LOGINBailey Ashwood has loved Liam Black for as long as she can remember. As the youngest daughter of the pack’s Beta, she grew up admiring the future Alpha from afar, praying every night to the Moon Goddess that he would one day become her mate. Her only comfort was her childhood best friend, Jenny — the one person who knew her deepest secret. But on the morning of her eighteenth birthday, Bailey’s world shatters. Drawn by the sudden pull of the mate bond, she follows the intoxicating scent straight to Liam’s room… only to find him in bed with Jenny. Heartbroken and humiliated, Bailey is publicly rejected by the very man she had loved all her life — a rejection fueled by dark secrets, ambition, and betrayal. Unable to bear the pain, she leaves her pack and disappears into the human world, masking her wolf scent with the help of a mysterious witch. For two years, she builds a new life, determined to forget everything about mates, wolves, and destiny. Until the day a powerful and enigmatic CEO walks into her workplace. Xander Draven is feared across the werewolf world as the ruthless Alpha King. The moment he sees Bailey, he knows she is his fated mate — the one he has waited his entire life for. But Bailey no longer believes in fate. And she has no intention of returning to a world that once broke her. As Xander fights to win her trust, old enemies resurface, hidden truths come to light, and a war that could destroy entire packs begins to rise. This time, Bailey must decide: Will she run from destiny again… Or rise from betrayal to claim the throne meant for her?
View MoreThe doors slammed shut with a force that shook the entire structure.Stone groaned.The glowing symbols along the walls burst brighter for half a second, flooding the room with eerie silver-red light.Bailey’s pulse spiked instantly.Trap.Not just physical.Something older.Something alive.Xander moved in front of her immediately, his body tense, his wolf dangerously close to the surface.“Stay behind me,” he growled.The Crimson Alpha smiled.“That instinct of yours is exhausting.”Liam stepped to Bailey’s other side, eyes locked on Jenny.“You really do love traps.”Jenny shrugged lightly.“I love winning.”Bailey’s gaze swept the room quickly.No windows.One entrance.Sealed.The symbols on the walls were pulsing now.Slowly.Like a heartbeat.And every pulse made something inside her react.Her wolf paced restlessly.The deeper power inside her stirred harder.Hungry.Awake.The Crimson Alpha noticed immediately.“There it is,” he murmured.Bailey hated the way he looked at her
The forest felt different on this side.Darker.Not because of the trees.Because of what lived between them.Bailey moved silently through the shadows, her senses stretched thin, every step careful, controlled. The ground beneath her boots was damp, leaves crushed softly under pressure.No one spoke.They couldn’t.Not here.Xander led slightly ahead, his movements fluid despite his recent injuries. You wouldn’t know he had nearly died the way he moved now.But Bailey knew.She could feel it.Through the bond.Through the subtle tension in his body every time she got too far from him.Behind them, Liam followed with two of Xander’s most trusted warriors.Small team.Fast.Quiet.Deadly if needed.“That’s the perimeter,” Liam whispered, barely audible.Bailey crouched slightly, eyes narrowing.Ahead, through the trees—Movement.Guards.Rogues.Not disorganized like before.Structured.Patrolling.Jenny had built something here.Not just an army.A system.“This isn’t just a camp,” Ba
The corridor still smelled like blood.And something else.Something darker.Bailey sat on the edge of the healer’s bed, her side freshly bandaged, her body finally starting to feel the weight of everything that had just happened.Her hands wouldn’t stop trembling.Not from pain.From what she felt when the Crimson Alpha touched her.That power.That recognition.That knowing.“You’re shaking.”Xander’s voice was quieter now.Controlled.But she could hear what he wasn’t saying.Fear.Bailey didn’t look at him immediately.“I’m fine.”“You’re not.”She exhaled slowly.“No… I’m not.”Silence settled between them.Not uncomfortable.Just heavy.Real.Xander stepped closer.Carefully this time.Like she might break if he moved too fast.“What did he mean?” he asked.Bailey frowned slightly.“When?”“When he said you belong to something older.”Her chest tightened.“I don’t know.”But that wasn’t entirely true.Because part of her did know.She had felt it before.In the battle.In the mo
The corridor exploded into motion.“Bailey—behind me!”Xander moved first, shoving her back as the Crimson Alpha stepped fully into the light.He didn’t rush.He didn’t need to.Power rolled off him in thick, suffocating waves—like the air itself didn’t belong to anyone else while he was present.Bailey felt it hit her chest.Heavy.Ancient.Wrong.Jenny slipped from Xander’s grip in the chaos, laughing as she moved back toward the Crimson Alpha.“Missed me already?” she called sweetly.Liam lunged for her.Too slow.A shockwave burst from the Crimson Alpha’s outstretched hand and slammed into Liam, throwing him across the corridor into the stone wall.The impact cracked stone.Bailey’s heart jumped.“Liam!”He groaned but didn’t stay down.Of course he didn’t.But the message was clear.The Crimson Alpha wasn’t here to play.“You brought me exactly where I wanted to be,” he said, his red eyes sliding toward Bailey.Her wolf bristled instantly.Every instinct screamed at her.Danger.
The door opened slowly.For a second, Bailey didn’t understand what she was seeing.Her mind refused to make sense of the shapes… the sounds… the scent.Then reality hit.Hard.The room smelled like sweat. Like sex. Like something intimate and wrong.Her breath caught in her throat.The sheets were
Bailey Ashwood woke up before dawn.Not because she wanted to.Because something inside her wouldn’t let her sleep.Her heart was beating too fast. Too loud. Like it was trying to tell her something her mind couldn’t understand yet.She stared at the wooden ceiling of her room, blinking slowly as t
The alarm rang at exactly 6:00 a.m.Bailey didn’t hit snooze.She never did.There was something comforting about routine now. Something safe. Predictable. Unlike the chaos she had once called home.She sat up slowly in her narrow bed, pushing her hair away from her face as sunlight slipped through
The first night alone was the worst.Bailey had always thought heartbreak was a quiet thing.Something that sat gently in your chest and made you sad.She had been wrong.Heartbreak was loud.It screamed in her bones.It clawed at her lungs.It turned sleep into a battlefield and memories into weap
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