LOGINBook one of ‘His’ Series. Please read responsibly. I REJECTED THE SON, NOW I’M BEING CLAIMED BY THE FATHER? Zosia Kane is a woman of secrets. By day, she’s a devoted sister doing whatever it takes to keep her family together. By night, she’s an Omega stripping at the city’s most elite club, hiding the truth about the power buried beneath her skin. When Zosia discovers her boyfriend, Damien, has been monetizing her body on a viral website, she doesn’t just break his heart—she publicly rejects him, leaving their relationship and his pack behind. Then comes the man in Apartment 4A. He calls himself Nick Vance, a quiet consultant with silver at his temples and eyes that seem to see straight through every lie Zosia tells. He should be harmless. He isn’t. As sparks fly and every stolen touch leaves Zosia questioning the boundaries she swore she’d never cross, a deadly conspiracy begins to unravel. Nick isn’t just her mysterious neighbor. He’s Nikolai Vane—the father of her ex-boyfriend, Damien Vane, and the ruthless Alpha who rules the city’s underworld from the shadows. And when Zosia discovers the truth about the man she’s falling for, she’s forced to wonder: Is she really his mate… or has she just become the most dangerous pawn in his game of revenge?!
View MoreNIKOLAI’S POVI tapped the glass table, and the holographic blueprints of the Thorne empire vanished.The war room fell into darkness, leaving only the faint amber glow from the hallway. A moment ago, the room had been alive with maps, financial records, and plans for dismantling Evander’s network. Now, all that remained was the low hum of the equipment and the woman standing near the door.Zosia had been watching me for some time.I checked my watch. 12:01 a.m. October fourteenth.My chest tightened.For a moment, I couldn’t breathe. The familiar weight settled over me, pressing against my ribs until even the air in the room felt too heavy to draw in.I’d known this moment was coming. I’d known it all day. Still, nothing could prepare me for it.“She would have been twenty-four,” I whispered.Zosia’s expression softened.She didn’t ask who I meant. Perhaps she’d already guessed. Perhaps the grief rolling off me had told her more than I wanted her to know.“Celeste,” I added, barely r
The ride back to the estate was a masterclass in silence.Rain lashed against the tinted windows of the armored SUV, turning the city’s neon lights into blurred streaks of color. The Gilded Cage invitation sat in my jacket pocket, its heavy cardstock feeling like a lead weight.Roxanne’s revelations refused to leave my mind. I glanced at the rearview mirror. Malachi’s dark eyes met mine.“How long has Nikolai been at war with Evander?”Malachi kept his attention on the road, his large hands moving over the steering wheel before he signed his answer.[Since before I met him. Evander is a rot in the foundation. Nikolai is the blade meant to cut it out.]“Did he know about the Hollow Pack?”His jaw tightened.[He knew there were ghosts. He didn’t know they had a Luna.]The word sent a strange shiver through me. Luna. Too much, eh? Something deep inside my chest stirred at the title, as though it recognized something I was only beginning to understand.“What about the Thornes?” I asked.
My stomach twisted.“Evander knew about me?”“He knew enough to be afraid. And now you’ve become something he never planned for.” Roxanne held my gaze. “You’re standing beside Nikolai Vane, the one man powerful enough to threaten everything Evander built. If you and the Hollow Pack stand together, his empire won’t survive it.”I stared at her, a new realization settling over me.“You knew who Nikolai was all along.”Roxanne didn’t deny it.“You knew he was the man who saved me. You knew what he was capable of, yet you never said a word.” My voice sharpened. “Why did you hide his identity from me?”“Because I knew him long before you did.” She sighed, reaching for her cigarette. “Nikolai Vane isn’t some stranger who stumbled into power. I’ve known him since he was a boy—the son of Alpha Lucian Vane, a man whose name once carried as much weight in this city as Evander Blackwood’s does now. I watched Nikolai grow up surrounded by power, politics, and people who would gladly use him for t
The burner phone was old, scratched, and barely held a charge, but it was the only phone I trusted.I sat in the back of the armored SUV as Malachi drove through the rain toward the Hollows. Outside, neon signs blurred across the wet streets, turning the city into a mess of red and blue lights. He hadn’t questioned me when I told him where we were going, though I’d caught him checking the rearview mirror more than once.Tomorrow night, I would walk into the Gilded Cage and face Damien. Before that happened, I needed to speak to the one person who might know what I was walking into.I pulled out the burner and typed.Z: I need to talk. The old jazz place on 4th. One hour.Her reply came almost immediately.Roxanne: Come through the alley. The red door is unlocked.When we reached the Hollows, the streets looked much as I remembered them. Rainwater collected in broken pavements, the air smelled of fried food and wet asphalt, and people hurried past with their heads down, minding their o






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