All Chapters of Crown of Frost and Gold: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

“Asher Frost?” Tarryn gasped, dropping the book she was holding. She rushed over, grabbing Lydia by the shoulders to stop her restless pacing. “Are you serious? Lydia, no!”“Yes!” Lydia cried, her voice thick with anger and frustration. “My dad signed off on it today. The Elders want an Alpha female, so I’m the designated pawn. And the worst part is, Dad knows Asher already has Cindy Torelli hanging around him!”Tarryn’s face twisted in instant disgust at the name. “Cindy? Oh, Lydia, you have got to be kidding me. Word from the northern border is that woman is absolute poison. She acts like she practically runs the Frostwell pack already, throwing her weight around just because Asher lets her stick close. She’s manipulative, fake, and everyone knows she’s a total bitch.”“Great,” Lydia groaned, sinking into a armchair and hiding her face in her hands. “So not only am I giving up on ever finding my fated mate, but I’m being handed over to a man who’s already wrapped around the finger o

The signature of the formal documents dragged past noon, forcing Alpha Mason to extend a customary offer of lunch. Soon enough, the table was set, with Beta Cassius and Gamma Liam seated directly alongside the Caldwell family at the high Alpha table.Lydia sat quietly, nursing a glass of ice water to soothe her lingering hangover while her sharp green eyes tracked every movement across the table. It didn’t take long for her keen intuition to sound off subtle alarm bells regarding Cassius. The Beta possessed a slick, practiced charm, but beneath his refined exterior lay an insufferable arrogance that made her skin prickle. There was an undercurrent of sly, calculating darkness behind his eyes—something off and deeply untrustworthy that she couldn’t quite put her finger on just yet.As Cassius dismissively brushed off a polite question from Cynthia about the Frostwell pack’s winter preparations, Lydia caught a subtle shift in Gamma Liam’s posture. The thirty-year-old Gamma’s jaw tighten

A metallic hiss echoed through the clearing as small glass canisters shattered against the asphalt and the sides of the vehicle. A thick, sickening violet mist began to spill across the ground, smelling sharply of copper and scorched Earth.Wolfsbane gas.The Frostwell warriors choked almost instantly, their wolf spirits burning under the toxic chemical. The driver collapsed to his knees, clutching his throat before falling unconscious against the front tire.Liam swore brutally, tearing off a strip of his shirt to press over his mouth, his dark eyes ablaze with fury. “Lydia, stay down!” he yelled, but it was already too late. Two rogues tore through the mist, lunging straight for the open door.Lydia didn’t cower. As the daughter of Alpha Mason Caldwell, she hadn’t been raised to be a helpless trophy—she had been trained in hand-to-hand combat from the moment she could throw a punch.Using her petite frame to her advantage, she ducked beneath the first rogue’s wild swipe, driving the

“You’ve got a hell of a mouth on you, princess,” the scarred man said, his grin widening to reveal more yellowed teeth. He raised a hand, gesturing to the two men lurking in the shadows behind him. “Boys, hold her. Let’s see how much bite she has when she can’t move.”The two hulking figures stepped forward instantly. They were massive, their shadows swallowing Lydia’s small frame as they closed in. One grabbed her shoulders, his grip like iron, while the other pinned her legs against the cold stone floor.“Let go of me!” Lydia snarled, thrashing against them, but it was like fighting a mountain. The man on her shoulders leaned his weight down, forcing her back against the damp wall. “I’ll kill you both! I swear it!”“Yeah, yeah, we’ve heard it all before,”The two men laughed, a harsh, grating sound that filled the cramped cellar. “She’s a feisty one, Jax! I told you she’d be fun!”The man holding her shoulders leaned in close, his breath hot and smelling of tobacco against her ear.

Jax grinned, a cruel glint in his eyes as he unzipped. “Open up, princess. Let’s see how well you can please us.”He leaned forward, shoving himself toward her face without warning. For a split second, Lydia’s mind screamed—not a thought, but a pure instinct. Her jaw clamped shut, and she bit down with every ounce of strength she had left.“God—!” Jax yelped, recoiling instantly. He stumbled back, clutching himself, his face contorting in pain. “You little bitch! You actually bit me!”“She’s got teeth after all,” the scarred man laughed, though there was a edge of irritation in his voice. “I told you she was feisty.”“I’ll rip your tongue out for that!” Jax spat, his face flushing red with anger. He stepped back toward her, his hands balled into fists.He lunged forward, his hand connecting with her cheek in a stinging slap that made her head snap to the side. “You think that’s funny? You think you’re tough?”“She’s gonna regret that,” the scarred man said, stepping up beside Jax. He