Moon Reaper’s Substitute Bride
For centuries the Varkas and the Moon Reapers have spilled each other's blood beneath every full moon that they clash. Wolves call them butchers. Reapers call them beasts. Both call the other enemy. Then the Grand Council speaks a prophecy no one dares defy: only the union of a Varkas daughter and a Moon Reaper's son will stop the bloodshed and unite the families for once and for all. One marriage. One chance for peace.
Aurora Varkas was never meant to wear the bridal dress. Born of her mother's betrayal, unable to shift, stripped of the sacred gifts that mark true Varkas blood, she has lived as an outcast in her own home. When her stepmother shoves her forward as the "true" bride to spare the legitimate daughter, Aurora has no choice but to obey. One whispered truth—that she is the wrong bride, the outcast, the fraud—could reignite a war that once nearly annihilated both kinds.
Cassian Thorne, heir to the Moon Reapers, is a living weapon forged to kill wolves. He expects a spoiled Varkas princess as his bride, someone he can tolerate for the sake of duty, then quietly dispose of along with her family.
What he gets is Aurora.
Quiet. Broken. Powerless.
Or so he thought. . .
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Chapter: Chapter 7~AURORA~Cassian's strong hands encircled my waist as he helped me down from the massive stallion. My legs trembled slightly after the long ride, but I refused to let it show. The moment my feet touched the courtyard, I realized just how wrong the rumors had been.The Moon Reapers did not live like poor folks. Their estate stretched out before me like something out of a dark fairytale."Welcome home," Zerath, Cassian's brother tells me."Let me introduce you to the others," he added.I hesitated. The second we had ridden through the gates of the village, every head had turned. The stares had been filled with hatred. Now, inside the grand estate's inner courtyard, those stares had grown even sharper. The people in here definitely disliked me even more than the ones outside.Still, I lifted my chin and followed.Zerath raised his voice, "Everyone, meet Aurora. She will be Cassian's wife once they both sign the papers today."Wife. Papers?No ceremony. No vows.A signature that would
Last Updated: 2026-04-09
Chapter: Chapter 6~AURORA~My knees had gone completely numb.That kiss. . .it still burned on my lips. Not even Vincent had ever kissed me with such raw, consuming hunger. Cassian's mouth had claimed mine in a possessive way.My body had responded before my mind could catch up, leaning into him as if it already knew him. As if it had been waiting for him.The moment we stepped out of the castle, I could hear Vincent's voice behind us."Wait!"I spun around, heart skipping a beat with foolish hope. Maybe he had finally come to his senses. Maybe guilt had finally touched him and he was about to tell the Moon Reaper the truth, that we were mates, that this marriage was a mistake.But Vincent didn't even glance at me.His furious gaze was locked solely on Cassian. "You may think you're untouchable, Reaper, but disrespecting the King of the South is a direct insult to his allies. I won't let that stand."Cassian didn't flinch. Not even a flicker of concern crossed his sharp, devastatingly handsome face.
Last Updated: 2026-04-08
Chapter: Chapter 5~CASSIAN~I couldn't believe my eyes.It was her, the girl I had glimpsed earlier while entering the Kingdom. I couldn't get her out of my head. And now she stood before me as my bride?A dark amusement formed in my chest. Had she truly tried to run away to escape marrying me? This was the Varkas princess? The first daughter of Alpha King Kairos Varkas himself? When I'd first seen her, she had been dressed like a common servant. A clever little disguise, perhaps to try to escape this marriage. "Lord Cassian," the Alpha King's voice echoed. "It is my pleasure to have you here with us today."I barely spared him a glance."Spare me the greetings Kairos," I said flatly. "I came only for the girl."Gasps spread throughout the ballroom. I could feel their shock, their outrage at the way I spoke to their beloved king. It only made the corner of my mouth twitch with dark satisfaction. He may rule these lands, but to me he was nothing more than an enemy wearing a crown. This marriage w
