Celine — I was never meant to be a breeder. Not for him. Not for anyone. But when the Nightshade Alpha’s guards dragged me from my home, I learned that want didn’t matter, only blood did. They say I was chosen by prophecy. A rare-blooded Omega with power in her veins and a womb worth more than gold. Alaric Varkas didn’t ask. He marked me—claimed me—without remorse. But I’m not the girl he thinks I am. And I definitely won’t be the breeder he expects. He may have caged me, but it's only a matter of time until he finds out... I’m the storm he never saw coming. Alaric — One bite, and I sealed a bond I can’t undo. Celine was never supposed to be more than a means to an end; a vessel for power, a fulfillment of fate. But she defies me at every turn. Sharp-tongued. Reckless. Dangerous. She tests the edge of my restraint... and I keep letting her. Because she’s more than just rare. She’s mine. And when she vanishes—pregnant with my heir and carrying a hurt so deep I doubted she would ever move on from it—I realized I didn’t just claim her. I ruined her. Now I’ll burn every throne, tear down every pack, follow her to war. Because this time, I don’t want her as my breeder. I want her as my mate.
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Where do I go?
That was the only thought in my head. Over and over again like a drumbeat, louder than the sound of my paws hitting the wet ground. I didn’t know where I was going, didn’t know what part of the woods I’d already passed, but I kept running. I had to.
I couldn’t let them take me.
No—I wouldn’t.
The cold air whipped past my fur, sharp and cutting. Branches tore at my legs. The tiny bushes scratched at my sides, slicing into my skin like they were trying to hold me back too. I barely noticed. My lungs were burning, but I kept pushing forward, paws digging into the muddy earth beneath me.
It was dead in the night, but the forest wasn’t silent. Not tonight.
Howls. Screams. Crashes. The distant sound of someone begging.
Our pack was under attack. Again.
But this time, it wasn’t just any enemy.
It was the Nightshade pack.
An hour ago, they tore through our borders like they weren’t even there. Everyone knew who they were. Every territory had heard the whispers—their Alpha was hunting Omegas, capturing them like cattle. Like we were fucking breeding stock. And not just any Omega… no. He was looking for one. The one who could give him an heir.
Some stupid prophecy. Some “special Omega” the moon had apparently chosen.
Bullshit. All of it.
And now he thought she might be from our pack.
My chest heaved. I didn’t stop. Couldn’t stop.
I won’t be that Omega. I won’t be a body for someone to use and discard. I won’t be locked in some cell with a swollen belly while a monster watches me grow the heir he thinks he deserves.
My legs buckled a little, and I almost stumbled, but I kept going. I could hear them behind me—footsteps, snarls, the sound of pursuit getting closer. My body was giving out. My vision blurred. My paws were slipping on the wet leaves.
Omegas aren’t strong. We’re not built to outrun other werewolves or fight them off. We’re smaller, weaker, more sensitive to scent and sound and touch. I hated that. I hated that no matter how much I ran, I couldn’t outrun the reality of what I was.
“Don’t tell me you can’t catch a weak wolf!” a voice bellowed from behind, making my blood run cold. “None of you come back without her. She must not escape!”
I choked back a cry, ears flat against my head as I pushed harder.
“I can smell her along this route!” another one shouted.
Panic gripped me tighter than their claws ever could. Goddess, please. Please hide me. Don’t let them find me. Don’t let this be how my life ends.
I had one thing—one chance. The pouch tied around my waist bounced with every step, holding the key to a tunnel my mother told me about. A hidden path only she and I knew. If I could make it there, I could hide. I could survive.
But just as I tried to leap over a thick fallen branch, something yanked me mid-air. Pain shot through my hind leg. I crashed hard into the ground, my body skidding on the wet soil.
What the hell was it?
I looked down and saw a root—thick and twisted, sticking out of the ground like it had been waiting just for me. It had looped around my foot like a snare, tightening every time I struggled.
I thrashed, growling in frustration. The more I pulled, the tighter it held.
I had no choice. I shifted.
Pain rippled through my bones as I shifted back into human form, my limbs trembling violently. I was cold, soaked, naked except for the tattered silk gown I’d tied around my waist before I ran. My fingers fumbled as I tried to loosen the damn root.
