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QUAD-MATED: The Four Alpha Racers' Maiden

QUAD-MATED: The Four Alpha Racers' Maiden

437 Views · Ongoing · Viane
"Truly, you're a very beautiful girl. And that's why I see you fit to be my kitchen maid." That was what he had told Iris when he took her to his house for tea.

Iris Welland is broke, heartbroken, and just trying to survive.
She is twenty. In university and running her sick father’s pizza shop.
Then Liam dumps her like he’s afraid of her.
No reason. No truth. Only fear in his eyes.
One night, she gets into a stranger’s car in the rain and he gave her the job of being his kitchen maid.
Big mistake.
Soon, Iris learns the truth.
He and four other powerful men are tied to her in ways none of them fully understand.
One ran at first.
One lives through violence and control.
One sees everything and says little.
One is running out of time.
Many other Alphas are watching and ready to come to town.
Worse, Armari’s father wants something dangerously powerful only Iris can produce.
Loving is no longer trustworthy but temptations overload.
As secrets and danger rise, Iris must choose who to trust and how much of herself she is willing to lose.
Offered To The Triplet Alphas

Offered To The Triplet Alphas

12.2k Views · Ongoing · AM World
"You can't be weak, wife. You now have three husbands to please. Tonight's the night we claim you. You can't let a simple wedding tire you, for our nuptial night holds trials far more demanding."Ezra whispered huskily, tucking my hair behind my ear.

"Oh god!” I cried.
"Not god, baby. We are your demons," Ezra growled, pounding faster.

"Call my name, Xanthea,” Asher groaned and a tight flutter erupted in my belly.

"I can't… I can't take this… anymore…"
And then he hit a spot, and he kept hitting it again and again with every thrust. Sparks charged throughout my body like the lightning cracking in the stormy sky again and again until it was too much to hold back, too hard to… resist.


Xanthea Plath, an illegitimate child of the Alpha of Virgo pack, was an omega and omegas weren't allowed to dream, yet she never stopped dreaming. She wanted to be a doctor just like her mother but the luna of the pack, her stepmother would break her physically and mentally and stop at nothing to crush all her dreams. Xanthea had still found a way though all the abuse her steps put her through. But one day her world came crashing down right before her entrance in a medical college when she found out that she was being offered as a bride to the ruthless triplet alphas also known as the demon lords of the Infernal pack of the underworld. Xanthea had heard the horrifying stories of several suitors who had come before her, all of whom had met a gruesome end.


Dark reverse harem romance with 18+ explicit content. Readers discretion advised.
Cruel Fate: Chained To The Alpha

Cruel Fate: Chained To The Alpha

2.3k Views · Ongoing · Iretioluwa
“By all means, do as you please. Run away as far as you can but keep one thing in mind, I'm going to find you. I'll follow you, Jaselyn. I'll stalk you like you're my prey and I'll catch you.” His warm breath brushes against my neck and I realize just then that he'd somehow bridged the distance between us.
“I’ll make you mine over and over again till I become embedded in your DNA. You'll never be free of me.” His hand brushes against the side of my face, caressing almost lovingly while he says such chilling words to me. All of this feels like a farce, one big stupid comedy but a sad smile tugs at my lips when I realize this is my life.
“I’ll give you everything and then I'll take it away. You'll always be mine, Jaselyn Everhart. Always.”


Jaselyn just wants to make it out of the Pack. Living with her abusive uncle after her parents' death, she dreams of saving up enough to finally run away.
That's until she meets her mate at the annual Peace ball and is claimed by him, only to be rejected the very next day.
But here's the catch, her mate and the Alpha of the Pack, Zane Black, has kidnapped her and he demands that she bear children for his Luna.

This book explores dark themes, reader discretion is advised.
ACCIDENTALLY BOUND TO THE ALPHA QUARTERBACK

ACCIDENTALLY BOUND TO THE ALPHA QUARTERBACK

3.8k Views · Ongoing · Honeybird
One kiss ruined everything.

Ariel Carter just wanted to survive high school, save money, and escape her cold, manipulative aunt. She definitely didn’t plan on being dragged into werewolf politics, bullied by the school’s Alpha queen, or accidentally bonded to Zack Miller - the arrogant football star and future pack heir.

Zack never wanted a mate. Especially not a quiet girl who seems determined to hate him.

But a supernatural bond ties them together, one neither of them can break. As Zack starts seeing the truth behind Ariel’s strength and pain, and Ariel uncovers secrets about her past, danger closes in from every direction. A rival hungry for power. A hidden truth about her bloodline. And a past that refuses to stay buried.

In a world where love can be a weapon and destiny is never gentle, Ariel must decide if she’s willing to claim her power - and her heart - before it’s too late.
Bound to the Alpha I hate

Bound to the Alpha I hate

622 Views · Ongoing · Grace Odu
Zoe Anthony had one mission: assassinate Alpha Jeremy Dylan, the ruthless monster whose family slaughtered her parents. But when her sniper bullet misses and plunges his little sister into a coma, Zoe becomes the most hated captive in the Lakewood Pack.

Bound and marked to be burned alive, she expects a brutal end. Instead, a single touch from the devastatingly handsome Alpha changes everything.

For twenty-nine years, Jeremy has been frozen by a dark curse—unable to feel desire for any woman. Until Zoe. Her touch is the only medicine that wakes his inner beast.

Spared from the fire but condemned to his torment, Zoe is made his slave. By day, she endures the pack's cruelty. By night, she belongs entirely to the Alpha who vows to break her. But the Moon Goddess plays the ultimate trick: they are fated mates.

When a deadly conspiracy forces Jeremy to pull the trigger on her himself, he thinks he’s buried his problem. He doesn’t know Zoe survived. He doesn't know she's carrying his secret heir—the most powerful Alpha ever conceived. And he certainly doesn’t know that the mysterious, lethal foreign princess entering his pack months later is the very same slave girl returned to burn his kingdom to the ground...

One trigger. Two enemies. A bond written in blood.
Arranged Marriage To the Deadly Alpha

Arranged Marriage To the Deadly Alpha

676 Views · Ongoing · Choice Ashlee
He wanted a contract wife, and she wanted to save her sister's life.

When Dimitri Valequez, one of the wealthiest and most eligible bachelors in New York, proposed a marriage offer to Adriana Cross to be his wife in exchange for saving her sister's life. She couldn't refuse.

