Love lost, love chased, and love reborn-this collection of werewolf short stories weaves together tales of passion, heartbreak, and redemption. From powerful Alphas who regret letting their fated mates slip away to strong-willed heroines who rise above betrayal, each story explores the raw emotions of second chances and self-discovery. Some wolves fight to reclaim what they've lost, while others learn that true strength lies in walking away. As the moon guides them through pain and healing, they must decide: cling to the past or embrace the future? In "Fated Mates Torn by Hate", experience stories of chasing love, finding self-worth, and letting go of old wounds to step into the light of a new dawn.
Short Story's Blurb:
After five years together, I, Vesta Blake, find out Lucien, my Alpha mate, has canceled our anniversary dinner date to spend time with Charmaine, the Beta's daughter he's been close to since childhood. The betrayal sinks in as I confront him, his dismissive response shattering the love I've held onto for so long. Deciding enough is enough, I break up with him and reclaim my independence. But Alpha Lucien starts to start chasing me, craving me even after our break-up and rejection.
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Chapter 1
Five years have been nothing now that he had chosen her over me.
The full moon outside the window could have been the perfect company for me and Alpha Lucien's anniversary dinner date had it not been for Charmaine-the Beta's daughter who captured his heart ever since they were young. For once, I thought they were just friends. But it seems, I'm the one who looks like vying for Alpha Lucien's attention.
My phone vibrated again. Another picture of them circulated online, this time more intimate than the one I saw earlier. I never thought I'd be spending me and my mate's anniversary like this: staring at the picture of Charmaine and Alpha Lucien kissing her cheeks in a bright and jolly background.
The pack is becoming more involved in our relationship too, commenting with things like "Yay, Alpha Lucien and Charmaine? My dream couple!" and "Marry her already, Alpha Lucien! Dump your girlfriend somewhere and leave her be!"
I read Charmaine's caption on her post again, every word makes me nauseous more and more. "Thank you, Alpha Lucien. You always make me the number one priority in your life!"
That says enough. Standing from my seat in the restaurant, I walked straight to the exit. After finding my car in the garage, I locked myself there like it was some semblance of a cage-as if being in a relationship with Alpha Lucien while he pampers another woman isn't a cage enough.
My phone chimed once. It seems I haven't really run away from the problem after all.
This time, a video showed how Alpha Lucien wasn't ashamed of showing intimacy on camera-with Charmaine, burying his face on Charm's lovely neck.
I heaved a deep sigh. This day...this day should be happy for me. But it was only Lucien who was happy and celebrating.
I was left here in my car crying because my boyfriend didn't show up on our anniversary date.
I shook my head and tried to wipe my face from my tears. But the tears kept coming faster, my tongue could now taste the foulness and saltiness of Lucien's betrayal.
I closed my eyes and I could hear Lucien's laughter together with Charmaine's snickering. I can hear the music and their party and their merriment.
I opened my eyes and reality slapped me: I'm never going to be happy with Alpha Lucien. He just proved it now when he chose Charmaine over me.
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A Few Hours Ago...
"Vesta, I'll be late for tonight's anniversary dinner. Something unexpected came up." His voice was void of emotions. I can almost hear him sighing heavily on the other line.
"Okay," I replied, my voice shaking. He hung up first before I could say more.
I grip my phone at what he just said. At least he remembered that today is our anniversary.
After a day of working straight, I arrived early at the penthouse we shared, finding myself a seat next to the floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the buzzing city outside with a glass of wine in my other hand.
"We'll celebrate in the restaurant where we had our first date," he promised last night. I shouldn't have held on to the promises of my Alpha given that he has other priorities of his own.
An hour later and I'm now sitting on our usual seat at our favorite restaurant. I was even wearing the dress when Lucien and I became an official couple. He was my boyfriend for five years ever since we were in the pack's college. We didn't immediately tell the world about us, not until we graduated.
