Cassie's life is turned upside down when her mate, Mason, abandons her for a woman named Kara. Cassie is feeling betrayed and left out. At her lowest, Alpha Xander from the rival Shadowfang Pack offers her a contract marriage proposal: He marries him to join their packs, unite the packs, and battle dangerous rogue werewolves. Cassie, though hesitant, agrees, hoping to find a new sense of belonging. Cassie finds out the secret of her parent's mysterious deaths and uncovers a dark conspiracy to destroy the packs. Mason's secret baby adds another layer of suspense and complication to her new life. Cassie has mixed feelings about Mason and a weird feeling for Xander, too. Cassie must choose between her past and her future once Mason's secret is revealed. Find out what her choice would be!
Mason, my mate, stood there before me, and I felt frozen, like the world had ended. The one person I thought I could always count on. His eyes, cold and vacant, met mine as he spoke, each word a sharp blade piercing my heart.
He said, flat, "I'm sorry, Cassie." "But Kara is my true mate. 'She's the one I'm supposed to be with.'"
I couldn't breathe. My mind couldn't keep up; I tried to understand what he was saying. How could this be happening? If even Mason, my most trusted mate, could betray me like this, who else would be capable of such a thing? After everything we'd been through, after everything we'd shared... He just threw it all away.
"I don't understand," I whispered, shaking my voice." We've been together for years. I believed we were supposed to be. "You can't just... leave me for her,"
His jaw clenched, and his face remained stern. "I'm sorry, Cassie. It's not my choice. It's fate. 'I'm supposed to be with Kara,' he repeated.
I wanted to scream, shake him, make him look at me, and see everything we had built together. I stood there, frozen, in the pack's den, suffocating.
I pleaded with him to take it back, to tell me this was all just a mistake. "You're just confused. You've been with me for so long. "Don't you feel anything for me anymore?"
Mason took a deep breath, ran a hand through his hair, and his gaze flicked to the floor. "I've tried, Cassie. But I can't keep pretending. Kara is my true mate. She's who I'm meant to be with," he said.
He still hit me with his words like a punch to the gut. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't think. I had given him everything. With my heart, with my soul. It all meant nothing now.
"Is this really happening?" I could barely form the words I whispered. "Mason, please. Don't do this."
He said nothing more, though. He just turned away, his back facing me now, his body language clear: He was done with me.
I broke my heart in a way I didn't think was possible. I had always known mates were forever, but that felt like everything I believed in was a lie.
I choked out, "Don't just walk away from me."
My knees trembled, and I was stumbling backward, away from Mason, away from everything before I knew it. The pack gathered behind him, in the den, watching him. None of them stepped forward, however. None of them came to comfort me.
They all stood there, silently choosing Mason's side.
"Cassie..." Behind me, Xander's voice was soft. He had been quiet through the whole thing, but now he was standing close by, his eyes full of concern. "Perhaps you should take a moment." This... this isn't easy."
I stared at him, my throat tight with feelings I couldn't express. My everything, my mate, had just chosen another woman. I was utterly alone in a room full of people.
The pain was unbearable. I believed I could handle anything life threw at me, but this? This was something else. It was so sharp and all-consuming that I thought I might suffocate from it. I couldn't bring myself to look at Mason. I couldn't look at the pack that had just turned its back on me.
"Why?" I barely could form the words and whispered again. "Why did you do this?"
Mason didn't respond. He just walked away, disappearing into the shadows of the den.
I was shattered and left standing there.
And I felt like I was sinking into a black hole, and there was no way out. The world felt unreal. Like none of it made sense. Why would Mason do this to me? How did everything we had built, everything I thought we had, mean so little to him?
I wanted to run. To escape. But where would I go? Mason and his new mate had turned the pack against me. They didn't care about me. They couldn't. They would have stopped him if they did. If they were here, they would've prevented this from happening.
"Cassie..." Xander's voice was too close, too close. I didn't want to turn around, but could feel his presence beside me. I couldn't.
He said sorry in a soft but firm tone. "I know this is hard. But you're not alone. I'm here for you."
I nodded weakly, numb. His words were kind, but they didn't help the pain. Nothing could right now. It wasn't when the one person I trusted more than anyone had just betrayed me in front of everyone I cared about.
