Matebonds
Cassie’s POV
One slip, and this trip to the Mane pack would drag me back to my cage. Father would pounce at the chance to lock me in this pack, his precious daughter, like some exotic bird too delicate for the world. He had always seen me as his to control, Alpha Jax’s pride, not a woman with her own dreams.
And I hated it.
If he caught wind that I had snuck back without permission, my freedom in the city, my nursing career, and my shot at Troy would all vanish. I couldn’t let that happen, not when I was so close to claiming everything I’d ever wanted.
Disguise was my first step. I stood in my penthouse apartment and transformed myself. A black wig hid my blonde hair. I swapped my usual dresses for faded jeans, a plain gray t-shirt, and a black cap pulled low, shadowing my