I could barely see. My hands were shaking. My teeth chattered from the sudden rain pouring hard around me.
“She's close!” someone yelled.
Fuck. Fuck.
My breath caught. Rain mixed with sweat on my skin. My heart slammed against my chest like it was trying to escape. Move it, Celine. Move it!
I cursed in my head. Please, gods, just this once… help me get the fuck out of here.
And then—
A blinding light slammed into my face.
I froze.
It was so bright I couldn’t see. My eyes burned. I couldn’t even tell if I was still upright or lying on the ground.
“You little weak thing,” a voice sneered, full of mockery. “You really thought you could outrun us?”
The light moved slightly, and I saw them. Three of them, at least. I couldn’t make out their features right away, but their shadows were massive, towering over me. My limbs were too weak to run. I couldn’t even crawl.
“If it wasn’t for this dumbass root, you’d never have caught me,” I spat, my voice hoarse.
He didn’t like that.
One stomped forward and smacked me hard across the face. My head snapped to the side. Pain exploded in my cheek.
“Don’t hit her, idiot!” one of the others barked. “What if she’s the one Alpha chooses?”
The bastard who hit me grunted and bit the inside of his cheek. “We’ll say she fell while running. Fuck it.”
Strong hands yanked me up, and suddenly, like magic, the root let go.
Was it fear that kept me from noticing how easily I could’ve stood up? Was it exhaustion? Or was that root just another curse?
Either way, I was caught now.
“No! Let me go!” I screamed, thrashing against them. I clawed, kicked, bit—anything. But their grip didn’t budge. One held each of my arms like steel cuffs, dragging me between them while the third stayed behind me like backup.
I screamed again. “Let me go! I’m not going with you!”
But they didn’t care. I was just a job to them. Just another prize for their Alpha.
They dragged me through the trees until we reached the clearing behind my home—the back of the house I’d just run from not even two hours ago. I’d escaped through that back door. I never thought I’d be dragged back like this.
As we turned the corner, my knees nearly gave out.
My family.
My mother.
Held by three more of those bastards.
My mother’s eyes locked on mine. Tears streamed down her face.
I could see it on her face—she had prayed I got away, even if it meant she’d be punished. Even if it meant they’d be taken.
“She's feisty,” one of the guards said behind me. “So we made sure to grab the family.”
And then another man appeared. Taller, colder. Definitely their leader.
He stepped forward slowly, looking me up and down like I was meat.
“I advise you to behave and come with us,” he said, his voice low, calm. Too calm. “Or your family will suffer. And even if they die—we will still take you.”
His voice was familiar. The same one I’d heard barking orders in the woods.
I clenched my fists. My eyes met my mother’s again. I could see the pain in hers, the silent apology. The silent plea.
I had no choice.
No fucking choice.
I turned.
I followed them.
We walked for a while, no one saying anything. And then I saw it—the trucks.
They were filled with Omegas.
Caged. Terrified.
My stomach turned.
Maybe… maybe if I tried again—
I slipped my hand from the warrior holding me, heart racing.
But then—
A sharp pain slammed into the back of my neck.
Everything went black.
CelineThey talked louder now. The pack’s voices chased me down the hall like dogs. I heard the words before I saw the faces pressed behind doors and down corridors.“Alpha blood.”“Impossible.”“She’s probably dangerous.”Some sounded afraid. Some whispered like they wanted a story to tell at fires. A few sounded hungry, like vultures smelling a new body. It prickled under my skin. I kept my chin high and my step steady. If I stopped to meet their eyes they’d celebrate. I did not give them the show.By the time I reached his door, my side burned with every step. The bandage had shifted against the cut, I was supposed to at least be healing up fast since I have Alpha blood as they claim, but it felt like I was healing at the rate of my omega wolf; I’d tightened it myself to keep it from bleeding through. I’d refused the healers. I always did. Their hands felt like ownership, their questions like weighing scales. I trusted my own fingers more than their polite concern.I pushed the doo
CelineThe fruit was damp and cold in my hand. I chewed because the healers said I should, because not eating felt like giving them another win. The pear tasted like water and nothing else. The bowl slid a little on the tray when my fingers trembled. The room smelled of mint salve and old smoke. A bee of noise hummed from the corridor, metal on metal, a muffled voice, a cart. It sat somewhere outside the door and didn’t come in.The door opened and the air changed. He walked in and filled the whole room in three steps. I heard the soft slap of boots on wood and knew it was him before my eyes found his face. He had a shirt on and a bandage at the collar. He carried that quiet like a thing around his shoulders.“You’ve got that look again,” he said finally, voice low and rough, like gravel dragged across steel. “Like you’d rather stab me with that fork than finish your fruit.”I pinched the pear between my fingers and kept chewing because my hands shook if I tried to set the bowl down.
