LOGINRose thinks she’s human,At 19, she’s a sharp, stubborn medical grad who just moved to the weird town of Nightroot for a fresh start. What she doesn’t know is that her 20th birthday will change everything. Because Rose isn’t human at all. She’s a latent werewolf hybrid, and the moment she turns 20, her dormant wolf wakes up along with a Fated Mate bond she never saw coming. Alpha Ace, the ruthless King of the Nightroot Pack, rules with an iron fist and senses power in Rose he can’t name. Possessive, cold, and dangerous, he keeps her close under the excuse of “monitoring an outsider.” But proximity only makes the bond harder to ignore. Between Tanya, the pack’s jealous she wolf trying to ruin her, rogue attacks tearing through the pack, and an aunt who’s been hiding the truth for 19 years, Rose is thrown into a world of blood, politics, and secrets. When her hybrid blood awakens at midnight on her birthday, Rose finally understands who she is… and why Alpha Ace can’t stay away. Now they have to survive a betrayal, a war, and a bond that could either save the pack or destroy them both
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두꺼운 최고급 카펫이 서연우의 구두 굽 소리를 무겁게 삼켰다. 창밖으로는 금방이라도 폭우가 쏟아질 듯 먹구름이 짙게 깔려 있었지만, 호텔 내부는 현실과 동떨어진 것처럼 고요하고 안락했다.연우의 손에는 유명 파티시에에게 한 달 전부터 특별 주문한 케이크 상자가 들려 있었다.
순백의 생크림 위로 '결혼 3주년'을 축하하는 레터링이 정갈하게 적혀 있는, 완벽한 케이크였다.오늘은 서연우와 강지훈의 결혼 3주년 기념일이었다.
'지훈 씨가 좋아해야 할 텐데.'
연우는 작게 숨을 고르며 펜트하우스 301호의 문턱에 섰다.
지난 3년의 결혼 생활은 결코 순탄하지 않았다. 시어머니의 끊임없는 멸시, 시누이들의 노골적인 무시, 그리고 남편 강지훈의 무관심까지. 숨 막히는 시월드 속에서도 연우가 버틸 수 있었던 것은 오직 '가족'이라는 울타리를 지키고 싶다는 간절함 때문이었다.어릴 적 아버지의 외도로 새어머니와 이복동생이 집에 들어오면서, 연우는 진짜 가족의 온기를 잃어버렸다.
그래서 자신의 가정을 꾸리게 된다면, 어떤 희생을 치러서라도 지켜내겠다고 다짐했었다.그녀는 남편 지훈의 무능함을 덮어주기 위해 자신의 모든 것을 쏟아부었다.
부도 위기에 처했던 지훈의 회사 '성진 어패럴'을 살려내기 위해 밤새워 재무제표를 뜯어고친 것도, 업계의 핵심 투자자들을 익명으로 연결해 주며 뒤에서 자금을 조달한 것도 모두 연우였다. 그녀의 헌신 덕분에 성진 어패럴은 불과 3년 만에 업계 탑의 자리에 오를 수 있었다.연우는 가방에서 카드 키를 꺼내 도어록에 가져다 댔다.
경쾌한 파열음과 함께 육중한 문이 열렸다.
"지훈 씨, 나 왔어."
대답은 없었다.
거실은 짙은 암막 커튼이 쳐져 있어 어두컴컴했고, 은은한 간접 조명만이 공간을 비추고 있었다. 서프라이즈 이벤트라도 준비한 걸까. 연우가 옅은 미소를 지으며 거실 안으로 걸음을 내디디려던 순간이었다.공기 중에 떠도는 낯선 향기가 연우의 코끝을 찔렀다.
달콤하면서도 짙고, 끈적거리는 싸구려 인공 향. 연우가 결코 사용하지 않는, 그러나 너무나도 익숙한 향수 냄새였다.미소가 굳어진 연우의 시선이 바닥으로 향했다.
대리석 바닥 위에는 허물처럼 벗어던진 옷가지들이 어지럽게 널브러져 있었다.
연우가 지난달 지훈의 생일 선물로 사주었던 톰포드 넥타이. 지훈의 셔츠, 그리고 그 옆에 노골적으로 얽혀 있는 붉은색 실크 슬립과 얇은 스타킹. 그 끝에는 아찔할 정도로 굽이 높은 빨간색 스틸레토 힐이 뒹굴고 있었다.연우의 심장이 불길한 박동을 시작했다.
손에 쥐고 있던 케이크 상자의 손잡이가 종잇장처럼 구겨졌다.반쯤 열린 침실 문틈.
그 사이로 적나라한 소리들이 새어 나오기 시작했다."아, 오빠… 이러다 누가 오면 어떡해?"
