Beyond the Boundaries
When her village is destroyed by corrupted magic, she’s offered protection under one condition: marry Lucan Rhyst , the cold, enigmatic Alpha of the Emberfall Pack.
Alina, is an orphaned healer with dormant magical blood. She is forced to marry the cold and ruthless Alpha of the Emberfall Pack and everything within her rebels. Especially because her heart already belongs to someone else—a forbidden someone. But when she learns she is a vessel for a long-lost magic that could tear down the veil between the two worlds, the lines between hate and desire blur.
Lucan, Alpha by blood but cursed by prophecy, rejected his mate years ago to protect her from the darkness clawing at his soul. But Alina’s arrival, fragile, defiant, burning with power reignites what he tried to bury. And when war threatens to spill across realms, the only way to survive is together.
Forced into a bond neither of them wants, Alina and Lucan
are caught in a prophecy that foretells either salvation or destruction. But when Alina’s past lover, Kael, now an emissary of the Underworld returns with promises and lies, everything spirals.
As attraction ignites and loyalties shift, Alina must awaken her dormant magic before the King of the underworld breaks through the Veil. In a world where love is weaponized, magic is feared, and betrayal runs bone-deep, can two enemies become the key to peace—or will their bond doom both worlds?
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Chapter: CHAPTER 8: Lips of the underworld.Alina. The kiss struck like a thunderclap. Kael’s lips on mine were the same as they’d always been, familiar and warm, commanding, yet edged with something feral. But I had changed, and this time, the kiss didn’t wrap me in the safety of forgotten dreams. It cracked me wide open. The second our mouths met, my magic flared like wildfire, unbidden and violent. I felt it, and I couldn't control it. The air trembled. The earth shuddered beneath our feet. All around us, the Veil thinned just enough for the air to take on that familiar, sulfur-laced bite of the Underworld. It was the scent of charred roses and ancient blood, of promises broken and fates rewritten. Kael drew back slowly, eyes locked on mine. There was a smirk playing at his lips, but it didn’t reach his eyes. No triumph. Just something haunted. Something hollow. “Still burns,” he murmured, his thumb brushing my cheek. “I thought I was the only one who remembered what we were.” I stumbled back, heart pounding, breath r
Last Updated: 2025-07-29
Chapter: CHAPTER 7. THE CRACK.
Alina.The day started deceptively gentle, I woke up to the sound of bird songs, I opened my window and watched the birds as they trilled in the hedges, and early dew painted the grass silver. I awoke with the taste of Kael's presence still lingering on my tongue like smoke, or memory. But when I sat up, there was no trace of him. No scent. No footprints. Just silence, I could’ve almost believed I’d dreamed him.Almost.Elena didn't ask questions when I returned to the palace at dawn, cloak muddy, hair tangled. She simply drew a bath and left quietly, as if she'd seen many women return from the forest looking like this. She was fast becoming my favourite person in the pack.I decided to mingle with the rest of the pack and try to fit in as their new Luna so I went down to the kitchen and offered assistance.As expected I was told not to worry, so I went to sit at the dining hall and make small talk with the people there.Breakfast was brought in and as always it was a magnificent fea
Last Updated: 2025-07-26
Chapter: CHAPTER 6. BEYOND THE VEIL.
Alina. The dreams came softly at first. Not a scream or a cry in the dark but a sensation, like hands brushing through tall grass or breath fogging a mirror. I didn’t notice them right away. Not until I began waking with a weight pressing on my chest, a hum vibrating in my bones like some forgotten melody. And the whispers. Familiar in a way I couldn’t name. The kind that followed me even after I opened my eyes. I sat up in bed and rubbed my temples, the cold morning light slanting across the polished stone floors. Elena had left my breakfast by the fireplace again, a fresh pot of cinnamon tea, warm oat bread, and roasted pears. She was getting better at guessing what I needed. My dreams hadn’t made sense in days. But last night… I’d heard something clearly. "Alina." Just that. My name, spoken like a prayer or a warning. I bathed quickly, the water warm but not comforting. My body ached, my fingertips tingled, and something inside me felt restless. It wasn’t fear. It was…
Last Updated: 2025-07-26
Chapter: CHAPTER 5. SUNLIGHT AND STONE.
Alina. The footsteps were soft, hesitant. They paused outside my door just as I was about to drift into an uneasy sleep. My hand froze under the blanket, fingers tightening around the edge as though bracing for another fight. But there was only silence. A long breath. The kind someone takes when they're about to speak but doesn't. And then, retreating steps. I heard murmuring, then again I couldn't be sure it wasn't the wind. I didn’t move. Not until the sound had faded, swallowed up by stone and distance. It knew it was Lucan. I could feel him, I couldn't tell if it was because of the mating ritual or something else. My heart still beat fast, a quiet drum in my chest. I pressed a palm to the spot and whispered into the dark. “Why do I feel like I know you?” The sun rose slowly the next morning, stretching fingers of gold across the silk curtains. The light painted my walls in honey and fire, touched the stone floors with warmth they hadn’t earned. I lay there, watching it
Last Updated: 2025-07-26
Chapter: CHAPTER 4. MEMORIES OF THE PASTLucan. The moon tonight is a liar. I look up from my room window, and I wonder time and again why the moon goddess played such a cruel joke on me. The moon glows like it has no memory of the blood I spilled beneath it, no recollection of the vow sealed in crimson just moments ago. I stand at the window of my chambers, arms folded tight across my chest like I can crush the unease out of my bones. I haven’t slept. I can't. Not because I feel guilty, no, I won’t give it that name, but because the bond is raw and new. It hums beneath my skin like a wound that refuses to close. It itches. Pulls. A dull ache I can't drink away. I lived with the pain of rejecting my own mate years ago and now? It still hurts, I can't say it hurts more because it wouldn't be logical but it hurts more. It feels like the blood covenant we entered dropped a load with spikes on my chest. My thoughts go back to her. Alina. She’s across the hall. I don’t need to see her to know. I feel her now, in a way I
Last Updated: 2025-07-26
Chapter: CHAPTER 3. CHAINS IN CRIMSONAlina. I didn't want to get married to the Alpha. I didn't care whether or not I was actually a vessel to destroy worlds. I didn't care if I was the key to the underworld, all I knew was that I wasn't about to give up my freedom for a half-baked story that I wasn't even buying. So I plotted my escape. Three days, I would be long gone by then. Or so I thought. I allowed my senses to calm and attune with nature, I could just make out the back and forth of the soldiers as they came and left the territory. My escape had to be flawlessly timed but I didn't have that luxury of time. So I waited until the guards were distracted by a caravan returning from the outer villages bringing supplies. My plan had been half-baked at best, but desperation’s a hell of a motivator. I picked a sharp rock and pitched away at the window to loosen the window bars. I then made a makeshift rope from torn bed sheets and the tunics they gave me to clean up and dress in over the next three days. It took me
Last Updated: 2025-07-26
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