Ava spent the last nine years living and working as a child slave for the very people who murdered her family. She dreamed that one day she could get revenge on her captors and find her mate to save her from her own personal hell. But on the morning of her 18th birthday her world would come crashing down when she learns the identity of her mate. With no one but her wolf to help, will Ava be able to get her revenge? Or will she be forced to suffer immense pain and betrayal? (18+, this book may contain a trigger for some readers, please read with caution.)
Prologue:
"We're under attack!" is all I hear before my mother grabs me and heads for the safe room.
"Mommy?" I ask her.
"Yes, puppet?" I could tell she was trying to keep calm and not worry me.
"What's happening? Why can't I stay and play with Uncle Darrien?"
"Everything's fine honey. Mommy, Daddy, and Uncle Darrien have something very important to attend to." As she finished her sentence, I hear a loud bang come from the common room. "They're in the house!" "Stop them! Protect the Luna and Ava!" My mom begins to run as the sound of fighting and glass smashing sounds through the air. The fighting grows closer as my mother comes to a stop in front the door to my fathers' office. I can see shadows around the corner of wolves fighting as my mom quickly pushes the door open and made her way to the furthest end of the room. My mother stops in front of the lit fireplace, she reaches up and slides the miniature version of our family crest to the left. Slowly the fireplace starts move and opens to reveal a small room.
"Puppet mommy needs you to stay here and no matter what you don't come out promise me?" My mother says fighting back tears as she places me on the ground.
"I promise mommy", I say as she covers me with a blanket and places a kiss on the top of my head.
"I love you Puppet, you're going to grow up to be such a strong and powerful woman." She says as she stands up and the door starts to slide closed. I watch as my mom turns into her wolf and takes off running out the door.
"Mommy wait!" But it was too late the door had already closed. I slam my fists against the door but it was too heavy for me to move. Defeated I slam my back against the door and slide down to the floor bringing my knees to my chest.
"I love you too." I whisper into the silent room I pull the blanket tight around me and begin rocking back and forth. The seconds began ticking away and eventually turned into minutes turned into hours.
"Mommy, Daddy!" I shouted as the door began to slide open. I was getting ready to leap into my mother's arms, but I stopped dead in my tracks in front of me stood a group of strangers.
"You're not my mommy!" I shouted as I retreated into the safe room but the older man grabbed hold of my arm and covered my mouth.
"I stood at the edge of my heart and watched him choose her. In the end, I was not the one he needed. I was simply the one he settled for." - Noelle ~~~~~~~ I thought I was the one he loved. But a few days before our wedding, I saw him in a way I never had before. His eyes softened as he spoke to her. His first love, and the very woman who had left him in pieces. Heartbreak was something I knew too well. And as I watched the love he still held for her in his eyes, I realized what I had to do. I couldn't marry a man who wasn't truly mine. With no means to cancel the wedding and lacking the courage to confront him, I made a desperate choice to leave. I painfully gave his first love my treasured engagement ring thinking it was for the best and the only way to free myself. But when he saw that ring on her finger, the fragile world I had tried to escape began to shatter. His obsession to find me and bring me back ignited a dangerous game of cat and mouse.
Natalie used to think she could melt Connor’s icy heart, but she was sorely mistaken. When at last she decided to leave, she discovered that she was pregnant. Even so, she chose to quietly leave his world, prompting Connor to mobilize all of his resources and expand his business to a global scale—all in a bid to find her. But there was no trace of Natalie. Connor slowly spiraled into madness, turning the city upside down and leaving chaos in his wake. Natalie finally surfaced years later, with wealth and power of her own, only to find herself entangled with Connor once again.
When Zora was sick during the early days of her pregnancy, Ezrah was with his first love, Piper. When Zora got into an accident and called Ezrah, he said he was busy, when in actual fact, he was buying shoes for Piper. Zora lost her baby because of the accident, and throughout her stay at the hospital, Ezrah never showed up. She already knew that he didn't love her, but that was the last straw for the camel's back, and her fragile heart could not take it anymore. When Ezrah arrived home a few days after Zora was discharged from the hospital, he no longer met the woman who always greeted him with a smile and cared for him. Zora stood at the top of the stairs and yelled with a cold expression, "Good news, Ezrah! Our baby died in a car accident. There is nothing between us anymore, so let's get a divorce." The man who claimed not to have any feelings for Zora, being cold and distant towards her, and having asked her for a divorce twice, instantly panicked.
For three years, Shane and Yvonne were wed, sharing heated nights, while his devotion clung to his ex. Yvonne strove to be a dutiful wife, yet their marriage felt hollow, built on desire rather than real warmth. All changed when she became pregnant, only for Shane to thrust her onto the operating table, warning, “Either you or the baby survives!” Broken by his cruelty, she vanished in grief and later returned, radiantly accomplished, leaving everyone awestruck. Haunted by remorse, Shane begged for another chance, but Yvonne only smiled and replied, “I’m sorry, men no longer interest me.”
Rena got into an entanglement with a big shot when she was drunk one night. She needed Waylen's help while he was drawn to her youthful beauty. As such, what was supposed to be a one-night stand progressed into something serious. All was well until Rena discovered that Waylen's heart belonged to another woman. When his first love returned, he stopped coming home, leaving Rena all alone for many nights. She put up with it until she received a check and farewell note one day. Contrary to how Waylen expected her to react, Rena had a smile on her face as she bid him farewell. "It was fun while it lasted, Waylen. May our paths never cross. Have a nice life." But as fate would have it, their paths crossed again. This time, Rena had another man by her side. Waylen's eyes burned with jealousy. He spat, "How the hell did you move on? I thought you loved only me!" "Keyword, loved!" Rena flipped her hair back and retorted, "There are plenty of fish in the sea, Waylen. Besides, you were the one who asked for a breakup. Now, if you want to date me, you have to wait in line." The next day, Rena received a credit alert of billions and a diamond ring. Waylen appeared again, got down on one knee, and uttered, "May I cut in line, Rena? I still want you."
In the previous life, Maggie Johnson was so cowardly, gullible and stupid that she was coaxed by her fiance and stepsister and then broke her legs and lost everything including her fortune, love and even life. However, she was so lucky that she was reborn in the year before everything happened. Since her life restarted, how could she repeat a previous tragedy? Therefore, in this life, she took the opportunity to improve herself and take revenge on the ones who had ever insulted her. Facing the people who had humiliated her previously, she became smart and experienced to break their frames and tricks that had caused her to hurt in the previous life. Finally, no one could stop her pace to amaze the world any more.