All Chapters of Alpha Kazan and his hybrid mate: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Chapter One The Beginning Darling Kate’s POV I learned young that fear had a sound. Sometimes it was boots outside a locked door. Sometimes it was the scrape of a key turning slowly in a lock when I knew I hadn’t invited anyone inside. Sometimes it was my father’s voice going soft because he wanted something. And sometimes it was silence. That was the worst kind. The heavy, suffocating silence that came after you realized the person who was supposed to protect you had decided you were worth more as a bargaining chip than as a daughter. My name is Darling Kate Lewis. Most people called me Darling. My mother, Maeve, was Fae. My father, Nolan, was human. And somehow I had been born between those two worlds, never completely belonging to either one. For the first sixteen years of my life, my parents kept me moving between the mortal world and the magic lands. We never stayed anywhere long. Sometimes we lived in tiny apartments crowded between human buildings. Other times w

Chapter Three Mate Darling Kate’s POV We almost made it out of the ballroom before Prince Oberon stopped us. Almost. Kazan’s hand remained wrapped around mine as he led me through the crowd, his massive body cutting a path toward the towering double doors. I could feel everyone watching us. The whispers had changed. When I’d entered with Nolan, they’d whispered about me. Now they whispered about Kazan. About us. I caught pieces as we passed. “His mate?” “Impossible.” “Did you see his eyes?” “Alpha Blackwood paid Nolan two million—” I tightened my grip on Kazan’s hand. He glanced down at me. “You all right?” “No.” At least I didn’t have to lie. His expression hardened. “Do you want to leave?” “Yes.” One simple question. One simple answer. But it mattered. He hadn’t told me what we were doing. He’d asked. Maybe my little explosion in the ballroom had taught him something already. Or maybe the dangerous Alpha wasn’t quite what everyone claimed. I wasn’t read

Chapter Five The Rules Darling Kate’s POV I didn’t sleep. Not really. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the frozen words on the window. WINTER REMEMBERS HER. And every time I managed to drift off, I heard that other whisper. Come home. By sunrise, the frost had disappeared. The crown was gone. The words were gone. Even the crack that had split the glass after the burst of magic had somehow vanished. I stood in front of the window with my arms folded. “That’s not creepy at all.” A knock came at the door. I jumped. My heart immediately started racing. For half a second, I wasn’t in Blackwood territory anymore. I was back with Nolan. A locked bedroom. Footsteps. A fist against wood. Then a woman’s voice came through the door. “Darling? It’s Ophelia.” I exhaled. “Come in.” The door opened slowly. Ophelia leaned her head inside. “You decent?” “Yes.” “Good. Because Kazan sent me up here to make sure you were still alive.” I frowned. “He did what?” She stepp

Chapter Seven The Room Darling Kate’s POV The letter stayed on my nightstand all night. I hated it. I couldn’t stop looking at it. Every time I turned away, the words seemed to burn themselves into the back of my mind. Your mother did not die protecting you from Oberon. She died protecting what you carry. The Winter Crown has no throne without its heir. If you want the truth about Maeve, come north. I read it until I could repeat every word without looking. Then I read it again. By three in the morning, I had decided it was a lie. By four, I wasn’t sure. By five, I wanted to burn it. By sunrise, I was dressed and sitting on the edge of the bed with the letter folded in my hand. Someone knocked. Three soft knocks. Not Nolan’s pounding. Not a fist demanding I open the door. I still tensed. “Darling?” Kazan. I looked toward the door. “What?” “Can I come in?” That shouldn’t have surprised me anymore. It did. “Yeah.” The door opened. Kazan stepped inside carry

Chapter nine / breach Darling’s POV. One of the Guards rushed me back to the pack where Ophelia stood waiting for me. “Come on,” She grabs my hand leading me upstairs to the door at the end of the hallway. “This room is safe, the door is thick and unbreakable,” She pulled me towards the door but I walked to the window. The sudden silence, the urgency of the situation took hold. Rushing to the window overlooking the northern edge of the territory, the dense forest appeared as a sea of shadows under the moonlight. Below, the grounds were alive with movement. Spotlights cut through the dark, illuminating the silhouettes of several large wolves sprinting toward the tree line. A distant, jagged howl echoed from the woods—a challenger’s cry that didn't belong to the pack. A second later, a massive black shape erupted across the clearing, moving with terrifying speed toward the source of the intrusion. From the shadows of the northern trees, three gray wolves emerged to meet him. The bre