All Chapters of This Mate Bond Is Poison: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Chapter OneShe had forgotten what warmth felt like. The cold, the darkness… they were all she had left.The damp walls of the dungeon reeked of filth and rotting straw. Shackles clanked as Eileen Sanders stirred, her limbs too weak to resist the pull of gravity. The wounds on her wrists had dried into cracked, angry lines, and a testament to her three weeks of suffering. She didn’t know how long she had spent curled against the cold stone floor, only that she no longer flinched at the scurrying of rats or the dripping of water that never reached her parched lips. Hunger had gnawed at her for days, but the pain had dulled into an emptiness she had grown used to. Then, footsteps. The dungeon door opened and the sudden flood of torchlight made her squint, her body tensing out of habit. The last time they opened that door, she had been dragged out and beaten until she couldn't move. This time, a rough hand seized her arm and yanked her forward. "Stand up, traitor," the guard sneered

Chapter Three“Lilith, my darling. You came back.” her chest tightened. Suddenly his voice was soft as he kissed her on the lips. She was no longer afraid. Something in his voice had struck sympathy in her. How funny this was. When she should be frightened. Everyone in the pack knew who Lilith was to him. She was his childhood sweetheart. The woman he wanted to marry. But she mysteriously died. He locked himself in his room for fifteen years and only came out once in a while.Eileen didn't know what she looked like but she didn't think she looked like her. “My beautiful Lilith,” his fingers traced the line of her collarbone, his touch slow, and absentminded. The anger in his voice had completely faded, replaced by something quieter… something lost.Why was she feeling sorry for him? Her father had told her about how he lost his mother and sister. She never cared about the story. But now that she thought about this, she understood why his room had so many bottles lying on the ground

Chapter Five “Get out,” he barked.She didn’t move. Callister’s patience snapped. “I said, get out!” Eileen flinched but obeyed after the second time he shouted the words. She climbed out of the trunk on unsteady legs. She was trembling, and her arms wrapped around herself in a poor attempt to stay warm after she was out for so long.Callister barely spared her a glance. 'Not my problem.' he told his wolf when he noticed he wanted to say something. They were in this situation because of him. He didn't understand why his wolf had forced them to mate with her. That was so unlike him where women were concerned so why and how was she any special?He slammed the trunk shut and stalked the door to the driver’s seat. He didn’t care where she went. She could wander these roads until dawn for all he cared. She deserved worse. But just as he reached for the door, the deep rumble of engines filled the air. His grip on the door handle tightened. "Shit."He closed his eyes to count the

Chapter Seven Callister saw there was no way out of this. He was not only angry at his father, or the council of elders, he was also angry at the witch who got her into this. He was most angry at his wolf. Why could he not resist her? He had saved her because she looked like Lilith. Like her Lilith. But why did… His wolf did not even like his ex fiancee in the first place. So why couldn't he resist this wolfless slave? “Fine. I will marry her. But on one condition.” ‘You don't get to give a condition. You are…” “Let him say it.” Callister's father interjected. He could tell his father's interjection had annoyed the elder. “I want the Luna in my room.” He told them and they watched him as if he had grown a second pair of hands or a second head. “You did not want to marry her. Yet you want to share a room? No Alpha has ever shared a room with their wives.” The elder argued. “I'll grant you that wish. And that would be my last order as you take the throne from me.” his father w

Chapter NineEileen turned without a word and walked ahead, her ceremonial cloak following behind her like her only friend. Callister stood still for a moment longer, breathing in the gravity of it all.Marking. Marriage. And now, Alpha.All in an hour. And it was all because of his damn wolf.He followed her into the sacred clearing behind the hall, where the Circle of Elders stood waiting. The sky had darkened as if the Moon itself was holding its breath behind the clouds. Torches blazed in a perfect ring, casting shadows that danced like wolves around them.The air smelled of smoke, pine, and old magic.Eileen took her place to the side... as his Luna, by bond. She didn’t look at him as he stepped into the center, surrounded by the Elders and every eye in the pack.The oldest Elder stepped forward, his voice deep and ritualistic.“Callister Haemont, do you come before the Moon goddess and your Pack to accept the mantle of Alpha, not by blood alone, but by strength, sacrifice, and