Bliss is killed and thrown in the river by her cousin and fiancé-to-be three days before her marriage; it turns out he just needed her powers. She eventually did not die, came out from the water, and eventually crossed into the most notorious packs. There she meets Alpha Kharo, her fated mate and her ex-fiancé's brother. What happens now? Will she be accepted, rejected, or something more sinister? And what happens when Bliss notices Liam is Kharo's brother?
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The house smelt like old wood and faint traces of lavender. Uncle said it was because of the cedar shelves lining the walls, but I thought I smelt more like memories – some bitter, some sweet, and a whole lot of silence.
I sit on the edge of the threadbare couch, nervously twisting my fingers. Across from me,Ria was stretched out like she owned the place, one leg casually draped over the armrest as she scrolled through her phone without a care in the world. She got up, smirking. “You’re biting your nails again, Bliss,” she said with the teasing tone she always used. “You need to chill; it’s just a wedding, not a war.” I managed a weak smile. “It’s not that simple for me, Ria”
She raised an eyebrow. “Why?” Demonstrating with her hand, she continued, “ Liam is decent enough, right? My dad picked him out himself.”
I looked away. “ I guess. I just…… I don’t really know him. And I’m not great at the whole fiancé thing.”
Ria rolled her eyes, flipping her hair back. “You’re so dramatic. He's handsome and has power in his Pack. Bliss. That’s solid and strong. You’re lucky he’s even interested.”
“Have you gone to his Pack before?”
“I mean no, but I’m pretty sure his Pack is what he says it is.”
I turned to her. Easy for you to say .” I sighed, “You’ve got George. You two seem… perfect.”
Ria snorted, “Perfect. Please don’t let him hear you say that.”
I tilted my head. “Why? He doesn’t seem like much."
She shrugged but caught the twitch of my lip. "Whatever, Bliss, you’re too uptight. My dad thinks Liam is a good match, and my dad knows best, right?”
Just, then uncle’s voice came from the kitchen: "Ladies, dinner is ready.”
Ria jumped off the couch with a look like I needed to step up my game. I stood and followed them into the dining room. Uncle stays at the head of the table, eyes sharp behind his glasses.
“So,” he began clearing his throat, “how is the wedding planning coming along?”
I chewed nervously on the inside of my cheek. “It’s… Okay, I’m still figuring things out.”
Uncle nodded, eyes unreadable. ” Good. Liam is a fine man, a solid pack. We need that alliance.”
I swallowed. "I know,“
Ria smirked. "You see, there is nothing to worry about,” with her eyes on her plate.
I wanted to believe her, but something tight twisted in my chest. This wasn’t about a marriage. It was about politics , survival, keeping the pack safe and me? I was barely holding myself together.
After dinner, I escaped to my room. The small space was cramped, but with photos of Mom and Dad on her nightstand, their smiles frozen in happier times. I traced the frame with my finger.
“I miss you”, I whispered .
A knock at the door startled me. It was Ria looking, less mug now, a little softer. “Come in,” I said. She walked to me and patted my shoulder where I sat on the bed.
“Hey,” she said quietly. “Don’t take all this so hard, alright? You’ll be fine with Liam.”
I gave her a small nod. "Thanks, Ria."
She hesitated, then she added, “Just don’t let your my dad push you too much. It’s your life, Bliss .”
That surprised me, Ria, the queen of 'it's all about me', showing a sliver of kindness.
I smiled genuinely for the first time that day. “Okay“, I said.
She smiled back and left the room. I stood up and followed to close the door. But even as I closed the door, the doubt crept back. What did Liam really want? Did I even have a choice? And what if I wasn’t ready to be anyone’s mate yet?
I flopped on the bed, staring at the ceiling. Tomorrow was another day, and this wedding felt like the beginning of a path I didn’t want to walk but had no choice.
The wooden floor moaned under pressure just outside my door. right on time.
“ Bliss”, Ria’s voice rang out with the sickly sweet tone she reserves for moments she’s about to be unbearable, ”You’re not seriously still in bed, are you? You know Liam would think he’s marrying a corpse.”
Another day, another reason to pretend I’m okay. I closed my eyes and sighed deeply. Slowly. Dramatically.
The door creaked open without permission as usual.Ria stood there, her silk pyjamas hugging her like they were sewn into her skin. She gave me a once-over and wrinkled her nose.
“You really are going to do the ghost bride aesthetic, huh? I respect your commitment.”