It was a win-win deal and Adriana thought she knew what she was signing up for, but the truth was, she didn't and she hadn't taught her heart not to fall for the mysterious man who'd always stared at her like she was his next course of meal.

But Adriana knew there could be nothing between them as they both belonged to two different worlds. And she was running from a dark past with a big target on her back.

And he was Dimitri Valequez. The last living Alpha of the entire werewolf kind after the massacre by the vampire king, Nikola Vladimir.

All Dimitri wanted was to break the curse of his kind and take revenge on the vampire king who destroyed his people. For years he'd been searching for the last two missing pieces to break the curse; his mate and the last living Halo witch strong enough to break the curse on his kind.

When he'd offered Adriana a marriage contract in exchange for saving her sister's life, Dimitri didn't expect she'd be so dangerous that she'd drive him crazy with need and make him feel all the wrong things he shouldn't.

He hated every torturous minute of being next to her, but he had no choice, he needed her and the help of the last living Halo witch to break the curse. And now he had to fight the strong attraction between them because falling for Adriana Cross was the last thing he planned on ever doing.
Fated To The Alpha (Book One)

Fated To The Alpha (Book One)

883 Views · Ongoing · Monick Barrie
"But, why are you driving me out of your mansion? You are my mate, why are you doing this to me, I thought you will be so…''

He interrupted. "Does it matter, do you think because I'm your mate, we will then, become lovers, get married and lived happily ever after, then, our lives will become a fairytale. Quit those thoughts and get your head straight to reality, beholding your sight alone is annoying, just forget that I'm ever your mate? I don't want to ever see you again."

"Why are you doing this, when…"

"If you don't understand a single word, I just said, should I throw you out this minute like some piece of trash before you understand me. I'm keeping you here in the meantime and that's just for today. Be prepared, so you can leave first thing tomorrow morning and I don't want to see you again."

Glimpsing at the Omega's expression was somewhat getting on his nerves, he will never tarnish his family, or his reputation because of him.

Never.


Liam Huxley is a twenty year old, a young handsome man, who comes from among the wealthiest family and suffered at the hands of his biological parents because he was an Omega and not an Alpha, when he was an heir to the pack. Even the Storm pack hated him for it and never accepted him. They mistreated him so much and he endured everything and hid it, within himself. He didn't want to disgrace his family, by exposing them and he fell in love with a beta, who loved him. Until, one day, he's had enough from his parents and decided to stay with his boyfriend, only to discover that he was cheating on him with his brother. Heartbroken and depressed, which almost resulted into suicide, he met the most handsome man, an Alpha, leader of the strongest pack, whom everyone feared, but he didn't give a damn about anyone and stretched out his hand to help him, only for him to find out that he had just fallen in doom and disastrous intricacies. Was this the only way to survive and endure the torture, to the extent of ruining someone's life.
Married to the Alpha I Rejected

Married to the Alpha I Rejected

1k Views · Ongoing · olegroup9
She rejected him once. Now she must marry him—or watch her pack burn.
Kira Thorne never wanted a mate. As heir to the Crescent Vale Pack, she's spent her life proving she doesn't need one—especially not Damon Reed, the arrogant alpha whose bond she rejected six years ago. But when a territorial war threatens to destroy everything she's sworn to protect, her father makes an impossible choice: marry Damon to forge an alliance, or surrender their lands to their enemies.
Damon has spent years building his power, trying to forget the woman who shattered his pride. Now she's back in his life—not as his fated mate, but as a political pawn. The mate bond still burns between them, a constant reminder of what could have been. But this marriage isn't about love. It's about survival.
As negotiations turn into dangerous games of power and control, Kira and Damon must navigate a minefield of old wounds, pack politics, and an enemy who wants them both dead. The war they're trying to prevent may be inevitable—unless they can learn to trust the one person they swore to hate.
Sold To The Wicked alpha Prince

Sold To The Wicked alpha Prince

736 Views · Ongoing · Afolayan Winner
Rubby Sandwood, a 20-year-old orphan, lost her parents at a young age and was taken by her by Alex Manchester, a werewolf slave driver. Alex was not kind to Rubby and maltreated her. Chelse, a blind and sensitive girl, saved Rubby twice and they began looking out for each other.

What happened when Silver Airstong, a powerful Alpha, come to Ruby’s rescue only to neglect her in his pack because she was a mare Omega

With silvers twin brother hot on his tale willing to capture Rubby to use as a leverage against him, will Silver finally put his mate above everything else?…
The Alpha I Refuse to Obey

The Alpha I Refuse to Obey

1.2k Views · Ongoing · Selena Maeve
She was supposed to be powerless.

Everyone told her so: her family, her pack, and society itself.
Ravenna Vale was the mistake, the outcast, the shadow they were all ashamed to acknowledge.

But when her hidden power awakened, everything changed.

The Alpha wants her obedience.
The Council wants her compliance.
Her family wants her silence.

And Ravenna?
She wants none of it.

When a hidden Lycan discovers that she's not only powerful, but also unstoppable, she refuses to bow to anyone.
Not her family. Not the Pack. Not destiny.

She will rewrite the rules of their world.

This is the story of the woman who chose to become the feared Alpha, not the one they wanted her to be.

Welcome to HER reckoning.
THE ALPHA BILLIONARE'S REVENGE BRIDE

THE ALPHA BILLIONARE'S REVENGE BRIDE

874 Views · Ongoing · Alpha Stories
Ava Montgomery's perfect wedding crumbles when she catches her fiancé Garry cheating with the Alpha's daughter the night before their wedding. Heartbroken and humiliated, she accepts a shocking proposal from Marcus Stone, Garry's supposedly dead billionaire brother who returns with a thirst for revenge. Their fake marriage for revenge turns real when an unexpected mate bond forms between them during Marcus's challenge for Alpha. But as Marcus's billions merge with pack leadership, dark secrets emerge including hidden murders, a mysterious twin brother, and Ava's own secret heritage that could make her the most powerful Luna in werewolf history. Now Ava must decide if she can trust the dangerous billionaire she married for revenge, especially when their growing love threatens to destroy the empire they're building together.
REJECTED THE ALPHAS, CROWNED BY THEIR KING

