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Red Craine
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THE ALPHA’S QUIET TEMPTATION

THE ALPHA’S QUIET TEMPTATION

Liora is an omega the pack calls defective; she cannot shift, is weak and disposable. Only one person ever saw her as more. Darren Hart, the Alpha’s son, was her secret refuge and he never judged her. Yet her heart has always betrayed her, racing only for one man she should never desire. Alpha Lucas Hart is power incarnate and the one man Liora feels bound to by something deeper than instinct. When she is framed for a crime she didn’t commit, Liora is spared execution for one reason… She is chosen as the surrogate for Darren, the Alpha Heir and taken into the palace, where she becomes a pawn in a dangerous game of politics and bloodlines. As her true power begins to surface, so does a truth the Moon can no longer hide. She was never meant to be an omega but a force. And loving the Alpha may be the most dangerous thing of all.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 58 - Diagnosis
LUCAS’S POVI stood in the palace courtyard, reviewing the supplies being loaded for the royal hunt. Carts lined the space, filled with tents, equipment, and provisions for a week in the wilderness.The head merchant, a rotund man named Gregor, hustled toward me with armfuls of fabric samples.“My lord! Please, see the quality of these canvas materials. The finest in the kingdom!” He spread them out for inspection. “And the cooking equipment, all new this year. No rust, no damage.”I examined the goods methodically. The canvas was indeed high quality, waterproof and durable. The pots and pans were well-made, the utensils sturdy.“Acceptable,” I said. “What about the weapons for the hunt?”“Ah yes!” Gregor gestured enthusiastically toward another cart. “We have the finest steel-tipped arrows, sharpened to perfection. The bows are…”“Steel-tipped?” I interrupted.“Yes, my lord. For maximum penetration when hunting
Last Updated: 2026-03-08
Chapter: CHAPTER 57 - The letter
LIORA’S POVI sat on my bed alone later that night, wondering about my decision to become Darren’s surrogate. I stared at the trunks still on the floor, when I heard a knock on my door.It was late now and Myra had gone back to the servant quarters. Lucas stood before me, looking at me softly with his ice blue eyes. He looked at me with so much tenderness that I was confused.This wasn't the way he looked at me earlier when he shut me out. “You’re stronger than they know,” he said, reaching out to cup my face. His thumb brushed across my cheek where Elora had struck me. “Don’t let them break you.”What was he talking about?Before I could fully grasp what he was saying, he walked past me into the room and I shut the door. I turned back to look at him and saw he was standing close to me, then I felt his hands moving lower, undressing me with practiced efficiency. He cupped my face and kissed me with so much h
Last Updated: 2026-03-07
Chapter: CHAPTER 56 - Broken circle.
LIORA’S POVI stiffened at Elora’s question, but she wasn’t finished.“You think I’m being kind by allowing you to submit wardrobe requests?” She laughed, the sound light and mocking. “How sweet. And how utterly naive.”“I don’t understand what you mean…”“No, you never mean to know anything. You just bumble through the palace making mistakes and somehow survive through sheer dumb luck.” She set down her embroidery and stood. “Show me your curtsy again.”I dropped into the formal curtsy Lady Maelis had drilled into me.Elora circled me slowly. “Your posture is still wrong. Your neck isn’t angled properly. And you’re holding the position too stiffly.” She sniffed dismissively. “Are you learning anything in those etiquette lessons? Or are you simply wasting everyone’s time?”“I’m trying my best, my lady.”“Your best is rather pathetic then.” She completed her circle and stood before me. “Again. Maybe the tenth tim
Last Updated: 2026-03-06
Chapter: CHAPTER 55 - Preparations
LIORA’S POV After the morning class ended, Myra waited for me in the corridor as usual. “We need to submit requests for your wardrobe for the hunt,” she said as we walked. “There are specific requirements for each event. Riding clothes, formal dinner gowns, outdoor day dresses. The seamstresses need at least three days to prepare everything.” “I don’t want to go to the hunt,” I said, the words slipping out before I could stop them. “Well, that’s unfortunate.” The deep voice behind us made me freeze. I turned slowly to find Lucas standing there, dressed in training clothes that clung to his frame. Sweat dampened his shirt, suggesting he’d just come from the practice grounds. He looked good. Devastatingly good. Our eyes met, and for a moment the corridor seemed to narrow until it was just the two of us. The memory of hi
Last Updated: 2026-03-05
Chapter: CHAPTER 54 - Royal Hunt