“Good morning to you too,” I muttered, sitting up and brushing the curls from my face.
She grinned, all teeth and smugness. “Just trying to help; we can’t all roll out of bed and look like death on toast.”
“Some of us prefer honesty over false advertising,“ I said, tilting my head at her makeup-caked face
Ria gasped, clutching her chest like I had stabbed her. ”Wow. Starting the day with shades? I’m proud.”
She strutted away, humming like she hadn’t just insulted me. In three different ways. I dragged myself out of the bed and walked over to the mirror; my reflection looked tired, eyes slightly swollen, skin dull, and lips in. Flatline. But I didn’t look broken.
Not completely anyway.
Downstairs my uncle sat at the table, hidden behind his newspapers like it was his personal fortress. Tea’s on the stove,“he muttered without looking up.
I poured myself a cup, bitter as always. My uncle believed sweet tea made people soft. I sipped it anyway.
He finally peeked over the paper. His eyes scanned me the way someone checks a grocery list: “Wear the blue dress when Liam comes,“ and he went back to reading his paper .
No “please. No. How are you?”
He raised his head again. "Just instructions," he replied.
“Okay,“ I replied, even though every cell in my body wanted to scream no.
Satisfied, he returned to the news like that was the end of the conversation.
Ria glided in a moment later, still in her pyjamas, flipping her hair like she was walking a runway.
“Ohhh, you’re drinking tea too?” She asked, eyebrows raised, “I did think bitterness suited you. Ohhh wait…..”
I smiled without teeth. “You’re hilarious. I hope someone laughs eventually .”
She laughed at herself and leaned on the counter. “You know you should thank me. If I hadn’t introduced you to Liam, you would still be single.”
“You introduced me? I thought Uncle did.”
She blinked and then smiled tighter. “Same thing.”
The hours dragged. I cleaned the living room top to bottom; Ria floated behind me, offering suggestions I didn’t ask for.
“You know.” She said, sprawling on the couch like Cleopatra, Liam’s used to high-class women; maybe try not to trip when he walks in.”
“Thanks for the tip; I’ll add ‘walk normal to my to-do list,” she beamed.
“That’s the spirit.“
I paused mid-swipe. “You know Liam”
She avoided my eyes and lowered her voice. “Nope, just a rumour.”
By noon I was dressed in the blue gown. Simple, safe – the kind of dress that says, “ I’m trying but not too hard.” My hair was braided neatly down my back, and my heart beat down my throat as I waited for the inevitable knock.
It came.
I opened the door to find Liam Prestine in black and grinning.
“Bliss”, he said, reaching for my hand, “you look…… breathtaking.”
I fought the urge to roll my eyes. From the beginning, Ria materialised like a particular smug shadow,
“ Liam”, she purred, “Did you not miss me?“
He leaned forward and kissed her cheeks. “How could I not ?”
I stood between them smiling like I wasn’t seconds away from throwing up. The living room became a performance space; my uncle took centre stage, his arms crossed. “All is set, then?” He asked, and Liam nodded confidently.
“The ceremony will be intimate, and elegant.”
“Ugh,” Ria groaned, flopping onto the couch. “So boring. If it were my wedding, I’d have a white wolf with golden collars and flower petals falling from the sky.”
I looked at her flatly. “Maybe you can add a unicorn or two for good luck.“
Ria gasped, “Don’t tempt me!”
The rest of the conversation blurred – dates, details, guest lists. I nodded when I had to and smiled when expected. As Liam stood to leave, he turned towards me, eyes softening in that deliberate way that seemed rehearsed.
“I hope you're as excited for this as I am,” he said.
I tilted my head. “You have no idea what I'm feeling.”
He chuckled like I had just confessed a crush. “We will fix that soon.”
He walked out, and I didn't follow.
