What Happens At The End Of Two Badges: The Lives Of Mona Ruiz?

Betrayed by her mate. Rejected by her pack. Bound by an agonizing supernatural bond. Luna Georgina has given up everything to build a future with Alpha Ryan, only to be publicly humiliated when he continues a passionate affair with Danica, his first love and now his pregnant mistress. When Danica starts spreading lies and turning the pack against her, Georgina loses not only her title but also her sense of self. When Alpha Marius, a powerful rival, offers her the chance to rise again, Georgina must decide how far she is willing to go to reclaim her power and protect those she cares about. But in exchange, Georgina must make an allegiance that only a Luna like her can. Georgina faces the storm with a burning spirit and a desire for vengeance. Betrayal, secrets, and power struggles will blend with love and loyalty for a Luna who will not be broken.

Luca and Aria’s union was an impossible one where pack tradition and rules exist but they were not going to let that deter them. But Luca’s relationship with Aria wasn’t going to distract him from his main goal of exacting revenge on the Shadow Moon Pack as he continues to assemble his army. They both have to navigate through the treacherous waters of betrayal, past memories and intricacies of power. With danger looming at every corner even those they fail to see, will the dark waters swallow them? Or will their feelings be strong enough to see them through?

They shattered her. Now she’s the storm coming to destroy them. For five years, Mona Smith was the perfect wife, silent, loyal, and invisible. Trapped in a golden cage, she clung to love while the Caldwell family tore her down piece by piece. They laughed at her. Belittled her. Treated her like dirt beneath their designer heels. Until the night it all fell apart. “Get out,” Emily Caldwell sneered, wine staining Mona’s dress like blood. “You were never one of us.” Framed. Humiliated. Abandoned by the man she gave everything to. The Caldwells thought they could toss her out and move on. But they made one fatal mistake. They let her live. Enter Alexander Kane, dangerous, untouchable, and worth more than empires. He offers Mona a deal: marry him, and he’ll give her the power to crush the people who destroyed her. Mona says yes. Not for love. For vengeance. But revenge has a cost, and Alexander has secrets darker than she ever imagined. As Mona claws her way into the ruthless world of power and privilege, she must decide: Will she burn them all to the ground? Or will she become the very monster she was trying to destroy? Because the most dangerous woman in the world… is the one they tried to break. --- "You wanted me broken?" Mona whispers, slipping on a diamond ring worth more than their entire legacy. "Congratulations. I’m broken. And now, I’m unstoppable." They wanted her silent. Now she’s their worst nightmare

"Up until now, my life made sense. Up until now, I had been sheltered away from a world where murder was acceptable and debts were payment. Now, I was exposed to that world, and the lies, secrets and favours were my new currency. The rules were easy to follow and even easier to manipulate. But the last thing I expected was to be thrown in the deep end, fighting for everything I loved." Emiliana was moving on from what she lost, her safety, security, and the love. But what happens when her bodyguard comes back and shows her that the life her family had protected her from, is the life she fits into?

My sister Brenda fell in love with Don Joseph Genovese because he saved her life once. She thought a man that dangerous had chosen her. Then she learned the truth. Joseph had only pulled her out of that riot because she looked like his wife, Maria, when Maria was young. Any sane woman would have walked away. Brenda decided Maria had to die. She tracked Maria’s schedule, planned a hit-and-run, and meant to play the heroic bystander after putting Joseph’s wife in the ground. If Maria was gone, Brenda believed she could take her place. In my first life, I stopped her. I knocked her out before she could make her move. I begged her to understand that Joseph was not some lovesick man from her mafia novels. He was a Don. If he found out, he would not just punish her. He would burn our whole family with her. Brenda cried. She nodded. She promised she understood. That night, she poured paraquat into my water glass. As I died, she whispered, “You ruined my shot at the big life, Sharon. So I ruined yours.” Then I opened my eyes again. I was back on the day she made her move. This time, I stayed where I was.

Six months to live. A tumor sitting where her wolf should have been. And on the day Mia got the news, she found her husband three floors away with another woman's hand in his. "Darian, I'm pregnant." Eight years as Luna of East Lake, and she was never more than a cook, a maid, a name on a title. Then, through her son's door, the last blow: "I wish she'd just vanish. Then you could be my mom for real." So she vanished on a midnight bus with one suitcase. A dying woman going to die somewhere better. She woke with a wolf alive inside her and the most powerful Alpha on the continent weeping at her bedside. Mia was the stolen heir of Red Moon, missing for eighteen years. Four years later, East Lake begs the world's finest doctors for help. They send Dr. Liliana Quinn. "You buried me," she says calmly. "You should have made sure I was dead." They threw her away when she was dying. Now their lives are in her hands.