Craving the Wolf
Alyssa Hart thought she was just another woman trying to stay invisible in a city that never sleeps. Haunted by a past she refuses to speak about, she’s learned to keep her head down and her circle small. But one rainy night in Los Angeles changes everything. Stalked through a dark alley by a man with a knife, she’s saved by a massive, golden-eyed wolf, only to watch it kill her attacker in a blur.
What she doesn’t know is that the creature is Zodiak, who is the primal side of Cole Donovan, a powerful and reclusive billionaire with a secret. Cole is a centuries-old werewolf, and Alyssa is his fated mate. But when she looks at him in wolf form, all she sees is a monster.
Torn between his instincts and the need to protect her, Cole decides to win her over the human way through patience, kindness, and trust. As they grow closer, Alyssa begins to feel the pull between them, even as her past begins to resurface in the form of Lucas Slater, a ruthless enemy with a vendetta and a weapon designed to destroy werewolves from the inside out.
With Alyssa unknowingly caught in the crossfire and Cole hiding a truth that could destroy everything between them, fate is no longer just a distant whisper. It’s closing in on them both.
Set against a backdrop of rain drenched streets, quiet cafés, and hidden danger, this is a story of two souls from different worlds, one human, one supernatural, drawn together by something neither fully understands. As secrets unravel and danger escalates, Alyssa and Cole must decide if love is worth the risk, or if fear will tear them apart before it ever has the chance to bloom.
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Chapter: The WatcherColeCole walked away from Alyssa’s building, his steps intentionally slow, but kept his heart steady. The kiss had surprised him, not because it happened, but because of what it meant. Trust...maybe the first thread of something real between them.He hadn’t expected it to happen tonight.But now that it had happened, he didn’t want to let go of her, not ever, he was wiling to do whatever it took to keep her safe and make her his.Zodiak hummed beneath his skin, restless but satisfied for once. Their mate was behind that door, safe and close. This was the first time in his life he felt anything even close to feeling for someone. Sure he had the occasional fling, but that where it always ended.He turned the corner, unaware he was being watched, which is rare for his wolf to not pick up the scent. He was just too focused on Alyssa to notice. Which meant he was also unaware she was being watched too.Aiden crouched low across the street, hidden behind a crumbling dumpster soaked with ra
Last Updated: 2025-07-01
Chapter: The KissCole Cole stopped walking and turned toward Alyssa. He reached up slowly, hand hovering just shy of her cheek. She flinched, taking a small step back before she could stop herself.“Are you okay? I didn’t mean to scare you.”Alyssa shook her head quickly. “No—it’s okay. I’m sorry. You just caught me off guard.”Her voice was quiet, steady but guarded.“I wasn’t in the best relationship before,” she added.
Last Updated: 2025-06-17
Chapter: Date PreparationAlyssa Alyssa woke early, she had barely slept. The anticipation was building, her date with Cole was only eight hours away. She could not figure out why she was so anxious. She had never been this nervous for a date in her life. By 7 a.m., she was already pacing like a caffeinated squirrel, if she had dogs they would be watching her with tilted heads like she had finally gone off the deep end.She tried to distract herself with a quick breakfast, consisting of string cheese and coffee, a pairing that sounded like a cry for help more than a meal. The nerves wouldn’t let her eat anything else. She scrolled through her messages for the fifth time, checking to make sure Cole hadn’t canceled. He hadn’t. Of course he hadn’t. He didn’t seem like the type to bail. But still, her stomach twisted into an anxious pretzel.She needed an outfit. She has a romper style outfit popping into her mind. Elegant enough for dinner, yet flexible enough for walking. Rompers, however, were tricky little
Last Updated: 2025-06-17