REJECTED THE ALPHAS, CROWNED BY THEIR KING

648 Views · Ongoing · B. Nelson
The night wolves burned Settlement Seven to the ground, Aria Voss lost everything.
‎Her home. Her people. Her twin brother Marcus, twenty-two years old, buried in ash and rubble while she dug his grave with her bare hands.
‎Most people would have run away.
‎Aria ran toward it.
‎Four months of tracking one burned document led her to one name, Vayne. The most powerful wolf pack in the region. A pack with an army, a territory, and a Supreme Alpha whose word was absolute law.
‎She crossed their border at midnight. Alone. On purpose.
‎Not to beg. Not to hide. To find the person who gave the order and make sure they answered for it.
‎What she didn't plan for was Kael.
‎The youngest Alpha pulled her from the dark instead of killing her. Hid her. Protected her. Taught her the world she had walked into, and somewhere in the middle of all that, fell in love with her.
‎She didn't plan for that either.
‎Then Damon arrived.
‎The heir. The eldest cousin. Cold, brilliant, and dangerous in a way that had nothing to do with his teeth. He looked at Aria once and decided he wanted what belonged to his cousin.
‎Not from love.
‎From pride.
‎And above them both sat Aldric, the Supreme Alpha. Ancient. Calculating. A man who had been moving pieces on a board for sixty years.
‎Aria thought she came to destroy the Vayne pack.
‎She had no idea the Vayne pack had been waiting for her.
‎Two Alphas will fight over her.
‎One king will claim her.
‎And the girl who crossed the border expecting to die will end up ruling everything.
Moonlight Affair; Mated To Three Alphas

Moonlight Affair; Mated To Three Alphas

1.2k Views · Ongoing · Western Rose
“The news?” She chuckled bitterly before she got up. “Are you insane, Ryan? Do you think we would both still be alive once he learns that the child's he's been anticipating to have for five years is not his but his Beta's? My Uncle?? Even death wouldn't do enought justice for what we've done!”

“Astella…” I got up and quickly lockedy room door before approaching her, placing two hands on her shoulder and shaking her slightly. “you have to calm down or someone would hear.”

She slowly shook her head with more tears rolling down her cheeks. She was shaking in my grasps and I didn't know whether to hug her. I was torn between comforting her, but at the same time, how was I going to tell her of the brimming happiness I felt.

Knowing that she had her child growing inside of her caused me to have mixed feelings about it. But in the dire reality of the situation, Alpha Liam would have both our heads in his hands once he found out the truth.
The Omega's Three Possessive Alpha Mates

The Omega's Three Possessive Alpha Mates

8.3k Views · Ongoing · H. H. Sun
Sara Mae Xavier is living every Omega's dream--she is the Alpha King's mate! That's until he betrays and rejects her. He also accuses her falsely, and she is sentenced to two years at the notorious North Academy, a campus made specifically for delinquent werewolves. She has no idea how she'll survive, being a weak Omega, but she soon realises that's the least of her problems. Her roommates are three Alphas, each with a notorious reputation of his own. But that's not the worst part...why on earth does she have a mate bond to all of them?
The Alpha's Betrayal and the Vampire's Mate

The Alpha's Betrayal and the Vampire's Mate

3.5k Views · Ongoing · Joy Brown
A witch prophesied at my birth—I carried special blood, I could bear the strongest children.

Two Alphas I'd loved for ten years—the Wolf King's sons—swore they'd protect me forever.

Then she showed up. Maggie. My cousin. All wide-eyed innocence, claiming she had the same gift.

Suddenly, I was the jealous one. Every trap was mine, meant to hurt her. Every wound on me was fake. She cradled the silver fox I'd killed, tears falling right on cue.

They handed me the moonflower wine. Bryan said, "Don't ruin the mood."

When they accused me of treason, Ronald said, "Exile."

They dragged me past the borders themselves. Poison fire in my veins, bones breaking under moonlight.

I hit the ground. The last thing I saw was Maggie's smirk...
The Dirty Blood Mate Of The Lycan Alpha

The Dirty Blood Mate Of The Lycan Alpha

974 Views · Ongoing · Mary Fidelis
"You can't desire me, Ethan. I'm not good for you."
"Are you denying the fire between us?" His voice was low, rough with restraint. "I want you, and you want me. Our wolves want each other. I may have hated your kind, but that won't stop me from claiming you right here and now. Strip."
Being half human was something Lyra could never fully accept. To make matters worse, her fated mate is none other than Ethan—the ruthless werewolf feared as a beast. Some say her blood is the only thing that can keep him in check. Others whisper that her existence could change the destiny of all hybrids like her.
Under the silver glow of the moon, desire and danger collide. When Ethan's fangs sink into her skin, their bond ignites a war neither of them could have imagined.
In a world divided by blood and power, love might be the most dangerous instinct of all.
The Broken Alpha's Little Mate

The Broken Alpha's Little Mate

8.1k Views · Ongoing · Solange Daye
"I propose you become my second chance mate," Alpha Thomas says like it is no big deal.
I cannot stop the cackle that escapes from my lips. "Have you lost your mind? I knew it was my mistake to kiss you without permission, and I have apologized," I say offended.

"But how dare you use it as leverage to blackmail me into becoming your mate?!"

"Not the blackmail, just a deal. For a year, we will pretend to be madly in love. At the end of the year, we get a quick divorce, I will give you a large sum of money, and you are free to find your fated mate."
As the unloved and unwanted daughter of the Moonshadow Pack, Mia was used to never getting her way. But when her father promised to marry her off to an evil Alpha of another pack she knew that she had to take matters into her own hands.

Alpha Thomas is the heartbroken Alpha of the Red Moon Pack. After losing his mate in childbirth he is being forced to find another mate by the elder council. Will they come together and save each other from an unwanted fate? Or will their pasts get in the way of them finding happiness?
The Alpha's Cursed Omega Mate

The Alpha's Cursed Omega Mate

265 Views · Ongoing · Emmanuella Dominic
Amelia was born into a noble warrior family in her pack, known for their fierce loyalty and strength. Her life take a devastating turn when her parents are accused and executed for commiting treason. Before being killed, they are publicly branded as traitors as well as Amelia who was branded as a dangerous uncontrollable omega wolf. She can't shift anymore and is banished and force to leave the park and never return. Stripped of status, honour, and identity, Amelia is banished from the only home she's ever known. Heartbroken by her parents cruel death and her cursed fate, she wanders into the outer lands, rejected and unprotected.
THE ENTITLED ALPHA'S REJECTED MATE

THE ENTITLED ALPHA'S REJECTED MATE

246 Views · Ongoing · Isabel Hutchison
Isolde is a kind and gentle wolf who secretly loves Kaelen, the proud and arrogant Alpha of their pack. When the Moon Goddess reveals that they are fated mates, Isolde hopes for a chance at love. However, Kaelen rejects her, believing she is weak and unworthy. His cruel rejection shatters her world, and her situation worsens when he and his chosen mate, Mirabel, plot to kill her.