Charmaine, Alpha Lucien, and Beta Thomas have been inseparable since they were young. Friends at heart and soul, that's their motto. Charm was the only one with no actual title, though being the oldest Beta's daughter is perhaps a title enough.
And perhaps it was a mistake to date him and love him. As a simple Omega with no myriad of connections or fancy background, the entire pack narrowed their eyes at me as if they were disgusted that I'm dating the would-be Alpha of the Brightheart Pack.
Three years ago, he became the official Alpha. Though he never promised me to be his Luna, being with him and was enough for me.
Another hour passed, and the waiter just kept on refilling my glass with wine as I refused to order food until my mate arrived.
Every minute that ticked by, my heart was a thunderous beat in my ears. Cold sweat formed on my forehead. I was anxious that-that he wouldn't show up again. That I will be left here hoping forward to nothing again.
My fear came true when my phone lit up. I saw who was with Lucien. I ran to my car to avoid being seen crying. I know some of the Brightheart Pack was working and dining in that restaurant. I had enough gossip already for today. I cannot be the reason for another set of gossip in the pack tomorrow.
With trembling fingers, I cleared my throat and dialed my mate's number.
A cold, emotionless voice answered after the first ring. "What is it, Vesta? I'm attending a company dinner."
Beyond his voice, the sounds of lively chatter and glass clinking and-is that fireworks?-made my lips curl in betrayal and anger.
"Where are you?" I asked casually as if I just didn't cry a river for what he'd done.
"I'm at a business meeting. Party followed and dinner was served. What's the matter?" I heard his footsteps walking towards a quieter place. I made him hear my sobbing this time. "Vesta, why are you crying?" Lucien paused and then groaned as if remembering what today was exactly. "Look. I'll take you to a dinner date tomorrow, okay? Tonight is really busy. I promise I'll be with you tomorrow."
His last sentence made me punch the wheel of my car. "That's what you said yesterday too!"
I don't care if he got mad at my sudden outburst. Truth be told, he doesn't sound like making up a lie but he doesn't sound like telling the truth either.
I remember Beta Thomas once warned me about having a relationship with Lucien. Is this what he's warning me about?
"Am I really your girlfriend or am I just some plaything to you?" I matched my voice with the coldness he usually uses.
"What kind of question is that, Vesta?"
"This doesn't work anymore, Lucien-I couldn't take it anymore!"
"What are you talking about? Are you drunk?!"
For a moment, I didn't reply. And, as if the light from the Moon Goddess above enlightened me, I gripped my phone tighter as I said, "Let's break up, Lucien. Let's end our relationship here and now."
In a werewolf country cursed to be forever cold, Evadne wished under the full moon for many years to find her mate and escape from her hell of a home where her father, Alpha Marcus of the Moonflame Pack, and Elodie, Evadne's sister, constantly made sure her day won't end without her being bullied or beaten by them. When she finally turned eighteen years old, Evadne find her mate, Alpha Gregor of the Fireheart Pack. She promised him that she would be the best mate and Luna for him. However, Elodie reveals he's her fiance and boyfriend and begs the Alpha to ruthlessly reject her in front of the whole Moonflame Pack at Evadne's very own birthday party. Evadne's heart became even more shattered when her father banished her and ordered her to never return to their lives when she humiliated his favorite daughter, Elodie, on that same night. Alone, she was imprisoned in the dungeons of a pack that thought she was a Rogue-when it was attacked by the Alpha King's forces since the said pack was the only remaining one who refused to bow down to him. As she tried to escape the ensuing chaos, she met him, and never had she thought that the Moon Goddess would let her second-chance mate be Alpha King Kallias himself-the cause of the eternal winter and now the most feared Alpha.
