Jade was found in the aftermath of a rogue attack and taken in by a nearby pack as a servant. She is told that her parents were likely some of the rogues, and as such she is treated as worse than worthless her whole life. One day, she snaps and has enough of her treatment, earning herself a death sentence. When a mysterious stranger rescues her and claims to be her mate, Jade realizes that her past may not be as simple and vague as she was led to believe. Elliott is the alpha of Silver Moon, one of the most successful and wealthy packs in the country. He's tough, smart, and lethal if someone he loves is in danger. When he sees a girl in danger during a visit to River Bed pack, he steps in and saves her. When he finds out the girl is his mate, and that she is sentenced to die in a few days, he takes drastic action to get her away from her evil pack and to the safety of his lands. But when he gets his mate home, he finds that they have more history than he thought: Jade is none other than the fallen alpha of Mystic Moon's daughter. But when both Elliott and Jade have no memory of the specifics of the attack, they realize a greater plot may be at foot here, and Elliott is--for the first time in his life-- left wondering if he alone is strong enough to face it.
View MoreCHAPTER 1 - THE PAINFUL BETRAYAL
Celene's POV The cold splash of water on my skin jolted me awake. I sat up with a gasp, my heart racing, as I frantically wiped the cold droplets from my face. And that's when I saw her, Ella, standing over me with a wicked grin, the empty glass still clutched in her hand. "What do you think you're doing?" I hollered angrily. She sneered in derision. "It's quite irrational to scream like a lunatic so early in the morning. Don't you think so?" I exhaled slowly. "Get out of my room, now!" She raised an eyebrow. "Your room?" She said this as she moved closer to me. "Okay, let's see how cocky you can get when you get wheeled out of the pack today!" Suddenly, I caught a whiff of her musky scent. Only it wasn't her usual scent. I sniffed again, and this time, the scent was more pronounced. In the whole Violet pack, only one person had this scent. My boyfriend, Christoph! Why did my bitchy stepsister have his scent all over her? My gaze darkened as I watched her face closely. Maybe I was overthinking it. Christoph was away from the pack at the moment, so it couldn't be him. For all I knew, Celene liked to whore around a lot. It might just be another man's scent. I wrinkled my nose in disgust. "Just get the hell out of my room and mind your business. Don't you have something to do today?" Her lips curled into an evil expression as she clicked her tongue. "Actually, I do. Packing your load for you. Dad's sending you out of the pack! He has ordered me to call you to the pack's palace now!" Before I could say anything else, she bolted out the door, her chuckles reverberating in the corridor. Panic settled in my guts as I paced my room. What did she mean? I was going to be sent out of the pack.? And from her tone, I knew she wasn't joking. Ella would be the last person to enter my room on a normal day. Something must be up. I freshened up quickly and walked the road that led to the palace. As I approached the door, I could hear hushing voices. "We can't just marry her off to the Lycan king. You know his reputation." My heart stopped dead as words drifted out, and so did my legs. Who were they marrying off to the Lycan king? Surely it couldn't be me. I shook my head as I pushed the door open. "What took you so long, Omega!" My stepmother, Valerie, hissed as she fixed me with a disdainful glare. I ignored her and shifted my gaze to Dad, who sat beside her, wearing a complicated look as he avoided my gaze. "Dad, I heard you summon me!" I saw him swallow hard in his throat as he turned to Valerie. "Your stepmother has something to tell you!" He went all silent again, just as he'd always been since Mom's death. He was only the alpha by title. Valerie did all of the Alpha's duty, and she made the call. Anger boiled in me. "Dad, you're the Alpha, and I request to speak with you. I will not receive any orders from this woman!" "How dare you!" Valerie growled as she sprang to her feet and lunged towards me. "I'm your Luna, you insolent Omega!" I saw through her attack and managed to duck, but she was smarter. She smacked me across the face with her left hand, and I staggered backwards from the impact. My face burned with the sting, and I grabbed my hurting cheeks, turning to face her in time to catch the menacing look on her face. "You useless omega runt! You are a stain on the pack's honour; how dare you address your Luna in such a manner!?" I grunted. "Luna, my foot!" A slap was what I got as a