Marked Twice by the Alpha King novel Chapter 140

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Chapter 140

night, the same trellish cycle. As darkness crept ovớt the forest, the mark on my neck would fare in lite

| by skin. Only dawn braight relief, m Blake a truth,

The healing ender might have something stronger, Blake momered, hit callused fingertips tralling over the warring gold and silver macka, Manolight spilled through the tahin windows, turning the sheets to liquid silver around us.

I caught his hand, pressing it harder against my neck. “Where she gonna say? Stap Hayes from screwing random women or dest with it until Blake gold. wipes not the silver ? We’ve heard that song already

What I kept to myself was Sophia’s froven treatment. Since the ceremony, shad been ducking around comes when she saw me coming, treating me like I had the plague. If I entered a room, she df find urgent business elsewhere. The girl whord onre grabbed my hand in that underground hell no couldn’t even look me in the eye.

Blake suddenly stiffened, his eyes briefly unfocusing as he received a

“Let me guest–face–down in a toilet somewh

His jaw tightened. Tyler’s got news. They found our boy Hayes-

“Close. Moonlight Bat, drunk off his ass, with some Northern Pack chick in his lap.”

I squeezed my eyes shut. The mark connection made sure I’d felt everything–every sloppy kiss, every grope burning through my neck like acid. “Awesome The jackass couldn’t even keep it in his pants for a week.”

Blake rolled off the bed, pulling on his clothes. “Ive had Tyler drag his sorry ass back to Blackwood.

“Back to Blackwood?” I sat up, wincing. “Why bother?”

“Two reasons. One-” he tapped my neck, to end your pain. Two–to keep that idiot from blowing up a two–pack alliance that took years to build.” He yanked a shirt over his head. “They’ll be there in half an hour”

Jackson barely resembled the polished prince of Shadow Creek His once–immaculate clothes hung wrinkled and stained. Dark circles shadowed eyes that couldn’t focus properly. He reeked of whiskey and cheap perfume–a scent that made my wolf hate her teeth in disgust.

Tyler and two boulder–sized guards kept him upright in Blackwood’s grand hall, but just barely.

Jackson squinted against the light, his gaze wandering until it landed on me. “Ava?” Recognition sparked through the alcoholic haze. “The fuck are you doing

I leaned against the wall, keeping my distance. “Need a mirror, Hayes? You look like something the–cat dragged in, then dragged back out again.”

A laugh bubbled up from his chest–ugly and raw. “You jealous, baby? That’s cute.” He swayed, the guards tightening their grip. “Diana’s got skills, but she ain’t you. None of em are.”

My wolf growled deep in my chest. This pathetic mess was the man I once thought was my destiny?

“Enough.” Blake’s voice was soft but sliced through the room like a blade. He stepped from the shadows, golden eyes fixed on Jackson

Jackson went still, animal instinct recognizing the predator in the room. “Alpha King,” he slurred, attempting to straighten.

“Explain yourself” Two simple words, delivered with such quiet menace that even Tyler shifted uncomfortably.

“I was just Jackson started.

‘Diana from Northern Pack territories, Tyler cut in “Provocative dresser, aggressive approach. She’s been shadowing him for nights, always pouncing when

he’s most drunk.”

“Beal charmer you picked, huh?” I at Blake, bitterness leaking through.

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something cold slithered down my spine. What?

“That’s enough,” Biske sipped. “Tyler, get him cleaned up. Guest quarters, with guards. Make sure Sophia doesn’t see him like thic

Tyler nodded, gesturing for the guards to haul Imkson away. The room emptied, leaving just Blake and me with the crackling hearth betweentos “His free had hardened fire the mask he wore for pack business – all angles and nuthority.

“How’s the mark?” he asked, stepping close enough that his scent–pine and leather and something uniquely Ale–wrapped around me.