Chapter: LucianLucian Lucian, Coles’ beta and best friend since childhood, moved toward the far end of the alley, scanning the shadows beneath the fire escape.Silence lingered until his voice broke it."You know I met Mari in a parking lot, right?" Lucian broke the silence, thinking brining up his mate Mari would help ease his friends mind.Cole glanced over, brow raised."I didn’t know that."Lucian gave a faint smile, still crouched near the wall. "She was yelling at some guy who tried to overcharge her for brake work for her car. She didn't back down. I just stood there, watching her drag a full-grown man into the dirt with words alone, it was quit inpressive."Cole huffed quietly."That sounds just like her." he chuckled. Lucian nodded. "She knew what I was two weeks in, she didn’t flinch. She thought I was joking at first, thought it was a costume. Once she figured out it was real, she asked a million questions and by the end she was more intrigued than anything."His tone turned more serio
Last Updated: 2025-06-14
Chapter: Not Every Smile is SafeAlyssaFlashbackThe heat pressed against the city like a second skin, heavy and unmoving. Alyssa had slipped into the small bookstore on Whitmore and Fifth, the cool, dusty air a quiet relief from the chaos outside.She wandered through the narrow aisles, letting the worn spines of old books brush against her fingertips, trying to lose herself.A voice broke the stillness."Looking for anything special?"She turned.A charming man stood a few feet away, a novel tucked loosely under one arm. Tall, very light blonde hair, deep blue eyes and well-kept. His smile came easy, softening sharp features and brightening his light brown eyes.Trent.There was no edge to his voice, no pressure in his posture. Only a casual interest, as if a conversation was just a way to pass the time. "I’m terrible at picking something new," he said, an easy laugh in his words. "Any recommendations?"Alyssa offered a faint smile. Politeness, nothing more. She named a few titles, her voice low in the quiet
Last Updated: 2025-06-12
Chapter: GuiltCole Everything in Cole burned to tell Alyssa the truth, who he wasw and what he was. Every instinct screamed to claim her, to mark her, to make her his in every way Zodiak demanded. The wolf inside him paced restlessly, furious with the delay. The guilt was building by the minute. But Cole knew better. He had to be careful with her. Slow. Delicate.He could see it, the shadows she carried just beneath her surface. Demons she didn’t speak about but wore like armor. He ached to know what haunted her, to tear those ghosts away and replace them with safety, with peace. To make her forget her past, and know nothing but protection in his arms.But that would have to wait.For now, he had a day and a half to survive until their date and he needed answers before then.Someone had tried to kill her.Someone dangerous.Even though he was dead, he doubted that was the end of her troubles. Cole didn’t believe in coincidences. And if Alyssa was being hunted, he needed to know who and
Last Updated: 2025-06-06
Luna of my Ruin
Rhea Thorn, daughter of the ruthless Alpha of Thornridge, has her life shattered when the Moon Goddess marks her with an unthinkable fate, her destined mate is Kael Blackthorn, the youngest and most feared Alpha of her pack’s sworn enemies. What should be a divine blessing feels like a curse, chaining her to a man her family and people would rather see dead.
Drawn together by the bond they cannot sever, Rhea and Kael are forced into secret meetings, torn between duty to their packs and the magnetic pull that only grows stronger. But the world around them is far more dangerous than forbidden love. Rogue wolves begin appearing in unnatural numbers, branded with a mysterious mark and moving like soldiers under someone’s command. Their attacks threaten both Thornridge and Blackthorn lands, hinting at a darker force manipulating the feud to ignite all-out war
As suspicion grows, Rhea struggles to hide her bond from her father and her loyal cousin Kade, while Kael risks everything to protect her from the shadows. Their secret is exposed in blood and fire when rogues descend on Thornridge and Kael himself fights beside her, revealing their connection before both packs. Betrayal, shifting loyalties, and whispers of war leave Rhea torn between her bloodline and the mate the Goddess chose for her.
At the heart of the conflict lies a chilling truth: someone is orchestrating ruin, driving rogues like weapons and branding them with a new symbol of power. To survive, Rhea and Kael must decide whether to sever the bond and live painful, hollow lives or embrace it and defy their world. If they choose each other, they may save the packs or they may be the spark that burns them all to ash.
