As I turn to march out of the room, my feet stop and my breath hitches. "Bryanna. Why..." I whip back around and glare at them. "You aren't to use that name in public. Only when we are in private and alone." Jacob flashes me a crooked smile. His eyes sparkle as he waves his finger around in the air. "We are alone. It is only us three in here." He rests his arm on the table and gives me a cheesy grin, almost daring me to slap it off him. His t-shirt stretches tight against his muscular chest and accents his well-defined muscles. He has a true alpha body. The sparkle in his light brown eyes shimmers as he leans forward. In a deep, husky voice, he adds, "We know all your secrets. Plus, we can see your true self. The one nobody else can see because of the magic spell. Should I go on?" My heartbeat echoes in my ears as I stumble forward. How could he act like this? Bryanna, the heir to her pack, is forced into a contract relationship right before her eighteenth birthday which her father claims to be the best for both her and the pack. However, as she gets older, she soon realizes the contract relationship may not be the best choice for her, but it was a great choice for her father. When Bryanna and the contract are on the verge of falling apart, she faces a choice only she can make. Does she fight for the mate she can't detect at the risk of her secret coming out? Or does she sacrifice her happiness for the pack and her father's wishes while also keeping her secret buried?
BRAYDEN
"Come on, son. It is time." My father barges into my room with his head held high. However, my stomach sinks at his words while dread washes over me.
I can't do this.
I look up from my phone and shake my head. "I don't want to."
His calm expression instantly disappears as he grinds his teeth and glares at me. "Son, we have talked about this. You are going to sign the alliance agreement today and the three of you have all agreed to the terms of it."
I shake my head and tuck my phone back into my pocket. "No, dad. You didn't even ask me. You went ahead and decided for me. I have never agreed to anything."
When I was younger, I always did what my father wanted. However, now that I'm about to turn 18, I know better. I've seen what he really wants.
A low growl fills my room as he marches towards me. His feet pounds against the floor and echo against the walls, almost as loud as my pounding heart.
I'm not afraid anymore. However, I still find myself sliding backwards on my bed against the headboard while my heart races.
Through gritted teeth, he growls, "You WILL COME to the meeting, and you WILL AGREE to the terms of the alliance contract. I will not have you disobey me. Not now. Not ever."
Disobey. This isn't disobeying. This is sticking up for what's best for me, which is something he isn't doing as my father and the alpha of the Moon Earth pack.
Before I can throw back a rebuttal, he lunges at me and grabs my arm. Pain shoots through me as his jagged fingernails dig into my soft skin, but I don't say a word as he yanks me off the bed and out of my room.
My eyes sting as I fight back the tears. I'm not going to let him see me as someone weak. I must always look and appear like an alpha, and alphas don't cry.
I repeatedly try to rip my arm from his grasp, but he only clamps his hand tighter around me as additional waves of pain shoot through me.
He finally loosens his grasp a little around my arm when his office comes into view. Unfortunately, it is already too late. I've lost.
My heart twists as the alliance agreement swirls around in my mind. Did the other two really agree to these crazy terms? Granted, we have been friends since we were young, but this goes so far beyond our friendship. If they go through with this, we will cross a line which we can never come back from. Do they really want that?
As we get closer to his office and the meeting room, right next door, my father hisses, "You WILL go through with this agreement. There is NO choice. This will not only secure your safety, but it will allow the pack to grow and prosper."
His two favorite words. Grow and prosper.
When I don't respond, he tightens his grasp around my arm again and growls, "You WILL do this. There is NO other way to keep your secret."
I instantly tense.
I can't have anyone finding out my secret. It will put not only myself at risk, but the pack too.
Reluctantly, I stop fighting and let him guide me to the meeting room. He pauses briefly outside the room and quickly runs his hand through his short black hair with specks of gray, trying to comb his hair back into place.
I, on the other hand, stand there and stare at the door.
Everything will change after the document is signed. My life will never be able to go back to what it was, nor will my friendship with my two friends.
My heart aches while my stomach sinks like a lead balloon. A cold sweat breaks out across my back, as I wish there is another way.
My father plasters on a smile and opens the door. As he pulls me inside, the others turn towards me while my father chimes, "Welcome, everyone. I hope everyone has read the contract."
I try to hold my head high and proudly walk beside him. However, pride isn't what I'm feeling right now.
I glance at my friends, almost begging them to refuse to go along with this. But they don't pay attention to me or my pleas. Unfortunately, I'm not able to tell whether it is because they want this agreement or their fathers won't let them refuse, just like mine.
I politely nod to the two older men as I'm pulled down to the chair beside my father. The conversation turns into incoherent mumbles as I sink deeper within myself. However, after some time, my mind finally clicks and starts working again when my father asks, "Does anyone have additional clauses they would like to be added to the document? We can handwrite them at the bottom."