Last Updated: 2026-04-06
Chapter: Chapter 4~AURORA~I'd tried to run away. Tried to escape before the Moon Reaper could force me back to his Kingdom where I would stay as his wife.But the guards had found me. They couldn't whip me as punishment, not today, not when I was being offered as the sacrificial bride. They needed my groom to believe I was the true Varkas daughter, untouched and pure.One wrong mark on my skin, and he would know. So they dragged me back in silence even though I knew they desperately wanted to bruise my skin like they'd done so many times in the past. Now, here I stood in the ballroom of the Varkas Palace, dressed in a wedding gown, waiting for my life to finally be completely over. It hugged my curves too tightly, as if even the dress wanted to remind me I didn't belong. Or maybe they'd intentionally make it this way to suffocate me. Almost the entire pack was present. Even my mate was here."Look at her," one of the elder she-wolves sneered. "Finally, she will no longer blight this palace with he
Last Updated: 2026-04-06
Chapter: Chapter 3~CASSIAN~Marry a bloody she-wolf. Curse the grand council and their rules.How the hell was I supposed to bind myself to a woman from the family my people despised more than death itself? How could she even survive here, in the heart of our territory, when every soul would sooner tear out her throat than offer her a smile?The Council claimed it was to end the bloodshed once and for all, especially after the latest brutal attack.They swore a witch on their high seat had foreseen it: a union between Thorne and Varkas would end the cycle of revenge. Prophecy. Sure.Lies. I knew better than to believe their nonsense.To make matters worse, I wasn't being offered any Varkas. No, they were handing me the Alpha's firstborn daughter—the pampered princess who had never wanted for anything in her perfect life. Daddy's little jewel, always granted whatever she wanted.The Council didn't mention loyalty, only marriage. It was a loveless union anyway. If the Varkas daughter had a lover, she
Last Updated: 2026-04-06
Chapter: Chapter 2~AURORA~The hall seemed to spin. Whispers all around us, but they faded into a distant sound. Seraphina and Vincent. . .betrothed? How had I never known? All those years pining, suffering in silence, and they'd been promised to each other? I felt like a fool. He wasn't just someone I'd developed feelings for. No. It was more than that. He was my mate. He promised that we would marry someday, that he would make me his Luna and eventually reveal our love to my family. His words gave me hope in a life that often felt filled with suffering and disappointment. But today, I discovered that all of his promises were lies. Everything I believed in was false. I looked at them now. A perfect match: the princess of the South and the heir to the North throne, destined to rule the kingdom after his father's passing.Seraphina laughed, a sound that felt like a shoe stomping on my heart. She stepped into his arms without hesitation, pressing her body against his as she tilted her face up. "I
Last Updated: 2026-04-06
His Mate Or His Step-Sister
Mate or be killed.
Our world has become a dangerous place, ruled by the ruthless Soul Keepers—demon-like creatures that take pleasure in thrusting us into the mate hunt. Every five months, two shifters are selected, one male and one female, and they are cast into the treacherous Woods Of Abyss together. There, they must fend off beasts and scavenge for food, but there's one crucial rule: both shifters must mate before the five months expire or face elimination.
My name is Hazel Bonfire and my life is turned upside down when I'm chosen for this brutal hunt. Unfortunately, the male selected to join me is none other than my step-brother, Ashton Rider. Thrown into a perilous forest, we must depend on one another for food, shelter, and warmth. Ashton is painfully aware that his mate can see everything unfolding between us, and each time he betrays her for the sake of the hunt, it destroys a piece of him. . .I hate what it's doing to us—all of us. I hate that we do not have a choice. But more than anything, I hate that I'm beginning to feel things for Ashton that I know will destroy the relationship we once had. . . forever.
