LOGINNaïve and young, she-wolf Mariana Rose took the fall for her mate, Evan Hugh, agreeing to serve time in prison for a murder he committed. He promised to free her within a month—and marry her. But none of that happened. Instead of freedom, she received a wedding invitation from him and a death certificate of her father. Now, vengeance burns hotter than heartbreak. Furious to the core, she accepted a deal from a mysterious woman who bailed her out and arranged for her plastic surgery. Given a new face, Mariana is reborn into a princess. Under a stolen identity as the youngest daughter of the elite Silverthorne pack, she is ordered to infiltrate the most powerful pack in history. But her cover is threatened by the dangerous Rozen Ricks—the clan’s brooding alpha with a chilling aura, whose dark fearsome eyes pierce through her lies who seemed to know exactly what she’s hiding. He thinks she’s a threat, an enemy. She knows he’s a monster. And neither of them is ready for the forbidden fire that ignites between them.
View MoreMariana’s POVRozen stepped back only far enough to give me air.“Speak,” he said. “Tell me what you were so desperate to hide. Why did you lie? What made you do all of this?”My throat closed around the words as a mix of fear and guilt consumed me. Slowly, I lifted my head and met his cold eyes that almost bit my tongue in surrender. “Alpha Rozen, I did not lie because I wanted to hurt you. I lied because I had no choice. I had to protect—”“Yourself.” He cut me off and smiled smugly. “Always yourself. Of course, everyone should protect themselves.”“That is not fair,” I said in a soft voice. His eyes snapped to mine the instant I said that. “What is it that you say? It is not fair?” His nostrils flared as he growled. “You wore a false name. You stole my sister’s identity and name! You slept under my roof for free! You ate at my table. You let me defend you with my life and the entire time you were screwing at me! You were laughing behind my back because you successfully manipula
Mariana’s POVThe door blew open in my cell and five council members marched in with their robes flowing and their eyes locked on me like I was already a corpse they were preparing to bury.I flinched when they approached, not from fear, but from the weight of the judgment in their eyes. They looked at me with their trained eyes. They did not see a girl. They saw a threat that needed to be wiped out immediately.Rozen stood in front of them, unmoving. His aura flooded the room as the air thickened, heavy enough to force the council to stumble back a step. “Alpha Rozen,” one of the council members barked. “We are here to retrieve this lady for immediate trial. Your stepmother, Jezebel, asked us for an investigation. She claimed that this is Mariana Rose, the criminal who killed Alpha Phillips' former mate.”Criminal. That word pierced deeper than the chains on my skin.Rozen’s voice never rose but he did not need volume to strike fear because with just one growl, he took the attentio
Mariana’s POVBut still I deceived him. The one he has been waiting all his life manipulated him in the end. If that is not the worst thing to do, then I don’t know what is. I staggered as my knees hit the floor, the chains dragging with me. My breath shook uncontrollably.The memories that I got to peek inside his head due to the mate bond is replaying in my mind over and over again. He was never blind. He was never indifferent. He was never fooled the way I thought.He wanted me long before he ever admitted it to himself.The realization hollowed me out. He isn’t someone I can handle. “Rozen,” I whispered. “I never meant to hurt you. It’s just that…”I took a long breath. Am I ready to tell him everything? Can I tell him that, ‘oh, I went into prison for Evan’s murder but he betrayed me so I need to have my revenge with the use of your sister’s face and identity’. He stared at me with empty eyes and hidden animosity. For a second, I thought he would walk away but he inched close
Mariana’s POVThey dragged me across the stone floor back at the mansion like a criminal upon the order of Rozen. The chains around my wrists scraped loud enough to echo through the whole wing. My wrists ached from hours of restraint, the metal biting into skin leaving red throbbing marks around it. My ankles felt worse. Every step is like a trip to hell. By the time the guards shoved me back into my cold dark cell, my breath was shaking from the labor.But this does not compare to what I've gone through back in prison, I kept telling myself.I can do it. I can take it all until I can make Evan pay for what I endured behind bars.“Leave us alone!” a guttural voice came out from the back of the guards as they bowed before their alpha.“Yes, Alpha!”Rozen locked the door behind him as the guards left.The scent hit me first. Nirvana scratched against my bones wanting to run straight into our mate.But I know I couldn't. He is just too angry with me.Right from the moment that I climbed












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