Saved by Lutheran, a powerful and noble Alpha from another pack, Isolde discovers her rare and powerful abilities. Under Lutheran’s guidance, she transforms from a rejected wolf into a strong and confident leader. As Kaelen’s world begins to crumble, Isolde must decide whether to seek revenge or rise above her past.
The Alpha's Rejected Omega Mate

The Alpha's Rejected Omega Mate

1.1k Views · Ongoing · Miracle Moses
Daisy Vince was the insignificant Omega with a weak werewolf. From being a play-thing of Alpha Logan to being his rejected mate, Daisy had her life forged from intense pains.

Years later, she returns in a stronger form. Her ultimate goal is revenge but the moon goddess got other plans.

The future of Silver pack rests on her shoulders but she must form a mate-bond with her mate, Logan.

How possible is it to fall in love with the one who hurt you the most? Read to find out.
The Alpha's Unwanted Omega Mate

The Alpha's Unwanted Omega Mate

726 Views · Ongoing · Honey Fern
"You're my mate?!" Tristian laughs as if this is some big joke. My heart aches and all I can do is cower under his glare. He looks at me like I'm nothing. The hatred in his eyes makes my eyes burn.

"I-I'm sorry." I choke out and he only scoffs in disgust. My weak answer must make him hate me. "I-I didn't... I didn't mean to..."

He cuts me off. "It doesn't matter. Dahlia will be my Luna. You're nothing to me." His next words cut through my heart. "I, Tristian Parker, Alpha of the Moonlight Pack, reject you Daisy Summers as my mate and Luna."

Pain runs through my body and I fall to my knees. Tears stream down my face while he just turns away without a care in the world. I expected this the moment I found out he was my mate. He was my twin sister's boyfriend and I was merely the lowest-ranking omega in the pack.

"... I, Daisy Summers, accept your rejection..."


Daisy is the black sheep of her family, an omega born in a beta family. She is never shown love and is seen as a plain white daisy compared to her beautiful twin sister, Dahlia.

So when she turns 18, she hopes to have not only a loving mate but a wolf as well. However, she finds out her mate is the alpha of her pack, Tristian Parker. Not only is he Dahlia's boyfriend, but he's also one of her biggest bullies. After being harshly rejected, she has no choice but to accept it.

Daisy only continues to be bullied and being mentally weakened from the rejection, she takes drastic measures alerting Tristian.

Will Tristian come to love his mate? Will Daisy even let him in? Or is it too late?
The Twin Alpha's Human Mate

The Twin Alpha's Human Mate

1.2k Views · Ongoing · Angelina Bhardawaj
"Yes... Please," I begged.
I could feel Dylan's smile on my brast as he rubbed my cltoris sensually.
"Brother, she is ready. I think we can have our way," Dylan said as my vgina ached with the need to be filled.
Wait. What did he mean by calling his brother?
Out of the blue, I felt Ericson's cold body behind me.
"Ericson sir, what are you -"
This was wrong. How could I have the two of them?
"Sshh, this is how we teach btches like you. Now you are our slave," Ericson said, and before I could understand what he meant, he pushed his d*ck straight inside my demanding pussy, and my lips trembled.

Angelica Royal, an aspiring 21-year-old human girl, never thought she would be getting dumped by her boyfriend of two years on the day of their graduation party.
Heartbroken and devastated, she ran to one place where she thought she could find solace—a club.
Crying in the arms of her friend, Victoria, and wailing about her sad life. That was the only plan she had.
However, she met a very handsome man.
A drunk kiss on the cheeks shouldn't make a difference, right?
But what happens when the handsome man turns out to be her new boss? And there are two of them?
She was wrong in many ways if she thought running away would help.
She tries her best to keep her calm, knowing all too well how dangerous they can turn, but hell breaks loose when the twin bosses say to her,
"We were at the club to find our bride. Now you kissed me on the cheeks. You must take responsibility. You must become ours,"
Now, what is Angelica supposed to do? How will she digest that her obsessed bosses weren't humans?
The Alpha's Human SilverWolf Mate

The Alpha's Human SilverWolf Mate

869 Views · Ongoing · Asuquo Victor
For twenty one years, Bella had know just one thing and that was cruelty from her very own family.

She was Forced into a political marriage to a cursed Alpha, Bella expects cruelty—but what she finds instead is a dangerous attraction to a broken king who doesn’t recognize her as his fated mate, and a pack drowning in secrets.

As dark magic twists destiny and betrayal brews within the Alpha’s inner circle, Bella must survive, betrayal, hatred, and uncover the truth about her hidden power, and decide whether loving a monster feared by all will destroy her… or crown her.
The Brutal Alpha's Breeder Mate

The Brutal Alpha's Breeder Mate

761 Views · Ongoing · Phoenix.H
Evelyn had a wonderful childhood as the daughter of an Alpha until her mother's death. When she was 18, she was tricked by her father and sold as a breeder to the Alpha of the Blood Moon wolf pack, known for its cruelty.

"Your job is to give birth to my heir. Beyond that, you are useless."
Evelyn struggles to try to conceive, and when she succeeds, she finds deeper feelings for this cruel man.
Despair and helplessness wrap around her, and once the child is born, it is death and rebirth that face her.
What will she choose?
The Masked Alpha's Healer Mate

The Masked Alpha's Healer Mate

355 Views · Ongoing · beaniebee1712
She was destined to be his ruin… yet he would walk into the flames for her without regret.

Aveline was stripped of all protection after her father’s death, left under the cruelty of a heartless stepmother who treated her like dirt beneath her feet. But fate was far from done with her. Sold off to a slave auction, Aveline was claimed for the Alpha King’s palace, a place spoken of only in hushed voices and dread.

The people of Valthorne believed their ruler, Alpha Draven, was a beast in both name and nature, a king who feasted on flesh and ruled through fear. And when Aveline was chosen to serve within his private quarters, it felt like a death sentence had already been passed.

Yet destiny had its own designs. An ancient prophecy, unyielding and merciless, bound her existence to the very man she feared most…a bond that could either seal his damnation or awaken his salvation.

