Ceremony

Erika Regis dreamed of love and belonging, but her world has always been ruled by tragedy and secrets. Forced into a political union with the enigmatic Alpha Diego Di Rocco, she finds herself trapped in a cold, calculated marriage, fighting for acceptance in a pack that sees her as an outsider. But beneath Diego’s icy exterior lies a fractured soul, and as Erika battles to prove her worth, she begins to uncover dangerous truths about her tragic past, a prophecy that ties her fate to the survival of the Lycans, and the strength she never knew she possessed. Their mating ceremony is no fairy tale. Diego’s pack is steeped in tradition, secrets, and rivalries, and Erika is thrust into a world where she is both the object of scrutiny and the pawn in a dangerous game. Diego’s domineering mother, Dunia, and his cunning childhood friend, Lucia, conspire to test her every move, while Diego himself remains an enigma—distant yet magnetic, capable of igniting both longing and despair in her heart. When betrayal cuts deeper than any wound, Erika walks away—not to escape, but to reclaim her own power. Yet destiny has other plans. As enemies close in and war looms on the horizon, Erika must decide if her broken bond with Diego can be mended—or if she’s destined to rise alone. Gripping, seductive, and fiercely empowering, Dark Luna Rising will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final, heart-pounding page.

He was a wealthy heir who had never known hardship. Initially, he only wanted to toy with her, but gradually fell in love as they spent time together. She was his first official girlfriend, yet she only saw him as a "walking wallet." At their college graduation ceremony, when his friend publicly accused her of being a gold digger, he cruelly delivered the final blow that shattered her heart. After that, she vanished from everyone's life. Four years later, they crossed paths again, but she already had a boyfriend. When he was young, he didn't know how to love someone properly. Four years later, he had to face the bitter consequences of his actions. --- Hannah closed her tired eyes, feigning indifference as she said, "Settling down? Why can't I? I'm getting married." Darren leaned closer to Hannah, "Who would marry you now?" Hannah stood up and slipped on her heels, "I’m getting married this December, but I won’t be sending you an invitation.” Darren let out a mocking laugh. Getting married? Without his approval, who did she think she could marry?

I was born an Alpha’s daughter, raised with strength, honor, and the knowledge that leadership was in my blood. But my heart had other plans. I fell in love with Kael—a wolf who had never even dreamed of becoming an Alpha. He wasn’t the strongest. He wasn’t the fiercest. But I saw something in him that no one else did. He had a heart that cared, a mind that strategized, and a quiet strength waiting to be awakened. At first, Kael didn’t care for power. He didn’t want the burden of leading. But when the Stormcrest Pack was left without an Alpha, when the pack needed a leader, he had no choice but to step up. And I was there. I trained with him. I fought beside him. I built him into the Alpha he never planned to be. When others doubted him, I stood by his side, proving them wrong. I gave up my own place in my father’s pack to be with him, believing that together, we could lead. But love wasn’t enough. On the night of his Alpha ceremony, I waited, my heart pounding, believing this was our moment. That he would finally claim me as his mate. That he would acknowledge everything we had built together. But under the full moon, in front of the entire pack, Kael looked me in the eyes and rejected me Humiliated and heartbroken, I had nowhere to go. No pack to return to. No future. I ran. That’s when I stumbled into Shadowfang territory. And that’s when I met him. Alpha Asher. Cold. Ruthless. Feared.

"You killed her! Run away! Never come back to the pack. He will kill you. " ***** Eighteen year old Madison Willow had never expected her to be the mate of Alpha Jacob, her childhood bully who had body shamed her in front of the entire pack. But when the heat took over and Alpha Jacob mated with her, she dreamt of a life together with him. Her dreams shattered the next morning when her wolf felt the pain of betrayal and she found out about the engagement ceremony of Alpha Jacob and her step sister, Cassandra. Not knowing about how feral her wolf was, she attacked Cassandra in rage making her hanging on the thin thread for life. With Cassandra being dead and the orders for her execution out, she found her friend helping her to escape and start a new life. When she thought she had put everything behind, she gave birth to twins who one day brought an uninvited guest to their house. Alpha Jacob Guzman, their father and the man who had been hunting down their mother for years. Apparently, he wasn't angry at her, instead he insisted that she should return with him to the pack and be his Luna. But things weren't so simple now. Madison was a known model critique and she hated being deceived again. And, yes... Cassandra wasn't dead either. Will Madison and Jacob defeat their rivals and find out the truth? Will they get together on time before the bad people can hurt their pups?

