Seraphina Nightbane was never meant to survive. Every fated mate she’s ever had is dead. Gone without a trace. Nobody. No scent. No answers. Now, no wolf dares to claim her. No pack will take her in. Because the message is clear—whoever mates her is as good as dead. But the Council doesn’t believe in curses. They believe in power. And an unmated she-wolf with no allegiance? That’s a threat they refuse to ignore. So they give her a choice. Take a mate. Or be exiled. But this time, she refuses to let fate decide for her. This time, she signs a contract. One deal. Four Alphas. A bond that never should have existed. Kieran Stormclaw—The ruthless Alpha King who doesn’t believe in love. Caspian & Cian Moonshadow—Twin Alphas, one cold and cunning, the other wild and unpredictable. Ronan Darkmoor—The cursed prince who looks at her like he already knows how this ends. She expects a political arrangement. A necessary evil. Nothing more. Then the first body appears. A wolf, slaughtered and left at her doorstep. A message written in its blood. "Your mate will die, just like the others." The curse isn’t done with her. The prophecy she’s spent her life running from is waking up. And the deeper she’s pulled into their world, the more she realizes— One will betray her. One will die for her. And one will try to kill her. She was never meant to have a mate. So why does fate refuse to let her go?
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Not in the way people threw around bad luck or superstition. Not the kind of curse you could shake off with a stiff drink and a forced laugh. No, mine came with whispered warnings and wolves who wouldn't meet my eyes. It came with dead mates and a reputation that clung to me like a second skin. And now, it came with a contract. The Council chamber smelled like burning sage and old power. Ten Elders sat in a semicircle, their expressions showing that they were emotionless, because their faces were blank, some showing quite disdain. In front of me, there’s a parchment laying on a polished mahogany table, it's the parchment that determines what will happen to me.Either good or bad. "You understand what this means, Seraphina Nightbane?" Elder Garrick spoke with the heavy voice of a man who had controlled too many lives"I sank into my chair and folded my arms across my chest. "That you’ve officially washed your hands of me?" A few of the Elders stiffened. Garrick, unsurprisingly, remained unshaken. "You will be mated by contract. A powerful Alpha has agreed to take you in." "Take me in?" I let out a short laugh, bitter and sharp. "You make it sound like a charity case." Garrick’s mouth pressed into a thin line. "You should be grateful." Grateful. Right. I stared at the contract, its edges curling slightly from the candlelight. My signature was already there, written in dark ink that might as well have been blood. "Which poor bastard got roped into this?" I asked, lifting my gaze. The doors creaked open before anyone could answer. A presence filled the room before I even turned my head. The scent hit first—crisp, sharp, like pine in the dead of winter, laced with something darker beneath. Kieran Stormclaw. The most feared Alpha in the werewolf world. He didn’t just enter the room; he claimed it. Every movement he made was like a king walking slowly and powerfully like there was nothing that could stop him. He was tall and broad-shouldered, his black clothes were making him look more intimidating —like his patience had already run out. His sharp features and cold, unreadable gaze pinned me in a place like he expected me to look away or feel afraid in order to submit. I didn’t bow. "That would be me," he said, his voice smooth, even. "Try to contain your enthusiasm." I smirked. "Stormclaw. How lucky for me." "For a split second, the corner of his mouth moved jerkily—then his face turned to stone. "You’ve got a sharp tongue," he muttered, closing the space between us. "Hope you know when to bite it. ”Elder Garrick cleared his throat. "Seraphina, you will leave with Alpha Stormclaw immediately.’’ The contract is binding, as is the mate bond." Something shifted under my skin. A strange feeling settled in my lower back, like a warning I couldn’t quite understand. Not the bond itself—at least, not yet—but something like a whisper of it, waiting. Kieran felt it too. A flicker of something passed across his face before he turned back to the Elders. "We're done here." And just like that, I belonged to him. Black Moon Pack wasn’t just a pack. It was an empire. "The drive dragged on for hours, the forests blurring past beyond the estate walls.The sky glowed with streaks of orange and violet,as the car slowed in front of the packhouse. 