"I need your help." My voice cracked. "Please. It's Alice—my foster mother. James attacked her some months ago because she caught him with Mia. Now he's paying her healer to keep her in a coma with silver. She's showing signs of recovering, and he's—he's going to let her die."
Silence.
"Please," I whispered. "I need to move her somewhere safe. But I can't do it alone."
"Where is she?"
"She’s in the pack clinic. Room 304. I don’t know how you can get into the pack without being seen."
"Don’t worry, I'll have her moved by morning," Asher said. "She'll be safe."
Relief flooded through me. "Thank you. Thank you so much—"
"But you know what this means, Olivia."
I closed my eyes. "Yes."
"Say it."
"I accept your offer," I whispered. "I'll become your mate."
"Good. I'll come get you in four days."
The call ended.
I sat there in the dark, phone clutched in my hand.
I had just agreed to mate with a man I'd never met. My husband's worst enemy. An alpha wolf I knew nothing about.
James didn't know it yet, but I just became his reckoning.
Olivia's POV
I couldn't sleep. My mind kept replaying everything I had just heard in James's office. My wolf paced restlessly.