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Fear

CaraAs an Omega in one of the biggest packs in North Idaho, I've long accepted the harsh life my status brought upon me. My name is Cara, and I'm an orphan. I lost both parents in one night. During a collective hunt neither of them wanted to join, but were forced to do so by our arrogant Alpha Markus. I was sixteen then, and ever since their death, life has been hell for me and my sisters. My mother taught me the importance of the mate bond. She told about the mating ritual, how I'd first be bred by my mate in front of everyone, then marked by him. I hadn't given much thought to it until tonight.Tonight. I'll be bred and marked by my mate tonight. I've had a whole lifetime up till this point to prepare. But now, all I want to do is bolt out of this room and run away, faster than my legs can carry me.If Mother were to be alive and I tell her about my fears, I know she'd pinch my chin and say, "Weakness is of the mind. Confront your fear head on and watch it flee."I miss her.I know

Dress

CaraOutside, a Beta with dirty blonde hair and cerulean blue eyes snorts as he gives me a once over. My throat tightens, self-consciousness creeping in. He cocks his head to the side with a snort. "This is what you wasted my time for?" I bite my bottom lip as he shakes his head and twists away. "Silly."I exchange glances with Hana, contemplating if I should change the dress or something but she pushes me, whispering. "What do you think you're doing just standing there? Pay him no mind and hurry after him."I nod, and wasting no time, take quick steps after him over the sharp stones that filled the path from our shack, past the major entrance of the Omega quarters, to the pack village. The run down shacks morph into nice buildings as we advance, smoke curling from their chimneys into the bright night sky. Our pack territory is set off from the wild by strong, barbed wire fences. It's been effective in keeping the rogues and zombies off. According to a reliable source, the zombies hav

Rejection

Cara“If you want to play tough, then I'm game.” He growls, tossing me onto his bed, a fierce hunger in his eyes. “I love a good challenge every once in a while. I prefer a mate who fights, than one who just cower and lays there like a sack. Undress yourself. Now.”I bounce on the mattress and rush, dragging my knees forward as I curl myself close to the wall, far away from him, my heart pounding wildly against my chest for escape. Fear makes me rigid. Makes me slow and before I know it, he leans over and catches my arm, then drag me toward him. His hands fall in my gown, his nails digging through the thin fabric, ripping it even more.Seized with fear, a scream wrenches out of my throat, and I tussle him off blindly, launching a well-targeted upper cut at his jaw. “Leave me alone, you monster!”He barely stumbles back from the impact of my fist against his jaw. When I try to throw him a second punch, he catches my hand, his lips curling up into a manic smile, his eyes hovering over m

Flight

CaraI hurry to his sides, clasping my hands together. If Markus finds out, he'll kill me and my sisters. Possessing magic is highly intolerant. "I'm a mere wolf like you Ronan," I insist, fear making me choke. "I'm not a witch. I swear. Please don't go. Let's make this work. I promise I won't resist you." I reach for his hand but he flips me off, his face scrunching up, lips twisting in disgust."Don't fucking touch me, you filthy witch. I, Ronan Astor reject you, Cara Archer as my mate. From this moment forward you cease to exist to me. Get out of my way!" He shoves me aside roughly, grabs his belt from the floor, and storms out.Pain engulfs my body, slicing right through my chest and core, my wolf whimpering at his words. My knees buckle, as the fire spreads around my body, my shoulders slumping, back hunching until I lay, writhing on the ground, broken from within."No. Please. D-Don't do this..." I plead, extending my left hand toward the direction of the door where he left from

Death

CaraCaraVoices from farther in the pack territory reach me. They're searching for me, coming this way.Desperately, I throw myself into the gap in the wire fence.Someone seizes my arm from behind me, pulling me back into the darkness behind my hut. Fear punches me in the gut as I stumble back around, tripping over my own feet. I jerk my head up to a dark form standing over me, a snarl slipping past his lips.Ronan.Shit!"You fucking bitch!" The punch comes out of nowhere and I don't see it until it collides with the side of my face. My legs crumble under me, and I'm screaming with agony as I fall over. Pain spreads up the side of my head, and my vision blurs in and out. I land on my side and stare out through the wire fence and to my sisters sprinting away. They are just two shadows vanishing, blending into the dark, already so far that I doubt anyone's noticed them leaving.Don't you dare stop.He grabs me by the arm and drags me across the ground, my head still spinning, my visi