LIORA’S POVI woke up with a splitting headache, the result of barely three hours of sleep.Every time I’d closed my eyes, I’d seen Darren’s face leaning toward me. I felt his lips pressing against mine with that gentleness.And then my mind would betray me by comparing it to Lucas. To the way he’d kissed me like he wanted to consume me whole, possessive and demanding.Why had Darren kissed me?He’d walked me back to my chambers afterward without saying much, just squeezed my hand and told me to sleep well. Like he hadn’t just upended everything between us with that single gesture.A knock at the door preceded Myra entering, already dressed and ready for the day.She took one look at me and stopped. “You look terrible.”“Good morning to you too,” I muttered, pushing myself upright.“I’m serious. Did you sleep at all?” She moved to the wardrobe, pulling out clothes for the day. “Your eyes are bloodshot a
Last Updated: 2026-03-04
Chapter: CHAPTER 53 - This Kiss
LIORA’S POVI waited at the east gate as instructed, dressed in the simplest clothes I owned. A plain brown dress that could have belonged to any servant, my hair braided loosely over one shoulder.The sun had just dipped below the horizon, painting the sky in shades of purple and gold. Guards stood at their posts, carefully not looking at me despite my presence.My mind kept circling back to Lucas.The way he’d looked at me in the drawing room, ice blue eyes giving nothing away. Would he tell anyone what we’d done? Would he use it against me somehow?No. He didn’t seem like that kind of person. Whatever else Lucas was, cold and distant and confusing, he didn’t strike me as someone who would weaponize intimate moments.At least, I hoped not.“Boo!”I jumped, a small scream escaping before I could stop it.Darren laughed, appearing from behind a pillar where he’d been hiding. “Sorry, I couldn’t resist. You we
Last Updated: 2026-03-03
My Alpha Mate Rejected my Divine Pregnancy

My Alpha Mate Rejected my Divine Pregnancy

Lila Ashworth is believed to be the weakest omega in Silver Moon Pack since the night she was found nearly drowning as a child, when the Elders failed to detect her true powers. She shares the secret of her unexpected pregnancy only with Elena, her surrogate mother, having no idea how it happened. When Alpha Kai publicly rejects her as his mate despite their true bond, choosing duty over love, her rival Raven exposes the pregnancy, leading to Lila’s exile from the pack. During her exile, Lila discovers she carries the ancient Moon Goddess bloodline, making her one of the most powerful werewolves alive. Under the training of Marcus Chen, a former military supernatural expert, she transforms from weak omega to formidable warrior while raising her twin children, Aria and Ash, who display extraordinary abilities. Through her wolf Eryndra, she learns to control her supernatural powers. Years later, Lila returns to Silver Moon Pack intending to collect Elena and take revenge, but finds the pack under threat from devastating war. When pack members doubt her again, she reveals the full extent of her powers in battle. Her return catches the attention of ruthless Alpha King Dante Blackwood, who demands to claim her through forced mating, threatening to kill anyone who opposes him. Though Lila wants to fight back, the Moon Goddess appears in her dreams and warns her against it. Caught between her remorseful former mate Kai and the politically powerful Dante, Lila must navigate deadly pack politics while protecting her children. As supernatural war erupts, she embraces her destiny as the prophesied leader who will unite all werewolf packs.
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Chapter: Chapter 88 - My friend.
Lila’s POV The remaining Amber Witches, four of them, stationed throughout level four, attacked simultaneously.The battle was brutal. Fire and amber and shadow magic exploded in every direction. Blackwood wolves fought alongside me, their supernatural strength clashing with witch magic in devastating combinations.Dante fought at my side throughout, shifted and unshifted, adapting, commanding, fighting with a ferocity that took my breath away. We moved together instinctively, covering each other’s weaknesses, amplifying each other’s strengths.It wasn’t just a strategy. It was chemistry. Real, undeniable chemistry that had nothing to do with fate and everything to do with who we were as individuals.When one witch cornered me with a containment spell, Dante was there instantly, breaking the spell with pure willpower and pulling me against him. We were face to face for one breathless second, his arm around my waist, his eyes burning into mine.“You okay?” he asked, his voice rough.“
Last Updated: 2026-02-03
Chapter: Chapter 87 - Burn it all
Lila’s POV The facility sat nestled in the Montana wilderness like a cancer, sleek, modern, deliberately hidden beneath layers of concealment wards. From the outside, it looked like nothing. A stretch of unremarkable forest.From the inside, Dante’s scouts reported, it was a nightmare.“Forty-two guards,” Dante briefed us in the war room, his voice carrying the calm authority of someone who’d planned raids his entire life. “Twelve are supernatural, enhanced humans, mostly. The rest are military. Three witch sentinels maintain the outer wards. The internal layout suggests four underground levels. Medical on level two, containment on three, research on four.”“Research,” I whispered, that word making my stomach turn. “That’s where they’d keep Ash.”“Level four, yes.” Dante’s ice-blue eyes found mine across the map, and something in his expression softened, just barely, just enough to notice. “We’ll get him back, Lila.”The way he said my name, quiet, almost tender, made my chest ache.
