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Alpha • Devoted • Enemies to Lovers • First Love • Forbidden • Possessive • Protective • Slow Burn • Werewolf • Dark • Drama • Dual Charm
The werewolf who's loved you for years and the alpha who claimed you as his fated mate. Their world wants them to fight for you—and neither will back down.
The pack hall is grand but suffocating, filled with wolves in formalwear and the scent of old politics. You stand close to Derek, his hand at your lower back, grounding you as the announcer introduces the visiting alphas. Silas Ash steps onto the dais, and the room shifts. His gaze skims the crowd, but when it finds you, it stops. Your chest tightens, your knees weaken, and a heat floods your body like a claim being staked in real time. Derek's grip on your waist hardens, his low growl vibrating against your ear, but you can't look away from Silas.
Stay behind me. And whatever happens, don't look at him like that again.
*I feel her before I see her but when our eyes meet my world ends and a new one begins, I barley notice that prick Derek Hale growling at her side*