Would she survive the monster’s possession, or would she become the one obsession he could never release?
The Cruel Alpha's Cursed Mate

The Cruel Alpha's Cursed Mate

850 Views · Ongoing · charlene edet
“Why would I mate with a useless Omega like you? you have caused misfortune upon misfortunes on your pack and several other packs due to what you did and now you want to mate with me?
I would never mate you, the moon goddess is trying to punish me but I wouldn’t take you for anything.
You would always remain without a mate. You have been condemned and there’s nothing I can do about being your fated mate.” He said, and my world was left broken all my life.
I had thought about the day when I would meet my fated mate and how happy I would be with him after but now that he has rejected me what would I do?


Blair, a weak omega of a small pack the Crescent Moon pack is chosen as the one to be sacrificed to the moon goddess in a ceremony that the werewolves believe in.
Though heartbroken, Blair accepts her ill fate, but on the day of the ceremony her father disrupts the ceremony, refusing to let Blair be sacrificed in a ceremony he doesn’t believe in.
What he fails to understand is that there are consequences for his actions!!
When chaos and disaster struck each pack, Blair became the scapegoat, blamed by all for the deaths across each pack; everyone believes she has been cursed by the moon goddess for failing to complete the ceremony.
When Blair loses her father too, she blames herself more and believes she is truly cursed.
With various rival packs planning to take over her pack, Blair must find a way to save herself and her pack.
Her father's Beta arranges for her hand in marriage to Alpha Zoran, an aging Alpha willing to wed Emery and save her pack.
After weighing her options, Blair agrees to the arranged marriage but on the day of her wedding tragedy strikes again.
Alpha Luther, the cruelest Alpha that everyone feared disrupts her wedding and kills her betrothed.
Though their wolves recognize their fated mate bond, Alpha Luther cruelly rejects Blair, he blames her for the death across all packs, takes over her pack and drags her to his pack as his slave.
However, as the strange occurrence persists, Blair suspects there may be more to the calamity that had befallen them than the eye sees.
Will Alpha Luther and Blair put aside their differences to confront this new threat together or allow the darkness to consume them both?
The Crippled Alpha's Toxic Mate

The Crippled Alpha's Toxic Mate

1.2k Views · Ongoing · Lily
My name is Aria Vance, born with mismatched eyes.To the Silver Moon Pack, that made me a curse from the day I drew breath. Therefore, my parents threw me into the Mistwood the moment I was born.
That place exists for one reason—to hold everything the packs don't want.
Mutated wolves. Half-bloods. The maimed. Anything that didn't fit the mold got dumped there.
I was taken in by a black witch named Morwenna.
She taught me to heal, but I was fascinated by how to make a wolf's bloodline rot from the bone out, slow and quiet.
The day left, she clasped a blessed moonstone bracelet around it.
"Aria, your wolf was born bloodthirsty." She held my gaze. "Out there, don't ever let anyone see your real eyes."
For years after that, I went by "the Fir Healer," drifting from territory to territory. Heal, take payment, never linger.
I thought I'd spend the rest of my life like that.
Then the Vance family brought me back. It wasn't until the carriage that I understood—they wanted a scapegoat.
To marry me off in place of their fake heiress, Selena, to the crippled, half-mad Shadow Alpha—Cyrus.
I belong to the Lycan Alpha

I belong to the Lycan Alpha

3.4k Views · Ongoing · Roselyn
"Spread your legs," he commanded.

I obeyed without thinking, opening my thighs to him as he positioned himself between them.

"Are you nervous?" he asked.

"Yes,"

His hand drifted lower, over my stomach, until his fingers found my clit. He circled it slowly, deliberately, watching my face. "Do you like how I touch you here?"

I nodded, unable to form words.

"Use your words, Elena. I want to hear you say it."

"Yes," I gasped. "I like it."

"Tell me what you want, Elena." His fingers continued their torturous exploration, dipping inside me then returning to circle my clit. "Be specific."

I swallowed hard. "I want... I want you inside me."

He shook his head slightly. "Not good enough. Tell me exactly what you want."

My face burned with embarrassment. "I want your cock inside me. Please."


In a world where humans rank at the bottom of a hierarchy dominated by vampires and werewolves, Elena once had it all: a loving family and a devoted werewolf boyfriend.
Then her world shattered. Her stepmother schemed to sell her to a vampire as a blood source, while her boyfriend betrayed her for her roommate, claiming Elena was "too ordinary" and "not wild enough" for him.
Drowning her sorrows in alcohol, Elena encounters a mysterious stranger and shares a passionate night with him.
What she doesn't realize is that her one-night stand is none other than the formidable Alpha leader of the Silver Moon werewolf clan—the most powerful werewolf in existence.
Fated To The Rude Alpha Twins

Fated To The Rude Alpha Twins

1.2k Views · Ongoing · Elysian Goddess
Carla spent eight years surviving hell inside the Alpha's mansion. An unwanted Omega. A servant. A punching bag for the entire Smith family. Especially for Nessian and Sebastian Smith.
The ruthless Alpha twins made her life miserable.
They humiliated her, controlled her and tormented her for years.
And Carla swore that the moment she turned eighteen, she would escape them forever.
But fate had other plans.
On the night of her birthday, the Moon Goddess reveals the cruelest truth of all:
The two men she hates most are her fated mates.
Both of them.
Now Carla is trapped between the possessive Alpha twins who refuse to let her go.
According to pack law, she can only choose one brother.
One will become Alpha and claim her as his mate. The other will lose everything.
But the deeper the bond grows, the more dangerous the twins become.
Obsessive. Jealous. Territorial.
And when the Alpha King himself becomes interested in Carla, the rivalry turns deadly.
Because neither twin is willing to share.
And neither of them can survive losing her.
Fated To Roman: The Almighty Alpha

Fated To Roman: The Almighty Alpha

1.1k Views · Ongoing · Zoe Pearson
When I turned seventeen, I went to see the local witch and she told me what my future held in store. It would be full of love, pain and anguish. Something I really didn't need.
She told me about my mate. That the time we had together wouldn't be all glitter and rainbows, yet the love would consume me entirely.

The downfall?

He would be the death of me. I mean could a girl not catch a break?

He would be everything you would, but wouldn't want in a man. So now I'm running for both my freedom and my life. From a man I hope never to cross paths with. Now I'm weary of any man that touches me, preying to the goddess that cursed me that I don't feel those sparks.

