After witnessing the death of her sister and supposed husband, Julian is forced ti raise her sister's only child by her self and she vowed to do everything within her means to keep the child away from that world. Locked and protected from the dangers of the outside world by her mother, Sophia is made to live like a prisoner for more than ten years, until the day she clocked eighteen. She's granted the freedom to head out with her mother for the first time ever. There she comes face to face with Clara, who instigates her to sneak from home and join a forest party. Clara _due to her desire for adventure_ sneaks and joins the midnight party. The party is disrupted by a mighty werewolf that sends everyone running for their dear lives. Sophia is pushed aside by Clara and pounced on by the werewolf. When she thought all hope was lost... "Mate." She heard the werewolf call her.
Sophia
"How did I get myself here?"
I remember sleeping on my bed in my room but now I am in a thick dark forest surrounded by trees and howling wild animals, I try to search for an escape route but it keeps on leading me back to the same spot.
"Somebody help me" I screamed out loud but I guess it was not enough "Is anybody there" I screamed again" and got no response.
In no time I saw two wild animals fighting, I took cover behind a huge tree so that they wouldn't notice me and use me for their next meal.
"Why are you doing this Cecilia?" The howling and the groaning had stopped and what I could hear now was a human male voice.
I guess I was too busy trying to take cover from the wild animals that I did not notice when they turned to human beings, "wait, how did they just switch to humans?" I said to myself
"I want everything you have right now, I want to be queen, I want to rule over the pack and I want my descendants to be next in line" the lady spoke up
I could not see her face clearly because of the hair that covered her face, I tried to get a clear view of the man's face but I couldn't because his back was turned to the tree that I was hiding behind and he was on the floor.
"You have everything..." The man spoke up again but his voice was really weak that his words came out as a form of a whisper
"You lie, I don't have the throne and that is what I want, what I live for..."
I could hear so much spite in the lady's voice leaving me to wonder why she was doing all these things to just sit on a throne.
"I offered you my heart, I offered you my body but you left me to go after that human that is not even half what I am"
The lady let a small chuckle and I could just tell that she was bitter about the whole thing. I stood behind the tree watching everything that was happening, I felt something crawling up to my elbow, and when I looked it was a spider, I wanted to scream but I held my mouth with my palm and shook the spider away.
"I never asked you for any of those things...." There was a pause mid-sentence and I could tell that he was struggling to breathe, he was going to die and the lady was going to have everything she wanted I thought and immediately felt sad for him.
"I never asked you for anything, you knew we weren't going to end up with each other, you knew that I never liked you. I only entertained the thought of us being together because that was what our parents wanted"
With the way the words came out from his mouth, I could feel his pain, I wanted to go to him to comfort him till he finally let go but I was too scared because I didn't want to die.
"You and your father used my family to sit on that throne but when it was time to repay the favor by getting married to me you chickened out and pretended like you were not aware of the agreement, you coward"
"Everything would have been different if I had known that you were not okay, everything would have been different if you told me how you felt...."
"So that you would see me as a pathetic fool or you would think of me as a weakling"
"Cecilia everything would have been different if I had known how you felt.."
"Would that have stopped you from getting married to that human?"
"She is my mate..."
The lady let out a boisterous laughter, while the man was still on the floor when I brought my head forward to look at him properly I saw that he was wiping blood from his nose.
"Lucas was my mate but I killed him when he was acting stubborn and saying he was not going to let me go, I killed him so I could be with you but here you are acting as if you were the only one who had a mate"
"Lucas would have given you the power you wanted, Lucas was a good man"
"Lucas was not the man I wanted, I wanted you..."
I feel something pass by my legs, I let out a scream forgetting the situation I was in.
"Who is there?" The lady spoke up, her voice completely laced in anger and I am sure that she was going to end my life if she saw me. I immediately tried to back away from the tree so I could escape but my legs had been tied there.
Her attention was now drawn to the tree I had been hiding behind while the man who was on the floor pulled her kegs so she could not move away but instead, she hit him on the arm making him collapse on the floor.
She angrily made her way to the tree and in no time she was in front of me
"Oh it is you, I can see you want to join him"
She let out her knife and I covered my face in an act to protect myself from the sharp metal but instead, I woke up on my bed, sweating profusely.
