Brief Concise

Rhea Hale, a young art restorer at the old Elaria gallery, lives a life of near-perfect calm—canvases, colors, and classical symphonies that fill her every day. But when she touches a mysterious painting titled The Moon Painting, something inside her begins to shift. Strange visions, eyes watching from the fog, and wild emotions she can't explain slowly start to unravel her peaceful world. Across the city, Kaelan Viero—the national hockey team’s captain—carries the charm and composure of a champion. But beneath the arena lights and public spotlight, there's a side of him he never shows… until his eyes lock with a stranger’s in the stands. That brief moment sparks something long buried. And from then on, neither of their lives remains the same. "One glance started it all. And after that... there was no turning back."

🔞 🔞🔞This book contains explicit sexual content and is intended for mature readers only. I traded my freedom for a last name. Now, I wear silence like perfume and lies like lipstick. To the world, I’m the elegant wife of Mattio — wealthy, powerful, untouchable. Behind closed doors, I’m his possession. A woman trapped in a gilded cage, drowning in a marriage built on control. Then came him. Maxwell. A stranger who touched me like I mattered — just once. A stolen night that made me feel alive again. But my brief escape shatters when I walk downstairs… and see him smiling in my living room. He’s not a stranger anymore. He’s Mattio’s long-lost stepbrother. Now I’m caught between the man who owns me… And the man who awakened everything I thought I’d lost. Secrets unravel. Desires ignite. And one wrong move could ruin us all. How do you forget the one man who made you feel human again—when he’s now part of your family?

Being part of a reserved family, Suki knows her place within the community of the Moonstone pack. She has her duties and she completes them perfectly, just as her father orders. As the daughter of the Beta, the second in command, she’s set to live a life of importance within the pack, helping to aid it to greatness, and that’s only meant to become stronger once she finds her mate. Like every other werewolf, she has dreamt of what it would be like to find her mate when she comes of age, to know what the power of the mate bond truly feels like. However, on her 18th birthday, she doesn’t just experience one bond… she experiences TWO. Two separate bonds with two completely different males - bad boy Brendan and the perfect soldier Reynard. How could this be? It defies the laws of nature, all werewolves are given one mate and one mate only. As she and her two mates try to understand their anomaly of a mate bond, they also have to deal with an even greater threat that’s approaching - something that’s not only a threat to their pack, but to the entire werewolf species. Will they be able to save the pack? And who will Suki choose as her mate to seal the bond? Brendan or Reynard…? NOTE: This is a spin-off story to my other original story, "The One True Alpha", and though it is not essential to read that story before this one, there will be brief mentions and appearances of characters from that story within this right from the start, as well as some potential for minor spoilers of that story. If you enjoy this story, then you'd likely enjoy reading TOTA too! (It's already complete, so check it out!)

In meinem vorigen Leben wollte mein Bruder nur deshalb eine Nacht unter Sternschnuppen für sein Sugarbaby draußen arrangieren, weil sie danach verlangt hatte. Also fuhr er mit all seinen Leibwächtern aufs Land, um ihr diesen Wunsch zu erfüllen. Unglücklicherweise nutzten die Feinde, die mein Bruder besiegt hatte, die Gelegenheit und brachen in unser Haus ein, um Rache zu nehmen und unsere Familie zu vernichten. Meine Mutter beschützte mich unter Aufopferung ihres eigenen Lebens, wurde schwer verletzt und schwebte zwischen Leben und Tod. Ich rief meinen Bruder mehrmals an und flehte ihn an, sofort zurückzukehren und uns zu retten. Schließlich kam er unwillig mit seinen Leibwächtern zurück. Die Feinde wurden gefasst, doch da erreichte uns eine schreckliche Nachricht vom Landgut. Seine Geliebte hatte einen Abschiedsbrief hinterlassen und war spurlos verschwunden. In dem Brief bezichtigte sie mich und behauptete, ich hätte absichtlich meinen Bruder weggelockt, damit sie von den Feinden gefoltert würde und schließlich Selbstmord begehen könne. Mein Bruder verbrannte gleichgültig ihren Brief und sagte mir, ich solle mir nichts daraus machen. Danach wurde meinem Bruder die Schuld gegeben, und mein Vater versprach mir, die Leitung des Familienunternehmens zu überlassen. Doch nach dem festlichen Bankett zum Erfolg wurde ich in meinem Schlafzimmer von meinem Bruder grausam getötet. Ohne jede Regung sagte er kalt: „So eine giftige Person wie du hätte schon lange sterben sollen.“ „Du bist derjenige, der sterben sollte, und das Erbe der Familie sollte mir gehören!“ Ich konnte dies nicht mit ansehen und starb mit ungeschlossenen Augen. Als ich meine Augen wieder öffnete, war vor dem Haus das Geräusch der eindringenden Feinde zu hören.