His name no-one knows, but they call him The Almighty Alpha.
Cursed to Love the Alpha Prince

Cursed to Love the Alpha Prince

762 Views · Ongoing · ademolamoses42
Lauren Whitmore was twelve when her mother vanished from Wolveroot Palace, officially dismissed, unofficially erased. Everyone told her not to ask questions. So Lauren became someone who answers them instead — a manuscript restorer trained in the dead script pack law is written in, the kind of expert nobody thinks to guard against.
She returns to the palace under a servant's name, one trunk of borrowed clothes, and a single goal: find out what actually happened to her mother before the story swallows her too.
She does not plan on Benjamin Crawford.
The Alpha Prince is supposed to be a monster in waiting. The prophecy carved above the throne room doors has said so for three generations: he will kill his mate. Court gossip fills in the rest — that his own mother's death proves it, that he's cold on purpose, that kindness from him is a trap. Lauren expects a man built to frighten her.
She gets a man who remembers the names of the kitchen staff and looks sick every time someone brings up the prophecy at all.
Then a new page turns up in the archive, a "recovered fragment" of the original prophecy, conveniently confirming the worst version of it, conveniently discovered right as the court pressures Benjamin to name an heir. Lauren's trained eye catches what no one else would: the ink is eighty years too new. Someone is rewriting fate on purpose.
And Lauren isn't the first woman connected to Benjamin to start asking questions. She's the fourth. The other three are gone.
The Alpha's Unknown Heir

The Alpha's Unknown Heir

3k Views · Ongoing · THE ROYAL LOUNGE👑
EXCERPT:
"You are mine!", he screamed at me with a scowl on his handsome face,
"I wasn't yours when you rejected me that morning", I tried my best to mirror his features but I failed miserably. He placed a small smirk on his face, his scowl leaving as he closed the gap between us and placed his hand on my waist, making a shiver run up my spine,
"You were always mine, Brea", he pulled me closer to him and buried his head in my neck, inhaling my scent and defying my personal space, "And you will always be mine". I felt his teeth scraping my shoulder blade- he was going to mark me and I didn't have the willpower to stop him...
"Mummy!", my son's voice snapped me out of my intoxicated trance and I took a quick step away from the man who had always been a stranger to me. I gathered my boy into my hands and placed him on my hip before looking towards the man again. He had shock written all over his face as he blinked vigorously,
"Is that...", he drew off,
"Ours? Yes", I wanted to lie to him, tell him the child in my arms wasn't his, maybe he would feel the same pain I felt the day he rejected me...


Brea Adler, rejected by her mate and her entire pack is forced to leave after she could not put up with it anymore. She ends up in another pack with an Alpha, Brennon Kane who treats her like a queen and they instantly fall in love.

What happens five years later when her mate and former Alpha, Jax Montero visits her new pack to discuss pack issues? What happens when he finds out she has a child for him?
Mated To The Beta Biker: The Luna Without A Wolf

Mated To The Beta Biker: The Luna Without A Wolf

604 Views · Ongoing · Mystery
"She is betrayed, left broken and then reborn."
Kaelis Veylaris thought she had everything. Well, until the night her husband pushed her from a tower.
She is the only daughter to the Alpha of the Ashfang Pack and destined to be the first female Alpha in years. When her rule is objected to, she agrees to get married to Valrik Dreadmoor, a warrior in her pack. She helped him rise, helped him soar, and what she got in return was a cheating man because she was unable to conceive. Then he chose to toss her over the window when she confronts him.
She awakens in the territory of the enemy with no memory, chained and imprisoned. There she discovers that she's not just any wolf. She is a hybrid, burning with the fire of veganance and possessed by two spirits.
Now she is caught between two men: Orin, the fierce biker who saved her, and Draven, the powerful rival who once tormented her. Both want her heart. Both could destroy her. Kaelis is confused on which choice to make just as an ancient prophecy rises.
The seer tells her that her heart can not serve two masters. One will fall. And if she fails to choose, all of them will fall with her. In a world where power is survival and love is a battlefield, the first female alpha must make a decision. Will she reclaim her throne? Or will the fractured spirits within her tear everything -and everyone- apart?
The Possessive Alpha King And His Fated Queen

The Possessive Alpha King And His Fated Queen

6.6k Views · Ongoing · Ogwu Nuella
He was powerful.
He was terrifying.
He was huge.
He had the whole world under his feet, the whole world within his grasp—but to him, she was his world, she meant everything.
He was feared by all, but it only mattered that she was scared of him.
He was worshipped by billions, yet he worshipped the very ground she walked on.
His calloused hands were capable of ripping people apart, yet they only held her with tenderness and possessiveness.
His claws ripped out throats, yet they only extended towards her to play with her curls.
"For there will be one born from chaos, forged from the ruins and the ashes of the ages. He will be the chosen one, the one to host the darkness. He will be engraved with the lines of the goddesses' touch and the fates will bow to him. But he will be the one to bring forth the carnage, that will end the world's that began under his feet. His light, her darkness. Every darkness needs a light but his will be lost in the times. Betrothed to the darkness, one with it. The cycle will go on till the darkness finds the light, to be one eclipse. For at the end, blood will flow."
To Hell With the Mate Bond

To Hell With the Mate Bond

779 Views · Ongoing · Ladys
Everyone said I was the happiest woman of the Northern Plains Clan, blessed with the purest love from Eric, the Wolf King.
Then my wolf let out a tormented howl.
Through the soul bond of fated mates, I felt it clearly—
my husband held my maid in his arms, drowning in desperate lust.
That nourishing tonic I’d drunk for three years, which I’d believed was filled with his affection, had only been brewed to keep me barren all along.
"Eric, I want you..."
"All of me is yours, my love. Bear our cub soon."
Those sweet whispers I once held dear shattered me to pieces in an instant.
The whole clan praised us as the perfect pair.
Yet who could have imagined this marriage had been built entirely on lies from the very start?
Since he is such a master of pretense, I suppose it’s time I put on a show of my own.
I will expose the true face of this flawless husband for everyone to see.
Mated to My Best Friend's Alpha Dad

Mated to My Best Friend's Alpha Dad

11.3k Views · Ongoing · Scarlett Orion
"Nathan," the attractive redhead gasped as the man raked his fingers through her long hair, his fingers gripped at her hips while he took her savagely from behind "Fuck me harder," she begged "I want you..."
Red hair, slender figure, and light makeup - these have always been Nathan's demands for Freya, asking her to dye her hair red, telling her to lose weight, and suggesting how to wear her makeup.
Closing the video on her phone, Freya Wilson reread the text on the email to which the footage was attached:
'Before you get married, you should watch this video,'

What would you do if you received the erotic video involving your soon-to-be husband and other women before your wedding?

