Crowning the Alpha I Hate.
At seventeen, Selene Caelum is still wolfless. And she wasn't bothered. She turns eighteen in few months and hopefully by then her wolf will emerge and she'll might be able to mated to her boyfriend, if the mating council agrees. She could hardly wait. She goes to the ShadowCrest’s Wolf Reveal Ceremony to support her boyfriend, Damien Blackthorn. But when the Luna sees Damien’s wolf, Ashur, with his sea-blue eyes politics twist against Selene. She is accused of forging a forbidden Moon Oath and dragged before the ruthless Draxmore court.
Devlin Draxmore, the Alpha’s merciless son who calls her “little kitten”, makes her fate his plaything. Before her wolf can ever surface, Devlin severs their link, making her mere human and exiles her.
Saved by rebels in Lycan’s Hollow, Selene is thought that being human isn't a weakness. She's trained to maximise the human strength and live a more normal life. She falls in love with Marcus, an elite Wolf hunter. But when he proposes and she says yes, the Moon fights her.
Now, to marry Marcus, the soothsayer, says she has to kill and reclaim her destiny. But when she returns to ShadowCrest, a lot has changed and she finds herself bound by contract marriage to Devlin himself
Selene must navigate betrayal, politics, and forbidden desire to discover the truth, she is the Luneborn, the chosen Luna who will crown the next Alpha.
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Chapter: Chapter 6Devlin's PovSelene, on the verge of brokenness, isn’t a sight for sore eyes. There is beauty in it. There's something darkly satisfying about the way her hair falls over her face, strands sticking to her cheeks like an attempt at comfort she doesn’t deserve.Her head hangs a little low, her defiance toned down. I know the moment she senses me. Her shoulder tenses, her head lifts ever so slightly, and she looks in my direction. Her eyes take a moment to register me and then, like a switch flipping, the defiance roars back full force.I chuckle, letting the sound roll through the room. Excitement buzzes in every of my muscle. My little kitten will never break for me.I move away from the door, deeper into the room. I don’t bother scanning it; every instrument of torture, every rope, every whip, and every painful contraption has been mapped and memorized long ago. Some I favor. Some I use only for fun. But tonight isn’t about the tools, so I ignore them. Tonight's about my little kitten
Last Updated: 2025-09-11
Chapter: Chapter 5Devlin’s POVThe moon looks lonely in the sky on the day it has its longest journey. Not a single star. I wonder how it feels. Was it yearning for company? Or it preferred solitude.I lie in the grass and watch it and ponder about it. I think it prefers solitude. It gives it the ability to shine, no stars to share in its glory. Just like me. Unchallenged. The moon shines brightest alone.And that’s how I like it."Why aren't you at the bonfire?"I ignore Cece and close my eyes. Letting her voice fade into the night. Cece’s my cousin, my closest ally, the one person I’d actually admit I like being around. She's the only one worthy of my attention. I hope she knows she's lucky. People’ll beg for my attention. They’ll fight for it. They'll bleed for it. "Do you think she'll cave in? And undo the ritual?""She won't." My answer is immediate. Certain. Selene won’t. I know her better than her pathetic group of friends do. Better than Damien does. She’s stubborn. Sharp-edged. Dangerous
Last Updated: 2025-09-04
Chapter: Chapter 4Selene's POV"So why did you force Mr. Blackthorn to swear one with you?""I didn't." I say quickly, my voice sharper than I intend."Sure, you don't want to think that answer over?"What? My chest tightens."I did not." I insist.The silence that follows feels heavy. Mr. Adercrest watches me. From the corner of my eye I see Devlin lean back in his chair, his lips curled in amusement. He is watching me too, hoping for cracks. He has never seen me crack, since he started bullying me, and he won't see one, not now. Not ever."Then why can't I bond with him?" Cecilia's voice slices the silence, fierce and demanding. I notice her for the first time, behind the council members. She looks ready to demand my blood."Because the moon won't let me." She spits, answering her own question. And I almost laugh.Of course the moon won't let them mate. It's the winter solstice, and only true-born mates can mate, and they risk punishment if the committee finds out. There's a reason why the mating com
Last Updated: 2025-09-04
Chapter: Chapter 3Selene's POVI can’t sit still.The ceremony ended over four hours ago and Damien is yet to be home. He left with Cicilia way before the ceremony came to a close. He didn’t even get to show his wolf."Selene, you should sit," Bea says. I shake my head at her. I’m too anxious to sit."Landon and Alex will bring him back. Look, Alyssa isn’t worried so..."We have a saying between us that if Alyssa is calm, then all is good. If she panics, we have to panic with caution. She’s an overreactor. Well expected for a witch though. They sense everything.I glance at her now, but she looks too exhausted to be worried. Bea notices too and groans, her point moot.She leaves me to resume pacing and goes to sit next to Alyssa. I hear her ask Alyssa if she’s okay, but I don’t hear the reply.Landon returns first, in his wolf form. No Damien. He walks past me, into the house. Bea and Alyssa watch him go, then look at each other. Alyssa follows him. Bea walks up to me."Water?" she asks like she’s out
Last Updated: 2025-09-04
Chapter: Chapter 2 Selene's POVThe walk to the ceremony ground from Damien's house should be at least a fifteen minute walk if I take the main road.But I take the forest path to pick some wild fruits and oranges to give Damien after the ceremony. I pick enough to last both of us right after the ceremony and at night when we sit by the bonfire, celebrating and keeping the moon company on its longest night of the year.Securing them in my backpack, I head towards the road connecting the forest to the ceremony ground. I barely take a few steps when I feel it. The dread and excitement I can never explain, the butterflies of fear swirling in my stomach, the yearning and ache for Devlin Draxmore.Maybe due to years of constant bullying and humiliation from the Alpha-to-be and heir of the Draxmore Dynasty, I always know when he's within a two to three mile radius.The irony is, he knows too.I pause to listen, to be sure I do not walk into him. If I want a chance to be spared whatever his twisted mind deems
Last Updated: 2025-09-04
Chapter: Chapter 1Selene's POV"What do you think will happen if we run away?"I shake my head at Damien. I know it's his nerves talking, and I’m tired of telling him.It’s the general meet-your-wolf day. A day when all the recently turned 18 werewolves come to show their wolf. A tradition that was implemented by the Draxmore clan when they took over our clan.It’s their way of keeping us in check. To tame the strongest wolf before they become an issue later. Not that there are any strong wolves left in the Silverhedge clan or any other wolf clan in the five cities of ShadowCrest anymore.Not even Alphas.The roughly 23 clans of the five cities are all ruled by a general Alpha, a Beta, and Gemma, who are nothing but pimps for the Draxmore. They enforce the law as well as the Draxmore clan's induced law, or whatever new thing Alpha Roland is up to.For the ceremony today, they’ll be seated at the mockery of a high table, praying against or hoping a wolf from their original clan or area of jurisdiction m
Last Updated: 2025-09-04
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