Worthless In Their Eyes, Perfect In His
Ruby grew up sad for most of her life. Born into a society where beauty standards were seen as slender and tall, she felt low self esteem her entire life. Her family even made matters worse by ridiculing her each day, and comparing her with her younger sister. Her wolf despised her, accusing Ruby of trapping her in a fat body. She always tried to comfort herself that she wasn't fat but chubby, but no one saw her that way.
After being rejected and betrayed by her boyfriend, her family, instead of comforting her, blamed her that it was her fault that he left.
“You are too fat and ugly.” Her mother spat at Ruby with a look of disdain. “No man would ever want you.”
Ruby wiped her tears, making a decision to transform her shape into what would be accepted. However, while she is on the journey of body transformation, she comes across a stranger who looks at her in a way that no one ever did.
He didn't think she was worthless and everything about her seemed perfect in his eyes.
Would Ruby give this man a chance to love her, or is she too broken to see her worth?
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Chapter: Chapter 85Ruby's POVI picked out a plain green dress for work, the one with the small pockets at the hip that made carrying my phone around easier when I didn't want to deal with a bag all day. Joey didn't comment on it this time, which I took as approval.I tied my hair back, grabbed my keys off the dresser, and headed downstairs. The driver was already waiting by the car when I came out, and the drive to the museum passed the way it usually did, quiet streets giving way to busier ones, the radio playing low.Linda caught me near the front desk the moment I walked in, my bag still over my shoulder."Everything all right?" she asked."I had a family emergency," I said. "It's handled now."She nodded like that satisfied her completely and didn't push further, which I was grateful for. I made my way to the back office, tucked my bag under the desk, and got the cataloguing log open before Andrew found me."You're back," he said, leaning against the doorframe."I'm back.""You were away for two da
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Chapter: Chapter 84Ruby's POVI worked past dinner without noticing it had passed. The base layer dried enough by then for me to start building on top of it, and once I started, time stopped mattering the way it always did when a piece finally found its shape.I'd settled on a figure standing in water, knee deep in a river that wasn't quite real and wasn't quite imagined, somewhere between the two. I built the riverbed up with the modeling paste first, working in long strokes to suggest current, then pressed thin strips of plastic wrap into the wet surface and peeled them back slowly. The texture it left behind caught the light in broken, shifting patterns, almost like real water moving.For the figure herself I used actual fabric, a scrap of sheer white cotton soaked in diluted paint and pressed into the canvas, letting it dry stiff and folded the way a dress might cling to someone standing in a current. I built her face last with a few careful strokes for the eyes and the line of a jaw, leaving the
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Chapter: Chapter 83Ruby's POVI changed out of the court clothes the moment we got home, glad to be out of the formal fabric and back into something that actually let me move. My studio corner, the one Malcolm had cleared out for me weeks ago without making a big deal of it, had paint tubes lined up on the desk and a canvas leaning against the wall, untouched for days.I pulled the canvas onto the easel and stood back, looking at it. Flat acrylic wasn't going to cut it this time. I wanted something that came off the surface. I wanted layers that a person could actually feel if they reached out, even if the gallery would tell them not to. I'd been thinking about it for days. Mixed media would be the best as a competition entry. It will have built up texture with modeling paste, real fabric pressed into wet paint, maybe wire underneath to give certain shapes real depth instead of just the illusion of it.I started mixing the modeling paste, scraping it across a test board to check the texture, when I he
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Chapter: Chapter 82Ruby's POVThe party wound down close to late evening. By then most of the guests had filtered out, leaving behind crumpled napkins and half-finished glasses for the cleaning staff to deal with in the morning. Malcolm walked the last few people to the door himself, thanking them, shaking hands one more time.I didn't see June again after she walked off from the cake table. She'd disappeared somewhere upstairs before the candles were even blown out, and nobody mentioned it, like that was just how June left rooms now.That night, the house had gone quiet in a different way. Malcolm had been on the phone with his lawyer most of the morning, his voice low through the closed room door.I caught pieces of it walking past— Court date, witness statement, June's name mentioned more than once. That was when I decided to go upstairs. I knocked on June's door twice before she answered."What?""Can I come in?"There was a pause. Then the door opened a few inches, just enough for her to look at m