Bliss"Thank you for coming," Kharo began, his voice carrying easily across the hall. "I know many of you have questions. About the deaths. About what happened at the temple last night. About the threat we're facing."The crowd murmured, restless.An older wolf near the front spoke up. "Four of our pack members are dead, Alpha. We deserve more than vague reassurances."I recognized him, Solas. One of the pack elders. His eyes were sharp, his posture challenging."You're right," Kharo said calmly. "You deserve the truth. So here it is: we're being hunted by an ancient wolf named Lycaon. Some of you may have heard the legends. He's real. And he's using dark magic to harvest souls from our pack."Gasps rippled through the crowd. Several wolves shifted nervously."Why?" someone called out. "What does he want?""Power," Kharo said. "He's building toward a ritual. One that requires the deaths of multiple wolves and the capture of someone specific." He gestured to me. "Bliss."Every eye in t
BlissWe barely made it out of the temple alive, Lycaon’s attack had been brutal, dark magic that felt like it was trying to tear us apart from the inside out. Kharo had shifted mid-battle, his massive wolf form launching at Lycaon with a fury is never seen. Calla and the warriors had fought with everything they had.But we'd been outmatched.Lycaon was ancient. Powerful. And he'd been playing this game for centuries while we were just learning the rules.We'd retreated when it became clear we couldn't win. Kharo had grabbed me, literally grabbed me in his jaws, carefully but firmly, and carried me out while the others covered our escape. The humiliation of being rescued like a pup stung, but I'd been too exhausted to argue.Now, hours later, we were back at the compound. Dawn was breaking over the eastern ridge, painting the sky in shades of blood and gold.I sat in Aria's medical wing while she checked my injuries. Nothing serious, bruises, a few scrapes, exhaustion that went bone
Kharo "Then we fortify. Lock her down. Keep her safe until we figure out what they want.""She won't accept that. She's not the type to hide while others fight." I closed the file. "And forcing her into confinement might push her away. Make her question whether she can trust us.""So what's your plan?""Information first. I need to understand what Lycaon is planning. What the ritual requires. Why Bliss specifically." I stood. "And I need to do it without showing my hand too early."A message alert flashed on my computer. I pulled it up—security feed from the western boundary showing fresh magical residue."The old temple," I said. "Someone's been there recently.""Lycaon?""Possibly. Or Ria." I grabbed my jacket. "I'm going to check it out.""Not alone, you're not." Calla was already moving toward the door. "I'll assemble a team.""Small team. Discreet. I don't want to spook whoever's been there."Twenty minutes later, I was heading toward my chambers to change into tactical gear whe
Kharo I watched Bliss leave my office and felt my wolf claw at my chest.The howl that echoes through the territory is unmistakably Lycaon's. I've heard it before, centuries ago, when he was still bound to this land. The sound of something that walks between worlds. The sound of something ancient and hungry.It accelerated the timeline.I stood at my window and stared out at my pack grounds, at the wolves moving nervously through the compound, at the uncertainty settling over everyone like a shroud.Four missing. Four dead. And now Lycaon has made his presence known, which means he's ready for the next phase.Which means I'm running out of time.I pull up the files on my computer—everything I've gathered on Liam over the past two months. The surveillance reports. The magical signatures. The pattern of deaths that all trace back to him.My brother had become something I didn’t recognize. Something that feeds on pain and power and the desperate hunger for immortality.When did he becom
LiamI've stopped counting how many I've killed.The numbers blur together after a while—units of energy, signatures of power, fragments of consciousness all merging into one intoxicating whole. Each death brings me closer to something I've spent my entire life chasing.Transcendence.Lycaon sent me to specific locations years ago, marking specific people. I've stopped questioning why. The answers don't matter anymore. Only the hunger matters. Only the power matters.Elena took longer to harvest than the others. She'd fought, clawing at the air like she could claw her way back into her own body. The sound of her screaming had been exquisite,raw and primal and real in a way nothing else in my life has ever been.Derek was easier. By then, he'd already accepted what was happening. He just knelt and waited for the end, his eyes empty of hope.I keep their energy stored inside me, bound by the dark runes I'd carved into my bones years ago. I can feel them there, pieces of consciousness, f
Bliss"We find out what Lycaon wants," Kharo said "We find out what Liam is planning. And we stop them before they stop us.""Ria is going to be a problem," I said "I saw her watching me leave Liam's chamber last night. She looked ready to burn something down."Kharo's expression hardened . "Ria is desperate. Desperate people make mistakes. Let her make them.""She could hurt the pack.""Or she could lead us to Lycaon." He moved back to his desk and pulled up a map of the territory. Red dots mark the disappearances. Three of them clustered near the western ridge. One farther out, near the old ruins. "I think he's been using one of the abandoned temples. Somewhere old enough that dark magic would resonate with the stones. Somewhere away from pack eyes.""Why would Liam work for him?" I ask. "Liam enjoys power. Working for someone else means he doesn't have it.""Because Lycaon is offering him something Liam can't get on his own. Immortality. Dominion. The ability to harvest souls inde
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