The Ice King's Secret Mate
Nymeria has spent her whole life running from her past, from her bloodline, and from the kind of love that always ends in betrayal.
So when her brother drags her into his elite hockey world, she promises herself one thing: don’t get attached, don’t get close, and don’t fall.
Especially not for him.
Declan Cross, the Ice King, is her brother’s best friend, her first love, and her biggest mistake.
He’s colder now, darker, and dangerous in ways she can’t explain. The way he watches her feels wrong, and she doesn't want to think of her brother's friend in that way. Satisfying her.
And the worst part? He refuses to stay away.
But Nymeria isn’t just hiding scars. She’s hiding a secret powerful enough to start a war. Because she isn’t just a girl with a broken past.
She had the hunted bloodline. A secret the werewolf world would kill to control.
And Declan? He didn’t find her by accident. He was sent to hunt her.
When fate binds them as mates, Nymeria does the unthinkable. She rejects him.
But Declan doesn’t accept rejection. Not from her or from anyone.
As obsession replaces control and enemies close in, Nymeria must decide: Run like she always has, or risk everything for a man she doesn’t trust. A man who might destroy her.
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Chapter: Chapter 0005•NYMERIA•First day.I stood at the edge of the training floor with my clipboard pressed against my chest and reminded myself that I knew what I was doing.I had done this before. Years ago, but the knowledge was still there, buried under five years of spreadsheets and quarterly reports and a boss who couldn't take no for an answer.The team filed in gradually, some still pulling their shirts over their heads, others carrying water bottles and the particular brand of easy confidence that came with being professional athletes.They ranged in age, the youngest barely twenty, the oldest closer to thirty-five, and every single one of them looked at me with the same polite skepticism.I had expected that."Alright," I breathed, when the last of them had settled onto the benches. "I'll make this quick because I know you all have ice time after this. My name is Nymeria Kane. I'm your new physical trainer, and yes, Christopher is my brother, and no, that doesn't mean this is going to be easy.
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Chapter: Chapter 0004•DECLAN•"So, when were you going to tell me you got engaged to Sloane?" Chris asked as we walked to the edge of the riverbank with our wine glasses in our hands.I turned around and looked at Nymeria as she spoke with Sloane. "Well, Sloane and I had an understanding. We both lost people we loved, but the love is growing now."Chris placed his hand on my shoulder. "Sometimes love isn't rosy in the beginning. Sometimes, it starts off messy and misunderstood, but it eventually thrives in the end. Sloane is a good girl and will surely be a good wife.""You think so?" I looked at him when I saw Nymeria walking away from Sloane.I couldn’t tell if she was angry with her best friend being engaged to me, but I knew she didn't take the news well.We were more than what her brother thought we were before Nymeria left. But even after five years, my heart still raced when she was near."I know so," he answered, chuckling. "We are grown now and can't be fooling around anymore. And I am happier no
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Chapter: Chapter 0003•NYMERIA•"Nym."I stopped outside the tent with Millie by my side. I closed my eyes and wished we had never come here."Come, you must meet Declan," my brother said behind me. "You two haven't seen each other for five years."I turned around and plastered the widest smile on my face. "Ah yes, Declan!" I leaned toward them. "I'm sorry, but I wanted to get something for my daughter in the kitchen.""Nymeria," Declan said as he took my hand and brought it up to his lips. "It's so good to see you again.”I looked at him and remembered our last moments together. We were so close to being seen by my brother, and that moment almost scared me to death.I couldn't lose Christopher or him. So I left and never looked back. And now he was here. The boy I had loved all my life but couldn't have."It's — ah — good to see you again. You're alive and well," I answered, my heart pounding in my chest.The memories of his lips against mine clutched my heart and made me breathless.I remembered his heav
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Chapter: Chapter 0002•NYMERIA•The drive home from the airport was intense. My chest tightened when I looked at the familiar roads and buildings that I hadn't seen in five years.The last time I was home, my mother had just died. And I had no one but Christopher.We had such an amazing relationship, and when one stupid night almost ruined everything for me, I took the next flight to Drakenfall the following morning and never looked back.The plan was not to come back.Millie looked up at me from the back seat of the cab. "Are we there?" she mumbled."Yes, Millie. We're there."She pressed her face back into my shoulder, and for that one wonderful moment, she never did anything out of the ordinary.***Christopher was waiting on the front steps of the house when the cab pulled up.The house had fewer minor renovations than it did five years ago before I left.His father had built it when the family business was at its peak, and it had passed to Christopher along with everything else when the old man steppe
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Chapter: Chapter 0001•NYMERIA•"We are sorry, Miss Kane, but we have to let you go."My hand tightened on the phone against my ear. My knees almost buckled against each other.This couldn't be happening."Why? What happened?" I asked the HR manager, wondering why he thought it would be best to let me go when I was on my way to work."You will get paid for the hours you've worked since the beginning of the month, but we have no need for your position in our company anymore."I swallowed. "Oh, I— please, if you could just tell me—"The call ended before I could finish my sentence, and my stomach sank.Five years of early mornings, late nights, and skipped lunches. Five years of building something out of nothing, in a city that had never made it easy for me.Gone. In a two-minute phone call.Before I could even step back inside my apartment and process the weight of it, my cell phone rang again, and I groaned when I saw Leonard's name on the screen.My boss.I stared at his name for a moment before I answere
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