reply; this time it was harder, and it snapped all the air out of my guts as I struggled to maintain my balance. "It's so funny seeing a pathetic excuse for a wolf acting out. Shall I throw you into the cold throat of the dungeons like last time?" She gritted out, and panic seized me. Seeing the terrified look on my face, she sighed in satisfaction. "The Lycan king is visiting us today, and you can't ruin it for us. Go get yourself changed out of these rags you call clothes!" "No! I will not!" You can't just sell me off to a monster who I know nothing about. I won't act according to your wishes!" "Celene!" Dad growled. "I'm your Alpha, and you shall obey me! Get ready to meet the Lycan king!" Oh, now you're the Alpha? I sneered inwardly. "Guards, get her out of here!" He ordered Almost immediately, the guards lurched at me and tackled me to the ground while I struggled against their grip. They threw me to the cold floor of the hallway. Different thoughts competed for attention in my mind as I shuffled back to the royal villa. As I approached it, a car suddenly pulled up in front of the villa. It looked ever so familiar. It was my boyfriend Christoph's car. He was in town. I hadn't received any calm from him. He was probably trying to surprise me. A smile grazed my lips as I started towards the car, but I hadn't taken more than one step when the car's door yanked open and Christoph climbed out, his face looking as handsome as ever. However, when I saw the face of the woman who climbed out after him, my mind emptied. It was none other than Ella. My heart skipped multiple beats as I froze in my tracks. What was my bitchy-ass stepsister doing with my boyfriend? I killed the thought as quickly as it came. I and Christoph have been dating for close to three years now. There was no way he was cheating on me. He was beaming at her as they held each other's hands as they entered the villa. My pulse quickened as panic balled in my guts. I all but raced in and doubled up the stairs, listening carefully for the slightest sound. Just as I reached the last landing, I heard the sound of Ella's room's door clicking shut. With my heart thudding in my chest, I walked stealthily to the door. Almost immediately, I heard a chuckle, low and throaty. "You're so sweet, Ella!" Christoph's voice broke out hoarsely, and my heart clenched. "Sweeter than my sister?" Ella asked. "Yes. Sweeter than her." His voice was muffled as though he were trailing kisses all over her face and the nape of her neck, just like he used to do to me. Ella's moan grew louder, and my throat bittered at the thought of what was happening. I shook my head in disbelief. There was no way this could actually be happening. I was probably hallucinating. I bit hard into my lips till it bled, but Ella's loud moans never stopped. "Fuck me like you're a man, Chris!" She moaned, and I heard Christoph groan in response. I wiped my face as I sniffed back the emotions that were gnawing at me. How could he fuck my sister in the same house I was living in? They didn't only do the abomination; they even rubbed it in my face, challenging me to do my worst if I wanted. How could I even cry for them? I could continue listening to the door. I had to see it for myself. "Oh, Ella. I'm so close now. So close!" Christoph groaned. "No, dawg. Not so close!" I said this through gritted teeth as I pushed the door open. "Celene!" Christoph's voice trembled as a look of shock registered on his face.**Jade POV**I had just broken the link with Elliott when I saw Emma passing through my bedroom door looking sleepy and defeated.Juliet rose from the table where we were eating and came bouncing up to Emma. “Hi! I’m Elliott’s sister! What’s your name?” She asked cheerily, not feeling the vibe of the room at all.“Uh, hi. I’m Emma. It’s nice to meet you, I’m sorry if I seem upset I just—”“Oh, honey I know! Please, come join us. We’ve been waiting to talk to you. Call me Juliet!” She said, linking arms with a bewildered-looking Emma and steering her toward the seat next to me before taking hers across from her.Emma slumped into her chair, looking dejected and beyond hope. “Where should I start?”“Oh! The beginning if you don’t mind! These two didn’t want to share the details with me unless you said it’s okay and I don’t want to influence you either way but I’m something of an expert at creating my own problems so I may be able to help.” Juliet said seriously and Emma started to laugh
