CLAIMED BY FIVE ALPHAS?

Zoe’s POVTears blurred the edges of my room as I hugged Kelly, my cat, for what could be the last time. “I’ll miss you, furball,” I whispered, brushing a tear from her velvet cheek.“Two minutes!” my father’s voice echoed telepathically through the mindlink. Of course, he didn’t bother knocking. Alpha privilege.I gave Kelly one last nose boop and inhaled the scent of home—wolf musk, pine, and Mom’s lavender soap. My room was chaos incarnate—scribbled maps, prank blueprints, and a crossbow on the bookshelf. Everything I loved, everything that made me me, I was being torn away from.The house that had seen every one of our pranks, every night training in the woods, every secret smile from my parents... I was leaving it behind. Not because I wanted to. Because we’d pushed too far.At least we were together—me and the Gang. That was the only mercy the Moon Goddess had shown.The truck was already packed when I climbed into the backseat, arms crossed, face like thunder, refusing to sit up

Damon’s POV“The Red Room can’t be explained,” Corwin smirked, eyes glinting with mischief. “But we can show you what it is.”Before I could even process the warning in his voice, we were already being led down a series of freezing, pitch-dark corridors. The cold bit through my skin, through my bones. It wasn’t normal—not even for us. Werewolves weren’t supposed to feel the cold like this.“What the hell is this place?” Kael hissed, teeth chattering despite his body heat. “From the name alone I thought we were walking into a torture chamber—lava floors, maybe an electric chair in the middle... something dramatic.”That earned another round of snickering from the Alpha boys—Corwin, Valen, Zarek, and Lucan. Their laughter echoed eerily off the stone walls before they finally halted and shoved us toward a massive glass window.We all leaned in—and the air caught in my throat.Beyond the glass lay something straight out of a dream: a crystalline lake shimmering under soft sunlight, fish da

Talon’s POV (Alpha, Green Moss Pack)My wolf, Leo, had been howling since morning—growling at me nonstop to quit what he charmingly referred to as my “whoring activities.”I didn’t get it.Every girl I touched, kissed, or screwed made him twitch with fury like he was the Pope of Purity.“Hold off till we find our mate,” he kept saying like a broken record.But come on, the brunette beneath me? A walking fantasy. Skin like caramel silk, legs that could lock a man’s soul, and tricks in bed that deserved awards. She moaned my name like I was the center of her goddamn universe.And yet… I felt hollow. Even her best efforts couldn’t ignite that familiar spark anymore.Something felt wrong.“Dammit! This slut sucks my cock like a pro, but my mind’s still all over the place,” I mindlinked Leo mid-thrust, frustrated as hell.“Get her off our dick, or I swear I’ll bite her head off,” Leo snarled, pacing in my mind like a caged beast.“Can’t you let me unload first? Or do you want us walking in

Zoe’s POVAfter our glorious escape from Asheville, we were met by a fuming Alpha—who also happened to be my dad—right at the edge of Diamond Ville.“Hello, Dad! Did you miss me?” I chirped, planting an innocent kiss on his cheek.“Virelle called,” he said, ignoring my attempt at charm.“What about her, Dad?” I asked, feigning cluelessness.“She’s agreed not to throw you three into the Red Room—if you go back after one week and never pull a stunt like this again,” he said in his best angry-Alpha voice. It was mostly an act. He’d crack soon.“But Dad, we don’t want to go back to Asheville! This is our home—it only makes sense to learn in the place where we actually belong!” I wailed. “Please don’t send us away.”“My silly child,” he sighed, pulling me into a long hug, arms wrapping tightly around my waist.Yeah, he missed me—even if it had just been a few hours.“Zoe, let’s go inside and talk. Alex, bring the others. I want to tell you all something,” he said, ushering us into his truc

Lyra’s POVThe night air hung heavy with the scent of pine and damp earth as we gathered silently beneath the stars. The crackling fire cast long shadows over our faces, flickering in time with the rapid beat of my heart. I sat cross-legged beside Kael and Draven, trying to steady my nerves as Aunt Zoe prepared to share something she’d kept hidden for far too long.I swallowed hard, glancing around at the others. We were all young — barely adults — but the weight of what we were about to hear made us feel centuries older.Kael shifted on the log beside me and whispered, “Aunt Stone, why are you telling us all this?”Draven’s eyes narrowed, voice low and steady. “Yeah, what does this have to do with us?”I nodded in agreement, feeling the questions swirl in my mind like a storm. The story Aunt Zoe was about to reveal sounded impossible — six wolves and vampire powers, all combined in one being? It was insanity, the kind of thing told in fairy tales or old legends.But Aunt Lucy’s eyes h