In a bold move, Freya chose to reject her ex at the wedding and then leave the pack, even though the cost is becoming a rogue.

When Freya was taken in and offered sanctuary by the Highland Pack, thanks to her dear friend Sienna, she believed her life was finally on an upswing.

Little did Freya know that the Alpha of the Pack, Rufus Crimson was her mate. But there is one small issue, her best friend Sienna is the daughter of Freya's fated mate!

Will Rufus accept Freya as his mate, her being the same age as his daughter? Or will they have to reject each other?
 Rejected Luna: Mated to my Alpha Brother

Rejected Luna: Mated to my Alpha Brother

697 Views · Ongoing · IdeaInk Six Cats
Rejected by her husband, Alpha, Evangeline decisively chooses divorce, only to discover he's deeply in love with his eldest brother's wife. Heartbroken, Evangeline is forced to feign innocence, guiding her husband to remove the mark he's placed on her so she can truly find freedom. Orphaned and without family, Evangeline's only source of warmth is her adopted brother, the handsome and powerful Alpha. But that warmth didn't last a few years before he ruthlessly abandoned her. Evangeline has always been the one who was not chosen, but when Alpha finally lost her, he realized he'd fallen deeply in love with her. Evangeline also gradually discovered the truth behind her brother's abandonment. What choice will she make?
King of the Underworld

King of the Underworld

114.1k Views · Ongoing · RJ Kane
In my life as a waitress, I, Sephie - an ordinary person - endured the icy glares and insults of customers while trying to earn a living. I believed that this would be my fate forever.

However, one fateful day, the King of the Underworld appeared before me and rescued me from the clutches of the most powerful Mafia boss's son. With his deep blue eyes fixed on mine, he spoke softly: "Sephie... short for Persephone... Queen of the Underworld. At last, I have found you." Confused by his words, I stammered out a question, “P..pardon? What does that mean?”

But he simply smiled at me and brushed my hair away from my face with gentle fingers: "You are safe now.”


Sephie, named for the Queen of the Underworld, Persephone, she's quickly finding out how she's destined to fulfill her namesake's role. Adrik is the King of the Underworld, the boss of all bosses in the city he runs.

She was a seemingly normal girl, with a normal job until it all changed one night when he walked through the front door and her life changed abruptly. Now, she finds herself on the wrong side of powerful men, but under the protection of the most powerful among them.
King of the Underworld.

King of the Underworld.

38.8k Views · Ongoing · RJ Kane
In my life as a waitress, I, Sephie - an ordinary person - endured the icy glares and insults of customers while trying to earn a living. I believed that this would be my fate forever.

However, one fateful day, the King of the Underworld appeared before me and rescued me from the clutches of the most powerful Mafia boss's son. With his deep blue eyes fixed on mine, he spoke softly: "Sephie... short for Persephone... Queen of the Underworld. At last, I have found you." Confused by his words, I stammered out a question, “P..pardon? What does that mean?”

But he simply smiled at me and brushed my hair away from my face with gentle fingers: "You are safe now.”


Sephie, named for the Queen of the Underworld, Persephone, she's quickly finding out how she's destined to fulfill her namesake's role. Adrik is the King of the Underworld, the boss of all bosses in the city he runs.

She was a seemingly normal girl, with a normal job until it all changed one night when he walked through the front door and her life changed abruptly. Now, she finds herself on the wrong side of powerful men, but under the protection of the most powerful among them.
The Demon-Wolf King

The Demon-Wolf King

451 Views · Ongoing · HunnieBahm
(From the series of Witchy World, created by HunnieBahm.)

The Kingdom fears my wrath, but I’m currently hiding in a bush watching a clumsy, honey-colored wolf chase moths.

She is nothing like the powerful beasts of my realm; she trips over her own paws and smells like coconuts and mangoes. I should kill her. She reeks of magic, a witch in wolf's clothing. But when I sneak up behind her, she doesn't attack. She pees herself in fear.

"A WITCH!" I sneeze. Instead of ripping her throat out, my wolf, Aldrerix, wants to lick her face. She’s a dark witch, my sworn enemy, yet she’s the only thing my soul craves. I tricked her into thinking all wolves mate casually. She has no idea she just agreed to be the Demon King's maid... and his fated mate.
The Fallen King Chronicles

The Fallen King Chronicles

567 Views · Ongoing · Richard Fierce
When gods are at war, humanity must fight. Aramis, the crown prince of Oakvalor, is accused of murdering his father for the throne. To prove his innocence, he must find the real assassin, but there are powerful forces at work around him. His quest reveals the source of the encroaching darkness and will lead him to the gates of Oakvalor's greatest enemy.  Download now to experience dragons, epic battles, magic, and wicked plots of a dark god. This omnibus edition includes all 4 novels of The Fallen King Chronicles: Dragonsphere The Fallen King The Valiant King The Restored King
The Wolf’s King Curse

The Wolf’s King Curse

1.4k Views · Ongoing · osarenkhoeosas29
Mara is a human slave in a wolf-ruled kingdom.

When the forbidden mate bond claims her as the mate of Zevran, the cursed wolf no female survives, she’s sentenced to die.

But she doesn’t.

Now hunted by the King and bound to a mate everyone fears, Mara must choose between dying in chains or burning the kingdom to the ground.
Married The Mafia King

Married The Mafia King

1.4k Views · Ongoing · callher.dghostwriter
Forced into marriage with New York’s most feared Mafia King, Aria Vale swore she would never bow, never break. But the more she fights Leon De Luca, the more she risks losing the only battle that matters—her heart.

"Hate me all you want, Aria," Leon’s voice was a low growl against her ear. "But you’ll still be mine."
Defrosting The Ice King

Defrosting The Ice King

867 Views · Ongoing · Herverse
At Westbridge University, there’s only one rule that matters: never blackmail the Ice King.

Daphne Brook broke it.

She's broke. Her grades are failing. Her scholarship is slipping away. And the billionaire heir she's been obsessed with for years won't even look at her.