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Chapter: Chapter 81Ruby's POVTHE NEXT DAY, MALCOLM'S BIRTHDAYThe mansion looked different by evening. Caterers had taken over the kitchen since noon and string lights ran along the garden fence outside. By seven the driveway was already lined with cars I didn't recognize. I stood in front of my mirror doing one last check. The dress was navy, simple, with sleeves that hit just past my elbow. Joey had picked it two hours earlier and refused to let me change my mind."You look fine," she said now, when I turned sideways for the third time."I look fine or I look good?""Both, just stop touching your hair."I dropped my hand and grabbed my clutch.Downstairs, the living room had been rearranged. Furniture pushed back. There was a long table near the window holding drinks, and at least thirty people were already moving through the space in small clusters. Malcolm stood near the entrance in a dark suit, shaking hands, accepting claps on the back. He spotted me crossing the room and something in his face
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Chapter: Chapter 80Ruby's POVJune was discharged two days later. I followed Malcolm to the hospital to pick her up. The drive home was quiet in a way that was different from the quiet in the hospital.June sat in the back. I sat in the front with Malcolm driving. She had not said much to either of us since the night she woke up and found us both there. She answered the doctors. She ate what was brought to her. She let the nurses do what they needed to do. But she had not really spoken.When we pulled into the driveway and the car stopped she got out before either of us had opened our doors. Malcolm and I exchanged a look and got out. She was already at the front door.Malcolm opened it and she went straight upstairs without looking at either of us. He followed her. I stayed downstairs and gave them space. I went to the kitchen and put the kettle on because I needed to do something with my hands and tea was the most neutral thing I could think of.I heard their voices upstairs after a few minutes. I cou
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Between the Alpha and the Rogue,
Fated to Choose Only One
The werewolf lands are the only world Maria has ever known. Lands ruled by packs, bound by tradition, and governed by fate.
Born the alpha’s daughter of the Veilwood Pack, Maria grows up among women blessed with extraordinary abilities. Some command the elements. Some read minds. Others glimpse the future.
But as her twenty-first birthday approaches, Maria has nothing.
No gift.
To protect their legacy, her parents arrange her marriage to a stranger. They ignore her pleas and seal her fate with a man she never chose. Desperate to escape, Maria runs, only to stumble into a land that looks different from the world she knows.
When escape fails, she is forced back into a marriage empty of love. Betrayal soon follows, shattering what little hope she has left. Seeking solace, Maria flees to a tavern, where fate introduces her to her mate, a man who hesitates.
And then there is the rogue.
Pulled between an alpha and a rogue, Maria is forced to confront a truth the moon itself cannot change.
Fate will never grant her two mates.
She must choose.
Only one man can claim her.
And the choice may cost her everything.
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Chapter: Chapter 56After Triton had attended Maria's burial which was compulsory for him to be present, he decided to go on a journey. The forger whom he worked for lived in a place far away from werewolf territories. They had only been exchanging letters and sending messengers to deliver their messages, and since Trevor hadn't brought more women, the forger had been sending messages incessantly to Triton.Triton was the one who had direct contact with the forger, he relayed messages from the forger to his brother Trevor. A messenger came recently, bearing a letter that the forger sent.Triton's heart thumped and his blood pressure skyrocketed as he read through the message. It contained multiple threats and warnings if he and his brother wouldn't do what the forger wanted.Triton knew what he signed up for when he started working for the forger. He knew all the lies he had told to Alpha Reynolds of Veilwood each time the alpha asked for help concerning the missing females in his pack. He knew how he ev
