Mystery 網路小說與 Intelligent Reject 故事

Maxine was never meant to survive the night she was born. Raised on secrets and half-truths, she becomes the new Luna unaware that her fate is tied to an ancient prophecy, a deadly betrayal, and a mate destined to fear her. Draven, the powerful High Alpha, has long lived under a curse: he will mate with the bloodline responsible for his family’s downfall. So when Maxine is revealed as his destined mate, he sees not only desire, but danger. As hidden powers awaken and long-buried truths unravel, Maxine and Draven are drawn into a bond that could either save their kingdom or destroy it. In a world built on lies, falling in love may be the deadliest betrayal of all.

Then his breath hit my ear. Hot. Controlled. More dangerous for how quiet it was. “You live because I allow it.” “Forget that again… little pup, it’ll be the last time.” *** Aurora is an omega. A slave with no memory of her past. Damon Bane is the Alpha they fear. Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable. And yet — she’s his mate. He would rather slaughter fate than be bound to something so weak. Then his pack starts bleeding. His battle for the throne begins to slip. And the only person who can stop it… is the slave he threw away. But Aurora is done begging to be chosen. So when he offers her a deal for her freedom, she takes it. Everyone knows a deal with the mad alpha never ends well.

He put his mouth on my throat in front of four hundred people, and nothing happened. A mate’s mark only takes on a true name. Nineteen weeks earlier my father put me in my sister’s clothes, poured her scent over my skin, handed me nineteen doses of the medicine I’ve taken every week since I was four years old, and told his own pack that I had drowned. He never told me what was in the jars. I never asked. I was grateful — nobody else in that house had ever given me anything. So I walked into Ashvale wearing a dead girl’s name, and Alpha Marek Thorne leaned in to scent the bride he’d paid a territory for, and found nothing there at all. Now the whole hall has watched the bond refuse me. Substituting an alliance bride isn’t an insult. It’s fraud against the pack, and the penalty is my life and my father’s land. So my Alpha stands up in front of all four hundred of them, and rejects me. He isn’t permitted to tell me why he did it. Neither is the old woman standing three feet away, who has known what I am since the day I arrived.