Leona has always lived in the shadows-an outcast omega with a hidden power in a world where powerful werewolves dwelt. When she is forced to make a choice between killing the notorious Alpha Zane, known for his ruthless reputation, and watching her sister die, she finds herself drawn into a web of danger and desire. Caught in a dangerous game between two powerful Alphas; Zane and Alpha Kane, Leona must navigate a treacherous path where alliances shift and trust is a rare commodity. With her sister's life hanging in the balance and her heart torn between duty and love, Leona must make an impossible choice. Will she follow the orders of her past, or will she seize the chance at a future filled with passion,
When Fiona had informed me that we would be heading to the palace because the Alpha King finally requested my presence, I was momentarily over the moon.
Ever since the mating festival a week back, where I had been declared Alpha Kane's mate, and his blunt refusal to have me as one because I was 'crippled' , and I wasn't a favorable choice of mate to any and every male werewolf in the entire Crestwood Pack because of my weakness as an omega-technically, no one wanted a burden of an omega who couldn't use her legs, and certainly not the Alpha King himself who had a lot to look out for than someone who'd rather be much of a burden than a mate-I had broken down into all shades of agony. I turned the laughing stock of the town, and pretty much considered killing myself on several occasions if only Fiona wasn't always there to prevent that.
Bile rose to my throat. Now, I couldn't be too excited as I was petrified, wheeling through the narrow hallway of the Christian Castle of Royalty where people dressed in maid clothes looked at me with respite in their eyes, muttering hushed nonsense to themselves as we passed, which all I could do was ignore. Why did Alpha Kane suddenly want to see me after he'd rejected me and tore my heart to shreds?
Did he want to maybe pull off a final rejection that could sever the mating bond between us?
The more I pondered on it, the more terrifying the imaginations invading the sphere of my thoughts, the more icy shrill ran down my veins.
"The King is in his study," A man-probably one of the magistrates because of the court robe he was wearing-said when he approached us. He only passed me a monotonous look before addressing further. "Follow me."
The ride to the study seemed like a forever journey to an endless pit of agitation. Once we finally arrived, Fiona tapped me on my shoulder, a sign that she was here for me if I needed her, and she passed me her signature reassuring smile that I could only return with my feeble one.
"Make sure to do everything the King wants, however absurd," The magistrate said, his brows pulled together at me. I would almost think he was staring condescendingly. "and don't take luxury in meeting his eyes however you please. He hates defying challenges."
"Okay," My reply was a dry mutter. I could almost even scoff. Why would a crippled, rejected omega like me dare to even front a challenge to an Alpha like Kane.
I'd be asking for another death wish; which maybe death would be most likely to grant this time around.
I was left to wheel into the study myself, and the mere sight of shelves stacked with books to the top part of the ceiling stole my breath. A small gasp of awe escaped me as I twirled the chair, taking in the magnificent sight of a study, and the wafting smell of misty cedar that permeated the room, and I couldn't help the part of me that suddenly felt attracted to Alpha Kane at the sight.
Of course I was attracted to him, but knowing he fancied book reading? Double swoon!
I allowed my fingers to trail along one of the shelves, my eyes scanning through the line of old thick covered books neatly stacked. Out of sheer curiosity, I plucked out one of the books that read "Shakespeare's poems", only for a deep, velvety rumble to mutter beside me,
"Did they not warn you pre-hand never to touch my stuff?"
I jolted, the book flying from my grip to the ground as I held a hand against my chest to keep my heart steady from the shock. Turning my gaze, I lost all sense of will when I locked sights with his blue, electrifying eyes. They were as sharp as ice, glazing at me with an irritation that ran through me, and even though I'd seen him at the festival and many other occasions looking as breathtakingly normal under the priming of royalty, I don't think I'd ever seen this man look so swoon worthy with a disheveled red hair and a casual white button shirt that he'd made no effort to button, and black pants as he leaned his side onto one of the shelves, towering above me.
This man was a walking barrel of gorgeousness.
"Lower your eyes," he commanded, low and stern, and I realized that I was shamelessly ogling.
No meeting his eyes however you please, Leona. How could you forget that simple warning?
"I'm sorry...I..." I stuttered, unable to find my words. I'd lost myself to admiring his study that I barely recalled he was in here. "I...I just...I lose myself when I see books..."
Or really handsome men.
"I detest stammers," he spat, like I was a debacle. "Isn't it punishment enough that you're already crippled?"
The way he mentioned my condition brought a sour feeling down in my chest as I grated a hole in the ground with my eyes. It wasn't my fault I was the way I am, like I'd asked for it, yet everyone -him included-made me feel like I'd done a terrible thing losing my legs.
Well, maybe actually, it had been part my fault, but they had no right to ride me over for it.
"Are you about to cry?" he asked above me. Lifting my gaze sharply but careful not to lock gazes, I shook my head, willing back my unshed tears and unclenching my fists I had tightened against the arms of my chair.
"I'm not crying," I croaked, wincing at the end of my statement for how I sounded. Then I cleared my throat. "Why, if I may ask, did you send for me? Clearly, your words that night were that you wanted nothing to do with me, nor did you want me in your line of sight because of my...disability, and that it irked you."
