All Chapters of Shattered by three, claimed by none: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Sage's POVI couldn't avoid the whispers at school, but I tried. I kept my head down, wore my hair over the mating marks on my neck, and stayed away from crowded hallways. It didn't matter. The pictures had spread too far, and everyone knew.By the time lunch came around, the entire school was talking about me. Not about who I'd slept with—no one knew that. They just knew that compromising pictures of my naked body were circulating, that I had mating marks from three different wolves, and that I was apparently sleeping around with men I wouldn't even name.In the cafeteria, I sat alone like always, trying to make myself invisible. But invisibility wasn't an option anymore. Girls pointed and laughed. Boys made crude comments about what I might do for attention. Even the teachers looked at me with disappointment, like I'd personally brought shame to the academy.The worst part was watching the three boys move through the school like nothing had happened. They didn't acknowledge me. They

Sage’s POV7 years later.The rain fell in sheets, turning the enchanted forest into a blur of silver and grey. My massive silver wolf form moved through the trees with practiced ease, my daughter perched securely on my back, her small hands gripping my fur. Seven years. It had been seven years since I'd escaped that territory, since I'd fled to the human lands with nothing but desperation and a growing child inside me.Everything had changed the moment my daughter was born.The pain of labor had shattered something inside me, unlocked something that had always been dormant. My abilities—the ones that should have been nonexistent in an omega—had exploded into existence with a force that terrified the midwife attending me. Shadow weaving, had evolved into something far more powerful. I could manipulate darkness itself now, bend light and shadow to my will in ways that defied explanation. I could move faster than should have been possible. My senses were heightened beyond anything an or

Sage's POVI watched the three men I hated most in this world stand between me and the armed strangers who wanted my daughter. Seven years of rage sat in my chest like a living thing, but I did not have the luxury of indulging it. Milo was behind me, her small body pressed against my legs, and every instinct I possessed screamed at me to run.I wished I had not wasted those minutes arguing with Kael, Vex, and Cass when we first woke up. Every word I had exchanged with them was a second I could have used to put distance between us and the vehicles that now blocked our path. But regret would not save my daughter.I turned my head slightly, just enough for Milo to see my eyes. She knew this look. We had practiced it in safe houses and forest clearings, in the quiet moments between running for our lives. I held her gaze and gave a single small shake of my head. Do not use your powers unless I tell you. Do not let them see what you can do.Milo nodded once. Her face was pale, but her mouth

Kael's POVThe drive back to the territory felt longer than it should have. The vehicle's engine hummed beneath my hands as I gripped the steering wheel, my knuckles white against the leather. Vex sat in the passenger seat, his eyes closed but his jaw tight. Cass was in the back with Sage and the girl, though I refused to look at them through the rearview mirror.Things had spiraled completely out of control.I had come to this forest looking for the cure with Vex and Cass. The mission was supposed to be simple. Find the cure, extract it, and return as the Alpha who saved his people. My father's condition was worsening. The council was watching my every move, waiting for me to fail so they could challenge my claim to the throne. I needed this cure. I needed to bring something back that would silence every voice that doubted me.But nobody told me the cure came in human form.A child. A seven-year-old girl with dark hair and eyes that watched me like she was already calculating my weak

Sage's POV I did not have the energy for this. But I also did not have the patience to tolerate her any longer. "You can insult me for as long as you want," I said, keeping my voice low and steady. "I do not care what you call me. But what I will not stand is you insulting my niece. Keep her name out of your mouth." Mara's eyes narrowed, and a mocking smile spread across her face. "Since when did you grow a backbone? Is it because you cannot accept what you are? A slut who spread her legs for three unknown wolves? I bet you terminated the pregnancy" She tilted her head, her smile turning cruel. "I wonder where those three men are now. They probably forgot you even exist. You were nothing to them. Just a warm body they used and discarded." I wished that were true. I wished I could forget them as easily as they had forgotten me. But the bond in my chest still pulsed, connecting me to three souls I had spent seven years trying to hate into silence. "Believe what you want," I said. "B