Alyssa Targaryen

Mi hermana adoptiva, Sophia, la última loba blanca de raza pura de la manada Grell, fue violada y torturada hasta la muerte por un lobo renegado desconocido. Su nota de suicidio contenía solo una frase: [Lina vio su rostro.] A partir de ese día, me convertí en la mayor pecadora de la manada. Porque yo sabía quién era el asesino, pero guardé silencio durante cinco años. Hasta que mi hermano adoptivo, Damien, el Alfa más poderoso de Norteamérica, regresó. Trajo consigo el Dispositivo de Visión del Alma y extrajo a la fuerza recuerdos de mi alma de loba. Todos los hombres lobo a los que se les había aplicado el Dispositivo de Visión del Alma murieron o se volvieron locos. Mi loba fue torturada repetidamente en el dispositivo, pero Damien reprimió el dolor en sus ojos y rugió: —Cuando encuentre la verdad, te enviaré a ti y al asesino al infierno juntos. Pero cuando finalmente descubrieron la verdad, Damien enloqueció.

My Alpha mate Kieran ordered our eight-year-old son to burn my mother alive because his Omega assistant accused me of killing her pet dog out of spite. Kieran's eyes were filled with impatience and disgust. "You're supposed to be our pack's respected Luna. Why would you target an innocent Omega? Whatever harm her pet suffered, your mother will endure the same. Your mother is paying the price for your jealousy!" I fell to my knees, begging Kieran to spare my mother. But he commanded our seven-year-old son Owen to light the fire himself. My son didn't hesitate for a second as he threw the torch into the pile of wood. "That's what you get for always going against Aunt Sera!" I screamed and cried, desperately begging them to help me put out the flames. "Please, I'm begging you, take my mother to the healing center..." "Enough, Aria. Your mother is still lying in the hospital bed. That's just a training dummy. Stop putting on this pathetic act." After saying that, father and son walked away without looking back. They didn't know that it really was my mother burning in those flames. But when I finally gave up on them and left, why did they both come crawling back, begging me to return?

After ten years of being mated, I discovered my aloof Alpha mate had been keeping a sunshine-like Omega lover. That Omega could bring warmth and light to everyone she meets. My Alpha mate, Dominic, who had spent his childhood in the doldrums, was easily attracted by that kind of pure warmth. That very night, I presented him with a mate bond severance agreement. Dominic sneered coldly as he tore up the agreement, throwing a psychiatric evaluation at me instead. "Sign this. Admit you have delusional disorder, and I'll send you to the best mental hospital to live out your days. I know all about your dirty little tricks. I won't give you any chance to hurt her." So, all these years… every little thing I’d done to protect him? To him, it was just despicable scheming. I refused to sign. Dominic had me bound and tortured with silver powder, watching coldly as I convulsed in agony. He even had our two five-year-old pups hung from the bow of massive ships about to collide. "Either sign, or watch them get crushed to pulp. Your call." I dropped to my knees on the deck, banging my head against the wood like a madwoman, begging him to let me sign. But it was too late—I watched helplessly as my pups' small bodies got torn apart by metal shrapnel. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day I discovered he was keeping that girl. I decided never to love him again. But after I left him, Dominic suddenly went mad searching for me everywhere.

Three days before my marking ceremony, someone set fire to the bridal shop while I was inside trying on my ceremonial dress. Alpha Marcus threw the arsonist into the pack prison, sentencing them to the harshest punishment our laws allowed. I lay in the hospital bed, my body covered in third-degree burns, refusing to wake fully as the reality of my disfigurement sank in. In my semi-conscious state, I heard Marcus speaking with the pack's healing witch. "Alpha, we can still heal her completely with the ancient magic. If we wait any longer, Sarah will bear these scars for life! You just want Miss Rachel to be your Luna at the marking ceremony. This is cruel beyond measure!" "Let her keep the scars. I'll provide for her for the rest of her life, but if she's healed, she'll definitely cause trouble at the marking ceremony." "I promised Rachel that her pup would be welcomed into the pack with full honors. Only when Sarah is completely disfigured will she be grateful enough to raise Rachel's child as her own. The scars are necessary - at least this way, she won't dare mistreat the pup." In the corner of the room, where no one was watching, a tear slid down my burned cheek. So this was the truth. The marking ceremony I'd dreamed of was nothing but a lie. The mate bond I longed for would be my death sentence. If that's how it had to be, I would give him what he wanted.

On my son's fifth birthday, my Alpha mate allowed his childhood sweetheart Sarah to pick him up from school. I discovered through the tracking device on his watch that he was near the edge of the forest. Having heard reports of rogue wolves attacking in the area recently, I anxiously rushed over, determined to bring him back immediately. He refused to leave with me. While we were locked in this standoff, several rogue wolves burst from the treeline and attacked us. During the fight, I was wounded badly, blood streaming down my face, while I kept my son safely behind me, completely unharmed. But when my Alpha mate arrived to rescue us, he ran straight toward his childhood sweetheart who was hiding off to the side. "Aunt Sarah is a delicate Omega with no fighting ability, Dad. Save her first! Mom, you're so strong, just hold on a little longer!" my son called out. I watched them leave, a bitter smile forming on my lips. They all seemed to ignore the silver dagger piercing my heart as I protected my son. I was dying.

