colours shining under the cool morning sun, yet the urge to burn it all down still raged within her as if it were yesterday. Within these gardens, she had raised and trained the Alpha's daug

angry at each other for long was when Idris announced his plan to give the Alpha title to Ava's mate, and even then, Kate had tried to give Idris a drug that would make his sexual urges uncontrollable and push him to sleep with another female w

the Luna and Alpha by proving herself trustworthy, hardworking, and diligent. Everything in the palace was under her control, and no one ever doubted her orders because they knew they came directly f

news had reached her quickly through a good friend who overheard the Alpha. Silent tears rolled down Kate's cheeks as she remembered how her mother had placed her in a box, leaving the pack under the guise of a milk delivery to another pack. Her good mama had given her all their life savings, thrusting it into her hands and telling her to take care of herself and to ensure their bloodline lived on. Kate remembered begging her mothe

hrough different alleys, silently crying and praying that, by some miracle, her parents' lives would be spared. That's when she realized two men were following her, cornering her against a wall. At that age, she

e things too painful to recall. She would never forget losing her innocence at fifteen to an old man just because she hadn't eaten for days, and he offered her a piece of bread. Not thinking clearly, she accepted it, though she normally would have tested it first by giving a stray cat and waiting

he would have chosen him as a mate and rejected whoever she was fated to, in a heartbeat. He had a pull to him she couldn't quite fathom. His pale skin contrasted sharply with his dark eyes. He gave her clothes, shelter, and food

ies of her life after her parents' execution still haunted her from time to ti