'Nice place,' I murmured, stretching as I stepped out. "Very ‘villain’s lair in the middle of nowhere.’" The driver said nothing. Probably under strict orders not to. The front doors opened before I even reached them. Kieran stood in the entryway, arms crossed. He didn’t say a word, just watched, waiting. His wolves flanked him—three men built like war itself, their gazes locked onto me like I was a loaded gun with the safety off. I arched my brow. "You always greet your guests like this? Or just the ones you don’t trust?" One of the wolves stiffened. Kieran lifted a hand, a subtle gesture, but they stepped back immediately. He turned to me. "Inside." I hesitated a beat, and it was just long enough to make a point,then I stepped past him.As I was passing by him our bodies brushed one another with just a brief contact, but the gap between us is enough for a flicker of heat to spark. "His jaw tensed, but he didn't say anything. The house was an unusual mix of old-world charm and modern design, its sheer size is very large and overwhelming . The smoky scent of burning wood lingered in the air and blended with something familiar—something just out of reach." He shut the door with a soft click. 'Rules,' he said, his voice steady, leaving no room for argument. I let out a slow breath and set my bag on the nearest chair. "Already? At least let me find my room first." His gaze didn’t waver. "No running. No games. You stay where I can see you. You follow my lead. And you don’t test me." I tilted my head. "Define test." A muscle ticked in his jaw. "Push me, and you’ll find out." A slow, sharp thrill curled in my chest. Dangerous. This was dangerous. But I’d spent my whole life balancing on the knife’s edge of survival. One more threat wouldn’t change much. "Got it," I said. "Anything else, Alpha?" He moved closer to me, his voice low,quiet, but firm. 'I don’t know what you think you’re doing, but I want you to get one thing very clear—now you belong to me. And trust me, you’ll find out exactly what that means enough very soon.’’ I held his gaze, heartbeat steady. "To who?" His fingers brushed my jaw. A light touch. Intentional. "To everyone who will come for you," he said quietly. A chill rolled down my spine. "Who says anyone’s coming?" His smile didn’t reach his eyes. "Because you’re not just cursed, Seraphina." His voice was almost gentle. "You’re hunted." A sharp knock shattered the moment. Kieran’s intense look flicked toward the window. Before he turned, a muscle moved jerkily in his jaw, moving with the kind of predatory grace that made it clear he was ready for whatever—or whoever—was on the other side. Something inside me tightened. A warning. A knowing. He pulled open the door. And the scent of blood filled the room. The body lay crumpled at the threshold. Snow had begun to gather around the edges, staining the red mess of what used to be a throat. A message had been carved into the chest, deep and jagged, the letters raw against pale skin. I stepped closer, ignoring the static hum in my ears. Four words. That was all. Your mate will die. Kieran’s posture didn’t change, but the air around him did. The kind of stillness that came before storms. Before war. His gaze locked onto the message, then flicked to me. For the first time since we met, Kieran Stormclaw looked at me not as a contract. Not as a political move. But as a target. He exhaled slowly, then tilted his head. "Still think no one’s coming?" I swallowed. And for the first time in years, I wasn’t sure if I was the hunter—or the hunted.If the dart didn’t kill us, the Council might.They arrived before sunrise. Four black cars pulled into the courtyard like sharks circling for blood. No flags. No insignia. Just cold engines and colder eyes behind tinted windows.We were already waiting. Kieran stood like a stone in front of the entrance. Ronan flanked him, arms crossed, unreadable. Caspian, expressionless. Cian... well, Cian looked like he’d rather bite than speak.And me? I stood between them all, the eye of a hurricane no one could seem to outrun.The doors opened. Three wolves stepped out. Two men, one woman. Their movements were too polished, too quiet. Not hunters. Not diplomats. Trained. Observant. Silent.Spies.The woman led. Jet-black hair pulled into a severe braid. Gray eyes. Sharp chin. She wore her authority like armor. "I’m Envoy Myra Vale," she said. "These are my associates, Dren and Kal. The Council has authorized a full internal review."Kieran didn’t move. "We didn’t ask for oversight.""You don’t
