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The Girl in the Garden

Author: Angel Cole
last update Last Updated: 2026-01-01 11:33:48

Reign — POV

Graves Ridge garden emerged out of the morning fog, like a guarded dream—towers wrapped in runic light, aqueducts humming with hydropower, wards shimmering over the treeline like a living shield. Reign had heard stories of this place his whole life, but none of them captured the magnitude of it.

This wasn’t a pack.

It was a city.

A fortress born from survival.

A sanctuary built by refugees who had escaped the Black River purge.

Refugees, his mother had risked everything to protect. And now he could see why. Their talents for infrastructure and engineering were unmatched.

Reign tried to pay attention to the diplomacy taking place, but something else pulled him. Everything faded into background noise as an undeniable force yanked at his chest.

A scent carried on the faint breeze—warm herbs, sunlit wildflowers, something soft and comforting threaded together with something he didn’t yet know how to name.

His head lifted before he consciously decided to move.

His wolf knew.
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    “We’ve been through worse,” Sera said quietly after Thomas had quieted.Thomas scoffed and turned away toward the drink bar. “Yeah. And I don’t want to have to kill my mate over it.”The words landed harder than a slap.Sera didn’t respond immediately. She rose slowly, deliberately, and crossed the room until she stood directly in front of him. Then—without hurry, without apology—she lowered herself to her knees in front of him.Not submission.Calculation.Her hands slid up his thighs, gentle, familiar, touching him in the precise way she knew unraveled him every time. The way that bypassed anger and went straight for instinct.Something he loved.“Thomas,” she said softly. “I would never betray you.”His eyes tracked her movements with sharp caution, assessing even as heat flickered beneath it.“I know what I’m doing,” she continued. “I don’t need you micromanaging my every move.”He didn’t respond.So she pressed—because silence from Thomas was never neutrality. It was a strategy.

  • The Alpha King's One-Time Rejected Mate   The Mate Who Waited

    Sera POV(Sera and Thomas’s Suite)The air was wrong the moment Sera crossed the threshold.Not cold—frozen.The suite was dark except for the low amber glow near the sitting area. Shadows clung to the walls as if they had nowhere else to go. The wards hummed faintly under her skin, unsettled, as if unsure which Alpha they answered to tonight.Her wolf lifted her head inside her.So, the voice murmured with grim clarity. Tonight is the night our mate finally admits who he is.Sera didn’t stop walking. She didn’t reach for a weapon. She didn’t call out.Be ready, she replied silently. We may have to kill our mate tonight.Her wolf didn’t bristle. Didn’t snarl.She stood.Attentive.It would not be the first time they had chosen their children over a bond.Thomas stood near the vanity, his back half-turned, one hand in his pocket, the other holding a glass of dark amber liquid. Whiskey. The good kind. The kind he drank when he wanted to savor something.Or someone.He watched her in the

  • The Alpha King's One-Time Rejected Mate   Inheritance Without Permission

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  • The Alpha King's One-Time Rejected Mate   What the Window Heard

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  • The Alpha King's One-Time Rejected Mate   The Book Beneath the Shelves

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  • The Alpha King's One-Time Rejected Mate   Blood That Recognizes Blood

    The Graves kitchen was warded, sealed, and too quiet for the kind of meeting they were about to have.Sienna stood at the table, barefoot, one palm braced on the wood like she needed the contact to stay grounded. Her other hand hovered low over her abdomen on instinct.Four weeks.Not visible. Not announced. But her body knew. Her wolf—if she even had one—knew. The world felt sharper, louder, closer to the edge.Sera finished the last ward at the window and didn’t turn around.“No one hears,” she said. “Not unless they’re inside the circle.”Sienna swallowed. “You promised.”“I promised.” Sera finally looked at her, gaze flicking to Sienna’s stomach for the briefest beat. “And I meant it.”On the table, the telecam sat inside a ring of salt and black iron runes—Amalia’s work. The thing looked like a camera until you stared too long and realized it was a door wearing a device’s skin.A chime sounded.The lens flared.Then the kitchen filled with screens.Multiple feeds. Multiple states

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