“Where are you taking me?” I whimpered as the huge wolf carried me on his shoulders. After a couple of minutes, he put me down. Before I could blink, the huge white wolf shifted before me. The man who now stood in its place was handsome, muscular… and completely naked. * * * Elaine Rutherford has spent her entire life wishing for an escape from her dysfunctional family. But when her wish is granted in the form of being offered up as a human sacrifice to an elite village of werewolves…it wasn’t exactly what she had in mind. Every leap year, Stella’s Soul receives a mortal woman from the neighbouring city of Moonburn, just beyond the wall, to bear children for the chosen werewolf. And it just so happens this year is a leap year. On the next full moon, Elaine is set to be married to the handsome werewolf billionaire, Tyler Jane Moonstorm. Despite her doubts, she still hopes that this will be a better life than she’s used to. At least that’s what she thought…
“I was looking for a man named Zarion, but I ended up here.” Most of them gasped when I uttered Zarions’ name. “Don’t mention that name because it’s cursed!” someone hissed. My brows furrowed at her reaction. “Why? "He's the Alpha of this pack. He was banished because he didn't want to take the position. Rumour says that he's out in the woods, looking for his mate, and..." she trailed off. "And?" I swallowed. "Kill her. He wants to kill his mate." *** Alpha Zarion is on a quest to find his mate and kill her because he despises the idea of a mating bond. During a winter storm, he met Cassidy Bentley who saved him from death. He knows he has no time to waste but Zarion was curious about her, deliriously wanting every inch of her skin and touch…until he found out that the girl is mated to his number one rival, Alpha Brandon. Alpha Brandon rejected Cassidy because she’s a human—which he greatly despises. She eventually started getting over him, pouring out her love to Alpha Zarion who obsessively wants her. During the night Zarion and Cassidy will mark and mate, the girl's first mate finally comes to his senses and goes to find her. But the first mate already found Cassidy in another man's arm, in his stepbrother’s arms, who was just about to mark her…
In the land of Westfall, three packs rule: the Night Storm Pack, whose wolves are gifted with wind and storm abilities; the Shadow Rose Pack, who are masters of shadows and poison; and the Fire Moon Pack, who can wield flames and render themselves immune to fire. But only the luckiest packmembers have those powers, and not all who possess them have wolves. Meet Sasha Forster, a wolfless and helpless Slave of the Fire Moon Pack-until the ruthless Alpha Alain of the Shadow Rose Pack, the one who was cursed by her mother to marry Sasha and have an heir with her, saves her from her pack's tyrannical Alpha. The Fire Moon Pack now whisks Sasha to be the payment to Alpha Alain and Alain is also trying his best to make her his and end the curse. But Sasha's heart has already begun to beat for her childhood friend and her pack's new Alpha, Ansel. Worse, Sasha became more perplexed when she accidentally revealed to the entire Fire Moon Pack that she has fire powers, and all the pack now either envy her or hate her. When her life and heart bombarded her with difficult choices, would she choose her heart over her mind? Or will she choose responsibility over love?
Wisdom Weisz lost her house and ten-month-old daughter in a fire in a single day. And what’s worse is that on the same day, her husband was making love to her best friend in the latter’s apartment without paying any sort of remorse for her. Frustrated, she was left jobless and spent her remaining money in a luxury hotel’s bar. With destiny as unpredictable as ever, she met the billionaire in the bar who she already came across at various moments of her life. The man offered her a job called, “Wife for Hire”, meaning she will be his wife without any emotional attachments. If she accepts, the billionaire will pay her upfront with a hundred thousand dollars in her bank in just a blink of an eye. Wisdom eventually accepts as she deemed this as an opportunity for revenge to her former husband and best friend. As whirlpool of emotions stirred and a web of conflicts weaved, Wisdom will soon find out that this job was not easy as she thought as her heart begins to fall for the man who had employed her to be his hired wife.