Heck, yes I do.
I bolt up out of my chair and look at my friends. With a conviction I didn't have earlier, I confidently reply, "We can't mark each other until we are 30 and haven't found our true mates. If we find out mates, this contract relationship is void and ends immediately."
A wave of heat flows off my father as his fingers tighten around his pen.
I quickly look at my friends and, with my eyes, beg them to agree.
Luckily, the other alphas nod and in unison say, "I agree."
I rejoice is my only victory for today. By the low growl rolling out of my father says he isn't happy, but I have a feeling everyone will thank me for this later.
Even though there is no chance for me to ever find my mate, I can't live with myself if I know I've blocked my friends from finding and claiming their mates.
Reluctantly, my father adds that clause to the multiple identical contracts and grunts, "Is there anything else we need to add?"
The corners of my mouth curl slightly upwards, but I quickly stop myself from actually smiling. It will only enrage my father more if he sees me smile.
I slowly sit back down in my chair. Within minutes, I'm signing my life away. My heart aches, but if this is the only way to keep my secret and to protect my pack, I will learn to live with it.
I breathe a sigh of relief when my father puts his pen down on the table and announces, "The alliance agreement is finalized." He looks at the other two alphas and adds, "Why don't we leave our kids to talk out some of the finer details while we go discuss some pack business?"
The three older men get up and leave the room. As soon as the door shuts behind them, I push myself away from the table and stand up. I have nothing to say to them right now. I still can't believe they didn't try to stop this.
As I turn to march out of the room, my feet stop and my breath hitches.
"Bryanna. Why..."
I whip back around and glare at them. "You aren't to use that name in public. Only when we are in private and alone."
Jacob flashes me a crooked smile. His eyes sparkle as he waves his finger around in the air. "We are alone. It is only us three in here."
He rests his arm on the table and gives me a cheesy grin, almost daring me to slap it off him. His t-shirt stretches tight against his muscular chest and accents his well-defined muscles. He has a true alpha body.
The sparkle in his light brown eyes shimmers as he leans forward. In a deep, husky voice, he adds, "We know all your secrets. Plus, we can see your true self. The one nobody else can see because of the magic spell. Should I go on?"
My heartbeat echoes in my ears as I stumble forward. How could he act like this?
Hunter slides next to Jacob and rests his arm on Jacob's shoulder. His t-shirt also stretches tight and clings to every muscle. Just like Jacob, he gives me a cheesy grin while something mischievous swirls in his dark brown eyes.
He points to a copy of the alliance agreement on the table and, in an almost seductive voice, he adds, "We were the ones who suggested to add the contract relationship to the alliance agreement. It wasn't our fathers."
I stumble forward again and fall back in my chair.
What? How could they do this without asking me first?
Chance takes another drink of beer and points his finger at Alex. "I bet you can't." Alex doesn't understand why they think it is such a big deal. He can go without sex if he wanted to. He just doesn't want to. What is so wrong with that? They should be thankful. It keeps him entertained and relaxed. Alex points his finger back at Chance. "I bet I can." Will Alex find it as easy as he thinks it will be to win the bet? Or will he run into some obstacles along the way? One of which is a tan muscular man who is willing to help Alex with whatever Alex needs, but is the man's help to win the best or is it to win Alex?
For the last two years, Kane has been dreaming of the day when his mate finally turns 18 and they can finally claim each other. However, his world suddenly comes crashing down and his dream is instantly destroyed when the alpha announces that his son (Kane's mate) has found his mate, who is the daughter of a neighboring pack's alpha. However, he can't bring himself to say anything. He has kept this a secret for two years and he was waiting for another few months until his mate's birthday, but that day is never coming now. He can't stand seeing his mate with another, and he can no longer handle being in his pack. He can't let his father know either, since he is the pack's Beta. What can he do? The only thing that he can think of.... He will keep his secret and run as far away as possible. He will no longer be Kane, but he will become a new person, with a new name. Blake. That sounds nice. It also reminds him of black, which is what his past is now.
"Never let anyone treat you like shit!" I learned that the hard way. For three years, I lived with my in-laws. They didn't treat me as their son-in-law but as a slave. I put up with everything because of my wife, Yolanda Lambert. She was the light of my life. Unfortunately, my whole world came crashing down the day I caught my wife cheating on me. I have never been so heartbroken. To have my revenge, I revealed my true identity. I was none other than Liam Hoffman—the heir of a family with trillions of dollars in assets! The Lamberts were utterly shocked after the big reveal. They realized what fools they had been for treating me like trash. My wife even knelt down and begged for my forgiveness. What do you think I did? Did I take her back or made her suffer? Find out!
