She’s gone,” he says, voice btightening /b“She’s marching straight binto /bthe Red bNight /bPack on her own. No backup. No strategy. Just raw anger. She’s determined to bget /bher bmother /bout, and bshe /bbwon’t /bblisten /bbto /bbanyone/b. Alpha, it’s ba /bsuicide mission. And byou’re /bbthe /bonly one who can bstop /bher.”

For a second, my heart stops bbeating /baltogether.

Kali

“bShe’s /bwalking binto /bbhell/b….

bFury /bbrods /bgrimly

And that’s all it takes.

bThe /bweakness evaporates, burned up by the fire that res to life in my chest. My fists clench, and I bfeel /bmy strength return, even through bthe /bache, even through the rejection still wing at bmy /binsides.

She might bhate /bme right now.

bBut /bI’ll be damned if I let her walk to bher /bdeath.

“Get bthe /bbwarriors/b,” I rasp, fire in my eyes. “It’s time the Red Night Pack remembers why they fear my name.”