Emberleigh, a 21-year-old woman, became an outcast when her parents were killed by the most powerful wolf pack when she was thirteen. She is a human and her mate, Maximus, is an Alpha with a large pack. He arrives with his three best friends three weeks before he and his chosen mate, Tiffany, are due to be mated. Emberleigh is pure, even though she works as a dancer at a local club and is one of the most popular dancers there. When he sees her, he feels the mate bond pull. Feeling rage and jealousy of other men watching, he orders a private dance for himself. She is wary of the wolves and despises them. She believes that the wolf pack, which happens to be Maximus', is the reason she has been orphaned. He must win her trust, her heart, and end the ceremony with Tiffany. Tiffany, heartbroken and enraged, seeks revenge against the human who replaced her as the pack's Luna. In order to tarnish Emberleigh's reputation, she is resorting to hiring external sources outside the pack. When she is left for dead in the middle of the forest, Maximus arrives just in time, finding Emberleigh unconscious and injured. With a mixture of fear and desperation, he carries her back to his pack's territory, vowing to protect her at all costs. As Emberleigh slowly regains consciousness, she finds herself torn between her lingering distrust for wolves and the undeniable connection she feels towards Maximus, who is determined to prove his love and loyalty to her.

Blurb Death was supposed to be her escape. Instead, it was just the beginning. When Isabella’s fated man is killed by her stepbrother and she died to escape his dangerous obsession, what she never expects is to get reborn. Now determined to protect her mate, she vows to rewrite her cruel fate. But the Moon Goddess has changed the rules. On the night of the mating ceremony, not only was she shocked that Asher doesn’t recognize her and introduces her to his brothers, she discovers that she is mated to the Triplets Alpha. Her mate now exists as identical triplets, all three bound to her by an unbreakable mate bond. And the peaceful new life she imagined? Shattered when she locks eyes with the one person who shouldn't exist in this world: Enzo. "Death couldn't separate us," he warns her. "What makes you think these three puppies can?" What happens when Isabella is trapped in a fate she can’t escape from, and she discovers her Triplets Alphas harbor a deadly curse that could destroy them all and Enzo will stop at nothing to claim what he believes is his. Can she defy destiny and carve out her own destiny?

In the werewolf kingdom, a she-wolf's happiest day is supposedly when she meets her predestined mate. But for weak omega Lyra of the Crescent Moon pack, this fated day brings nothing but humiliation and heartbreak. Her chosen mate rejects her and chooses her cousin Athena , her longtime bully and tormentor. Devastated, Lyra flees the mating ceremony and goes to a bar to drown herself in sorrow. In her despair, she has a one-night stand with a stranger and becomes pregnant. Shunned by her pack, gossip about her unwanted pregnancy spreads like wildfire. Lyra decides to escape the shame by running away for good. Her already sorrowful world is thrown into further chaos when she ends up crossing paths with the stranger from that fateful night. And it turns out he has a chosen mate who will stop at nothing to get rid of Lyra. Meanwhile, Lyra's former mate, who once rejected her, now seeks to reclaim her upon learning she alone holds a special power that can save his ailing mother, the Luna of their pack. Lyra finds herself trapped in a whirlwind of emotions as people only want to use her for their own needs. Or will she finally carve her own destiny in the face of those who betrayed her trust and wrecked her dreams?

Azrin and omegan vampire never thought his frenemy turned bestfriend would look at him as anything more than a begrudging house guest. Yet the night of Lexus's coming of age ceremony everything changes. While the two of them are more than satisfied with their new relationship status, the elders' continue to voice their outrage. Will Azrin be able to overcome the cruelty and stigma of those around him? Or will he falter under a lifetime of mental conditioning and avid oppression. Azrin with thrive if Lexus has anything to say about it; and he does, every step of the way.

ALPHA CEPHEUS LEVENTI stands as the most formidable leader among the Alphas, earning immense respect for his command over the powerful and expansive Loropoulus pack in the North. After years of seeking his destined mate among different packs, the 30-year-old Cepheus realizes that she has been within his own pack all along. CALLISTA REID, lives a quiet, peaceful pack life, she never shifted into her wolf form at eighteen, has felt like an outcast for the past four years. She steers clear of pack events, preferring to bake delicious pastries and bread with her grandmother and sell them in their bakery to the pack. Until one day, Callista decides to attend the mating ceremony to observe pack members finding their mates. As various packs gather at Loropoulus for this event, she unexpectedly locks eyes with Alpha Cepheus, her Alpha- little did she know, her life is about to change. All rights reserved. 2024 -Intimate_Ivy #Werewolf #Romance #Fantasy Copyright © 2024 Intimate_Ivy. All rights reserved.

After Sandra was divorced by her husband, Brian, she thought life was over until she discovered she was pregnant. Left only with a choice to return back to her parents house, she decided to leave the country and start a new life. She returned back six years later as a successful businesswoman with her hidden son. She hid her son from Brian so as to protect him, unknown to her that he had divorced her to protect her from a lurking secret. Their fate entwined again when they met at the opening ceremony of her company, and the hidden truths began to be revealed.