All Chapters of Alpha's Impostor Bride: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Leanna AveryThe sounds of screams and howls from outside the palace make me grip the heavy silk dress even tighter. Fear has frozen me in place, sitting in a room that was never mine, pretending to be the owner of this dress, this room, this palace. The smell of blood is thick in the air.The war has raged on for days, the Northern Wolf Kingdom showing off its fighting prowess while the Eastern Wolf Kingdom falls. The royals have fled, as have their maids. My eyes dart toward the fireplace, the only exit that can guarantee my safety. But Princess Vivian’s warning is still ringing in my ears. The whole purpose of my existence now is to buy her time to escape.My head jerks when I hear the shrieks of the servants down the corridor. Trembling, I get to my feet. I’m frightened. I don’t want to die. Not like this. Not right now.My head turns to the left, and I stare at my reflection in the beautiful mirror where the princess has spent hours admiring herself, hours holding up my bloodied

Chapter 2Cedric Raine“You’ve lost your mind, Cedric!”I lean back against my desk, arms crossed over my chest, as I watch the three men gape at me. If anybody else spoke to me in this manner, I would rip their heads off for disrespect, but these men are different. I trust them with my life.Even a king needs people he can trust.Derrick Fenrin, Edgar Lee, and Rothan Bader. I grew up with Derrick. Edgar saved my life during a battle. And Rothan? He’s the youngest of us all, the son of the head maid in my castle, Harriet. I trained him myself at her request. Their opinions matter to me but not about everything.“She’s the enemy,” Edgar points out, his demeanor unruffled. “You can’t be serious about this.”“We proved to the East that the North is not to be taken lightly. Their kingdom fell, and we captured their prized jewel. The girl is not the enemy. She’s a foolish female who can be used as a tool to control the remaining royal family of the Eastern Kingdom.”“But mating her?” Derri

Chapter 3Leanna AveryMy body aches as awareness flickers through me.I’m pressed against something hard, and I feel warm and comfortable. I don’t want to wake up. I snuggle deeper, not willing to relinquish this source of heat. My wolf is comfortably curled inside the recesses of my mind, content for a change.It’s the quiet growl that makes my eyes fly open. I am instantly looking into a pair of mildly annoyed, amber eyes set in a face that has been chiseled by the gods themselves. A startled “eek” slips from my mouth as I scramble backward, get tangled in the sheets, and fall off the side of the bed onto the hard floor.Groaning, I try to sit up but fail, my lower back hurting.The bed creaks, and the owner of the face, the king of the Northern Kingdom, walks around the foot of the bed toward me.“I’m sorry!” Petrified, I try to move away from him, but he just ignores me, lifting me—sheets and all—and dumping me back on the bed.“You sleep like the dead.” His voice is cool and una

Why does he looks so irritated? Maybe he doesn’t like seeing my face.“I just came to tell you not to kick up a fuss over this.”I blink slowly, trying to follow what he’s saying. “Over what?”“The separate bedrooms.” He sounds impatient.“I have no problem with it,” I murmur. When he looks angry, I wonder what I did now.“And I don’t want to hear any complaining about the mating ceremony.”“I understand.”Why does he look even more irked now?“You are a stand-in for the real princess,” he says harshly. “Don’t expect the same treatment that Vivian would have received. And don’t think you will get the same privileges. You are simply a substitute, so know your place. Don’t let your position go to your head. This room was designed for the real princess. You are not her.”My wolf flinches, the harsh and vicious rejection making it whimper in bewilderment. How do I explain to an animal who only understands instincts that our mate doesn’t want us? This isn’t a fairytale where the king rescu

I look up at him. “She’s my problem. I know how to deal with her.”“Step one would be to stop referring to her as a problem,” Edgar points out.I growl at him. “Don’t you all have something better to do?”Derrick starts to reply, but a knock on the door has him snapping his mouth shut and looking over his shoulder. Rothan opens the door, and Bella enters. I see Derrick’s expression change into that of a love-struck wolf pup.“What brings you here, Bella?”Bella narrows her eyes at him. “Nothing that’s any of your business. Don’t you have to go piss on a tree or something?”Edgar snorts, and I press my lips together. My childhood friend has been pursuing Bella for two years now. One thing about wolves is that we are relentless once we know what we want. Despite all the rejection he’s faced, my friend still thinks he has a chance. He’s also doing everything in his power to drive off Bella’s other suitors, including marking his territory outside her bedroom window.“Why?” Derrick winks a