All Chapters of The Forbidden Claim: Three Alphas, One Luna: Chapter 1 - Chapter 3

I became a piece of property the exact second the champagne glasses clinked.The Obsidian Claw packhouse grand ballroom was shaking with the thunderous shouts of hundreds of wolves down the staircase. He was celebrating the wedding of the century. My mother, who was weak and smiling with her exhaustion, had just become the Luna Queen. She was married to Alpha King Thorne, who was the most ruthless and feared predator across the whole territory of the north.It was a beautiful union to the rest of the world. A widowed and ill woman who was rescued by a great King.But I knew the truth. Thorne didn't want a wife. He wanted a trophy. And worse still, bringing us into this citadel of black marble and silver, he had pitted me directly in the nest of his three monstrous, breathtaking sons.I ran down the dark arboresque of the east wing of the house, my bridal bridesmaid gown rustling too noisily on the heavy carpet. I needed to get to my room. I had to shut the door, take the curtains, and

Mine.The ancient, guttural voice echoed through my skull, vibrating against my bones with a terrifying, untamed power. It wasn't my voice. It was deeper, richer, and dripping with bloodlust.The brightness of my eyes shone through the obscurity of the room in the antique mirror like two stars. A pureblood Luna.Kaelen choked an airy breath over me. His huge body stiffened to the last drop. I caught the reflection of his ice-blue eyes, and his pupils were enlarged, his eyes fixed upon the unnatural flash of light in the glass. He opened his lips, his Alpha aura blazing in the air, his handsome, cruel face in utter confusion and shock.Cover it, my instinct of survival cried.I closed my eyelids with a bang and threw my chin immediately to my chest with a sob of pathetic misery. I bent my shoulders as much as possible, and made myself look as little and shattered and human as I could. My heart was beating against my ribs, in hope that he would shout, in hope that he would seize me and