What Hidden Backstory Explains The Mysterious Scars Of Liath?

"I, Amelie Ashwood, Reject you, Tate Cozad, as my mate. I REJECT YOU!" I screamed. I took the silver blade dipped in my own blood to my mate mark. Amelie only ever wanted to live a simple life out of the spotlight of her Alpha bloodline. She felt she had that when she found her first mate. After years together, her mate was not the man he claimed to be. Amelie is forced to perform the Rejection Ritual to set herself feel. Her freedom comes at a price, one of which is an ugly black scar."Nothing! There's nothing! Bring her back!" I scream with every part of my being. I knew before he said anything. I felt her in my heart say goodbye and let go. At that moment, an unimaginable pain radiated to my core. Alpha Gideon Alios loses his mate, on which should be the happiest day of his life, the birth of his twins. Gideon doesn't have time to grieve, left mateless, alone, and a newly single father of two infant daughters. Gideon never lets his sadness show as it would be showing weakness, and he is the Alpha of the Durit Guard, the army and investigative arm of the Council; he doesn't have time for weakness. Amelie Ashwood and Gideon Alios are two broken werewolves that fate has twisted together. This is their second chance at love, or is it their first? As these two fated mates come together, sinister plots come to life all around them. How will they come unite to keep what they deem the most precious safe?

Book One in the Fate Bound Trilogy Born under a prophecy and raised in a nightmare, Zahra has spent her life starved, isolated, and hated as the unwanted daughter of a pack Beta. When her father finally snaps and attacks her, her body breaks, but something buried deep inside her finally awakens. Her wolf. Pushed to the edge of death, Zahra’s first shift is violent, conscious, and fuelled by pure survival. And when white fur surfaces, the truth becomes impossible to hide. She is no ordinary wolf. Chosen by the Moon Goddess and tied to a forgotten prophecy, Zahra is suddenly thrust into a future she never asked for, one filled with power, danger, and people who see her as something far more than she’s ready to be. For the first time in her life, she’s surrounded by friendship, loyalty, and the kind of male attention she has no idea how to trust. As feelings begin to form and bonds start to take shape, Zahra quickly realises nothing about these connections is simple. What draws her to them may be drawing them to each other as well. But Zahra has never belonged to anyone. Bruised, furious, and desperate for freedom, she refuses to become a pawn of fate, no matter how tightly it tries to claim her. Because destiny isn’t given. It’s taken in blood and battle. Zahra’s story is for anyone who’s ever been overlooked and dared to rise anyway.

Evren Draven was born with a mark no one could explain. For nineteen years it remained silent. Then ancient ruins buried beneath the northern mountains awaken, and the symbol hidden on his chest begins to burn. Pearl Ashbourne has spent her life hunting monsters and uncovering forgotten history. When several Wardens vanish near the newly discovered ruins, she is sent north to investigate what lies beneath the mountains. The mission should have been simple. Instead, every answer leads to another question. Why do the ruins react to Evren? Why do ancient symbols seem to recognize Pearl? And why do forbidden records speak of a forgotten race erased so completely that even their name should no longer exist? As buried secrets rise to the surface, Evren and Pearl uncover a conspiracy older than kingdoms, older than Lycans, and perhaps older than the gods themselves. Someone has been manipulating events for centuries. Someone has been waiting for them since before they were born. And if the truth is revealed, the world may never be the same again.

“I, Alpha Lucien Blackthorn, reject you as my mate and Luna.” Those seven words shatter Felicia Ashbourne’s world. Branded wolfless, worthless, and cursed since birth, Felicia spent four years loving an Alpha who only dared love her in secret. But when the beautiful Selene Ravenshade claims she’s carrying Lucien’s heir, he chooses his pack, his crown, and his legacy over the woman who would have given him everything. Rejected. Banished. Forgotten. With nothing but the clothes on her back and a strange birthmark she’s hidden her entire life, Felicia is left for dead until a mysterious kingdom rescues her and uncovers an impossible truth. She was never an orphan. She is the lost princess of Silvercrest. Her birthmark isn’t a curse. It’s the seal of the Moon Goddess’s Chosen Queen, and the wolf everyone believed she lacked has been waiting for the right bloodline to awaken. As kingdoms kneel before their rightful queen, Lucien realizes the greatest mistake of his life. But Felicia is no longer the broken girl he abandoned. She’s carrying a secret that could change the werewolf world forever four unborn heirs. Now an Alpha who chose power over love must decide how far he’ll go to win back the queen who no longer needs him.

Two weeks before the sacred Red Moon Rite, Thalira Whitmore was preparing for the night to finally be claimed by her boyfriend. Instead, her own sister destroyed her face with acid. Once admired as the Alpha's quiet and graceful daughter, Thalira became the Pack's shame overnight— a wolfless girl hidden behind scars, cruel whispers, and pity-filled stares. While her sister stole the life that was supposed to be hers, including the man Thalira loved. She was forced to live in the shadows, hated and forgotten by everyone. Until one reckless night changes everything. Humiliated during a school trip, Thalira slipped away from the crowd and found herself face-to-face with a dangerous stranger whose touch felt like sin itself. For the first time since the acid attack, a man looks at her without disgust plastered on his face. One forbidden night in his arms left her breathless. By morning, he was gone but left her a letter. "The next time we meet, you'll die." Weeks later Thalira found out she was pregnant. Unable to say who the father is, she was locked away till she gave birth. After giving birth, she was told that the child was a stillborn and died. Months later during the peace summit between the southern council and the northern territory, Kael and Thalira met again and recognized each other. Fueled by the hatred he had for her father, Kael requested Thalira as a prize for the peace treaty.

The city had always belonged to the rich and cruel. They knew this. But Elio had been naive, thinking he could do things by the book, believing in the power of the law. Until he was locked away for a crime he didn't commit and forsaken to rot. While Morrin, taken as a child, never had the luxury of naivety. And now, having fled from those who forged him into a weapon, he wants nothing to do with it all. When these two collide, both damaged, baring teeth, it doesn't go well. But they are forced together by plans of their revenge and escape respectively when it turns out that the same man stands in both their way. In the merciless wake of their shared enemy, they are confronted with harsh truths. They realise that Morrin may lose his freedom, and Elio’s pain-filled years may have truly been wasted. At a crossroads, they each realise that getting their goal comes with a devastating sacrifice and a heart-wrenching choice to give up the other. Who will do it? Will the destruction be mutual? Or will one be left loyal, damned, with a gaping hole in his chest?