Elaine believes she has found her fated mate Michael until she learns he chose her sister Kathy and their unborn child instead. Abandoned by her family and pack, she’s forced to watch their mating ceremony. Broken and alone, Elaine must decide: will she accept her fate, or fight back?
Knocking softly before stepping inside, Elaine entered the room, her heart light and overflowing. She could hardly contain the joy that bubbled within her, and it showed in every step she took, every smile that touched her lips. Happiness radiated from her like sunlight breaking through the clouds. Inside sat the most important figures of…
Every face in the room blurred as her eyes burned with tears she refused to let fall. They had all chosen. Her parents. Her Alpha and Luna. Her sister. Even him. She was utterly, devastatingly alone. “Sister-” Kathy’s voice was small, trembling as she tried to speak. But she stopped the moment she saw Elaine’s…
The following morning, as dawn stretched its pale light over the pack lands, Elaine made her way slowly back toward the pack house. Every step felt heavier than the last, as though the earth itself tried to keep her from returning to the very people who had betrayed her. Her mind, however, was firm and…
The finality of her words settled over the room like a storm cloud. Elaine stood there, calm, resolute, untouchable. For a long moment, no one spoke. The silence was suffocating, so thick it pressed against everyone’s chest. Elaine stood tall, her words still hanging heavy in the air, final and irrevocable. And then, Michael moved.…
The pack saw only what the Alpha had declared. That she was no longer family, no longer worthy. Every morning at the dining hall was the hardest. Attendance was mandatory for all wolves not on guard duty, which meant she could not escape the public eye. After collecting her food, she always sat alone at…
Painted with a smile that never reached her eyes. The pack house hummed with energy, laughter, and the constant rhythm of footsteps as more guests arrived each passing day. The air was thick with the mingling scents of neighboring packs, the corridors alive with greetings and voices offering congratulations to Michael and Kathy. For the…
She almost said daughter, but the word burned too much. She wasn’t Beta Richard’s daughter anymore. She didn’t have parents anymore. She was just… alone. “Ah, yes.” Darius’s expression softened. “That’s why you look familiar. But tell me, what are you doing here all by yourself?” Elaine looked away, toward the falls. “I like being…
Elaine’s walls were back up, and no matter how Darius tried to shake the sense of it, he couldn’t find the right words to bring her back to where she had been before. More Rewards For Elaine, the moment of peace was gone. For Darius, there lingered only confusion-and a gnawing curiosity about the woman…
Whatever his intentions, she didn’t care to find out. More Rewards “Is there anything else, Alpha?” she asked, her words clipped. A subtle edge of defiance threaded her tone, though she knew it skirted the line of disrespect. But she had no strength left to bend, to pretend. She wanted nothing more than to distance…
And now, for the first time, someone dared to reach into that shadow and pull her into the light. Elaine’s heart hammered. She did not know whether to follow or to run. Elaine did not even have a chance to think. One moment she was quietly eating on her own, and the next she felt…