AlaricI was halfway off the bed when the door hit the wall.Cade burst in like a storm, eyes sharp, shoulders tight, ready to block me if he had to. The clinic light made him look older, or maybe that was just the night we had. My feet hit the cold floor and pain licked up my ribs. Silver left a different kind of burn. It crawled, it itched, it hummed under the skin like it wanted to live there.“I’m going to find her,” I said. My voice came out rough. I was already reaching for the shirt that someone had left folded on the chair.Cade planted himself between me and the door. “First you need to fucking slow down.”“I don’t have time.”“Alaric.” He didn’t raise his voice, but it cut. “Listen to me.”I stared at him and felt the old instinct to push through. He was my Beta. He knew better than anyone that once I started moving, I didn’t stop. He lifted his hands, palms out, not a challenge, a line.“I’m asking as your friend,” he said. “Not your Beta.”That pulled me up short. The figh
CelineThe first thing I noticed wasn’t the light. It was the whispers. Low voices, broken like wind slipping through cracks. They pressed around me before I even dared to move, hushed tones that carried weight—healers murmuring to one another, warriors pretending not to stare.I didn’t need to open my eyes to feel them on me. Their gazes were heavier than the bandages binding my skin. Their words weren’t meant for me, yet every syllable pressed close.“An Omega… fought like an Alpha.”“Did you see the way her wolf moved?”“It wasn’t natural.”Their disbelief seeped into me, making my chest tighten. My wolf. Why? The flashes came back uninvited, jagged pieces of memory that made no sense. Blood. Claws. My body tearing through enemies like it wasn’t mine. My wolf had done it, not me. She had taken control.But she saved him.I squeezed my eyes shut harder, hating that truth. The one man I swore I would never kill if I got the chance, yet my wolf tore me open to save him. Alaric. My mis
AlaricThe first thing that hit me was the ache. It wasn’t sharp at first, more like a weight pressing down on every muscle in my body. Then it grew, spreading heat through my ribs, my legs, my arms, until every breath felt like someone had driven nails into my chest.I opened my eyes slowly, not even sure I wanted to, because the blackness I’d been in had at least been quiet. Waking meant sound, light, memory—and the moment my vision cleared, everything I had tried to shove back slammed into me again.The ceiling above me was pale, smooth, too clean to belong to anywhere I’d expect to wake. Not the battlefield, not the dirt or the blood or the howls. It was a ceiling that smelled faintly of herbs and burning oil, sterile, careful. A clinic.For a moment I just lay there, blinking at it, trying to piece together how the hell I had ended up in one piece. My body disagreed—I was anything but whole. My hands twitched against the rough blanket tucked around me, and pain knifed through my
AlaricThe wolf came closer, her paws pounding against the ground, the thud of each step rattling straight through my skull. My chest tightened, every muscle in my body screaming to move, to fight, but my legs wouldn’t obey. My ribs burned where the blade had gone in, my breath jagged and shallow.Her eyes locked on me—sharp, burning, furious. There was no mistaking that look. I’d seen hatred before. I’d worn it myself like armor. But this… this had something else under it.The anger there made my heartbeat climb, each thud echoing in my ears until it drowned out the sounds of the fight around us.When she reached me, she didn’t slow. She growled—a deep, raw sound that seemed to come from her bones. The kind of sound that warned you death was one wrong step away.And then, one single word tore out of her mouth, rough but clear.“Mate.”The sound hit me harder than the pain already chewing its way through my body. My head jerked back, my breath catching like I’d been punched in the lun
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