Last Updated: 2026-02-03
Chapter: Chapter 86 - Unrecognized
Lila’s POV The throne room doors were massive, carved wood reinforced with steel, warded with protective magic. Guards flanked them, but when I approached, they hesitated.They felt what I was. “Stand aside,” I said quietly.One guard reached for his weapon. “You can’t just…”The doors exploded inward.Not from my hands. I hadn’t touched them. But my power, my will, my sheer presence had been enough to shatter the wards and send the doors crashing open.I walked through, Ari’s hand in mine, Marcus and Elena flanking us.The throne room fell silent.Dozens of people occupied the space, advisors, Beta wolves, visiting Alphas arriving early for the Summit. All of them turned to stare at the white-haired woman who’d just blown open the Alpha King’s doors.And at the far end of the room, seated on a throne of black stone, was him.Dante Blackwood.I felt the mate bond snap into place like a rubber band pulled too tight finally released. It hit with such force that I stumbled, my breath c
Last Updated: 2026-02-02
Chapter: Chapter 85 - The citadel
Lila’s POV “Before I leave, I need to see your son.”Kai looked up from the travel preparations, confusion crossing his face. “What? Why?”“Because your child is cursed, and you know it.” I glanced at Raven, who’d gone pale. “And because I’m apparently the breaker of curses. So let me break this one before I go.”Kai’s hands clenched. “How did you…”“I can see it,” I said simply. “The energy around him. Dark, twisted, wrong. Something’s attached to him, Raven. Something that’s been growing since before he was born.”“The Eclipse King,” Kai breathed. “When we fought his forces last year, one of his witches got through my defenses. She touched Raven. We thought nothing came of it, but…”“She marked your unborn child.” I moved toward the door. “Are you going to let me help, or do I leave you to figure it out on your own?”They brought me to the nursery where their one-year-old son slept. The moment I entered, I felt it, the dark magic coiled around the child like invisible chains.“His
Last Updated: 2026-02-02
Chapter: Chapter 84 - The ultimatum
Lila’s POV We were halfway to the pack border when Kai’s voice rang out behind us.“Lila, stop. Please.”I kept walking, Ari’s hand tight in mine.“I said stop!” The Alpha command rippled through the air, compulsion meant to freeze pack members in their tracks.It washed over me like water. Did nothing.I turned slowly, letting him see the crimson glow in my eyes. “Your commands don’t work on me, Kai. Not anymore. Maybe they never did.”He flinched but didn’t back down. “You can’t leave. Not like this.”“Watch me.”“Where will you go?” He stepped closer, hands raised in supplication. “Montana? You think the Alpha King will help you out of the goodness of his heart? He’ll want something in return, Lila. Something you might not be willing to give.”“That’s my problem,” I said coldly.“And what about Ash?” Kai’s voice cracked. “Every hour you spend traveling is an hour he’s suffering. Every delay costs him. You need resources, intelligence, a strike team. You need things I can provide n
Last Updated: 2026-02-01
Chapter: Chapter 83 - The white wolf
Lila’s POV The rogue’s hand closed around Ari’s arm, yanking her away from me.My daughter screamed.And something inside me shattered.“Don’t. Touch. My. Daughter.”The words came out layered with power; Eryndra’s ancient rage, the Moon Goddess’s divine authority, and three years of accumulated fury finally breaking free.The temperature dropped twenty degrees in an instant.The rogue holding Ari barely had time to register his mistake before I moved.The spelled cuffs around my wrists exploded into fragments without me even touching them. Pure will, pure power, obliterating the magic meant to contain me.I grabbed the rogue by his throat and flipped him, slamming him into the ground with enough force to crack the earth beneath him. His neck snapped with a sound like breaking branches.The second rogue lunged at me. I caught him mid-air, twisted, and threw him into a tree. He hit so hard the trunk splintered. He didn’t get up.“AMBUSH!” the scarred leader roared. “It’s a fucking tra
Last Updated: 2026-01-31
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