Cold Palace

Celia Johnson, my boss's sister-in-law, joined the company as the finance director and announced that all reimbursements must strictly follow the standards. I spent an entire week running around for the company and finally closed a five-hundred-thousand-dollar deal. Because the client had used two extra packs of paper towels, the per-person amount for their meal ended up eight dollars over the limit. Celia folded her arms, glanced at the reimbursement form on my desk, and sneered. "Five hundred and eight dollars?" "Yes. Last night at The Peak Restaurant, where we closed Richard's deal. Zack was there too," I explained patiently. "Eight dollars over the per-person limit. Not reimbursable," Celia said coldly. I tried to reason with her. "This was a special case. The client is high-level, and the deal amount is large, and Zack personally said it would be fully reimbursed last night." She returned the reimbursement form to me. "I don't care who said that. Don't think closing a five-hundred-thousand-dollar contract lets you ignore company rules. Reimbursements must all follow policies. Everyone will follow them to the letter." I took a deep breath. I knew arguing with her head-on would get me nowhere, so I called Zack directly. Zack said, "I did say it would be reimbursed, but I never said company rules could be ignored. It's just five hundred. And you still get commission from closing the deal. You young people need to have perspective." I stopped arguing. I turned around and refused the delivery containing the hard copy of the five-hundred-thousand-dollar cooperation contract, smiling as I explained, "Company rules say all cash on delivery packages must be refused. "Also, today is my last day here. Starting tomorrow, I work for Richard's company. As the client, I will be setting the rules this time."

Scarlett is taken prisoner by the Lycan King, Draco after her pack is attacked. She is forced into becoming his concubine in the Coyote Palace. She is framed in his palace and sent to the cold palace. She is ambushed by Draco's men and falls to her death from the edge of a cliff. Years later, she has survived and returns as the fiancée of the Vampire King, Xavier who is seeking an alliance with the Lycan King. Her name is the Black Rose, and she is there to take revenge on everyone who had once made her suffer. But what happens when revenge turns to rekindled passion?

Odessa, a lowly maid in the werewolf palace was deceived by her mate, the crown prince. She ended up pregnant with him, but he refused to take responsibility, rejecting and choosing her best friend over her. heartbroken, she revealed to the council she was pregnant, but he denied her and requested a paternity test, which was about to be conducted before her friend murdered her in cold blood, all to conceal the truth. heartbroken and in rage, she called out to the moon goddess, begging for a second chance at life so she could get revenge, and her wish got answered in an unexpected way.

Katherine had no place in the Royal Masquerade Ball for she was only a servant of the Domil Pack. However, her friend Sandy snuck her into the palace, allowing her a fleeting taste of the royal ball. Amid the sea of masked werewolves, Katherine found herself swept onto the dance floor, unknowingly caught in the arms of Alpha King Luther Reeds. The bond between them was undeniable, but so was the cold anger in his eyes. Without knowing each other’s true identities, Luther rejected her with a harsh command not to show herself ever again, passing her off to another man with a trail of despise as he let her go. Ending the night with pain and hatred for each of them. Luther despised the mate bond, viewing it as a weakness unfit for a King. His only concern was choosing a partner of high status to bear his heir—love and bonds had no place in his plans. But fate had other ideas. Their paths crossed again, and this time, Luther took her—not as his mate, but only to be a servant in his palace. Katherine lived in misery, sorrow, and despair. She watched her mate betray her, use her, and bed any woman he wanted. She wanted to escape the palace, to leave the Alpha King, but she could not. Driven by the last thread of her sanity, she ended her sorrow—and her life—under the cold, emotionless gaze of the Alpha King. But her death was not yet the end, but the beginning. What fate awaits Katherine who was favored by the goddess who cursed the Alpha King? And what will happen when he learns that she is the key to breaking his curse?

Eden Briar never imagined her needlework would entangle her in a war. An orphan with a gift for sewing, Eden finds purpose as an apprentice in the city’s finest tailor shop. When she’s invited to the palace to help prepare for King Cassian’s engagement to the cold and captivating Seraphine, she’s filled with awe—until a single mistake changes everything. Drawn into the palace’s web of secrets, Eden discovers her estranged brother Erec—missing since their parents’ mysterious deaths—is alive and working for Cade, the infamous rebel king. Cade is more than just a criminal. He’s Cassian’s brother—his equal in power, his opposite in rule—and their bitter rivalry has torn the kingdom apart. Cassian offers Eden a chance: infiltrate Cade’s world, earn Erec’s trust, and help end the rebellion once and for all. But nothing is as it seems. As Eden falls deeper into Cade’s shadowed world, the line between enemy and ally blurs. Torn between two brothers and two visions of the future, Eden must decide where her heart—and her loyalty—truly lie. In a kingdom stitched with betrayal, love could be her greatest undoing.