I wanted to scream. To make it all stop. I want to rewind time to when Mason was mine. The pack was a family, and everything was okay. But I couldn't. I couldn't go back.
"I just... "I need to be alone for a while," I said, struggling to speak.
I didn't wait for Xander to respond; I turned on my heel and ran. I pushed past pack members who barely looked up and ran as fast as my legs could. It stung more than I could have imagined.
I ran towards the woods. They were calling me. The cold air, the silence, the trees. No one could see me cry; it was the only place I could.
I needed space. I needed time. To breathe, think, and understand why this was happening to me.
The more I ran, the tighter my chest got and the harder it was to breathe. I didn't know if I was running from Mason, my pack, or myself. The ache in my chest, growing with every step, told me I was running from something far more considerable than him.
I ran until the tears made my vision blurry, and my legs felt like they might collapse. I finally slowed down and stood still in the clearing near the lake, trembling.
What now?
Now that everything I knew has been shattered, what should I do? How could I stay in the pack that had just turned its back on me?
Standing there, trying to make sense of everything, I felt utterly lost. But there was nothing. No answers. Only the sound of my broken heart and the rustling of the surrounding trees.
Would I remain in the pack that betrayed me, or would I leave everything behind and start over?
I didn't know. I couldn't say.
I knew the pain was unbearable.
I was, indeed, ultimately, alone for the first time in my life.
Should I go back? Or is it time to leave this pack for good?
One night. One unexpected meeting. And everything changes. Alex Lucas, heir to the powerful Lucas crime empire, never imagined that a night out would lead him to Shantex. The sexy, confident stripper sparks something in him that he can't ignore. Their chemistry is instant, their attraction undeniable. Shantex, with her bold confidence and hidden agenda, knows exactly what she wants. She has no plans to let Alex walk away untouched. Their night together is more than just about passion - it's about power, and she's determined to get it. In a world full of danger, revenge, and dark desires, will they give in to what they feel? Or will their secrets tear them apart before they can even begin? Neither of them is ready for what's about to happen.
NEW CHAPTERS DAILY!!! The same suffering, rejection, betrayal, and exile from her pack hurt Liana Elrend. Her father's failed rebellion had stained her name, and the pack had cast her off for her father's sins. When rogue wolves aim to threaten the vulnerable peace of Shadow's Vale, they need her back to wield a cursed relic. The cost? An unwanted mating bond to Kael Drayve, the pack's new lawless alpha and ruthless bastard of a leader. Kael is already a fragile leader. Of course, unless you count the fact that he has rival factions plotting to overthrow him. The Veilstone Shard enters the scene, a cursed relic so powerful the consequences of it leaving Liana's hands could see many cities torn apart by its power. The sacred Shard could be the making or breaking of everything. Kael and Liana go searching for it, in direct violation of everything in their world they exist in believing, and their connection only grows stronger. She has visions of destruction that grow to haunt her. She wants to fight the dark pull of the Shard's power ... but she has to protect her unborn child. Her journey is about pain, sacrifice, and choices that could change all of this if it were anyone else.
NEW CHAPTERS DAILY!!! ONLY HERE!!! Larkwood Haven is a place where animals have forgotten their humanity and children have forged a strong, unbreakable bond. Three clans of werewolves live there, kept together by a fragile peace. Everything falls apart when the wards that protect their sanctuary fail. Then we witness strange clawed marks appearing in the woods, Elder Theron disappearing, and whispers of an ancient curse spreading fear through the clans. An outsider to her pack, Calla Wynter dares to find and read her late mother's journal. Some old journal records the Eclipse Stone, and it reveals all about an artifact powerful enough to save the Haven either or utterly destroy it. Kieran, a warrior who's been having a tough time due to his social struggles and his past, and Ashlyn, a formidable magic seeker, are called in by her to help. They set off on a dangerous quest to find the Stone. With each passing day, the curse of the outer world grows more robust, casting a darker shadow over the Haven, and amidst the darkness, a betrayal is being planned. With everyone questioning her every step, she must determine if she has the strength to lead. Can she survive the fear and distrust to save her home, or will the darkness prevail over her?