Après la mort de mes parents, j'ai été adoptée de façon inattendue par l'Alpha et Luna, devenant ainsi la seule humaine sur un territoire de loups-garous. Pendant vingt ans, leurs héritiers jumeaux, futurs Alphas, m'ont couverte d'affection. Leur poursuite et leurs faveurs rendaient tout le monde follement jaloux. Mais lorsque j'ai voulu choisir un compagnon, ils m'ont tous les deux rejetée. Kane a dit, « Je veux d'abord me concentrer sur l'expansion de notre territoire. Je ne veux pas trouver une compagne aussi tôt. » Liam a dit, « Les humains ne peuvent pas porter la lignée d'un Alpha. » Le lendemain, lors de mon banquet d'anniversaire, ils ont tous les deux demandé en même temps la main de la fille de la servante Oméga. Pour lui faire plaisir, ils m'ont forcée à boire de la liqueur 'Flamme de Sang', une boisson que les humains ne pouvaient absolument pas supporter. J'étais complètement anéantie. Le jour où j'ai été autorisée à sortir de l'hôpital, j'ai appelé ma mère adoptive. « Je suis prête à épouser le Roi Vampire. »

On my wedding day, my arranged fiancé abandoned me and chose my sister instead. As I became the laughingstock of every elite guest in attendance, my business partner James Crawford shocked everyone by publicly proposing to me with a passionate declaration of love. After we married, he was incredibly attentive, especially during my pregnancy when he catered to my every need. I thought my suffering had finally ended. Until I overheard his confession to my sister: "I've only ever loved you." James's voice carried a passion I'd never heard him use with me. "Marry her? I was only after her resources, connections, and her talent for making money. She's nothing but a useful cash cow." "Now that she's pregnant, even better." His tone was coldly calculating. "With the baby, she'll be even more dependent on me, more devoted. She'll never leave." Everything I had treasured—our love, our marriage—was all a lie. Learning the truth, I turned and walked away without a word. I was done with this charade. Everything that belonged to me, I would reclaim with my own hands.

The night of my first shift at eighteen, my two older brothers brought home a twelve-year-old orphaned Omega. My alpha brother seized the rare healing herb I'd spent all my savings on—herbs meant to ease my first transformation—and gave them to her instead. "You're strong enough," he growled. "You don't need such precious herbs." My beta brother snarled with fury, pointing toward the door. "Get out! Don't come back!" I said nothing more, just grabbed my packed bag and left. They assumed I was merely throwing a tantrum, that I'd return in a few days. My brothers, finally free of my presence, took the orphan girl on an international vacation to the Caribbean islands I'd always dreamed of visiting. Many days later, when they returned to the pack, they were shocked to discover I'd accepted an offer from the neighboring pack's Head Healer. The position required fifteen years of isolated herbal research. I could never return home. That night, they fell apart.

I was preparing a gift for our six-year anniversary when my best friend sent me a photo of my Alpha boyfriend kissing another she-wolf. "Wait, when did you get to Chicago?" The she-wolf in the picture looked a lot like me, but it wasn't me. That's when I found out that my boyfriend of six years had been searching for replacements for his dead childhood sweetheart the whole time. I was number 5. The she-wolf in the photo was number 18. I rushed to Chicago and tracked down Lucas using his phone's location. "Dude, this number 18 really looks like Ally, even more than Sophia does!" "Nah man, Sophia still looks more like her. She's number 5 after all - if she didn't look so much like Ally, why would Lucas have stuck with her for six years?" Lucas flicked his cigarette ash, looking completely relaxed: "They both look pretty similar, but number 18's way better in bed. Sophia's too uptight." "I heard you had someone pick out a diamond ring. You planning to propose? To Sophia or this new chick?" Lucas leaned back into the couch with a cocky grin: "Haven't decided yet. Why don't you guys choose for me?" I turned around, my whole body shaking as a chill ran from my head to my toes. After calming down, I texted my best friend: "Your Alpha cousin, the one who had a crush on me and waited four years - is he still single?"

À la veille de notre cinquième anniversaire d'union, je m'apprêtais à lui annoncer mon héritage : la meute de mon père Alpha. C'était alors que je les ai surpris, lui et la louve qui jadis m'avait tant humiliée, échangeant un baiser passionné. « Cinq ans à jouer cette comédie, il est temps d'y mettre fin. » « La voir accourir comme un chien obéissant était si ennuyeux. Quelle idiote... Se laisser berner par un faux certificat d'union ! Croire qu'une orpheline pourrait devenir la Luna de la Meute de l'Ombre Lunaire ? Si elle n'avait pas eu un minois acceptable, je n'aurais même pas daigné jouer ce rôle. » Chaque mot m'a transpercée comme une lame de glace. Un tremblement incontrôlable m'a parcouru l'échine. Cette lumière dont je croyais avoir été sauvée des ténèbres du harcèlement... n'était qu'un leurre perfide, un mirage d'infidélité... Dans ce cas, je rejetterais sans regret cette comédie mensongère !