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Chapter: WolfsbaneCaden cut him off with a look. He stepped around the desk and stood close enough that he could have counted my lashes. “You lie worse than you cook.” he said quietly. “Do not insult me at the same time.”My mouth went dry. The bond tugged hard, a panicked animal inside my ribs. “I’m not lying.”Mari breathed like a warning bell. Kade’s hand curled, the tendons in his wrist standing out.My father held my stare a beat longer, then looked away, his jaw working. He turned back to the desk and tapped the brand on Bran’s cloth with one blunt finger. “We found this same mark on a rogue carcass near Alder Creek last month. I kept it quiet to avoid panic. Tonight is too coincidental.”“Alder Creek is three days from here.” Kade said.“Yes.” Caden’s gaze flicked to the maps. “Someone is pushing rogue wolves toward our borders. I don’t think its Blackt
Last Updated: 2025-10-18
Chapter: OathsMy father’s office felt colder than the hall.The stone walls raised high, making the room feel smaller than it was and unwelcoming. A scarred desk big enough to anchor a house, sat in the middle of the room and a single oil lamp threw hard light across maps and lists and knives scattered around. The room smelled like pine, ta, r and iron, with the weighing atmosphere of the quiet that comes before a storm.He didn’t sit. He stood behind the desk with his hands on the wood, shoulders squared, eyes on me like a hunter sighting a target.“Start talking.” Alpha Caden said. “I want the whole story.”Kade stepped to my side before I could open my mouth. “I sent Rhea to scout the old ridge line. This is all on me.”My father didn’t look at him. “I wasn’t speaking to you.”The words landed like a slap. Kade swallowed and stared at a knot in the desk wood.I kept my voice steady. “I took the ridge path. I found a rogue nest near the old chapel. I thought I could hide in there before they reali
Last Updated: 2025-10-18
Chapter: Race to the TruthMy stomach dropped. Mari’s hands went still.Kade didn’t raise his voice. “I know you’re there.” he repeated, toward the pillar. “I don’t know which one. I don’t care.” His eyes cut to me. “Don’t make me drag you out.”Silence, thick as wool.Then Kael stepped from the pillar’s shadow.He didn’t growl, didn’t form a predatory stance. He simply stood there, tall and bloody and bright-eyed, and the chapel shifted around him, cold rolled through my veins. Heat followed so fast I almost swayed from the intensity of it.Kade didn’t move. He looked like a statue carved around a thunderstorm. His voice stayed very calm. “You.”Kael’s gaze skimmed him once and settled on me. It was everything, judgement and accusastions. “Thorn.”Kade’s jaw flexed. “You should be dead.”“So should your co
Last Updated: 2025-10-03
Chapter: The LieHe stared for a long beat. Then he flicked his fingers at Lowell and Dane. “You heard her. Get the legs.” He knelt, took the shoulders of the nearest rogue, and dragged. The body slid with a wet scrape. Lowell swallowed and grabbed another. Dane hesitated, then bent too, jaw tight.I grabbed the third rogue by the scruff and pulled. My shoulder screamed; I gritted my teeth and kept moving. Kael’s eyes pressed at my back from the darkness, like a hand between my shoulder blades that wasn’t touching at all. My wolf seethed, unhappy with the distance.We made a grisly line of corpses near the doorway. Blood smeared across the threshold like a bad omen. Bran wiped his hands on his coat and lifted the lantern again, sweeping it along the bodies as if they might tell him a secret if he stared long enough.“Look,” Lowell said, crouching. “What’s that?”On the inside of one rogue’s hind leg, just above t
Last Updated: 2025-10-02
Chapter: EvidenceThe steps outside were heavy. The steps sounded like boots not like the paws they had heard earlier.Kael’s head snapped toward the shattered window. He moved without a sound, one second beside me, the next swallowed by shadow behind a broken pillar. His eyes burned faint and gold from the dark, a warning that I understood to mean, not to give away his location.I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand, tasting iron. The floor was a mess, blood pooled under the dead rogues, slicking the warped boards. Shards of glass glittered like frost. My shoulder throbbed where teeth had found their mark. My wolf paced impatiently back and forth, she was furious that there was distance between her us and Kael.The chapel door scraped across the floorboards.A lantern’s glow cut a slice across the shadowed aisle.“Thornridge business,” a voice called, smooth and thin. “If anyone’s inside, step out where I can see you.”It was Bran.Of course.He came in first, lifting the lantern, the shadows shif
Last Updated: 2025-10-01
Chapter: Teeth in the DarkThe forest wasn’t silent anymore.The chapel walls vibrated with it: snarls carried on the wind, claws raking bark, the heavy thud of paws in snow. Terror hit me hard, it wasn’t just another one or two, there was a pack of rogues coming.Kael’s head turned toward the sound, golden eyes blazing. His wolf was right under his skin, ready to tear anything apart that got close. His voice was low and sharp. “We have to move. Now.”My pulse slammed against my ribs. “But they sound like thyre coming from every direction, we have to go through them?”“Unless you want to wait here and die, we need to go slow and careful.” he growled.I swallowed hard, glancing at the broken windows, at the shattered door. Shadows moved beyond them, feral shapes, restless, circling. Their growls bled through the dark like knives scraping stone.Kael’s gaze cut back to me. “Stay close.”
Last Updated: 2025-09-29
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