They didn’t go for me this time. They went for Ronan.We were barely five minutes into a strategy briefing when the windows blew in. One second we were arguing over guard rotations and safe room locations, the next—shattered glass and a hiss of air cut the room in half.Glass sprayed the floor, slicing the already thick tension in the room. A flash of silver cut through the air—a dart, thin and sharp, meant to be silent. Meant to be lethal. It struck the wall inches from Ronan’s head, the wood hissing where the metal sank in. A breath closer and he would’ve been dead.He didn’t flinch. That was what chilled me. Not the attack itself—we’d seen worse. But the way Ronan stared at the dart like it wasn’t even meant for him. As if death trying to shake his hand was just another boring meeting to endure.His eyes shifted slowly to the wall, to the shattered glass, then to me. Calm. Calculated."They’re escalating," he said. Just like that.Kieran was already at the broken window in seconds,
Sometimes, betrayal doesn’t come with a knife. Sometimes, it looks you in the eyes and says it loves you.The aftermath of the failed assassination attempt hung over the estate like fog. Heavy. Suffocating. No one said the word traitor out loud anymore, but it was in every glance, every unspoken pause between breaths. Trust had become currency—scarce, precious, unstable.We didn’t leave the main house. Not really. We lingered in shared spaces, feigned casual meals, over-guarded hallways. Everything was tense. Overcooked. I felt it every time one Alpha walked past another and didn’t speak. Our closeness had been burned through, and all that remained was the husk of what used to feel like unity.Caspian had taken to keeping records. A running list of patrols, guard shifts, item inventories, names. He wasn’t sleeping much. I passed by his study once in the middle of the night and saw him sitting with ink-stained hands, his jaw clenched as he scribbled notes like they were the only things
Trust is easy to offer until you realize you might be offering it to the one holding the blade.The bond had settled—but something about the quiet that followed made my skin itch. Not the kind of silence that came with peace. No. This was the kind that waited. Watched. The kind that tasted like betrayal on the back of your tongue before anyone said a word.By morning, the household moved differently. Tighter formations. More eyes on doors. More whispers. Word had spread that the bond had fully formed. No one said it aloud, but I saw it in their posture. Awe laced with fear. They didn’t know what it meant yet, and neither did I.The Alphas tried to act normal. Ronan made tea like he always did, though his grip on the cup was a fraction too tight. Caspian took his notes in the study, his pen never pausing even as his eyes flicked toward every sound. Cian sparred alone in the training yard like he could punch the anxiety out of his system. Kieran patrolled the grounds, eyes sharp, moveme
I woke with a name burning on my tongue—but when I tried to say it, it dissolved like ash.It clung to the edge of my thoughts, slippery and cruel. I sat upright, lungs heaving as if I’d surfaced from deep underwater. My sheets clung to me, damp and tangled, and for a moment, I wasn’t sure if the sweat was from the vision or the panic that came after. I tried to hold on to the name, to trace the sound of it in my mind. But it vanished, like all the rest.Only one truth remained: the bond wasn’t waiting anymore. It was here.I dressed in silence, every movement slow, deliberate. My limbs were sore, my skin hypersensitive. The floor felt too cold, the air too sharp, my thoughts too loud. Something inside me had shifted. A storm brewing under my skin. The kind you didn’t outrun—the kind you endured.When I stepped into the hall, Ronan was waiting like he had been there for hours."It’s happening, isn’t it?" he asked. He didn’t blink.I nodded, rubbing my arms. "Too fast. Too hard. It doe
There are some dreams that feel more real than waking.When I finally drifted off after a long night of circling thoughts and second-guessing, the vision didn’t creep in—it slammed into me. No subtle whispers this time. No soft warnings. Just fire.It blazed in every direction, licking the walls of a circle drawn with blood. Symbols writhed across the ground like snakes, twisting and reshaping with every second. My bare feet stood at the center, stained red, breath hitching as power coiled around my ankles. The air pressed in from all sides, heavy and ancient and thick with meaning I didn’t understand but somehow knew mattered.Across the circle stood a figure, hooded, arms raised. They chanted words I didn’t recognize, but my bones understood. Words that called for sacrifice.And in the middle of the fire, suspended and bleeding, one of the Alphas hung by chains of light.His face was obscured—blurred like someone had smeared him with smoke. But I knew. Deep down, I knew.If I didn’t
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