The Alpha and the Girl With No Wolf
Ava Kane is seventeen, unshifted, and unwanted.
In a pack, failing to shift at seventeen brands you as weak—a disgrace. To her guardian pack, Ava is a stain, disposable and easily forgotten. Terrified of being cast out, she accepts a reckless dare from one of the pack’s strongest among her peers, desperate to prove she isn’t worthless.
The dare changes everything, putting her on the path to an encounter that will change the entire trajectory of her life.
Nathan Cross is the Alpha of Crescent Ridge—powerful, feared, and under relentless pressure to claim a Luna.
One night of escape from his responsibilities as Alpha leads him straight into the path of a trembling girl with no wolf... and a scent that shakes his instincts to the core. She has no wolf within her, which should make her either too young or defective. Yet his wolf has decided on her.
As Ava’s 18th birthday draws near and long-buried secrets about her past come to light, she begins to realize she may be more than anyone ever believed—including herself. When the balance between the packs begin to fall apart with her right in the center, being chosen by an Alpha wolf may not be enough to keep her safe.
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Chapter: Chapter 5 – The IntruderNathan’s POVThe wind whips through my pelt as I carve my way through the trees, my wolf relishing in the freedom. I feel weightless, each stride tearing up tufts of dirt and debris. My heart pounds with excitement, the raw edge of anticipation boiling up my spine.I wasn’t lying to Carter; the need to run infects every nerve, but today, it’s more than that. A vibration, a call, an itch beneath my skin that not even the shift can ease. It’s like my wolf is looking forward to something.My wolf and I are one, but it’s times like this that I can’t help but feel like it’s a different entity from me, because I can understand how I’m feeling, but I can’t understand the why of it. Is there something my wolf can sense that I can’t?Regardless, I don’t stop. The only way to curb the restlessness inside me is to follow the path I’m on to the end.I lope over roots and through shadows darker than ink, scenting every wild thing the woods produce. My wolf acts like an excited pup, curious about e
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Chapter: Chapter 4 – LostAva’s POVThe woods feel different once I’m inside them, quiet and heavy, pressing in on me from all sides. But I don’t falter as I follow Rina and her friends through the underbrush, pine needles and other forest debris crunching beneath my thin sneakers.The ‘trail’ is barely there. Rina and the others don’t bother to follow it, but if I don’t keep a close eye on the ground, it feels like I’d lose sight of it, since it’s not a straight line, either. The evening sunlight filters in through the foliage, lighting the way.A sharp branch snags my jeans, and I wince as I feel it leave a scratch on my shin. But wolves don’t complain about pain, so I say nothing and try to watch my steps.Rina and her friends aren’t too far from me, and I quickly catch up. I know it’s not because of my own speed, but because they’ve slowed down – and remained on two feet – for my sake. My feelings toward their consideration are complicated, because I know they aren’t doing it to be kind.“How far away is i
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Chapter: Chapter 3: The Alpha’s InstinctNathan’s POVI’ve had enough.It’s the same-old routine.Another pointless council meeting, another round of accusations and demands, all spoken in the same clipped tones and veiled insults. The room practically reeks of ego and desperation—none of it mine.“I’ll find a Luna when the time is right,” I say for the hundredth time, teeth clenched.The elders don’t like that.“Do you think you’re above tradition?” one of the elders barks out as he slams his hand on the table. “The pack needs stability, and for that, you need to be mated! You’re not some rogue Alpha who gets to delay mating on a whim.”Murmurs of agreement rise around the room, a few louder than others. My gaze falls on every one of them. Graying, rigid, and stuck in their centuries-old way of thinking.I lean back in my chair with arms crossed over my chest and give them nothing. Instead, Carter, my closest friend within the pack and my beta, steps forward.“Why don’t you all let Nathan get on with protecting the territor
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Chapter: Chapter 2 – A Cruel DareAva’s POVMy breath stutters out of me as my legs go weak. Expelled…I had wondered what the alpha would do to me if I turned eighteen and still didn’t shift. Would he send me away? Would I be declared rogue… or worse, human? Unworthy of the pack, stripped of even the ghost of identity.To think he’s already considering throwing me away.It’s not a surprise, but I’m still shocked. I’m Crescent Hollow’s puzzle piece that doesn’t fit. I don’t know what kind of wolf I’m supposed to be, if I even am one. But I don’t know how to be a human, either. No other pack would take me in, and besides a necklace that I keep hidden, I have nothing to my name.If the pack really throws me out, I can only wander around like a stray and die of hunger in some street in a human town.“Hey, don’t look so devastated,” Rina said with mock pity. “They might not kick you out. While it’s extremely rare, there are times when wolves simply don’t shift for a long time. It’s not a problem as long as you can make yo
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Chapter: Chapter 1 – The Girl With No WolfAva’s POVWolves howl in the distance as if calling to something inside me… something that refuses to answer.I curl my fingers into loose fists in my pockets and look up at the sky from beneath my hoodie.“Get going, Ava. It’s going to start soon and you don’t want to be late.”I turn to glance at my guardian out the corner of my eye. What’s the point? I want to ask but I hold it in, seeing the frown on his face. None of the other pack kids like me, but I’m just someone he was saddled with. He doesn’t actually care about my situation, so there’s no point in looking to him for sympathy.After all, he’s likely disappointed in me, too. At seventeen, I’m the only one in my age group in Crescent Hollow who still hasn’t shifted.For my guardian, as an unmated male in his thirties, he had better things to do than babysit a teenage girl who couldn’t even shift when she was supposed to. Me being his responsibility meant he was dragged into my mess when the pack looked at me with judgement.He
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