LOGINJoan Hayes has spent years believing she caused the accident that killed her father. Living under the cruel control of her stepmother Rita, she works exhausting night shifts at Lux Club just to pay debts that never seem to end while struggling to keep the scholarship that could make her a doctor. Everything changes after she accidentally breaks a three-million-dollar bottle of champagne belonging to Crestwood University's queen bee, Isobel Vance. Humiliated and forced to kneel on broken glass, Joan is rescued by a mysterious stranger who pays the debt, gives her money, and disappears. Days later, Joan discovers the stranger is Liam Calloway—her new stepbrother. When Isobel begins destroying Joan's reputation, Liam proposes a fake relationship to protect her scholarship. Joan agrees, unaware that both Liam and his cold twin brother Nathan are connected to her tragic past. As Joan's memories slowly return, she uncovers shocking secrets: her stepmother murdered her mother, her father was killed on Gerald Calloway's orders, and Liam unknowingly drove the car involved in the fatal accident. Even more unbelievable, Joan learns she is the last descendant of two legendary wolf bloodlines, making both Calloway twins her fated mates and placing her above every Alpha in existence. With enemies closing in and betrayal surrounding her, Joan must awaken the powerful wolf hidden inside her, expose the truth, and decide whether love is stronger than revenge.
View MoreJoan’s POVMy lips crashed into his a second time, frantic and entirely clumsy. I didn't know what I was doing, but I was driven by a feral, suffocating need to escape my own reality. I wanted to drown out the memory of Rita’s lashing words, Isobel’s stinging slaps, and the looming threat of the morning. For a heartbeat, the stranger went completely rigid beneath me, his hands freezing on my wrists.Then, the air inside the tight confines of the sports car completely shifted.A low, primal growl rumbled deep within his chest. Before I could even blink, his right hand shot to the back of my neck, his long fingers tangling into my hair. He didn't push me away this time. Instead, he deepened the kiss with a sudden, bruising possessiveness that made my head spin. He tasted like rain and dangerous, unyielding power, capturing my lips and taking my breath until my lungs burned.For a terrifying second, I forgot about the money. I forgot about the cold. I forgot everything as his heat comp
Joan’s POV“And who the hell are you to interfere? Do you know who my father is?!” Isobel shrieked.But her bravado was empty. Behind her, Priya and the rest of her minions were already shrinking back. Even Isobel’s massive bodyguards looked paralyzed, completely terrified by the man who had just stepped into the light.The stranger looked at Isobel with unadulterated disgust. He cut his gaze to her guards, his expression so lethal that none of them dared to breathe, let alone make a move.“Your father will be deeply disappointed to see his only princess acting like a savage in public,” he said, his voice dripping with a cold, quiet fury.The authority in his tone was absolute. Before I could even process what was happening, Isobel, her entourage, and her guards completely vanished from the VIP lounge, scurrying away like ghosts.The stranger wasted no time. He slipped off his tailored suit coat and draped it over my shivering shoulders, the rich fabric immediately sealing out the chi
Joan’s POV“I’m sorry,” I whispered, my voice a fragile, broken thing.I sounded pathetic even to my own ears. But what else was there? I was already drowning under the two-hundred-million-dollar ghost of my father’s debt, suffocating under a hundred-thousand-dollar rent due at dawn, which I had only seen five thousand dollars out of, and now? Now I had just shattered three million dollars of vintage liquid?“You’re sorry?” Isobel let out a sharp, jagged scoff. She glanced back at her inner circle—Priya, Camille, and Lexi, who were already laughing, their amusement cutting through the club's bass like jagged ice. “Did you hear that, girls? The charity case is sorry.”The heavy VIP curtains shifted, and my boss, Mr. McCall, stepped into the light.I watched his face drain of color the second his eyes landed on the shimmering amber puddle and the green glass scattered across the marble. He went rigid, his eyes widening with a terror so pure it made him look ten years older. He swallowed
Joan’s POVThe slap arrived before I could even finish the sentence.It wasn’t a warning. There was no pause, no building tension where I could see the anger in her eyes. It was just—her hand, and a voice that thundered, vibrating through the very floorboards of our cramped hallway."I told you to come back with money," Rita hissed, her voice lashing across my skin like a whip. "Not excuses of why you fall short of the money, Joan!"My head snapped to the side from the force of the slap. My hair swung forward, but it couldn't hide the heat. My cheek was already burning in a way that forced my eyes to water without my permission.I didn’t sob. I refused to give her that. Instead, I turned back slowly, facing her with a quiet, hollowed-out dignity even as the tears rolled down my cheeks. I didn’t need to touch my face to know the skin was already inflamed and peeling. My fists were clenched so tight my nails bit into my palms, my heart hammering against my ribs.Rita was already smooth
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