
Never Again, Alpha
Leopard shifters believe in arranged marriages and not fate but Cheska never did. Raised on stories of destined mates, she knows the truth the moment Vladimir Arkansas, a powerful wolf Alpha, walks into her den.
He is her mate.
Ignoring her family’s warnings about wolves and their hatred for leopard kind, Cheska follows Vladimir to his pack and becomes his Luna. She gives everything to the bond, enduring cold stares, cruel words, and the silent rejection of Vladimir’s family believing love will be enough.
When Cheska finally becomes pregnant after years of trying, she plans to reveal it on Vladimir’s birthday. Instead, she walks into an engagement party of her mate, Vladimir, to Erica, his childhood sweetheart. The diamond ring meant for Cheska now rests on another woman’s hand, and Cheska learns she was never the choice, only a temporary replacement, a place holder.
Heartbroken and fleeing in shame, Cheska is involved in a tragic accident and disappears. Believed dead, she survives with no memories of her past. Rescued by a dying Alpha named Pierre, she is given a new life as Violet Savage, a woman who chooses not to remember, marries her savior, and raises the son who miraculously survived the crash.
Years later, fate brings her back into Vladimir’s world. She doesn’t recognize him but he recognizes her. Especially when he sees the child with unmistakable mismatched eyes of amber and blue.
Determined to win the family he lost, Vladimir draws closer until Erica’s return triggers Violet’s buried memories and awakens Cheska’s fury. Betrayal, love, and pain collide as Vladimir fights to earn forgiveness and rebuild the bond he once shattered. Will Cheska forgive him or will she finally have her revenge?
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Chapter: Chapter 6: Broke down and CryVlad’s POV“Uno, no more chocolate. You’ll ruin your dinner.”I heard a voice behind me. It was a female, her voice was calm and familiar in a way that something hit me. I turned around out of curiosity and the world stopped around me when I saw who owned the voice.She was standing a few steps away, the boy at her side, wiping chocolate from his fingers with quiet patience. My chest tightened so suddenly I thought I might collapse right there on the stone path. My heart squeezed hard, cruelly, like it recognized her before my mind could protect me. My wolf howled, wanting to take control, wanting to claim her again. He recognized her before I could even. I couldn’t breathe.She looked up and smiled at me, innocently just like Cheska did the first time we saw each other. And I saw her. “I’m sorry about that, Sir. Uno’s favorite is chocolate and he already ate it before we left the hotel,” she said in a voice I memorized even when I closed my eyes. Sir… She called me sir. Doesn't
Last Updated: 2026-01-20
Chapter: Chapter 5: His regretVladimir’s POV“Alpha, I’m sorry,” my best swimmers in my pack said when they emerged from the waters. It has been a week and they couldn’t find Cheska’s body. Weeks become months and months become years and still Cheska’s body still hasn't been found. So I buried her without her body. It was the cruelest part. There was nothing left to bring home, nothing to lower into the ground, nothing to touch and accept as real. Just silence and assumptions and the sound of waves crashing where she disappeared.I told myself she was not gone and that she was alive. I had to because if I don’t I will fall in ruins, knowing I was the one who caused her death. For two years, I accepted and lived with that truth like it was carved into my bones. Cheska was dead. My mate was dead. And I was the reason.At first, I tried to survive by blaming everything else, my family, the pack, duty and expectations. I told myself Erica confused me and that I loved her. That what I felt for her was real enough to
Last Updated: 2026-01-20
Chapter: Chapter 4: Her name is VioletViolet’s POVPeirre’s body was cremated as his request. I cried a lot. We only got married for a year before he finally surrendered to his long time disease. I scattered his remains in the ocean, something he had said to me many times before. “Vi, no matter what happens, you are Violet Savage. You are my wife. You and Parker were the best thing in my life.”Yes, I always knew I lost my memories. Pierre had told me about it a few days after I woke up and I couldn’t remember anything. Pierre told me what mattered. He said he found me on the beach, broken and barely breathing. He said my face had been badly damaged, that doctors had to rebuild it. He said my body survived but my memories will be a long-term memory loss or permanent. He also told me I was pregnant.I gave birth to a beautiful boy. Pierre named him Uno. He said Uno meant one, a beginning, a first step forward. I didn’t argue. The name felt warm and new hope. And that’s why I decided never to want to remember my past or
Last Updated: 2026-01-19
Chapter: Chapter 3: What Hurts the MostCheska’s POV“He's mine even before he met you, Cheska. I'm his choice even from the beginning. He loved me and I know this must be hard but he never loved you and he will still choose me over you, his mate. Vlad got his use out of you and he doesn't want you anymore. He's an alpha from a prestigious line and you're lowly trash from a tribe that he picked out of pity. You couldn't have expected any difference. Cat shifter is lesser than any other shifter race in the world," she paused for a bit, her eyes bright. "But seeing you now and how you're dressed you do look like the perfect placeholder than those bitches circling my Vlad like vultures. Your reign is over. I’m replacing you now.”Suddenly, I felt like I was suffocating in the sea of wolves and their pity and judgements. I tried to resurface to breathe. She was lying! She was lying! Vlad would never do this to me, especially that I’m carrying his child. No! No!Someone called my name and when the crowd parted I saw Vladimir st
Last Updated: 2026-01-19
Chapter: Chapter 2: A replacable placeholderI never met Erica in person. I only saw her in one of Vlad’s photo album. And just like how beautiful she was when she was still young, it intensified when she became a woman. She had a sharp jawline and cool emerald green eyes. She also has two deep dimples that adds the beauty she already possessed.Her eyes suddenly landed on me and she took me in from head to toe with a frown. I fought the urge to smooth out my dress. I could almost swear her face hardened and her eyes slanted threateningly like my existence insulted her. I had never met her before, but I could feel my heart racing as she stared at me. She has something about her that I couldn't quite put my finger on but it made my leopard rustle.It took a while for me to notice that Clyde was standing closely beside her in a black tuxedo. That would probably explain her reaction to seeing me. I wasn't surprised they were friends. Erica was more family than me to them. Clyde hated me since day one, since the day Vlad introduced
Last Updated: 2026-01-19
Chapter: Chapter 1: His childhood friendCheska’s POVHow far can you really go for love?If you asked me back then, I would’ve said, pretty far. Far enough to argue with my parents and far enough to disappoint people who mattered to me. A mate only happens once, and I truly believed that if I didn’t protect my happiness, no one else would. Even if it meant leaving others behind.My grandmother used to say mates were fate made like humans and in flesh. One soul stitched into yours before you even understand what that means. Growing up, I believed that. Most shifters do. We’re raised thinking the bond is the greatest gift we’ll ever receive. Something will warm us and someone will keep us safe. Someone who will love us no matter how imperfect we are.What no one tells you is that the bond doesn’t come with instructions. It doesn’t ease you in gently. It doesn’t ask if you’re ready. It takes over. One day you feel unstoppable, like every missing part of you finally fits. And the next day, that same bond can turn on you and te
Last Updated: 2026-01-19