After half a month of nonstop overtime, I secured a contract worth over ten million, pulling the company back from the brink of collapse. My boss, Richard Gray, was overjoyed. At the celebration party, he called me the pillar of the company and announced that he would reward me with a bonus. However, when the end of the month came, and I opened my payslip, I froze. Negative 250 dollars. A negative commission? I actually owed the company 250 dollars? I immediately called the finance department, asking if there was a mistake on my payslip. They replied, "No mistake. This is the cost calculation formula that Mr. Gray personally instructed us to use. He said you'd understand once you saw it." I went straight to Richard for an explanation. He laughed. "The contract that you signed, after factoring in the concessions, upfront resources, and hidden expenses, left the company with a net loss of 150 thousand. Since the loss was due to your personal decisions, you're responsible for five percent. That totals to 7500. "Considering how hard you worked, we deducted it from your base salary first. But your salary wasn't enough, so you still owe the company 250. Don't worry. The company treats its employees well. We'll write that off." Soon after, he awarded 100 thousand dollars to the newly arrived intern. I watched the newcomer, probably connected to Richard, cheerfully treat the entire company to dinner with her bonus, and something inside me just snapped. From that day onward, I did the bare minimum. I clocked in. I clocked out. Nothing more. Later, when a critical project went catastrophically wrong and the company faced a colossal compensation demand, Richard came begging me to fix it. I just smiled and said, "Sorry, Mr. Gray. I've already resigned. If there are any problems, you can ask the intern who got the 100 thousand dollar bonus to handle it."

Penelope’s life changes when her mate rejects her and makes her lose her baby as well, she ends up getting into an accident and meets the Alpha King. They both realize they are fated mates but Penelope wants nothing more to do with mates and doesn’t trust him fully. She’s taken to the palace and her life changes, palace life is more hard than she imagined and she’s tired of resisting the mate pull constantly. Penelope’s life is threatened and many secrets are suddenly exposed, will she resist the alpha king for long? Will she survive her life in the palace and the enemies lurking behind?

Kiara Crossman spent her life believing she was a mistake — a half-breed hidden among humans, orphaned by tragedy, and fated to stay in the shadows. But when her grandmother reveals the truth about her parents’ deaths, Kiara returns to the kingdom of Narcolantis not as a girl — but as a storm waiting to strike. Working undercover in the Alpha’s palace, Kiara only wants answers. What she finds instead is Ryden Fall — the cold, commanding Alpha whose touch she loathes… and craves. As secrets rise and her own power awakens, Kiara must embrace the beast within her — the one the world thought extinct. But the truth is darker than she imagined. Her fated mate is the man who used her. Her enemies wear crowns. And the blood in her veins is the key to a war that never ended.

Brie never believed in mates—especially not in the cold, ruthless Alpha Alex, her power-hungry mate. But fate shows her his true colors in the cruelest way possible. She walks in on him sleeping with one of the palace mais. Betrayed, humiliated, and determined to keep her honor as a warrior, Brie runs. The woods should have swallowed her whole. Instead, they threw her to the rogues. And just when death came close, three Alphas saved her. The Alpha triplets of the Obsidian Fang pack. They were dominant, fierce and strong. Everything she had been warned to fear… yet everything her body ignited for. Now, Brie finds herself breaking every rule she swore to live by. Because in their arms, claiming feels like craving. And craving feels like surrender. And surrender… feels like destiny

Phoenix Alaric ends up in the royal palace , saved by the lycan prince. She was supposed to be part of an event called the Fated Banquet where she would she have been taken to be a breeder. She doesn’t believe she is his mate but he is insistent on that. After being betrayed by her boyfriend of five years and best friend, love and men are not in the cards for her but Prince Ezra doesn’t want to understand or give up. He gives her a job in the palace, in a bid to make her stay while he finds a way to uncover the mystery of her wolf not recognizing that she is his fated. When his brother and arranged bride set their sights on Phoenix. Prince Ezra has to work towards protecting his mate while also convincing her they are meant to be. Nothing is as it seems in the palace and Phoenix will soon learn that.