Who Are The Mal Brothers In 'The Covenant'?

Heartless. That is what people see when they look at Veronica Beckett. A cold, calculating heiress who feels nothing. She has never given them a reason to think otherwise. Only a few know the truth: Veronica carries her late husband’s heart, a constant reminder of the accident that killed him. When her company begins to collapse, she turns to the only solution she believes she can control, a strategic marriage to stabilize her empire before it falls apart. She proposes it to the one man who hates her most. Alden Sterling, a powerful billionaire who has every reason to want her destroyed. And he accepts. But not for the reasons she expects. Alden believes Veronica is responsible for his brother’s death, that her inability to love drove him to the decisions that cost him his life. This marriage isn’t just business. It’s revenge. It’s his chance to keep her close and make her feel everything she once denied. But the longer they are bound together, the harder it becomes to hold onto that hatred. What begins as a strategic arrangement shifts into something neither of them intended. The lines between resentment, obsession, and desire begin to blur. Veronica is forced to confront emotions she has spent a lifetime suppressing and a passionate desire she has never felt before. At the same time, the truth about the accident begins to surface, and the man behind it all has been watching. Now, Veronica must choose: Walk away and carry a guilt that was never hers. Or stay and risk everything for the man who married her to destroy her.

For generations, every male born into the Black bloodline has shared the same fate: Find their mate. Love her. Kill her. The entire werewolf world knows the story of the cursed Alpha twins. Vegas Black is obsessed with control. Every rule, every schedule, every decision is designed to prevent him from becoming the monster his father was. Virgo Black is barely holding himself together. His wolf is violent, unpredictable, and responsible for the death of their first mate. After burying the woman they were supposed to spend forever with, the twins made themselves a promise: They would never love again. Then they meet Kalani Taylor. At eighteen, Kalani has spent her entire life proving she doesn't need anyone. She may not have shifted yet, but she's already the strongest warrior in Dark Falls Pack and determined to become a pack doctor. So discovering she's mated to both cursed Alpha twins feels less like fate... And more like a death sentence. Forced to leave everything behind and move to Shadow Pack, Kalani quickly discovers the curse didn't just destroy the Black family. It destroyed an entire pack. Nobody gets too close. Nobody questions the rules. Nobody talks about the dead mate. And nobody dares challenge the Alpha twins. Until her. The problem? The more Vegas pushes her away, the more she wants to fight him. The more Virgo tries to stay distant, the harder it becomes to resist her. And for the first time in generations, the curse is reacting differently. Because Kalani isn't just another mate. She might be the one woman powerful enough to destroy the curse forever. If the twins don't destroy her first.

Investigative journalist Elena Cross has spent eleven months following a trail of suspicious corporations, secret payments, and government contracts that all seem to lead to one man: Adrian Vale, a ruthless billionaire whose influence reaches far beyond his business empire. To Elena, Adrian is the perfect villain—a powerful man hiding behind wealth, charm, and an immaculate reputation. Then, on the eve of publishing her investigation, Adrian confronts her with a devastating claim: She has been investigating the wrong man. Adrian reveals that the mysterious organization Elena calls the Covenant was created by his late father—a secret network built to manipulate businesses, political influence, and powerful institutions from the shadows. Adrian inherited the empire but has spent years secretly trying to dismantle the organization from within. He needs Elena's investigation. She needs access to his secrets. Neither trusts the other. Forced into a thirty-day alliance, the fiercely independent journalist and the dangerously controlled billionaire begin uncovering a conspiracy neither could have imagined. But as they work together, suspicion slowly gives way to reluctant respect—and an attraction neither is prepared to acknowledge. Then Elena discovers something that changes everything. Her missing mother, Claire Cross, was once investigating the Covenant alongside Adrian's father. And Adrian knows more about Claire's disappearance than he has admitted. As enemies close in and carefully buried secrets begin resurfacing, Elena must decide whether Adrian is the man who can help her uncover the truth... or the most dangerous lie she has ever believed. Because the deeper she falls for him, the harder it becomes to separate the man she desires from the man she may have to destroy. And somewhere in the shadows, the Covenant is waiting for them to make one fatal mistake.

A forbidden bond. A hidden bloodline. A kingdom on the brink of war. She was supposed to remain invisible. An omega servant. Forgotten. Powerless. Disposable. But on the night Alpha Aspen Emberwood is buried, everything changes. An Elder is murdered by a forbidden ritual blade. Ancient magic awakens. And before the entire pack, Rhae is bound to the two most powerful Alpha heirs—the ruthless Kaelen Emberwood and the compassionate Valen Emberwood. A bond that should never exist. Branded a curse, blamed for the murder, and hunted by the very pack she has served all her life, Rhae becomes the center of a prophecy older than the kingdom itself. As rogue wolves storm the borders calling her name, dark secrets buried for generations begin to surface. Because Rhae isn’t an ordinary omega. She is the last surviving heir of the legendary BloodMoon bloodline—a family the council slaughtered in an attempt to erase from history. Now two Alpha twins are destined to claim the same mate, a kingdom stands on the brink of civil war, and an ancient conspiracy threatens to destroy them all. One Alpha is willing to sacrifice everything to protect her. The other must choose between his duty… and the woman fate says is his. But when the truth hidden by their fathers is finally revealed, Rhae discovers her birth was never an accident. She was born to awaken an ancient power. And if she cannot unite the two Alpha heirs before the Blood Moon rises… The werewolf world will burn.

BOOK ONE: THE O'CONNOR BLOODLINE The blood brothers of the O'Connor family knew that the day of reckoning is descending upon them. After five hundred years of running and hiding, they return to Arcadia Falls with the hope of starting a new life. Protecting their family was their number one priority. But when their ripper brother returns and the Vampire Huntress learns about this unique family, she is left with no choice of slaying them or working with them to vanquish the Vampire King. With no memories of who turned them into vampires, one of the brothers sets out to find their predecessor while an August witch comes to Arcadia Falls to release what they cannot defeat.

I thought I knew who I was. I thought I knew what love felt like. Turns out, I didn’t know anything at all. Marvy was supposed to be my forever—until the night he went down on one knee and a stranger’s panties fell out of his pocket. In that moment, the illusion shattered. The man I loved, the life I dreamed of... it all turned to ash. I told myself I’d never fall again. I’d never let anyone close enough to hurt me. But then there was him—Darren Coldridge. Marvy’s older brother. The one they say has ice in his veins and no heart left to break. He scared me from the start. But when his eyes found mine, everything inside me changed. My pulse skipped. My breath caught. My body remembered something my mind refused to admit—I wanted him. I needed him. Now I’m caught between two brothers: one who betrayed me, and one who burns through every wall I’ve built. Marvy says he still loves me. Darren doesn’t say anything at all—but every glance, every touch feels like a promise he’s too proud to speak. And just when I think it’s only about love and lies, I learn the Coldridge family hides secrets far older—and darker—than either of them. Secrets that tie me to them in ways I never imagined. Because some bonds aren’t chosen. They’re written in blood, in moonlight… and in destiny.