Minerva was so close to tying the knot with her long-time boyfriend Derrick when an unexpected accident fatally killed him. With only five months before she’ll give birth, she had look for various jobs that can raise her and her upcoming child until she met Darwin Gray, the CEO of the biggest company in their city and happens to be Derrick’s half-brother. She was skeptical at first to live with him until Darwin revealed that Derrick actually sold her to him in order to finance Derrick’s gambling lifestyle. Minerva was absolutely heartbroken and was left with no choice than to be his Mrs. Gray. But, as the winds of fate change, Minerva will soon realize that one must never judge a book by its cover—that despite Darwin’s ruthless appearance lies a heart that has long been yearning for a one true love.
Iris grew from an orphaned child to the adopted daughter of the Stewart family at age ten, finding warmth in her nominal uncle Vincent's kindness. Seven years later, she became his secret lover. When Vincent's engagement was announced, gossip spread about the notorious playboy CEO finally settling down. But only Iris knew the extent of his cold, two-faced nature. Iris fell for Vincent and, through tears, begged, "Marry me," only to be met with his frosty refusal. Defeated, she accepted a lawyer's proposal, sparking public excitement. Then, on her wedding day, Vincent pleaded desperately, "Don't marry him…"
After being kicked out of her home, Harlee learned she wasn't the biological daughter of her family. Rumors had it that her impoverished biological family favored sons and planned to profit from her return. Unexpectedly, her real father was a zillionaire, catapulting her into immense wealth and making her the most cherished member of the family. While they anticipated her disgrace, Harlee secretly held design patents worth billions. Celebrated for her brilliance, she was invited to mentor in a national astronomy group, drew interest from wealthy suitors, and caught the eye of a mysterious figure, ascending to legendary status.
It was supposed to be a marriage of convenience, but Carrie made the mistake of falling in love with Kristopher. When the time came that she needed him the most, her husband was in the company of another woman. Enough was enough. Carrie chose to divorce Kristopher and move on with her life. Only when she left did Kristopher realize how important she was to him. In the face of his ex-wife’s countless admirers, Kristopher offered her 20 million dollars and proposed a new deal. “Let’s get married again.”
Three years ago, Cecilia was left battered and alone by the man she loved most, Alston, yet she bravely completed the wedding ceremony while pregnant. Three years later, although they were married, they grew apart over time. Cecilia focused on her career, no longer foolishly believing in love. But her transformation instantly threw Alston into a panic... And what is the secret from 11 years ago that Cecilia has always been reluctant to reveal? *** "She went to a law firm, met with a lawyer..." A lawyer? Is Cecilia suing someone? Who? Is there any recent litigation against the company? Alston suddenly chuckled coldly, "Who could she sue? I'm the CEO of this company. How come such a matter doesn't come to me first?" The assistant swallowed nervously, speaking softly, "Sir, there's no litigation against the company. She met with... a divorce lawyer."
For two years, Ashton had poured his heart into his marriage, yet Emalee's heart remained cold. Despite his dedication, Emalee presented him with divorce papers. She bluntly stated she could not remain married to a man whose net worth was less than a million dollars. Ashton signed the papers, closing one chapter of his life and stepping into a new beginning. Then, Ashton revealed his secret identities: a music mogul, a medical expert, and a martial arts master—each persona impressive enough to stun the world. As Ashton’s true capabilities came to light, Emalee was overwhelmed with deep regret.
Marriage was a bed of thorns for Stella. She lived like an overworked and unhappy slave for six years in her matrimonial home. One day, her uncaring husband, Waylon said to her, "Ayla will be back soon. You have to move out tomorrow." "I want a divorce," responded Stella. She left without shedding a tear or trying to change Waylon's stone-cold heart. Days after their divorce, they met again. Stella was in the arms of another man. Waylon's blood boiled at the sight of her looking so happy. "So, you couldn't even wait a while before jumping into another man's arms?" he queried distastefully. "And who are you to question my decision? It's my life, so I call the shots. Stay out of my business!" Stella fired at him before turning to look at her new man with shiny eyes. Waylon immediately lost it.