Forsaken Mate
My mother was a traitor. To my pack, I am no better.
I'm used to being overlooked. I've been unwanted from the time I was born, and my pack, River Crest, made it abundantly clear every chance they could that I was not welcome. No one and nowhere was safe. I've spent my entire life alone, with no family, no friends, and now, no mate.
At 24 years old, unmated and unwanted, I've accepted that I must be one of the mateless. Wretched, forsaken wolves who are cursed to live out their lives alone. Or worse. The legends and histories claim that being a mateless wolf is worse than death. They suggest choosing a mate and forming a bond before madness sets in or the pack rejects me.
But I've been rejected. I'm used to the feeling. I thrive in it. Because the more they push me away, the less pain and humiliation I have to face. If I can make it another year unmated, I could face banishment, and I'll finally be free. That's my goal. And I'll be damned if I let anyone get in my way. Even my mate.
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Chapter: Wedding Bells - FinaleIf looks could kill, Erick and Marco would be dead right now. The hideous glare on Wesley’s face paints a stunning portrait of the man I know him to be. Now, everyone else finally gets to see him for the hateful, lying, psychopath that he truly is.His façade of innocence melts away and all that’s left is a shaking, contemptable man with nothing to lose and a singular goal. I can feel his wicked intentions vibrating in the air. It’s obvious. And pathetic. Anyone else would have slumped and begged for mercy. But not Wesley Wrest. Never Wesley Wrest.Through grit teeth, Wesley growls. “You traitorous little shits don’t know what you’re doing. You think I’m gonna let you get away with ratting? You think you’re gonna make it out of here alive after the shit you just pulled?!”Before King Helios can grab and detain him, Wesley slips out of reach and charges the altar. I step forward, pulling the two pups behind me and standing him down. As I figured, the mate bond wouldn’t let him hurt me.
Last Updated: 2024-09-10
Chapter: Wedding Bells - 2“The Goddess did no such foul thing,” Rafe growls, stomping down near Wesley. “Your schemes end here, worm.”“Alpha Rafael, Makayla, explain,” King Helios roars, no longer passively sitting to the side.“Through nefarious means, Alpha Wesley Wrest severed the mate bond between Makayla and myself. We are true fated mates, marked, and promised to one another for some time,” Rafe states. With his head held high, he looks just as regal and commanding as the king. My heart races just watching hmi address the room with confidence.“Liar! You stole her from me when Io came for diplomatic meetings!” Wesley shouts. “She is mine and has always been. Only mine!”“There was never any mate bond between us. How dare you try to claim otherwise over five years after we both came of age!” I snap. “King Helios, I humbly submit testimony from one Quinn Iverson, the former Luna candidate of River Crest.”Wesley’s eyes grow wide and the whispers around the temple hall grow into full blown outrage as a scre
Last Updated: 2024-08-30
Chapter: Wedding Bells - 1I’m nervous.My heart’s pounding and I can barely think straight. Every breath feels too big for my lungs, like I might pop any second. The dress wasn’t this tight yesterday. The shoes didn’t pinch like this. Am I growing? Will I end up filling the entire temple hall with my massive, bulbous feet and wide back? Is Rafe going to see his bloated bride and run away in fear.“Makayla, breathe.” Thane’s warm hand covers mine. He pulls me into a gentle hug, squeezing with just the right amount of pressure to calm me down and stop my thoughts from spiraling.“I’m okay,” I lie, my fib muffled by his suit jacket.“Your heart’s racing like a running rabbit,” he chuckles, pulling away. He brushes a strand of my long, curled hair from my face, kissing me on my forehead. “I know it’s scary, but there’s nothing for you to worry about. Everything’s in place. And you, my