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Chapter: Chapter 105~ASHTON~"I'm so happy you're back," Ariel whispers, her voice soft and sweet as she pressed her cheek against my chest.We were back in my room after weeks in the Abyss. . .it should have felt like bliss but it was far from it. Ariel had insisted on staying the night, curling into me the moment the door clicked shut behind us. Her body fit against mine the way it always had but now for some reason, it felt like something was missing. I held her close, one hand stroking slowly down the curve of her back, the other tangled in her hair. On the surface, everything looked exactly as it should. The woman the moon goddess had chosen for me was back in my arms. I was safe. The nightmare of the woods was over.But inside my head, it was pure chaos.I couldn't get Hazel out of my mind. Not for a single second.No matter how tightly I held Ariel, I could still taste Hazel on my tongue—that wild, sweet, addictive flavor. I could feel the memory of her nails raking down my back, the way her b
Last Updated: 2026-04-06
Chapter: Chapter 104~HAZEL~We'd done it.Ashton had made love to me. It was slow, passionate, and so achingly tender that every touch had branded itself into my soul like a mating mark I could never wash away. And just like I'd always feared, it completely destroyed me for life. There was no coming back from this. No one else in any part of the world could ever take his place. No other hands would ever ignite the fire he'd lit inside me after today. No other lips would ever taste like home.How could I recover from this? How could I pretend that I didn't love him with every broken piece of my heart?We dressed in silence beside each other, the air tense with everything we couldn't say. The rain had finally stopped, but our bodies were still wet. Water dripped from the ends of his hair, tracing slow paths down the sharp line of his jaw, and I had to force my gaze away before I did something stupid like reach out and catch those drops with my fingertips. Our clothes clung to us, heavy and cold now that
Last Updated: 2026-03-25
Chapter: Chapter 103— Mature Content 18+~ASHTON~What the fuck is wrong with me?Why does every second of this feel like the only thing I've ever wanted? Why do my hands move like they were fucking born to worship her skin, tracing the curve of her waist, gripping her hips like they're the only thing anchoring me to this earth?She's my stepsister.I have a mate waiting somewhere out there in the real world, a girl I'm supposed to claim, supposed to build a life with. But right now, none of that exists. The only thing that exists is Hazel. Her rain-soaked body trembling under mine, her soft gasps cutting through the rain, her eyes wide and dark and burning with the same forbidden fire that's eating me alive.The more I kiss her, the more my hands roam, sliding up her sides, cupping her perfect breasts, thumbing her hardened nipples until she arches into me, the more every consequence disappears. The cameras, the game, the family waiting for me back home. . .all of it fades. All that's left is raw, savage need. I want to
Last Updated: 2026-03-25
Chapter: Chapter 102~HAZEL~The cameras flickered back to life, their unblinking red lights piercing the cave, staring straight into my soul. I could feel the weight of viewers settling over us, invisible but suffocating. The promise I'd made to Ashton, the one where I'd given him permission to take what he needed from me to survive this nightmare, kept replaying in my head. I knew it would cost me everything the second we stepped out of this cursed forest. My reputation, my privacy, the fragile pieces of my heart I'd guarded so fiercely. Yet, buried beneath the dread, a vulnerable part of me whispered that surrendering to him might complete me in a way no one else ever could. Ashton, had become my support in this awful game. Giving myself to him felt like both destruction and salvation at the same time. I knew that there was not a single man on this planet I would willingly give myself to. . .except him. To escape this awful place, we had to. . .perform. For the cameras. For the sponsors. For the
Last Updated: 2026-03-25
Chapter: Chapter 101~HAZEL~I pressed closer, molding my body against the hardness of his until there was no space left for doubt. My fingers slid into his hair—thick, slightly damp—and I tugged, angling his head down so I could take more. I kissed him like I was starving. Like I'd been waiting years for permission I never thought I'd get.A low sound rumbled in his throat—half groan, half warning. His hands hovered at my waist, fingers flexing, not quite touching, as though he still couldn't believe what was happening. It was all still controlled.I didn't want controlled.I nipped at his bottom lip, sharp enough to make him hiss. His control cracked.Then his hands were on me—big, hot hands clamping around my hips like he'd finally decided to stop pretending. He yanked me flush against him so hard my feet nearly left the ground and a fresh wave of heat surged through me, liquid and shameless.He kissed me back then. Not gently. Not carefully.He devoured.His tongue swept into my mouth, claiming.
Last Updated: 2026-01-09
Chapter: Chapter 100~HAZEL~"I know that this conversation might make you uncomfortable," he says, voice rough, as though every word was hard to escape his lips. "And believe me, I wouldn't have brought it up if there was an easier way out of this mess, but I need to get us out of here and it's the only way."My pulse thundered in my ears. "Ashton?" The word came out small, fragile. "Just tell me. What is it you're trying to say?"He kept avoiding it which only made my anxiety even worse. He dragged a hand through his hair, the same hair I'd spent all these weeks pretending not to notice. When he finally met my gaze again, his eyes burned—bright, desperate. Whatever it was that he wanted to say, he was definitely worried about my reaction to it. "Fuck," he growls as he looks out the cave for a few seconds before finally turning around and facing me again. I can hardly breathe at the fire I see staring back at me. Why was he looking at me like that? It was not good for my knees, for my body, for my hea
Last Updated: 2026-01-02
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