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FORTY-FIVE

Author: Hearty Writes
last update publish date: 2026-03-10 16:10:18

When Selene finally came, her expression alone tightened the air in the room.

“Forgive me, Lillia. I have news.”

She spoke breathlessly, still panting as she shut the door quickly behind her and hurried toward the sofa where the women sat waiting in tense silence. Lillia reached for her immediately, and Selene clasped her outstretched hands before sinking down between the maidens.

“My friend from House Montclair finally responded,” she continued, drawing in another sharp breath. “I had to mee
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  • The Alpha King's Mate: ZORYA'S CURSE   NINETY-ONE

    you really mattered that much, it has been hours since you arrived, and yet, the great beast is still not here.” He laughed this time, crushing the cigar in the ashtray. “It was bad enough that you are not marked. That already says a lot. But, it is clear that you have been abandoned.” He leaned forward, the laugh vanishing to reveal a feral glare. “So, if I were you, with my life at the mercy of the current beast, I would mind my words.”Lillia gritted her teeth, her fingers tightening around her dress as she watched him, speechless. “Good girl.” He watched Lillia for a moment, taking in her reactions, and when he was satisfied, his gaze once again shifted to Zen.“What’s the update?”“Alpha Dante awaits our arrival.” Zen words were unhurried as usual.“Excellent,” his expression immediately brightened, and a satisfied smile slowly spread across his face. “We set out for the devil’s den by late noon.” His gaze shifted back to Lillia, and the initial warm smile returned as thoug

  • The Alpha King's Mate: ZORYA'S CURSE   NINETY

    What the hell just happened? Fenris hollered wildly, bewildered. I take it back. I take it all back. This is definitely not the apple falling far from the tree case… What even is this? Lillia did not respond. She was still stuck in the aftermath of this man’s oppressive presence. Lillia… Fenris’ voice suddenly grew cautious as she watched him closely through Lillia’s eyes. This man is not ordinary, be careful.No need to say it twice. Lillia answered this time, her thoughts quiet as she watched him without immediately pulling her hands away. This, however, wasn’t because she welcomed the gesture, but because she simply could not decide which part of the man standing before her unsettled her more… the fact that he was smiling so pleasantly with his son’s blood still beneath his shoes, or the fact that his eyes held none of the uncertainty she had expected from a man who knew her identity, and despite that, under his leadership, she and her maidens had been violently attacked and ass

  • The Alpha King's Mate: ZORYA'S CURSE   EIGHTY-NINE

    Moments stretched as Lillia simply stared, violently suppressing the spasm of disbelief that threatened to explode within her. This was because the man… the supposed devil she had spent the longest and most torturous walk of her life imagining, was not only nothing like the buff and well-built men she had encountered so far, but he was also…short. What the hell?Fenris’ voice rose within her, and her sudden reaction made Lillia’s lips part slightly, before she forced them back into place. I did not expect this. Obviously… Lillia thought back, suppressing the spasm as she looked down at the man. She definitely did not expect this. As she stood in the clean and nicely scented room that betrayed her expectations yet again, Lillia kept her expressions carefully neutral, although her eyes betrayed her as they travelled briefly from the top of the man’s head to his feet and back again. In stark contrast to her height, he was shorter. Actually, he was the shortest person in the room.

  • The Alpha King's Mate: ZORYA'S CURSE   MAERA AND SELENE ARC II

    “What? Are you crazy? There’s no escaping this place.” Raw dread flashed through Selene’s eyes and she backed away from Maera. “Selene—”“No… no… no…” Selene ignored Maera, drowning deeper into the fear that had suddenly seized her, her voice unconsciously rising as she shook her head. “We can’t. It’s impossible.”“Hey, will you shut up, or I will come shut you up.”“Who even are they?”“Look at their dresses, I don’t think they are from around here.”Hostility and assessment flew from all sides, sending Selene further into herself, her shoulders drawing inward as she instinctively lowered her head, but Maera ignored them. “Selene, look at me.” Maera held her hands and watched the guards again, waiting until she was certain none of them were approaching before turning her attention back to her. However, just as she was about to speak, Selene spoke first. “After that man was finished with me, I was kept in a cage like this and continuously used for sport.” Selene’s fingers dug into

  • The Alpha King's Mate: ZORYA'S CURSE   MAERA AND SELENE ARC I

    “Maera! Maera!!”Maera smelled the iron bars first, before the putrid stench of unwashed bodies and dirt stung her nose and dragged her towards consciousness. Even then, she remained groggy, her mind sluggish, as though she had been pulled from somewhere deep and dark.She thought she had heard her name… perhaps, she heard wrong. Who was that? What are they saying? She could hear the voice, but it sounded muffled in her ears as though she were listening from beneath deep water. You didn’t hear wrong, Maera. Mae’s voice was the softest as it rose together with her presence. We failed to protect them again. And Maera’s eyes snapped open immediately, only to instinctively squeeze shut again when the abrupt brightness overhead blinded her. “Maera!!! Wake up.” The voice came again, trembling badly this time, and something in that tremor finally broke through the fog clouding her mind. The fear she could hear in it was so raw that Maera forced her eyes open, her brows furrowing as she

  • The Alpha King's Mate: ZORYA'S CURSE   EIGHTY-EIGHT

    It was through a corridor like this, with guards before and behind her.And though she wasn’t a hostage, she had felt like one.No… she had felt like an offering, led to be observed and scrutinized by men with numerous mistakes of their own.She could remember the heavy thumping of her heart, and the deep breaths that were forced into her lungs, and yet, somehow, she still lacked air. Her feet had felt like mush, sinking into the solid ground with every step, while somehow still feeling as though she were walking on air.Everything came back one by one like it had happened yesterday—the day she first met the elders of Clearwater.The day that began the downward spiral that would eventually lead to her and her father’s untimely demise.“…or you can follow me and meet the only person that holds both their lives in his hand.”It was a damn good trap, because her feet had moved before she had even willed them to.Like she had kept moving between Clearwater’s guards like a dignified puppet

  • The Alpha King's Mate: ZORYA'S CURSE   THREE

    The gala dragged on in a blur. By then, the heavy silence had lifted, replaced by lively music that soon filled the hall with laughter, and little by little, the noise grew again. However, it never changed the assessing and scrutinizing eyes fixed on Lillia. After she sat, the herald

  • The Alpha King's Mate: ZORYA'S CURSE   TWO

    The sun had long dipped below the horizon, leaving the castle bathed in the soft, amber glow of lanterns, and Lillia stood before the mirror, her silver hair cascading over her shoulders, gleaming like threads of moonlight as she watched her reflection. She was no more the fragile girl who had fal

  • The Alpha King's Mate: ZORYA'S CURSE   ONE

    Ishtar woke with a gasp that tore violently from her chest.Her body jerked upright as though dragged from drowning, lungs burning, and heart hammering so hard, she thought it might split her ribs apart. Cold sweat slicked her skin, as her fingers clawed at silk sheets, breath coming in ragged, bro

  • The Alpha King's Mate: ZORYA'S CURSE   PROLOGUE

    “Run, my lady. Don’t look back. We’ll hold them back as long as our breath stays in our lungs. If one of us lives tonight, it has to be you. Please—live.”Muffled sobs bled into the darkness of Clearwater forest, as Ishtar tore through the tangled branches and choking undergrowth. Every word from

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