Saved

CaraTwo weeks later."Wake up."Chaos wracks my skull as I fight to open my eyes, to respond to the insistent tapping on my shoulder."Wake up!" The voice insists more urgently.My eyelids slowly peel open. The sky is a hard grey – it has to be a little past midnight. The lower part of my body feels like it is filled with a bag of rocks. I swallow, my saliva sour, my lips cracked, and my entire body on fire. A middle-aged woman with striking white hair and haunting purple eyes stands next to me, looking over her shoulders every second frantically, as though someone might spring up on us any moment now."We have to leave here. Quickly," she says absentmindedly, not even looking at me. I can't concentrate on what she's saying. On anything at all except the obvious truth that I'm a failure. I lost Ronan. I lost my mate. I lost everything, including my sisters.Everything Mother prepared me for... I failed her. I failed Hana and Leora. I failed my pack.I failed my mate.Trying my best t

Cards

CaraTwo Months Later"Oh, fates!"Correy's excited yell brings a few glances to us briefly. I place the set of cards down on the table and look up at him, goading his excitement. He's a regular customer, a younger Beta who's never found his fated mate and is determined to discover where she is. Every week it's the same question. But who am I to complain when his payment earns me my place in Magda's little cottage and takes care of my feeding?The men who come here are all rogues, and today is just like any Saturday night. Laughter and beer dominate conversations all around us, but Correy doesn't seem to notice. He's concentrating on the cards. I make it very clear to the clientele that I'm not a witch. Whether they believe me or not is their choice.I found out days after she saved me that Magda is a Ruined too. Banished from her pack for killing the Alpha who had almost succeeded in molesting her right in front of her fated mate. She was rejected and almost put to death, but Magda h

Caged

CaraMy eyelids flip open, and I'm back in the cottage. Involuntarily, a scream rushes past my lips. Startled, I push away from the table and Correy. The chair under me swings backward, taking me with it, and I fall over, my legs catching under the table, bringing that down with me too. Tarot cards are tossed into the air, the candle thrown across the room. Everything happens so slow, yet my heart is galloping, my throat squeezing shut.Leora's death.Hana's death.No, no no!I scramble to escape the tangle of the table and chair while Magda abandons the tray she's carrying to help me up. Tears blur my vision, and I'm unsure of what I just saw. I've never had visions before... never. That can't be what I experienced.Correy looks at me anxiously. "What the hell was that? You kept screaming Leora's name. Is that who you see as my future mate?"I blink at him, unable to think straight. My teeth gnash as part of the vision still holds onto me, sliding over my mind. Magda exhales. "I'm so

Bargain

CageSonofabitch.I’ve been standing, watching from the window, studying Cara from the moment the raging Alpha thought it was okay to try and strangle my grandmother and drag Cara across the room to make her pay. It’s a norm around this area. Alpha doesn’t get what he wants, and he takes something else from an Omega. Yeah, it’s the fucking circle of life. But today, that bullshit has frustration pinching across my brow. Especially as it involves my grandma as well.So, I asked Sloane to fix the problem. I don’t order kills on just anyone, but when it comes to a bastard in my way, I believe in cutting straight through to get what I want. In this case, Cara.“Cage,” she repeats my name as though I hadn’t heard her the first time. The little Omega stands with shock on her gorgeous face, those amber eyes almost alight, her full lips parted, and I can’t help but wonder what they would taste like. Her scent mingles with the smell of fire in the room. I could easily let myself fall prey to t

Hopeless

Cage“Leora,” Cara gasps, her body trembling, and when she looks back at me, there are tears rolling down her cheeks. I’m not surprised often, but this reaction takes me utterly off guard. It’s rare to see such emotional connections in this world. Back home, I had never seen my parents shed a tear, not even when my sister was taken by force and given to the enemy as part of a treaty between our clans.When my grip slackens, Cara’s lips twitch into a smile, and the next thing I know, she’s pulled free and is sprinting toward the cave. She hugs Leora and they both vanish inside.I push forward and follow them. I doubt my family would ever show such enthusiasm to see me, except Grandma Magda. But fuck them. They’re the reason I’m in Romania to stake claim of my own territory, to find a way to save my sister because my parents are doing fuck all in the name of not angering the enemy wolf clan.With the small pack of followers I’ve gained, it’s enough to establish my own territory, seeing

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