So when she accidentally gets leverage over the Ice King, she uses it.
Tutoring.

Money.

And fake dating him until her crush finally notices her.

Simple, right?

Not even close.

Because the Ice King is hiding something.
A secret he's willing to do anything to protect.
Even fake date the most annoying girl he's ever met.

And Daphne is about to find out exactly what happens when you try to defrost a man who was never supposed to melt.
The Fae's Hexed King

The Fae's Hexed King

1k Views · Ongoing · haileyb4855
Seraphina was never meant to survive her rejection, let alone rise from it stronger than the Fae who broke her. There is dragon fire in her veins, human magic in her bones, and a destiny her enemies never planned for.

Once the disgraced, rejected princess of Sylvandell, Seraphina is now her kingdom’s final hope. She hides a forbidden secret, she is a rare tribrid, born of Fae, human, and dragon blood, a combination powerful enough to start wars or end them. Betrayed by the court that should have protected her, she will do whatever it takes to save her people, even if it means crossing into enemy lands to face the one man who hates her kind more than death itself.

Elias, the Cursed King of Aethelgard, rules with ruthless brilliance and a heart turning to stone. Haunted by a spreading black curse tattoo that reacts to his emotions and tortures him with every breath, he blames the Fae for his suffering and would gladly see their realm burn.

She is wildfire disguised as royalty. He is a kingdom wrapped in thorns.

Together, they will either save their worlds… or destroy each other trying.
The Black Dragon King Hated His Human Mate

The Black Dragon King Hated His Human Mate

760 Views · Ongoing · Alice.K
"You're nothing but a slave."

The Black Dragon King pinned my chin between his fingers, his golden eyes colder than winter.

"The only reason you're alive is because you're useful to me."

I lowered my head.

He didn't know I had once come here to kill him.

Sold into the duke's castle without memories, Alice has spent years as the Black Dragon King's obedient human slave. Every night he summons her to his bed, yet every morning he reminds her that she is beneath him.

Then a dying assassin reveals the truth.

She isn't a slave at all.

She was sent by the Church to assassinate the mysterious duke—the man who is secretly the exiled heir to the Black Dragon Throne.

As Alice regains her memories, she decides to abandon her mission. All she wants is to survive long enough to leave the castle forever.

But fate has other plans.

Augus despises humans more than anything, yet Alice is his destined mate—the only woman capable of healing his dragon power.

He swears he'll discard her once he's strong enough.

She swears she'll never love the monster who keeps breaking her heart.

Until betrayal, war, and an ancient dragon conspiracy force them to choose between the throne... and each other.

When the Dragon King finally realizes she's the only one he can't live without... will his human mate still choose him?
Betrayed, Then Claimed by the Mafia King

Betrayed, Then Claimed by the Mafia King

3.1k Views · Ongoing · Ross Knight Lark
"I want to go back to London."
"No," he says simply, his voice low and commanding. "You're not going anywhere."
"Why not?"
"Because, unlike that worthless nephew of mine, I actually care about you."
Lyla Rose thought she had it all—love, power, a secure future. But a single medical report changes everything: she's infertile, and her ruthless husband, Vincent Ricci, discards her without hesitation.
He replaces her with another woman and locks Lyla away, believing he's done with her. But Carter Ricci, Vincent's cold and calculating uncle, rescues her. He offers protection, passion, and promises he's nothing like the man who destroyed her.
Yet Carter's care is suffocating. Locked doors, watching eyes, and a hunger that feels more like possession than love. When the truth about her infertility surfaces, Lyla realizes she may have traded one prison for another.
Caught between the husband who shattered her and the man who claimed her, Lyla must decide: can she ever be free when love itself has become a cage?
Rejected by My Alpha, Crowned by the King

Rejected by My Alpha, Crowned by the King

1.4k Views · Ongoing · Bridget
I spent three years warming his bed, nursing him back from the brink of death, and playing the perfect stand‑in for the woman he truly loved. He never marked me. He never claimed me. The moment his real mate returned, he tossed me aside like a broken tool, sneering that I was nothing but a low‑born servant.

But he forgot one thing – my blood can break ancient curses, and a dying king has been hunting for me across the continent. When my so‑called sister tried to humiliate me at her welcome banquet, I smiled and offered her a cup of tea. By midnight, her voice was gone.

Now my ex watches from the airport as I board the Lycan King’s private jet. He finally realises he threw away the only wolf who could have saved his pack – but it’s too late. I’m not going back to being his shadow. I’m going to the capital to become his queen.
Quillon:The Alpha King (The Rare Wolf Series #3)

Quillon:The Alpha King (The Rare Wolf Series #3)

447 Views · Ongoing · jokerblade Author
Soleil
I met Quillon when I ran from home. He was rude. I expected that from a rogue like him, but he still offered help. Or maybe I pushed him to help? It doesn't matter.
There was no way I thought I'd be safe outside the comfort of my home, but with him, I felt free and in solace. But he was so broken, shattered, and I don't know why I kept feeling like he was keeping something...
Quillon
She came the day I decided to give up. Being the Alpha King's target for years and concealing myself so I wouldn't be found has been a pain in the ass. But this woman came, and my mind was set that I wouldn't help her.
Then, after letting her pass out outside my tent, I found out that she was my mate. I was thrilled to know I got a fated one, but I decided to conceal our bond. So she wouldn't know that she was mine... and I was hers.
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If you have read Call Me Alpha and Alpha of the Shadows, Quillon was mentioned in these stories. Its better if you read those books first so you'll have a better understanding of Quillon, my love.
Anyway, enjoy reading!
Contract Marriage with the Alpha King for Revenge

Contract Marriage with the Alpha King for Revenge

802 Views · Ongoing · Riley Above Story
Sienna was Alpha Landon’s fated mate, yet she could only stand by as her own son called another woman “Mommy.”
She gave them everything but they never cared. Shattered by their betrayal, Sienna walked away from the pack, her mate bond, and the life that destroyed her.
Years later, she has risen from the ashes as a powerful businesswoman, returning to the capital to expand her empire. But fate throws her into an alliance with the man nobody would expect: the new Alpha King, Arthur, the ruler of the entire werewolf world.
He doesn’t want a mate. Neither does she. They swear they’ll never fall for each other.
But why does his touch calm her raging wolf? And why does his heartbeat stutter every time she says his name?
And why does it feel like the real danger isn’t their enemies—
but the bond they’re trying so desperately to deny?
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