Rejected by My Alpha Now He Replaced Me with a Copycat Luna novel Chapter 113

Chapter 113

Asher’s POV

I didn’t feel or see anything at first. But then again, I had no idea what to expect. This sort of thing was only possible between mates, so it wasn’t as if I’d experienced it before.

Mates.

Just thinking the word had my entire body tightening, but my wolf howled in agreement of the word. He wanted Raven in every way possible. It was my human half that fought it.

A buzz lit my cheeks, in only the places Raven touched me. It was as if a foreign energy emanated from her and seeped into me, my entire form waking up and standing at attention.

Then it began. The pain.

So much I could barely breathe. And the memories weren’t linear. Instead, they were a jumble of snapshots and didn’t always make complete sense. But they had a single through line.

Agony.

Blades cutting into Raven’s skin. Whips slicing her open. Freezing cold and wearing nothing but shorts and a tank top as she screamed from the bottom of a dark pit. Branding irons pressed into her flesh. Vicious taunts. Hunger pains.

I was about to cry out for Raven to release me when I heard Michael’s voice in her memory. Cruel and cold. No emotion at all.

“No one escapes me, little one. No one. Look what happened to your mother.” A sick chuckle echoed in the dark pit. “Sliced her open in the most painful ways imaginable because she took from me. Tried to steal what was mine. I’ll do the same to you if you ever dream of trying to leave.”

But she had left. Raven had run despite the hovering fear of what might come. She was the strongest person I’d ever known.

I jerked back, the contact with Raven dropping away and taking the memories with it. I stared at the woman on my lap, a different sort of agony

taking root now.

Regret.

After everything Raven had been through, I’d only put her through more. I wanted to rip out my heart and give myself all the torture she’d experienced.

1 rose, unable to remain still for a single second more. Raven startled as I sat her back on the couch. I stared down at her beautiful face, twisted with what looked like another migraine. It made sense, the emotional overload, the shock of seeing her father. Just more pain I was responsible

for.

“I’m sorry.” The words felt like barbed wire being yanked from my throat, but it was all I could give her as I turned to stalk out of the room. I nearly ran into Joe, who scowled at me,

“What’s going on?” he demanded.

“Stay with her,” I ordered. “Don’t let her out of your sight. She needs food and Nox’s tea. Someone will be back in an hour to get her.”

I knew Michael wouldn’t make a move right now. He’d executed his first play and would wait for our response, hoping we did something stupid. But I still wasn’t about to leave Raven alone.

Joe’s eyes narrowed. “You do whatever it takes to keep her safe.”

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“I will,” I growled. And for the first time, I truly meant it.

I stalked through the restaurant, patrons reading my mood and swiftly moving out of my way. As I stepped outside, I kept my head on a swivel. My gaze searched for any signs of Shadowpine wolves as I prowled across the parking lots toward Off the Rail.

In my mind? I was with Raven back in that pit. Reliving every ounce of torture she’d endured. I didn’t think it would ever stop. And that was exactly what I deserved.

Ripping open the door to the club, the sounds of training hit my ears. I wanted to rip the heavy bags from the ceiling and the ring off the floor. The urge to destroy was almost more than I could take.

“What the hell are you doing here?” Dexter snarled. “You’re supposed to be watching Raven.”

“Joe’s with her,” I clipped.

“Joe might be a big guy, but he won’t know what to do if a wolf shifter waltzes into the bar,” Dexter accused, ripping off his training gloves as the rest of the guys moved in behind him.

Kael glared at him. “Keep your voices down.”

He was right to issue the warning. Plenty of humans were within hearing range.

“Michael showed. Sat down at the fucking bar.”

Snarls surged around me, even with the guys trying to keep their voices low.

“HE TRIED TO GRAB HER?” Kael gritted out, his fingernails lengthening to claws.

I bit the inside of my cheek so hard I tasted blood. “He tried to force her to submit.”

More sounds of derision and anger filled the air. It was the lowest of the low to force a wolf’s submission. But it shouldn’t have shocked of

any

us that Michael would stoop to that level.

“Tell me you got him,” Nox pleaded.

My jaw worked back and forth. “I couldn’t. The goddamned sheriff was right there, and Raven-she needed me.”

Ezra’s eyes bled to silver. “WHAT DID HE DO TO HER?”

“Threatened her.” I couldn’t force my mouth to form the details. It was too much. “She got triggered. She…she showed me. Everything he did to her. I-it was so much worse than we could’ve imagined.”

A burn lit in my throat, and pressure built behind my eyes. I couldn’t take it. All she’d been through. Our fucking mate. And there was only one thing I knew to do right now. One action I could take to make things better. To atone,

I met each of their gazes. “We can’t wait any longer. We have to kill Michael Clyne. Now.”

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