"올 사람이 누가 있어. 그 재미없는 여자는 지금쯤 집에서 청소나 하고 있겠지."숨이 멎는 듯했다.
대답을 한 남자는 분명 3년을 함께 산 남편, 강지훈의 목소리였다. 그리고 방금 전 콧소리를 내며 아양을 떨던 여자의 목소리.그 간드러지는 비음은, 연우의 뼛속까지 각인된 목소리였다.
'유아라.'
연우의 이복동생.
어머니의 자리를 꿰찬 새어머니의 딸이자, 평생 연우의 것을 빼앗고 짓밟는 데 혈안이 되어 있던 여자. 강지훈과 외도를 저지른 여자가 다른 누구도 아닌, 유아라였다.피가 싸늘하게 식는 기분이었다.
충격으로 다리가 무너져 내릴 것 같았지만, 연우는 입술을 꽉 깨물며 버텼다. 그녀의 머릿속에서 '다정한 아내 서연우'의 스위치가 꺼지고, 지독하게 냉정하고 계산적인 본성이 눈을 뜨기 시작했다.연우는 발소리를 죽인 채 침실 문 앞으로 다가갔다.
끼익-. 그녀는 망설임 없이, 아주 우아한 동작으로 침실 문을 활짝 열어젖혔다. 그리고 그녀의 세상이 무너졌다.The walk back from the clinic was really long for Rose. The cold night air cut through her jacket. Her skin felt really hot. Her mind was a mess of images: flesh fixing itself, claws ripping through skin, a man's jaw opening wide on the clinic table. The people who lived in the woods. The Nightroot Pack.Her aunt's words kept repeating in her head like a song, keeping rhythm with the sound of her sneakers on the road. The forest was next to her, a big wall of dark trees under the cold moon.After that loud wolf howl echoed through the clinic window, the woods felt alive, like lots of eyes were watching her. She kept her head down, her arms wrapped tightly around herself, almost running until she finally reached the porch of her aunt's house.With shaky hands, she put the key in the lock, turned it, and slipped inside, slamming the heavy door shut behind her. She locked the deadbolt with a click, leaning her back against the solid wood as she finally let out a deep breath.The house w
The man on the table had been stitched, sedated, and moved. The clinic was quiet again, the sudden silence was almost louder than the chaos that had filled the room just moments before.Rose stood at the porcelain sink in the dim back room, scrubbing her hands under the rushing stream of water. The water was scalding hot, but she barely felt the heat. She scrubbed until her skin was raw and red, desperately trying to wash away the memory of how that man’s flesh had felt beneath her fingertips.It had been entirely too hot like a raging fever that should have cooked his internal organs from the inside out. But what truly fractured her mind was what happened next.The jagged, deep lacerations across his chest had already started to close, the tissue knitting itself back together before she had even finished pulling the last sterile suture through.It defied every medical textbook she had ever memorized during her years of intense study. Mira walked towards her, the heels of her boots
The sound was really loud. A scream followed by the sharp crash of glass. It was not something falling it was a fight. Mira did not wait.She was already moving before the noise stopped, her face changing to a sharp and deadly focus. Rose was behind her her medical instincts kicking in. They turned the corner into the trauma room. The air hit Rose like a punch. The nice smell was gone, replaced by the smell of blood and a thick dirty heat that made the hair on her arms stand up."Get back!" a nurse yelled, running away from a hospital bed that had been flipped over. In the middle of the room stood a man. Or what used to be a man. He was huge his shirt torn, his skin slick with sweat and deep cuts that should have made him pass out..He was growling, a sound so low and rough it vibrated in Roses teeth. "Sedate him!" Mira ordered, reaching for a syringe. "It won't work, Mira!" the woman at the desk cried out her voice shaking. "He's changing! It's too early!" Rose stared, her mind r
Then Mira spoke without turning around."Finish your food. You'll be coming with me later."Rose looked at her, confused."Where?"Mira put down her spoon."To the clinic."Rose frowned."The clinic?"Mira nodded."You got a job there.""I never went for an interview.""It's a favor from a friend," Mira replied."Okay..."That morning, they left the house together.The town looked the same as before.This time, Rose noticed something.People greeted Mira.Not warmly.Not openly.Just small nods.Like they were acknowledging someone important.Rose frowned slightly as she walked beside her."You didn't tell me you were well known here."Mira didn't look at her."It's not important," she said simply.People still stepped aside as they passed.They walked along the road again.Rose's steps slowed without her realizing it.The forest was visible from there.Rose stared at it.Mira noticed."Don't look at it for too long," she said quietly.Rose turned her head."Why?"Mira paused before a






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