At least I can show him I could speak a complete sentence without stuttering. "Yes, I remember my words, Leona... is that right?"
Something bubbled down in my stomach. He remembered my name? Alphas like him were known to forget the names of people who meant nothing to them. Did that mean I had a chance at being desired by him?
Or was it just the fact that we were still bonded? "Yes," I nodded. "It's Leona."
"And they are not going to change, because in fact, seeing you here grates my nerves. Especially meeting you unravel my stuff." He stated. And by his stuff, he probably meant his book. "But I decided that you would be of good use, and I won't have to fully reject you to severe this mate bond if you give your full cooperation to what I want."
I gulped. "And, what do you want?"
The blueness in his eyes dimmed, a darker reflection overshadowing that ran sizzles down my body. He raked me over with his eyes before pushing away from the shelf.
"Let's not look towards what I want right now, but on what you want ," He walked over, bending to pick up the book I'd thrown to the ground, and I couldn't have been more undone by his scent than I had been right then. "I happened to stumble on the knowing that your disability is something you hope to gain revenge for, upon a certain someone who we happen to share same dislike for,"
Blood rushed to my ears. What was he talking about? And what did he know about me wanting revenge?
"And I know a little of your backstory, and how you were the creedsmen's finest assassin before you lost your glory...and your legs."
I heaved in a tight breath. How did he know that? Yet, of course, the disgraceful crumble of Haven Lee-which was my pseudonym as a former feared assassin- had been a sparking sensation to the ears of the entire Crestwood, but no one knew what I looked like to spread a rumor about me when I was just a helpless woman with only a sister to care for her, or relate me to being Haven Lee, which I wasn't.
Not anymore.
"I think you have it wrong-"
"On the contrary," His sharp tone interrupted my attempt to deflect his inconspicuous interrogation. "I know that underneath this...feeble getup, there's a hardened woman on the inside who shouldn't be deterred by her disability."
"W...what has my past got to do with anything?" I mused, my tone almost a whisper. I couldn't understand where he was driving at with this, and if he wanted to reject me already, then he should without all these beat-up info's about myself I'd rather keep buried.
Satisfaction flooded his face as he pushed the book into the space I'd plucked it from, so smooth and meticulous.
"There's only one way I'll accept you as my mate and save you the horror of a rejection from your King and the entire Crestwood, which will happen if you don't do my bidding," he said.
Anxiety tightened its reins in my chest. Whatever he wanted to ask of me, however, didn't look so promising.
"Alpha Zane," The mention of that name was enough to run fearful shudders through my spine as I shot my gaze up at him. He had a cocky smirk on his face. "The Alpha who took your legs. I want you to invade his territory and kill him without raising suspicions. After which, we both can live our lives as mated couples with a happy ever after. A win-win."
My entire body froze with shock, the weight of his request descending on me like a boulder that I could barely wedge. But gradually as I stared, it morphed into a sickening nausea in the pit of my stomach.
He wanted me, a despised plain Jane, to infiltrate Alpha Zane Karvill and kill him just to have his acceptance of me?
Maybe I was wrong, and I didn't have to come knocking to death to give a reply, because it was standing right in front of me, offering itself to me on a gold platter. And all it took for it to wrench its hold was one reply.
Chloe Anderson nicknamed "The Mute Bartender" is a silent girl with steel in her spine, ice in her gaze, and a resolve to save her sick brother and escape the life that has held her captive. What she doesn't know is that she was born into something much bigger, a legacy written in secrets, betrayal, and blood. Savio Revardez is careless, rich, and about to lose it all. When a chance meeting with Chloe turns into an obsession, he makes her an offer she can't resist; pretend to marry him, and he'll fund her future. She takes it, thinking she can handle the heat. But she hadn't expected the fire. Their fake love is messy, magnetic, and maddening. But just as Chloe starts to see the man behind the mask, a woman who is her twin appears in the spotlight. Cleo, had the same face, a darker history, and a necklace that's the same as hers. As secrets are revealed and identities converge, Chloe and Savio are thrust into a complicated battle of power, trauma, and redemption. Just when it looks like things can't get more complicated, the girl he had sex with that night, Trisha appears with vengeance and a courtroom. The truth hits like a storm; he thought it was Chloe that night. It wasn't. Everything now hangs in the balance. Reputation. Freedom. Family. Love. Three women. One man. A broken past. And a future to be rewritten. He thought he could call the shots.But the real story? He had little or no control.
