The Alpha's Broken But Defiant Mate

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re a cruel joke, a beautiful lie framed

ite floors, white ceiling. White sheets. Three years of white. Designed to soothe, to calm-but all it did was

tal on ceramic shatte

as sharp and sterile as the room itself. She was built like a li

amming the tray onto the bedside table.

ee and malice. "You know, today is a very special day

a reminder of my place. The impos

s's eyes glittered. "Imagine that. A man who actually wants her. Not like some

ut I had learned. My wolf and I had become

ntinued. "You should be grateful that such a kin

oward me. I said nothing.

strand of blonde hair. Not hers. A trophy, deliberately placed. A taunt

the pills onto my tongue, took the water, and swallowe

en

ng my cheek. My muscles, trained by desperation, held the

he grunted.

off-key "Happy Birthday" as

throom and spat the bitter pills into the sin

eyed ghost. But the fire in her eyes stil

red to the mirror. "And one day, e

rough the facility. The VIP alert. S

y spine. That level of respo

lackw

sive shoes on linoleum. The syc

honor to have you visit us. We've ta

opped. Directly

against my ribs.

cked. The do

kwood. My o

than my entire three-year stay in this hellhole. Dark hair perfectly styled. Face a mask of

pt over me with no recognition. No kinship. He looked at

ice flat. "Get your th

ilted. Leav

trap. It

ce, rusty and

crossed his features. "

et his icy gaze. My family

ifted in a sneer. He wa

expensive cologne and powe

n front of all our guests, you will make a public apolog

om my lungs. My b

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nster they painted me as. A crazed s

el before the people who destroyed me? The inju

ars had taught me the art of survival. And survival meant kno

hesitation, of doubt, of brotherly co

nd of cage. A public humiliation served on

ly has been so generous, Estella. Y

ered around a corner, her fac

rot here. I was getting out-

umiliation. The rage. The bitter despair. I pac

my only

and met my brot

in

isfaction flickered in his gaze. He had wh

eave. "You hav

s alone once more in

had changed. The white wa

the star