Cracked Doll

By year's end, I'd closed a huge deal and snagged a $2.5 million bonus. The company even sent me on early maternity leave—nice perk for being eight months pregnant. Pauline found me lounging on the couch. "Why aren't you at work?" I cracked a joke. "Got fired. Guess I'll be stuck here playing housewife." Her response? A slap across my back. "Then get off and do the laundry! You're having a girl, not a son, and you think you can sit around like some princess?" My husband, Logan, walked in right then. He just pulled her into the nursery. Feeling hurt, I switched on the hidden cameras I'd secretly installed. I thought maybe he'd defend me. Yeah, no. What I uncovered? It was so much worse. Twisted secret after twisted secret.

On my thirtieth birthday, Gideon Salton told me to meet him at city hall. He made sure I wore a wedding dress and brought my papers, hyping it up as a huge birthday surprise. But when I showed up, all dressed up, he turned to his trashy crew and laughed. "No way—she actually did it. Dress, docs, the whole thing. Pay up, fifty bucks each." Then he looked at me. "Come on, Madison. You didn't seriously fall for that?" I didn't answer. He smirked. "If you're that thirsty to get hitched, go inside and grab some rando to register with." His friends cracked up. They called me Gideon's loyal simp, his forever backup plan. Said I'd never end up with anyone else. But when I came out with my husband and a legit marriage certificate, Gideon just froze—pale, silent, wrecked.

Once I get reborn, the first thing I will do is swap mates with my cousin, Clara Evonfall. In my previous life, Clara and I had held our mate-bonding ceremonies on the same day. Clara, a docile and gentle she-wolf, was forced to become the mate of Gilbert Vargas, the cold and aloof Alpha of the Bloodthorn pack. On their bonding anniversary, Gilbert abandoned Clara just so he could be with his childhood sweetheart, Joanna Penning. Because of that incident, Clara and Gilbert gave each other the cold shoulder for the next 50 years. As for me, I've dreamed of becoming a Gamma warrior since I was a pup. But I ended up forming a mate bond with Oliver Stanton, a Beta playboy. Oliver disliked me for not being romantic enough, saying that I didn't know how to doll myself up for him. We argued with each other every day to the point that he rarely came home. When I open my eyes again, I realize that Clara and I have returned to the timeframe of two days before our bonding ceremonies.

This is book 2 in the Royal Wolf Of Zidiah series. This book can be read as part of the series or as a standalone. Sara believed she was human until one night five months ago when she transformed into a wolf. Sara kept the secret from her adoptive parents until one night, she shifted in front of them. After being thrown out of the family home, with no friends and nowhere to go, in Sara's mind there is only one option, to end it all. Leander is a powerful Romerian Alpha Prince, with abilities some would shy away from. Having known Sara was his mate for the past five months, he's yet to retrieve the girl. With all that went on with his sister Lilly, Leander had no choice but to stay away. However, Leander isn't about to let his mate get away from him. With secrets unfolding, will Sara be able to cope with this new life as a shifter? Will life with an Alpha Prince be all it's cracked up to be?

My world ended when my mate’s brother died. Caspian, Alpha of the Shadowmoon Pack, took in the widow, Vivian. He said it was his duty to provide for both households. He sent her son to the elite Lunaris Academy. He sent my son to the toxic Grey Zone, called it "building resilience." He gifted her the Blackwood Manor, bought her armored vehicles. He called me wasteful. He said my child was a burden. He threw us into the Omega slums. My son died fighting for a moldy crust of silver-tainted bread. I died soon after. My skull was cracked open in a dark alley for a few coins. As my spirit faded, I finally saw the truth. Every step of our ruin was her design. I woke up gasping, back in my old bed at the Shadowmoon Packhouse. The moon was high. Tomorrow was my Binding Ceremony to Caspian. This time, I knew what to do.

Waking up hungover next to my arch-nemesis – the city's most notorious fuckboy? Worst. Morning. Ever. I handled the walk of shame with icy dignity, but fate had a bigger curveball: one month later, two pink lines. My baby. My rules. His involvement? Zero. My flawless plan hit a snag when morning sickness ambushed me in the office restroom. He walked in. His eyes locked onto my still-flat stomach, darkening with something dangerous. Before I could blink, he had me pinned against the cold tile wall. "Who's the father?" he growled. I met his glare with a frosty smirk. "Wouldn't you like to know? Definitely not you." Then it happened: a hot tear hit my neck. His voice cracked, raw and desperate. "Don't... don't leave me. Please." Me: ...Dude. Seriously? THIS IS YOURS!

Emily never imagined that the man meant to protect her would be the one to sell her off like property. Betrayed by her own blood and thrown into a world ruled by power, secrets, and obsession, she finds herself at the mercy of James Bolton—a dangerously charming billionaire with eyes as cold as the empire he built. But James doesn’t just want Emily’s body. He wants her fire. Her fury. Her soul. Offered a twisted deal—marry him and take revenge on those who ruined her—Emily must choose between survival and surrender. With every touch, every stolen kiss, and every cruel command, she’s pulled deeper into his web of manipulation, dark desire, and a past neither of them can escape. In a world where love feels like war and pain dances with passion, can Emily break free… or will she become the next shattered doll in the devil’s collection? Some cages are made of silk… and some devils wear tailored suits.

Elena Halloway. Perfect by all means, be it in looks, virtues and talent. Unrivalled by all, she was happy. She had accomplished her dream, stood at the top of the entertainment world and was loved by all. But soon, that all came crashing down. "Why...? Did I do something wrong? Am I the reason for all of this?" Driven by despair, she couldn't help but sink to the floor. "Why? Did I ask for any of this? Why me of all people?" "Why? That's a question you should ask yourself." And with that, he left. That was the very moment she realised, the world put on a facade. Deceiving themselves and her as well. In the face of the accident, she was left with nothing but trauma and pain. Thrown away like a broken doll, she was left to be played with by fate. Twisting and contorting her limbs, hung on a string. She was powerless. They were all slave to fate. But when fate decided to give her a saving grace, she decided to make the best of it. After all, who could've imagined that she would be able to achieve redemption?

The day Joe Tanner’s parents died and his classmates cornered him in cruel bullying, I was the one who jumped into the river to save him—and lost my heart to him in that moment. For the next ten years, I poured everything I had into him. I hid my own admission letter to Great Eastern University. I washed dishes until my hands cracked, hauled bricks until my shoulders bled, even sold the pocket watch my mother left me—all so he could study without worry. I watched him rise from a ridiculed illegitimate child to a celebrated professor at the very peak of academia. All I ever wanted in return was a home we could call ours. But the day he achieved success, he forgot the woman who had built his world. So, I made my choice— If he could abandon my love, then I would walk away without looking back.

Alpha Lennox Steele, nicknamed the Tryant Alpha, was cursed by the moon goddess to never know peace until he found his second chance mate, as punishment for murdering his first mate in cold blood because he saw her as a weakness. Because of the curse, he roamed the lands, forcing each pack to present to him a bride, and if she was unfit, Death, upon her and her pack. After several failures, he finally stumbled upon her, a feisty girl who trained all her life to be his bride. When he saw her, he didn’t have the guts to kill her as planned, the moon goddess had played a cruel joke on him, making him feel twice the bond between them. But her, she felt nothing for him but hatred. Hatred, he had never seen in the eyes of any man, Hatred that makes her want to kill him. Will he be able to make his Little Doll look past her hatred for him and love him despite her only mission to kill him? or will he have another mate’s blood on his hands?