**Elliott POV**“Care to explain what just happened?” I turned to our guest, knowing exactly what the turn of events pointed to but a bit weary of letting this stranger chase after Emma. I needed to distract him until Jade had the opportunity to speak with her friend and make sure she was actually okay with speaking to this man and in the right frame of mind to do so.“That’s Emma; she’s my mate,” Logan said with an oddly unsurprised look which didn’t make sense since the last time he would’ve seen her, both of them would’ve been far too young to know they were mates. “I always suspected. I’ve been drawn to her since we were kids.” He answered the question I hadn’t asked out loud.I had to think back to what my mother had said about Jade and I, that we’d always seemed drawn to each other since the first time we visited after she was born. I tried to sift through my own personal memories to see if I could remember how certain I was that she was my mate and realized that I had always th
**Jade POV**“Emma?” I called gently, tapping lightly on her door. No answer. “Come on, Em. It’s just Cleo and I. We know what’s wrong and we just want to talk.” I tried to turn the doorknob but it was locked. I put my ear up against the door and heard light snoring. She was asleep. Cleo held a finger up, running down the hall to my office and returning with pen and paper. She scribbled a quick note before showing it to me.“Come to Jade’s room when you wake up. We just want to talk.” I nodded in approval of the note, and Cleo slid it under the door. “Now what?’ She asked.“Brunch?” I asked, knowing we’d only be a few minutes late and could have the benefit of some quality time getting to know Elliott’s sister without the group. Butterflies swarmed in my stomach at the thought of meeting her acquaintance without Emma or Elliott as security blankets, but I had the next best thing: my brand-new sister.Cleo smiled and linked arms with me and we headed for the elevator.I was fidgeting w
**Emma POV**I had to get out of there. I didn’t know what else to do besides bolt. Taking a moment to silently thank Elliott for giving me my own space just down the hall, I crashed through the door and locked it. What had just happened? My heart was racing; I didn’t know how to make it slow or calm down. I’d looked into a pair of striking green eyes and now everything was somehow different.“He’s our mate, you dumb bitch!” Leona, my wolf who had even less qualms about telling it like it was than I did, purred in my mind.“I don’t think he’s out mate, he’s too hot,” I confessed out loud. It was just her and I, why have a silent conversation? Especially when I was getting the sense that I’d need to vent my frustration through yelling.“We’re hot!” Leona retorted, offended I didn’t agree.“Not as hot as him, or as Jade or Cleo!” I yelled back. “He met them first, he’s probably so disappointed he didn’t get one of them! He’s going to reject us.”“I think you’re wrong. You didn’t even gi
**Jade POV**Jasper nodded slowly; his eyes still illuminated in an eerie way. “We hid you and ran to help Mom and dad. We thought we’d be able to get back to you. We thought wrong. Jasper didn’t know what to do, he was so afraid. I was still dormant, but I managed to find the strength to take over and carry him through.” He was looking stoically only at me as if we were the only two people in the world. I could sense Cleo’s eyes on me, could hear her sobs, but somehow, I couldn’t break this eye contact.“We were on our way up to the alpha floor when we saw Laurel. We grabbed her and told her exactly where to find you. She tried to make us leave with her, but we ran away before she could catch us. We had to help mom and dad. We couldn’t just leave them to die.” He sounded robotic, devoid of emotion, but I knew Axel had come forward to protect Jasper from having to speak through this new memory. While Axel seemed calm and in control, I could only conclude that Jasper was everything but
**Jade POV**“What do you mean? She was the beta’s daughter?” I asked Logan as more of a question than a statement, but I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt he was telling the truth. It was like it had all hit me at once.Chasing each other through the hallways of the packhouse, making flower crowns with our mothers in the forests, playing princesses, sleepovers, hide and go seek when Elliott and his family would visit, her having a silly crush on my older cousin when he moved to the—I looked to Elliott whose eyes looked almost the size of golf balls. What was he thinking? Was he remembering things too?“I think he’s telling the truth.” Elliott linked me and I nodded slowly, trying to refocus.“Well, let’s move past that part for now.” Elliott offered diplomatically. “We’ll circle back at the end of the story.”“Okay,” Logan sniffed, looking positively bereaved as if he were the one who’d done all of this and not his father. “Well, I looked for Emma and her parents, but all I saw was—wa
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