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
My Cheating Mate Jeremy pov The hospital room was too quiet except for the steady beep of monitors. My father lay motionless in the bed, his chest rising and falling with mechanical precision thanks to the ventilator they'd had to put in three hours ago. The wounds had been worse than the fiel
My Cheating Mate Jeremy pov The forest was silent as we moved into position. A hundred and ten wolves, spread across three strike teams, converging on the mercenary encampment from west, south, and east. The vampire contingent moved with us on the eastern flank—twelve shadows that barely disturb
He was quiet for a moment, studying my face. Then, surprisingly, he smiled. "You're going to make a good Alpha someday." "I don't feel like a good Alpha. I feel like I'm barely holding everything together." "That's what good Alphas feel like most of the time." He squeezed my hand. "Jeremy, what
Emma's face again. Her trust. Her love. The future we were trying to build. I couldn't die here. The mercenary slashed again. I caught his wrist, twisting hard. Heard bones snap. He dropped the blade but caught me with a punch that sent me staggering. We grappled, both in human form now, stren







