LOGIN"I know, sweetie. I know." Mom held her close. "But it's over now. Jessica's going to face Alpha justice for threatening a pack member. For violating your privacy. For harassment and stalking." "What will happen to her?" Rose asked. "That depends on your father's judgment," Mom said, looking at
"I'll handle security," Uncle Cas said. "Rose, you're moving to guest quarters in the main family wing. The secure section. No one enters without explicit permission from Alpha Jeremy or myself." "Uncle Cas, I don't want to be a burden—" Rose started. "You're not a burden. You're my great-niece
Book 2: The Rejected Mate Nate pov I'd called an emergency meeting in my father's office. Just family. Just the people who needed to know. Dad. Mom. Lord Castellan—Uncle Cas—who'd been visiting for a routine security check and happened to be available. And Rose, sitting beside me on the couch,
Another buzz. *"Watched you in the garden today. Playing happy family with Grace. Pretending you belong. You don't. You never will. Wolves can smell the difference. Smell that you're wrong. Leave before everyone else figures out what we already know."* They'd been watching. Had seen me in the ga
Grace showed us proper cultivation techniques. Soil composition. Watering schedules. How to encourage blooming. Her enthusiasm was infectious—even Nate got interested, asking questions about plant biology I wouldn't have expected from a combat-focused wolf. "Your mother's amazing," I told him quie
Book 2: The Rejected Mate Rose pov The note was sitting on my desk when I returned from morning training with Grace. Simple. Typed. Anonymous. *"Vampires don't belong in wolf packs. Leave before you get hurt. This is your only warning."* I stared at it, hands trembling. This was the fourth
A blank check to a vampire lord. An undefined favor that could be called in at any time, for any reason. It was dangerous. Potentially catastrophic. But if it saved lives. If it gave us the edge we needed to survive. "Yes," I said. "I'm prepared." "You're sure? Because Jeremy, vampire favors a
I found him in human form, bleeding from multiple wounds, three mercenaries circling him like sharks. He'd shifted back—never a good sign. Meant he was too injured to maintain wolf form. Rage exploded through me. My wolf surged forward with protective fury. These bastards had hurt my father. My Al
"Emma? Everything okay?" "My dad told me. About the vampires." Silence. Then: "I can explain—" "I don't want explanations. I want to know if you've lost your mind." The words came out sharper than I intended, fear manifesting as anger. "Jeremy, you owe a vampire lord a personal favor? Do you h
My Cheating Mate Jeremy pov I was pacing the war room at 2 AM, staring at troop deployments that still didn't quite work, when the idea hit me like lightning. Vampires. We had vampire allies. Not close allies—more like an uneasy treaty signed thirty years ago after a territorial dispute was r