Last Updated: 2024-08-27
Chapter: Unwelcome IntruderI’m exhausted.Between preparing for the Luna Ceremony, the wedding, and all the pack celebrations these last three days, I’ve been swamped with engagements and work. And if that isn’t bad enough, Rafe has been insatiable.I haven’t been able to go to his office for lessons since we’ve had a change of plans. I’ve been working with Thane, Christobel, Elder Raimey, and countless event hires from caterers to dress makers. More than once, I didn’t see Rafe all day until we both showed up separately to the pack celebrations late in the evenings.We would both be drained from these long days, but the second he sees me, he’s on me. His hands don’t leave my body, his gaze never wanders from my face. It’s like he’s desperately clinging to me to prove that his love hasn’t wavered with the removal of our bond. I don’t know what to do or say to show him that I feel the same about him.So, I just let him do whatever he wants and try to keep up.These last three days, he’s dragged me from the celeb
Last Updated: 2024-08-23
Chapter: Bond Broken“This changes nothing!” Rafe roars.His shouts pull me from my numb sleep into aching consciousness. My body feels like it was tossed off a cliff and rolled over by a semi. I blink the world into focus and find the familiar ceiling of Io’s hospital above me.“She is my mate. We know this. So whatever is happening is of no concern to me,” Rafe snarls. “Makayla is my Luna. She is going to be my wife. This changes nothing.”“What’s happening?”I push onto my elbows and find the room filled with concerned warriors: Dr. Juniper, Christobel, Thane, and an elderly woman I’ve never seen before. Her round, wrinkled face turns toward me, though her milky white eyes don’t seem to see anything.“My child, give me your hand.” Her withered fingers reach for me, and I pull away on instinct. Rafe pulls me into his side, kissing my hair.“It’s okay. Let Elder Raim
Last Updated: 2024-08-20
Chapter: Wesley's Plans“Yes! Please! Please save me.” Real tears fall from Quinn’s eyes as she begs me for her life. How many times have I imagined this scenario? Quinn crawling at my feet, completely humiliated. Beyond humiliated. Hopeless. Alone. Scared. Everything I was. Everything she inflicted on me.And just like her, I will show no mercy.I stomp on her hand, grinding it under my heel and ignoring her cries of pain.“Listen carefully, Quinn,” I mutter. “Because I won’t be repeating myself. Do you understand?”She nods, stifling her cries.“You’re going to tell us everything that you told Wesley about Io. Everything. You’re not going to conveniently leave a single detail out, do you hear me?”She nods again.“And you are going to tell us everything that Welsey has done since taking control of River Crest. The rogues, the attacks, everything.”Another nod.“And when you’re done spilling your guts about that, you’re going to tell us his plans and why he’s doing all of this.”A different reaction. She gl
Last Updated: 2024-08-14
Lost Alpha: Switched At Birth
I'm not who I thought I was. But what does it mean?
Aurelia Drow has been a sickly omega her entire life, spending most of her time with the pack doctor and receiving "life-saving" treatments for her deadly illness. But by her seventeenth birthday, she loses her only friend and goes through the agony of her first shift, only for her wolf to be nowhere in sight. She felt the change, but her wolf was silent.
Soon, the truth is revealed:
Aurelia Drow is Aurelia Snow, the true daughter of Alpha and Luna Snow, leaders of Snow Pointe pack. Not only that, but she is destined to marry the Lycan king's second son, Killian Lucaris, the temperamental and volatile playboy prince.
The truth of her illness, her treatments, and the tangled web of fate leave her with only one question: How will she survive?
