Choose Between Two AlphasChapter 1: Natasha's POV

The scent of antiseptic hit me first. My eyelids were heavy, limbs weighed down by pain. The sterile hospital lights pierced through my grogginess, and when my eyes adjusted, I saw him—Alpha Jonathan Marsh. His hand clutched mine as if it could anchor me back to life.

“Natasha…” he murmured, voice rough with emotion. “Why were you driving like that? You could’ve died.”

He pressed a kiss to my fingers, then my forehead. Once, that would have comforted me. Now, it burned.

“I’m fine,” I whispered, lips curving into a smile that didn’t touch my heart.

He relaxed, relief washing over his features. He whispered he loved me, that I meant everything to him. I let him say it. I let him believe I was still the same girl who trusted him. But I wasn't.

I had already died once—back there, in that office, where the truth bled from his lips.

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Hours earlier, I had been walking through the grand halls of the Redwood Packhouse, clutching an iron key—one that belonged to a home I’d been preparing in secret. A surprise for my mate. A legacy of love passed down through generations.