Fated to the Alpha Who Killed Me (by Sherry) novel Chapter 100

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I closed my eyes, leaning back against my pillows. “Listen, I need your help with something. This afternoon.

The investigator found out that Kayla’s mate Caleb hangs out at some dive bar in Riverside Pack called The

Rusty Anchor. I want to go talk to him.”

“Then I’m coming with you,” Sienna said immediately. “And I’m bringing Jade and Lily too. You’re not going

into another pack’s territory with just the two of us to confront some sketchy guy.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

“Always. We’ll pick you up at two. Try to get some rest, okay?”

After we hung up, I forced myself to climb into bed, but sleep felt impossible.

The Rusty Anchor turned out to be exactly as advertised–a run–down dive bar that smelled like stale beer

and cigarettes even from the parking lot.

Three burly men stood outside smoking, their eyes tracking our approach with undisguised interest.

“Stay together,” I murmured to the others.

We’d barely made it halfway across the lot when the door flew open and Kayla stumbled out. I froze. Her left

eye was swollen nearly shut, purple and grotesque. Blood crusted at the corner of her split lip. Dark finger-

shaped bruises wrapped around her throat like a collar.

She spotted me and her face twisted with fury. “You!” She lunged forward, moving with frightening speed.

“Did you pay Caleb to drag me back here? I was finally going to escape and you ruined everything!”

Before I could react, her hands closed around my throat, nails digging into flesh. Ember roared in my mind,

demanding I fight back, but I couldn’t–not when she looked like she’d already been beaten within an inch

of her life.

“Let her go!” Sienna was the first to react, grabbing Kayla’s arm and trying to pull her off.

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Jade and Lily rushed forward, Jade yanking at Kayla’s hair while Lily tried to pry her fingers loose from my

throat.

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“You think you’re so perfect!” Kayla screamed, her grip somehow tightening despite three people trying to

pull her off. “With your fancy pack and your rich alpha! But you’re all the same–you use people like me and

throw us away!”

My vision was starting to spot at the edges.

Finally, with all three of my friends pulling together, they managed to break Kayla’s grip. I stumbled

backward, gasping for air.

“Get her to the car!” Jade ordered. “Now!”

Lily and Sienna grabbed my arms and practically dragged me across the parking lot while Jade backed up

slowly, keeping herself between us and Kayla. We barely made it inside before Sienna gunned the engine,

tires squealing as we peeled out.

“Don’t stop,” I choked out, pressing my hand against my throat. “Just drive. Get us out of Riverside

territory.”

Sienna didn’t argue, pushing well over the speed limit until we crossed back into neutral ground. Only then

did she pull over at a gas station, her hands shaking on the steering wheel.

“Oh my God,” Lily breathed from the back seat. “Vi, are you okay? Your neck is bleeding.”

“It’s not as bad as it looks.”

“Like hell it isn’t.” Sienna was digging through her glove compartment for a first aid kit. “Hold still. This is

going to sting.”

The antiseptic burned like fire on the fresh scratches. But I sat still, my mind racing through what had just

happened.

“She said someone paid Caleb to drag her back,” I said slowly once Sienna finished bandaging me. “That

means there really is a third party controlling both of them.”

“But who?” Lily asked from the back seat. “And why target your family specifically?”

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“The detective said Caleb didn’t seem to care about Kayla cheating at all. Looking back now, they were

probably working together from the start. Kayla seduces wealthy men, gets them in compromising positions,

then they extort money. But she also wanted to use this as an opportunity to finally leave him.”

Sienna was quiet for a moment, then her eyes widened. “Wait. Could it be… Daemon? You said you saw

those photos at his apartment, right?”

My heart stuttered.

The pieces clicked into place. That would make them the originals. I knew how Daemon operated. He was

thorough, methodical. If he paid for evidence, he’d make sure to get everything so it couldn’t be used

against him later.

“That makes sense,” I said quietly, something cold settling in my chest. “Once the rejection ceremony

documents are ready and he hands over those photos, the threat disappears completely. He gets what he

wants, and my family stays safe.”

My phone buzzed with an incoming text.

Dylan: “Hey, Violet. I know this is short notice, but I managed to get tickets to that musical everyone’s been

talking about tonight. Any chance you’re free?”

I stared at the message, my thumb hovering over the screen.

“Who’s that?” Sienna leaned over to peek. “Oh my God, the hot guy from the bar? Are you going to say yes?”

“I shouldn’t.” But even as I said it, I was thinking about how many times I’d waited for Daemon to take me

anywhere over the past five years. We’d been mated five years and never once gone to see a show together.

“Why shouldn’t you?” Lily challenged from the back seat. “You’re getting a rejection ceremony anyway.

Daemon doesn’t want you. Why put your life on hold?”

She had a point. Sitting in that parking lot with my throat throbbing and my future uncertain, something

shifted inside me.

I typed back: “Sounds perfect. What time?”

Dylan’s response came immediately: “Seven. I can pick you up?”

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