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Chapter: ReunionThe familiar scents of the Snow Fork Mountains surrounded me as I charged through the trees. Normally, a run like this would soothe my nerves and invigorate me all at once. They reminded me of my connection to the land and the strength of my own body.But this run did none of that.My mind was too loud to silence. Questions, fears, doubts, all building and compounding until they became a beast too powerful to fend off. What would I find when I reached those coordinates? What did Snow Pointe want with me? And how did they know I was still alive?It doesn't make sense, Arya. My breath came in sharp puffs. To Snow Pointe, I was a weak omega. Sickly. Frail. I shouldn't have survived. The night of your escape, half the territory saw me. They would have known you escaped from the cells after the melee. That... doctor shouted to the warriors that you were a traitor.And they would have no reason not to believe her. She made a good point. But after all the time I'd spent with Wayfinder, this
Last Updated: 2026-06-18
Chapter: Hunt"And you're sure they're looking for me?" I asked, pacing inside the central command tent. Leon and Marcel explained their encounter with the Snow Pointe scout three times. How they were tracked for a few days before the scout approached. The scout seemed agitated and explained that Snow Pointe had been looking for a runaway omega for five years."That story sounds awful familiar to me," Gabe grunted. Taking his adoptive father duties very seriously, he'd insisted on being in the meeting when he overheard Leon mention I was being hunted. "Couldn't be anyone else, Rey. But why are they looking for you now? After five years?""It wasn't after five years. It's been for five years," Leon corrected. "They never stopped looking for her."It still didn't make sense."You deployed sent decoys after leaving the area, right?" I asked, still pacing. Still worried.Leon pulled me into a hug, not letting me squirm away. "We covered our tracks and didn't let them know anything about you. As far as
Last Updated: 2026-06-17
Chapter: Five Years LaterFive years.Five years in Wayfinder found me well. Better than well. Thriving. We survived that first winter. Reginald and Mydia celebrated their wedding in the following spring, and I won the bet with Leon. Gabe and Jerica started a sweet romance. The former rogues integrated fully. Mattias had his seventeenth moonday and grew into a full, proper warrior. And I stepped into the role of Leon's second-in-command.Five years.The vision I once had of the strong woman, tall, powerful, and beautiful, became my reality. It took nearly two years for my body to fully recover from what Andromeda did in Snow Pointe. But once I finally grew to the correct size, it was more obvious that I was an alpha wolf. I wasn't as massive as Leon or even Gabe. But much of Wayfinder looked up to me, metaphorically and literally. Being the one who was strong enough to protect others, the one who led runs and training rotations, the one others came to for help... it was everything I'd ever dreamed. Little Aure
Last Updated: 2026-06-16
Chapter: A Note!Hello! This is not an official chapter, but it is an official statement from the author. First, thank you so much for reading. This story has been on my shelf for a few years. I've been wanting to tell it for a while, but life got in the way, and I kept putting it off. Now that I'm finally writing this story, I am having so much fun. It's reminding me of why I love writing. Second, there was a slight break in my uploads over the last two weeks. That is NOT typical and NOT how I want to post consistently going forward. I've been on the road a lot and am in the process of a long-distance move, which makes writing and uploading consistently a little difficult. Over the last few weeks, multiple chapters were written on my phone, which meant the formatting was off and a little disjointed. I've fixed those chapters, and (hopefully!) they make sense now. Third, "Maybe Someday..." marks the end of the first arc! Aurelia's escape and growth have been so rewarding to write. The next arc begin
Last Updated: 2026-06-16
Chapter: Maybe Someday...Marcel and the warriors pulled us and the satchels from the snow, helping us back into camp. Between slapping us on the back for a job well done and chewing me out for running off without explanation, I was sufficiently wiped out by the time we entered the camp."Gabe! Matt!" Leon came running over, face panic-stricken as he looked them over. He gripped Gabe's shoulders and shook him once before pulling him into a tight hug. "You know better than to head up the mountain after migration! It's dangerous, you old fool!""Stop yer fussin', runt." Gabe's voice was rough, but he returned the hug with equal ferocity. "Wayfinder needed those nettles. And your girl managed to get us out just fine."Leon froze, his gaze landing on me. For a split second, it was like he hadn't even realized I was there. Then, he was on me, gripping me by the shoulders and shaking me like a ragdoll."Do you realize how dangerous that was? You ran off and didn't tell anyone what was happening or where you were goi
Last Updated: 2026-06-15
Chapter: Avalanche“There, just ahead. Those are the herbs we need,” Gabe called out, jabbing his finger toward a small clearing off the path. “Should be more than enough to last us all winter.” “I’ll start scouting good forage—” “No.” I silenced Mattias with a stern head shake. “We don’t have time to cherry-pick which herbs have a better color or longer stem. This is life or death for all of us and our people down the mountain. We grab what we can and sort once we’re safely back in camp.” Gabe nodded, grunting, “She’s right. At the end of the day, it won’t matter. A mediocre purple nettled blossom is better than nothing. Fill your satchels.” “Give me two, I’ll scout deeper.” I held out my hand to Mattias, who reluctantly relinquished two of his satchels. “And you, give me three. You’re slower than he is.” Gabe scoffed, his dark brows furrowed as he dug his heels into the light dusting of snow. “I’m not.” “Don’t argue with me right now!” I snapped. “This isn’t the moment for pride. If you carry all
Last Updated: 2026-06-11
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