All Chapters of Sara and the Conqueror : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

SARA’S POVPain! It was all I really knew. How dared I think I could ever be happy? I ran, trying to outrun the pain. My heart felt like it would burst. I would give my right arm to be able to shift at that moment, to let my wolf run loose and mask the pain tearing at me. But I had foolishly sacrificed my wolf eight years ago when I channeled my essence to a mate who didn’t want me. I snatched angrily at my tears. How dared I cry? Crying was for girls who had people that cared. I had nothing. I had no wolf, no family, no friends, and no mate. I was no one, and I had just realized I deserved only pain. “Sara! Sara, please wait!” I heard Claudia call out from behind me, but I only ran faster. I was afraid that if I turned to look at her, I would fall apart right there on the road. And then, who would pick up the broken pieces of me? “Sara!” She must have shifted because I heard the pounding of wolf paws on the cobblestones. Then she was beside me, her gray and black wolf coa

ALPHA RUNE GARTORI was bored. Listening to the spy I had just captured plead for his sorry life filled me with revulsion. Real men did not beg. They lived and died standing by their actions. “Alpha Rune, please have mercy! Prove to the world that you are not the ruthless, heartless Alpha they all claim you are,” the spy said, banging his head on the floor in front of me. I had to laugh at that. “And why would I want to prove that, my good friend? I’m exactly as heartless as the world thinks.” I smiled even more as hope died in his eyes. Ever since the All-Pack War, I had focused solely on conquering packs and acquiring power. Being feared was an added advantage. With a flick of my hand, I motioned for my guards. “I sentence this man to—” “Alpha Rune! She’s in danger!” Kayvon, my personal messenger, burst into the throne room, his eyes blazing with alarm. Who? I wanted to ask, but staring at him, I already knew. Little Miss Blue Eyes. Even now, I could still see her

ALPHA RUNE"You did it," Mari, the healer of a neighboring pack, told me as I stepped out of the special ward she had meticulously prepared for Sara. "You’ve injected life back into her and made her stronger than I thought possible. She has a zeal to live now—a spark that simply was not there when you first brought her broken body to me."I merely smiled at her, the expression tight and knowing. Little Miss Blue Eyes may not know it yet, but we are destined to be together. "I’m a charmer, Mari. Most people just don't care to see that side of me.""Charmer, indeed," Mari smiled mischievously, though her eyes remained professional. "You are easily the most feared and ruthless Alpha in the known world. I’m not sure anyone would ever believe that you actually possess this side of you—this... capacity for care.""Haven't you heard the term: 'don't judge a book by its cover'?" I shrugged my shoulders and offered a dry smile, seeing the irony in her statement. "Anyways, it’s best that the wo

ALPHA TRISTAN"The Moon Goddess has decided to finally bless me. Summon the war council immediately; I want this entire thing dealt with and finished before Alpha Rune, the Conqueror, decides to move her to the safety of Crescent Moon," I announced to the shadows, my voice echoing with a cold, renewed purpose. "Send for me the moment they are assembled and set," I paused to inform Yvonne, casting a sharp look back at her before I finally left the room to clear my head.It took more than two long hours of pacing under the biting chill of the early morning breeze before the message finally reached me that the council was ready. The sky was still a bruised purple when I made my way back toward the heart of our stronghold.The air inside the war room was thick, heavy with the scent of old parchment, stale coffee, and the metallic tang of sharpened steel. The gang was already gathered around the central table, each of them looking weary, as if they would rather be tucked back into their be

ALPHA RUNEThey say it was easy to get to the top, but remaining at the top was the problem. I had earned the title of the Conqueror during the all-pack war but the task of keeping control over it was the most difficult thing. I would have preferred being out there, fighting and conquering, but now that the battle was over, it was time for administration and leadership and these were not my best strengths.The transition from the battlefield to the Alpha Conqueror had never been an easy one for me. As the Alpha of the Crescent Moon pack, my "pressing matters of state" usually involved settling territorial disputes between lesser packs or reviewing the fortification of our northern borders. I sat behind my heavy mahogany desk, trying to read the final draft of a peace accord between three warring packs under my jurisdiction but my mind was miles away. It was anchored in a small, sterile room at Mari’s clinic."Alpha Rune? The council is waiting for your signature on the trade embargo,"