CHAPTER 280 MATE BOND

Claire had been waiting all morning for Elora to arrive. It was uncanny how, when she needed her the most, she decided to come late. A part of her was scared that maybe Elora wasn’t coming back, that Hudson had taken her off the team like Adam, or that she had simply decided to stop coming after she pressured her for help. After Hudson’s cold words to her earlier in the day, she stayed in bed, sobbing. Claire hated the situation she was in, how Hudson wouldn’t trust her even though she was beginning to have a change of heart. He reminded her of how he would remain in control, no matter what she does to have him in her palms. Claire didn’t expect it easy, because she was marked by an Alpha—Alpha Hudson, who had a devious reputation about him, manipulative, cunning, powerful, and relentless when it came to keeping what was his. And now, Claire was bound to him in more ways than one. She stayed under the sheet, curled up into a ball until she heard him leave. When she felt the place