Sophia Drake braced herself for the worst when she was forced to move across the country in the middle of her junior year. Desperate to escape her shattered home as soon as she turns eighteen, her plans are disrupted by the enigmatic and captivating Ashford twins. Sophia can't fathom the intense attraction she feels for the twins and tries to avoid them at every turn. As she's thrust into an unfamiliar world, her past demons resurface, making her question her true identity. Will Sophia flee from her past's secrets, or will she embrace her destiny and take control of her future?
COALESCENCE OF THE FIVE SERIES BOOK ONE: THE 5-TIME REJECTED GAMMA & THE LYCAN KING BOOK TWO: THE ROGUES WHO WENT ROGUE BOOK THREE: THE INDOMITABLE HUNTRESS & THE HARDENED DUKE *** BOOK ONE: After being rejected by 5 mates, Gamma Lucianne pleaded with the Moon Goddess to spare her from any further mate-bonds. To her dismay, she is being bonded for the sixth time. What’s worse is that her sixth-chance mate is the most powerful creature ruling over all werewolves and Lycans - the Lycan King himself. She is certain, dead certain, that a rejection would come sooner or later, though she hopes for it to be sooner. King Alexandar was ecstatic to meet his bonded mate, and couldn’t thank their Goddess enough for gifting him someone so perfect. However, he soon realizes that this gift is reluctant to accept him, and more than willing to sever their bond. He tries to connect with her but she seems so far away. He is desperate to get intimate with her but she seems reluctant to open up to him. He tries to tell her that he is willing to commit to her for the rest of his life but she doesn’t seem to believe him. He is pleading for a chance: a chance to get to know her; a chance to show her that he’s different; and a chance to love her. But when not-so-subtle crushes, jealous suitors, self-entitled Queen-wannabes, an old flame, a silent protector and a past wedding engagement threaten to jeopardize their relationship, will Lucianne and Xandar still choose to be together? Is their love strong enough to overcome everything and everyone? Or will Lucianne resort to enduring a sixth rejection from the one person she thought she could entrust her heart with?
After a devastating divorce with the man she had been married to for over three years, Rachel thought her life was over. Her family disowned her, they wanted nothing to do with her anymore and she couldn't blame them. She had just divorced David Hart, one of the top successful bachelors in the country and heir to the Hart industries. But they would never understand that she didn't divorce him, he divorced her after she caught him cheating on her with her god-damned best friend! Rachel was just about to end everything by jumping off a bridge when she was saved by the most unexpected person. The boy she once bullied severally in highschool because he always wore ugly glass and was from a poor background, how come that glass make him so hot now? Why was he helping her get revenge on ex-husband who is trying to make her life even more miserable? And most important how did he get so handsome? What exactly does he want from her? ... No, you must want something, anything. If you can really help me get revenge on David and Lana, I can't just let you do it for free". Ethan went quiet for a while. I held my breath waiting for what his request might be. If it was something money could buy, I'll try my best to get it for him even though I was somehow broke right now. "You're right I do want something". He said after thinking for few minutes "What?" I asked slowly. " Until you get your revenge on David, Lana and every other person you want, you will live here". Live here as in...? " Wha... What are you saying? ". I stammered hoping he wasn't saying what I thought he was saying. I tried to step back but I missed a step and almost fell on the bed but Ethan caught me holding me in his muscular arms. Ethan moved his face closer to mine be was so close, our nose almost touched. " I want you to be with me! ".
Life was a bed of roses for Debra, the daughter of Alpha. That was until she had a one-night stand with Caleb. She was sure he was her mate as determined by Moon Goddess. But this hateful man refused to accept her. Weeks passed before Debra discovered that she was pregnant. Her pregnancy brought shame to her and everyone she loved. Not only was she driven out, but her father was also hunted down by usurpers. Fortunately, she survived with the help of the mysterious Thorn Edge Pack. Five years passed and Debra didn't hear anything from Caleb. One day, their paths crossed again. They were both on the same mission—carrying out secret investigations in the dangerous Roz Town for the safety and posterity of their respective packs. Caleb was still cold toward her. But as time went on, he fell head over heels in love with her. He tried to make up for abandoning her, but Debra wasn't having any of it. She was hell-bent on hiding her daughter from him and also making a clean break. What did the future hold for the two as they journeyed in Roz Town? What kind of secrets would they find? Would Caleb win Debra's heart and get to know his lovely daughter? Find out!
Melanie married Ashton out of gratitude, but she quickly found herself entangled in a web of relentless challenges. Despite these struggles, she stayed true to her commitment to the marriage. In the hospital room, Ashton indifferently attempted to draw her blood, disregarding her discomfort. This callous act was a harsh revelation for Melanie, awakening her to the grim reality of their relationship. Resolved to prioritize her own welfare, she decided to sever ties. With newfound resolve, Melanie filed for divorce. In the process, she unveiled her concealed identities, leaving everyone in shock. Throughout these turbulent times, Melanie realized that Derek, Ashton’s uncle, had been discreetly protecting her all along.