The only words I could remember from the terrible nightmare I just had were "Oh it is you" and I spent the remaining part of my night wondering what the strange lady meant by that.
Making friends had never been easy for Jerry. Having three parents, made her the butt of many jokes throughout her life. She loved her unusual family, and they were unbreakable. Or so she thought. As her parent's relationship starts to crumble, Jerry finds herself fascinated with the mysterious man with secrets for days who have just moved into the street. When curiosity turns to attraction and then obsession, what started as a lesson in passion quickly turns into a dangerous game that is bound to leave their hearts in tatters and destruction in their wake.
Years ago, Leah Madden's parents were murdered by the De Luca Mafia family. Leah has made it her life's mission to destroy those who took her family from her and she gets her chance when she goes undercover as a maid in the household. But Dante is like no other man she has met. He's dark, handsome, mysterious and his appeal is far too potent for her. Torn between a man she is quickly falling for and her need to avenge her parents, will Leah be able to make the right choice? Or will she be able to discover that she's caught in a web of lies and secrets that runs far deeper than she can fathom.
"You're mine, little puppy," Kylan growled against my neck. A soft gasp escaped my lips as his lips brushed my skin. My mind screamed at me to push him away-the Lycan Prince who had humiliated me again and again, but my body betrayed me, leaning into him before I could stop myself. He pressed his lips against mine, and his kiss grew more aggressive, more possessive as I felt my legs weaken. What was I doing? In a split-second, I pulled away and slapped him hard across the face. Kylan's eyes darkened, but the smirk on his lips exposed his amusement. "You and I both know we can't fight this, Violet," he said, gripping my wrist. "You're my mate." "And yet you don't want me," I replied. "You told me you were ashamed of me, that l'd never be your queen, that you'd never love me. So please, accept my rejection and let me go." "Never," he whispered, his grip tightening as he pulled me closer. "Soon enough, you'll be begging for me. and when you do-I'll use you as I see fit and then I'll reject you."
Kallie, a mute who had been ignored by her husband for five years since their wedding, also suffered the loss of her pregnancy due to her cruel mother-in-law. After the divorce, she learned that her ex-husband had quickly gotten engaged to the woman he truly loved. Holding her slightly rounded belly, she realized that he had never really cared for her. Determined, she left him behind, treating him as a stranger. Yet, after she left, he scoured the globe in search of her. When their paths crossed once more, Kallie had already found new happiness. For the first time, he pleaded humbly, "Please don't leave me..." But Kallie's response was firm and dismissive, cutting through any lingering ties. "Get lost!"
After two years of marriage, Sadie was finally pregnant. Filled with hope and joy, she was blindsided when Noah asked for a divorce. During a failed attempt on her life, Sadie found herself lying in a pool of blood, desperately calling Noah to ask him to save her and the baby. But her calls went unanswered. Shattered by his betrayal, she left the country. Time passed, and Sadie was about to be wed for a second time. Noah appeared in a frenzy and fell to his knees. "How dare you marry someone else after bearing my child?"
The day Raina gave birth should have been the happiest of her life. Instead, it became her worst nightmare. Moments after delivering their twins, Alexander shattered her heart-divorcing her and forcing her to sign away custody of their son, Liam. With nothing but betrayal and heartbreak to her name, Raina disappeared, raising their daughter, Ava, on her own.Years later, fate comes knocking when Liam falls gravely ill. Desperate to save his son, Alexander is forced to seek out the one person he once cast aside. Alexander finds himself face to face with the woman he underestimated, pleading for a second chance-not just for himself, but for their son. But Raina is no longer the same broken woman who once loved him.No longer the woman he left behind. She has carved out a new life-one built on strength, wealth, and a long-buried legacy she expected to uncover.Raina has spent years learning to live without him.The question is... Will she risk reopening old wounds to save the son she never got to love? or has Alexander lost her forever?
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!”
When Corynn mustered up the courage to tell Elliot about her pregnancy, she unexpectedly found him gallantly helping another woman from his car. Her heart sank as three years of effort to secure his love crumbled before her eyes, compelling her to leave him behind. Three years later, life had taken Corynn down a new path with someone else, while Elliot was left grappling with regret. Seizing a moment of vulnerability, he pleaded, "Corynn, let's get married." Shaking her head with a faint smile, Corynn gently replied, "Sorry, I'm already engaged."