Corinne devoted three years of her life to her boyfriend, only for it to all go to waste. He saw her as nothing more than a country bumpkin and left her at the altar to be with his true love. After getting jilted, Corinne reclaimed her identity as the granddaughter of the town’s richest man, inherited a billion-dollar fortune, and ultimately rose to the top. But her success attracted the envy of others, and people constantly tried to bring her down. As she dealt with these troublemakers one by one, Mr. Hopkins, notorious for his ruthlessness, stood by and cheered her on. “Way to go, honey!”
Bailey seems to be never destined to fit in, a little geeky, but under it all, a hidden beauty that so many seem to miss, but still not what her pack Alpha is looking for in a fated mate... so he is determined to reject her and make her life hell. Bailey, knowing her life will likely never be the same focuses on what she can control, her future, and heads off to study; becoming a teacher. Asher is the Beta of Autumn Valley Pack, a neighbouring pack. A broken man having suffered the loss of his mate after a rogue attack, Asher is slowly crumbling. Falling to pieces. A shadow of his former self, and not a man that anyone wants to be around anymore... Until, Autumn Valley Pack require a new teacher, and Bailey finds herself there and pushed together with the Beta. Is there a connection building or is that in their imaginations? And what will happen when Bailey's mate comes back to claim what is his?
Once upon a time, there were two kingdoms once at peace. The kingdom of Salem and the kingdom of Mombana... Until the day, the king of Mombana passed away and a new monarch took over, Prince Cone. Prince Cone, has always been hungry for more power and more and more. After his coronation, he attacked Salem. The attack was so unexpected, Salem never prepared for it. They were caught off guard. The king and Queen was killed, the prince was taken into slavery. The people of Salem that survived the war was enslaved, their land taken from them. Their women were made sex slaves. They lost everything, including their land. Evil befall the land of Salem in form of Prince Cone, and the prince of Salem in his slavery was filled with so much rage. The prince of Salem, Prince Lucien swore revenge. 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 Ten years later, thirty-years old Lucien and his people raided a coup and escaped slavery. They went into hiding and recuperated. They trained day and night under the leadership of the fearless and cold Lucien who was driven with everything in him to get back their land, and take Mombana land too. It took them five years before they ambushed and attacked Mombana. They killed Prince Cone and reclaimed everything. As they screamed out their victory, Lucien's eyes found and pinned the proud princess of Mombana. Princess Danika. The daughter of Prince Cone. As Lucien stared at her with the coldest eyes anyone can ever possess, he felt victory for the first time. He walked to the princess with the slave collar he'd won for ten years rattling in his hand as he walked. He reached close to her and with a swift movement, he collared her neck. Then, he tilted her chin up, staring into the bluest eyes and the most beautiful face ever created, he gave her a cold smile. "You are my acquisition. My slave. My sex slave. My property. I will pay you in spades, everything you and your father ever did to me and my people." He stated curtly. Pure hatred, coldness and victory was the only emotion on his face. .
In her previous life, Kimberly endured the betrayal of her husband, the cruel machinations of an evil woman, and the endless tyranny of her in-laws. It culminated in the bankruptcy of her family, and ultimately, her death. After being reborn, she resolved to seek retribution against those who had wronged her, and ensure her family's prosperity. To her shock, the most unattainable man from her past suddenly set his sights on her. "You may have overlooked me before, but I shall capture your heart this time around."
After three secretive years of marriage, Eliana never met her enigmatic husband until she was served with divorce papers and learned of his extravagant pursuit of another. She snapped back to reality and secured a divorce. Thereafter, Eliana unveiled her various personas: an esteemed doctor, legendary secret agent, master hacker, celebrated designer, adept race car driver, and distinguished scientist. As her diverse talents became known, her ex-husband was consumed by remorse. Desperately, he pleaded, "Eliana, give me another chance! All my properties, even my life, are yours."
After three years of loveless marriage, Kira was slapped with divorce papers. She has shown him her unrequited love throughout her entire marriage with him, but he decided to turn blind eyes all because of his lover. Distraught and heartbroken, Kira choose to sign the divorce papers with bitter heart. But then and there, she promised herself that when she's back, he will come crawling to her, but she will make him pay for hurting her. Join Kira as she transform to a wealthy heiress and soared as the CEO of a multi-billion-dollar empire, a remarkable healer and make her ex-husband pay!