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Chapter: Chapter 55Fire, smoke, red and ashy colours filled the sky. Men and women were bound in chains, while children ran around screaming in pain. A man wearing a mask stood over the crowd. He held an arrow in one hand, and a sword in the other.“What is this?” Maria asked shakily.Freye turned from the wall and faced her. “It's another vision. It is revealing how Veilwood would look when the forger is done destroying it and other werewolf lands too.”“What!” Maria looked closer at the scene that looked real in front of her. “Trevor and his brother have a hand in doing all these?” She asked in disbelief.“They helped in recruiting women for the forger in exchange for whatever he promised them, so yes, they do.”Maria gritted her teeth angrily at Freye’s confirmatory statement. She couldn't believe that her mate, and the man who she had started to fall in love with would have a hand in such a disaster.She hastened towards the door, ready to confront him this night to spill the truth concerning whatev
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Chapter: Chapter 54They laid on the bed quietly, with Trevor caressing her waist in a gentle manner. His hot breath washed over her face as he drifted into sleep. She leaned closer, covering him properly with the blanket.She glanced towards the window which revealed a dark sky. She had worked all day, but wasn't feeling tired enough to sleep. Her eyes were wide open, while her brain was contained with thoughts of— “who am I? And would Veilwood reveal the truth?”It was a pity that she had to suspend her travel to Veilwood because of the spreading blight, but it was something she had to do to protect herself and the people.She heard something like a whisper and straightened herself on the bed. The voice called her name again, “Maria, Maria.”She faced Trevor, whose eyes were closed in deep sleep and wondered who was calling her.“This is strange,” she muttered to herself and lay back on the bed.Then, she heard herself being called again, and this time, it was louder than a whisper.She stood up from t
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Chapter: Chapter 53Trevor's eyes widened slightly as Maria locked her lips with his. He had also burned with an intensity to kiss her, but he doubted, thinking he may be moving too forward.He wrapped his hand gently around her waist as he tasted every bit of her mouth. Her hands were wrapped around his shoulders. Their lips moved, savouring every bit of each other.They disconnected, and Maria paused to catch her breath.She looked away shyly. “I'm sorry. I didn't mean to…”He silenced her with another kiss, this time more intense than the former. When he shifted his lips from hers, he looked at her in the eyes and his voice came out as a whisper. “That was amazing, Blossom.”He still called her Blossom even after finding out her name was Maria. The name stuck to him.He cupped her face gently by the cheeks, caressing it delicately.“You're in heat, aren't you?”Maria looked away, her cheeks slightly reddening with an evident blush.“I'm sorry,”Trevor chuckled and held her soft palm. “It's nothing to
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Chapter: Chapter 52Maria was still there, curled beside his bed. Her hand leaned against his back. She hadn't left his side, afraid that if she did, he may stop breathing.She slept off while lying there. Trevor stirred a bit. His hand moved and brushed against Maria's hair, causing her to wake up.“Trevor,” she whispered. “How are you feeling?”His eyes fluttered open and he looked around the room in a dazed manner at first. “How did I get here?”Maria smiled. “You collapsed and were unconscious. It's been almost three hours since we brought you here.”He straightened himself on the bed and mumbled something incomprehensible.Maria continued. “The nurses said you have a blight, and you need rest, plenty of it.”Trevor inhaled deeply and rubbed his eyes which were still sleepy. The action was also accompanied with a yawn.“Thank you, Maria,” He said, looking at her with a soft gaze.“I wasn't going to leave you. You still need rest.”Trevor rubbed his forehead worriedly. “The blight. I thought it had di
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Chapter: Chapter 51Trevor's chest heaved heavily and it was obvious that he was still angry. He still stared at the door after Triton left. Devon tried putting a hand on his shoulder to calm him, but he shrugged it off.He turned to Maria. “You shouldn't be hiding there. He obviously smelt you.”She stepped out of her hiding place with her head slightly lowered. “I…I'm so sorry.” She stuttered.He inhaled deeply and sat on a chair while still looking at her. “How much of everything did you hear?”Maria hesitated, wondering if he was angry at her for eavesdropping. His expression looked quite indifferent so she couldn't tell.“Is he your brother?”Trevor nodded his head and she saw something like a sliver of pain in his eyes. “Yes.”“Why don't you…”“I'd take you to Veilwood in a week.” He said, interrupting her second question. “I have a lot of things to attend to. Are you okay with it?”“Yes,” she replied.He placed a hand on his chest as if feeling pain. His eyes were narrowed and he had a slightly gr
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