MasukHe never looked at his mate until the day she died. For five years, Belly was nothing but an unwanted burden to Alpha Kage Keating, the most powerful Alpha that ruled the South. He gave his love to her beautiful sister, gave his attention to everyone but her, and when Belly was framed for a crime she did not commit, he locked her away and forgot her. She begged to see him one last time before death, but he never came. Now Belly is gone, and Kage is left with guilt, a daughter who looks too much like her, and a love he discovered far too late. But guilt becomes obsession when the most beautiful woman walks into his engagement party. She has Belly's face. Belly's eyes. Belly's rare, unforgettable hair. And when his daughter runs to her like she has finally found home, crying, "Mummy!" the entire room falls silent. But the woman only smiles at Kage like he is nothing and says, "I do not know you, Alpha Kage. I have no business with you. You're mistaking me for my twin. I'm only here to take the child you took from my sister." But the Alpha is about to learn the cruelest truth of all, that the mate he never wanted has returned. And this time, she is not begging to be loved. She is here to take everything back.
Lihat lebih banyakANNALISE"And that will be all for today," I said, bringing the meeting to an end.There was rustling of papers as people arranged their bags and files.Someone walked up to me."Thank you for the lesson today, Ms. Annalise. You truly are a blessing to our world."I returned the smile, rising to my feet. "It's always a pleasure to help people.""Good luck on your wedding. Though, I've been expecting that we here will get an invitation." She added a nervous laugh.Ugh. Of course. Everyone wanted to come to Annalise's wedding.My phone beeped on the table."You're right. I'll definitely arrange for that," I told her just to make her feel better.Her face lit up. She was all smiles as she left.I picked up my phone, turned around so nobody would see me when I did the exhausting eye roll. I checked the text that had come in, and the world seemed to stop moving around me.'You should check on your daughter. Is she safe?'It was from an unknown number.Multiple scenarios and emotions pl
BELLYAs the sun rose, so did my shame.I woke up feeling disgusted with myself, for wanting a man who didn't want me. Even though I couldn't blame myself as it was my body desiring these things, I still wished I hadn't been so unlucky to be plagued with the mate heat.I took a bath and prepared my mind to be positive. Today was going to be remarkable. It was the day I got to make Annalise feel the pain of losing a child.Before leaving the house, I had to join the family for breakfast.Breakfast was going so well until Valentin asked a question that nearly made me choke on my wine."You're twenty-four, Isabelle. Have you had any suitors yet?"Thank the Moon I had enough composure not to spit out my wine, otherwise I would have coughed it all out on the table.Nate noticed and sniggered from his seat.Valentin, however, maintained a serious face, waiting for an answer.Well, according to what Donna told me, my sister hadn't been big on relationships. She'd been more focused on per
KAGEIt was near midnight.Usually, on such nights, I'd go through people's complaints, read a book or pretend to sleep.Rarely, I got lucky and slept. Every other time, the sleep just wouldn't come no matter how hard I tried.Tonight, I wasn't going through complaints or reading a book. I was standing on the balcony of my office, thinking of a certain hazel-eyed woman who had challenged me and my men in the field.On repeat, I played the scene where she had shot that arrow in the air and all I could think about was how perfect that had been. To be fair, I'd chosen that target because I was sure it was high enough for her to fail. Not in my wildest dreams would I have imagined a woman would hit it. Even most males found it difficult to hit such targets.I caught myself smiling for the umpteenth time and almost wanted to send for the healer. Something must be wrong with me.It probably had something to do with me loving tough women like her.I tried not to, but then it crossed my m
BELLYI stared at her in disbelief.Excitement and worry warred in my chest; excitement because my daughter liked me enough to want to live with me, and worry because why wouldn't she want to stay here where she had been her whole life?I crouched again."This is your home, honey. Don't you like it?"Her eyes lowered to the ground as she shook her head no.Oh, gods."Can you tell me why?"She hesitated, then let it out. Her voice dripped with sadness."I've never been happy. Mummy doesn't like me. She always does things that favor her own daughter. She could hurt my feelings to make her happy."A knife-like pain stabbed me in the chest."She's Eloise's mum. I've always wanted to have my own Mummy. Someone who will play with me and get me the things I love. Daddy loves me, but he's always very busy. He doesn't see the way Mummy treats me."My head grew dizzy at once, a tremor running through my body.No. It couldn't be.A question rested at the tip of my tongue, but I was too scare
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