Cherish being frustrated and troubled by the issues of her family, went for a lavish party and had a one night stand with Richard which resulted in her pregnancy. When she finds out she's pregnant, she ran to the father of her baby, Richard, he rejected her. Cast out by her prominent father, rejected and disowned. Cherish is forced to rely on the charity of a family friend, the Woods. The Woods' kindness came with a price. They mistreat her, and when her baby is born, they try to force her into a loveless marriage with a wealthy man. They did this because the wealthy man promised to give them a huge amount of money running in trillions if only he could have Cherish. They were into Human trafficking. Out of desperacy to escape, Cherish escapes and finds work as a maid in another wealthy household. However, her new life is filled with danger. One of her employer's son attempts to rape her and when she escapes, he accuses her of theft. In her quest for a job to take care of herself and her son, she got one and fell in love with her boss. When her boss found out she was crushing on him, he sacked her because he wouldn't want to have anything to do with a single mother With no one to trust, Cherish is forced to find a way around this treacherous world, fighting to protect herself and her child.
In a world where wealth and status reign supreme, Elara Mitchell, a passionate community artist in her late twenties, finds herself at odds with Johnson Park, a suave, thirty-something CEO of a prestigious art investment firm. When they are forced to work together on a charity art project, their initial rivalry ignites a complicated romance that challenges their boundaries, beliefs, and the expectations of society. As passion brews amid the clash of class, will love conquer all, or will the divide prove too great to bridge?
Fate brought them together. Savage instincts might tear them apart. In a world ruled by power and primal bonds, he is a ruthless Alpha, feared by all but tethered to none-until her. She is the spirited outsider who never expected to be thrust into a dangerous pack, let alone claimed by its most feared leader. As passion ignites and secrets unravel, their connection will test the limits of loyalty, love, and survival. Can they overcome the forces threatening.
Power is everything in this world; and for Selena Blackwood, it is the worst package of the pack, A timid and frail wolf condemned to rejection. Selena Blackwood, the she-wolf who is bound to a wretched mate, was rejected by her Alpha, Damian Silverclaw and ran away holding onto a secret that she vowed will bury with her. Years later, in an unexpected twist, she finds herself back to the pack's affairs when the foes turn out to be a pack of wolves and come to hunt down her son, whom she has been raising as a single mother without his father, who had no idea of their son's existence. But, this time, Selena is not the innocent wolf. This time, she is a guardian of a child and a wolf who knows how to fight back and where the battle is not only with the pack that denied her but also with a prophecy concerning the man who broke her heart.
Veronica is an eighteen-year-old omega who falls into an emotional breakdown when her Mate, who was soon to be the Alpha of the Sun crest pack, turns against her, hurls hurtful words at her, and rejects her on the night of the full moon festival because he and everyone in the pack, including her, thinks she is an omega. As if the pain of rejection, helplessness, and worthlessness wasn't enough, she lost her best and only friend to the cold hands of death when rogue wolves attacked their pack. Right in the presence of her mate, she was tagged as someone who always attracted problems and calamities anywhere she went and he turned a blind eye and watched as she was banished from the pack. With hatred for her life, she runs deep into the woods that were off-limits and jumps off to end her life, but in a turn of events, something else happens. What would her mate do when he finds out that Veronica is not who he thinks she is? Will she be able to forgive him? What fate lies ahead for them?
On her wedding day, Khloe’s sister connived with her groom, framing her for a crime she didn’t commit. She was sentenced to three years in prison, where she endured much suffering. When Khloe was finally released, her evil sister used their mother to coerce Khloe into an indecent liaison with an elderly man. As fate would have it, Khloe crossed paths with Henrik, the dashing yet ruthless mobster who sought to alter the course of her life. Despite Henrik’s cold exterior, he cherished Khloe like no other. He helped her take retribution from her tormentors and kept her from being bullied again.
“You need a bride, I need a groom. Why don’t we get married?” Both abandoned at the altar, Elyse decided to tie the knot with the disabled stranger from the venue next door. Pitying his state, she vowed to spoil him once they were married. Little did she know that he was actually a powerful tycoon. Jayden thought Elyse only married him for his money, and planned to divorce her when she was no longer of use to him. But after becoming her husband, he was faced with a new dilemma. “She keeps asking for a divorce, but I don’t want that! What should I do?”
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!”
There was only one man in Raegan's heart, and it was Mitchel. In the second year of her marriage to him, she got pregnant. Raegan's joy knew no bounds. But before she could break the news to her husband, he served her divorce papers because he wanted to marry his first love. After an accident, Raegan lay in the pool of her own blood and called out to Mitchel for help. Unfortunately, he left with his first love in his arms. Raegan escaped death by the whiskers. Afterward, she decided to get her life back on track. Her name was everywhere years later. Mitchel became very uncomfortable. For some reason, he began to miss her. His heart ached when he saw her all smiles with another man. He crashed her wedding and fell to his knees while she was at the altar. With bloodshot eyes, he queried, "I thought you said your love for me is unbreakable? How come you are getting married to someone else? Come back to me!"
Rumors said that Lucas married an unattractive woman with no background. In the three years they were together, he remained cold and distant to Belinda, who endured in silence. Her love for him forced her to sacrifice her self-worth and her dreams. When Lucas' true love reappeared, Belinda realized that their marriage was a sham from the start, a ploy to save another woman's life. She signed the divorce papers and left. Three years later, Belinda returned as a surgical prodigy and a maestro of the piano. Lost in regret, Lucas chased her in the rain and held her tightly. "You are mine, Belinda."