Chapter 51 REED The morning of the full moon arrived with an eerie quiet. I woke up drenched in sweat, my sheets tangled around my legs, my cock painfully hard and aching. The rut was here, not full force yet but close. So fucking close I could feel it building

Chapter 50 ASHER I barely made it back to my dorm, my legs were shaking so badly I had to lean against the wall in the hallway. My vision kept blurring at the edges and the heat coursing through my body was so intense I thought I might combust right

Chapter 49 REED I made it through exactly two more classes before my body gave up on pretending I had any control left and Callcum noticed first, of course he always does. “Dude, you’re sweating through your shirt,” he said during our break between Combat Theory and Advanced Tactics. “Are

Chapter 48 ASHER I couldn’t focus in any of my afternoon classes. My body was burning up, sweat soaked through my shirt within minutes of sitting down. Every shift in my seat sent sparks of need through my system. The heat was accelerating faster than it should. In Biology, Professor

Chapter 47 ASHER I woke up to my alarm blaring and immediately regretted existing. Everything fucking hurts. My body, my head, and my heart. I slowly dragged myself to the bathroom and looked in the mirror then I froze. My neck was covered in marks, dark purple bruises blooming across

Chapter 46 ASHER “What are you?” Reed whispered. The question hung in the air between us. My mind was racing. My heart was pounding, and Reed’s hands were still under my hoodie, burning against my skin. “I’m—” I started. Reed kissed me again before I could finish but this time

Chapter 45 ASHER I couldn’t sleep. It was two in the morning and my body was on fire. The heat was getting worse by the hour. My skin felt too tight, and sensitive. Every shift of the sheets against my body sent sparks of pleasure-pain through my nerve endings. I’d

Chapter 44 ASHER I avoided Reed for three days. It wasn’t hard. He was avoiding me too. We passed each other in the hallways and he looked right through me. In the cafeteria, he sat with his back to wherever I was. In shared classes, he chose seats as far

Chapter 43 REED The words tasted like poison in my mouth. “You’re nothing to me. You were nothing before. You’re nothing now, and you’ll always be nothing p> Even as I said them, I wanted to take them back. I wanted to swallow every cruel syllable and tell Asher the

Chapter 42 ASHER The truck ride back to campus was silent. Reed sat on the opposite side, his body angled away from me, staring out the window like I wasn’t even there. We’d completed the mission. Survived the seventy-two hours. Reported the rogue pack activity and the deaths we’d caused

Chapter 41 ASHER We ran until my lungs were burning and my legs felt like they might give out. Reed finally slowed when we reached a rocky outcropping that formed a natural shelter. He checked the perimeter twice before declaring it safe enough to make camp. The sun was setting,

Chapter 40 ASHER I woke up to the smell of coffee and the sound of Reed packing up camp. He wasn’t looking at me anymore, his back was turned, movements efficient and controlled as he rolled up his sleeping bag. But I couldn’t forget the way he’d been watching me

Chapter 39 ASHER Wednesday morning came too fast, I’d barely slept the past two nights. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Reed’s face. Heard his threat. If you die out there, it won’t be the rogues who kill you. It’ll be me. Now I was standing in the

Chapter 38 ASHER I stood outside the infirmary, my hand on the door handle, trying to calm my racing heart. This was a terrible idea, but I was out of options; it was my last resort, as the mission briefing was in two days. Seventy-two hours minimum in the contested

Chapter 37 ASHER I was late to the assembly because every cell in my body refused to cooperate with me because after everything that happened over the weekend, the videos, the messages, the entire Academy watching my humiliation on repeat, the isolation and even those I thought would be by

Chapter 36 ASHER Morning came too soon, and I’d barely slept after the texts from Reed. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw his face in the firelight, and I heard his voice promising to break me. Tomorrow, the real fun begins. I dragged myself out of bed and

Chapter 35 ASHER I couldn’t go back to my dorm, not just yet and not when my hands were still shaking and my jeans were barely buttoned and I could still feel Reed’s hands on my body but I couldn’t stay in the woods either. So I found myself walking

Chapter 34 ASHER “You just signed your death warrant.” Reed said and the words hung in the air between us. Reed’s breath was hot against my ear. His body pressed against mine, pinning me to the tree. Every inch of him radiated heat and fury and something darker that made

Chapter 33 ASHER The kiss broke, and Reed pulled back, his grey eyes blazing with something wild and feral that made my entire body go rigid with fear. “Mine,” he said again, his voice rough and possessive. “You’re mine, Asher, and everyone here just saw me claim you p> The

Chapter 32 REED I was going to kill him, the thought consumed me, burning through my mind with such intensity that everything else faded to background noise. I was going to kill Asher Graham. I’d been watching him all night, watching the way he moved through the crowd with fucking