IM_Spooked

He called me his ruin. Then he made me one. 

Alpha Shiloh's rejection wasn’t just a scar—it was a betrayal. He left me shattered. Broken. And I had to rebuild myself in silence. 
I almost forgot the way his touch once burned like salvation.  

Now he’s back.  

Not to beg forgiveness. To bargain. A deadly mission, he says. He promises freedom.

But then presence ignites my wolf into a frenzy. She thrashes, desperate to claim him again. But I remember the coldness in his eyes when he exiled me. The way the pack turned their backs as I crawled into the wilderness, half-dead and wholly broken. Hate simmers hotter than desire.

Yet here I am, bargaining with the devil who shattered me. Every moment we share is a lie. He doesn’t know about the shadows I’ve fed, the truth I’ve buried.  

Or the child.  

One whisper of its existence, and the pack will paint the forest with my blood. 

But the closer we get to completing his mission, the harder it is to hide… from him, or from the part of me that still craves him.  

Freedom has a price.  

So does vengeance.  

And I’m not sure which will destroy me first.

Mira: Her Alpha, Her Ruin

I could barely focus on what Shiloh was saying as we walked home. An alpha was already here.

Irving , no doubt. Trying to throw Shiloh off guard. Trying to throw me off guard.

I wasn't going to let him. I was not the same scared little girl that he used to torment, and I was not now nor ever going to be his.

"Why did you walk?" I asked suddenly. Too late, I realized that Shiloh was saying something to me, and I'd interrupted. "Sorry."

The muscle in his jaw ticked while he stared straight ahead. "I walked because I do not need to scramble to rearrange my day simply because someone decided to show up early. We're still prepping, and that comes first."

"Right. It's all about appearances," I echoed hollowly. I was still a little surprised that he wasn't going to lock me away if appearances mattered so much. "I interrupted you earlier. What were you saying?"

"I was asking about Kenzi's visit. Did it upset you?"

Sink Into Her Soul