He Came To Set The Captives Free

Without Kaelen's knowledge, I had his little plaything sent out of North America. That same night, he cast a blood-vine curse on my parents, banishing them to the wilds—a wasteland prowled by rogues. He was going to trade my parents' lives for the whereabouts of his plaything. Kaelen pushed a communication crystal in front of me. Inside it, my parents were ensnared by blood-red vines, the thorns digging deep into their flesh. Drops of dark crimson blood fell, one by one, onto the barren earth. A countdown timer pulsed in stark red digits on their chests. 23:59:59 23:59:58 He sat across from me, a black suit tailored to perfection molded to his lean, powerful frame. His long fingers tapped a light, steady rhythm on the solid wood table, as if he were waiting for a trivial business deal to close. "Estelle, you have twenty-four hours." His voice was low and calm, laced with a venomous tenderness. "Tell me, where did you send Cassandra?"

In the empty villa, Celia Quinn sat motionless on the sofa. It wasn't until much later that the villa's front door swung open, and Lucas Shaw stepped inside. His gaze paused briefly on her, then his expression turned cold. "Yvonne is running a fever today. Why did you keep calling me?"

"In the presence of the Moon Goddess and all members of the Pack, I, Damian, Alpha of Silvermoon Pack, officially reject Seraphina as my mate!” On the day of my Mating Ceremony when I was twenty, my childhood Alpha and Fated Mate, Damian, brought back an unfamiliar female werewolf, Vivian. He claimed that on the Night of Souls, the silhouette of the Fated Soul he had seen was hers, not mine. “Vivian has told me everything. You gave me a Hallucination Potion to make me believe my Fated Mate was you. Now, it’s time to correct that mistake!” The moment the words left his mouth, my heart felt like it was being torn apart. Pain ripped through my whole body. Our Mate Bond splintered, inch by inch. I dropped to my knees, blood trickling from the corner of my lips as I clutched my chest. My other childhood friend and also the pack’s Beta, Ethan, just watched coldly. “There was never a Mate Bond between you and Damian. Enough with your pitiful act! The more you do this, the more we’ll despise you.” The mate I loved most, and the friend I trusted the most, teamed up to rub my nose in the dirt in front of everyone. Their words were like knives, gutting me open bit by bit. Staggering, I turned and fled from the pack. Once, it was a place that held all my happiness. Now, there was only coldness and betrayal. None of them cared, convinced I was just throwing a tantrum and would come crawling back sooner or later. It wasn’t until weeks later that they learned I had begun the Healer’s closed-door training. All ties must be severed, and complete solitude was required. I wasn't allowed to return for ten years. That was the moment they finally fell apart.

Sa unang pagkakataon, si Donna Oraiz na isang byente-dos anyos na pinakainiingatan ng pamilyang Oraiz ay nakagawa ng ikinaguho ng kanilang pamilya. Nabuntis siya bago pa man sila ikasal ng kaniyang fiance at ang masaklap pa ay hindi ito ang ama ng kaniyang dinadala. Disappointment, disbelief, disgusts, at unworthiness ay kaniyang naranasan buhat noong nangyaring iskandalong binigay niya sa kaniyang pamilya at sa pamilya ng kaniyang fiancee. Pinalayas siya ng kaniyang mga magulang at nakatanggap pa ng mga masasakit na salita mula sa kaniyang pinakamamahal na fiance. Sa panahong lugmok na lugmok siya at walang makakapitan, dumating naman si Clive Fabella na siyang nag-iisang tagapagmana ng Fabella’s Legacies. Ang malamig at walang-pusong si Clive ay naging tahanan ni Donna, ang kaniyang sandigan. Matapos ang lahat ng kaligayahan at sakripisyong pinagsaluhan nilang dalawa, paano nila haharapin ang mga pagsubok na nagmamadaling putulin kung anuman ang namamagitan sa kanila? Makakaasa kaya si Donna sa mga bisig at pangako ni Clive kahit na ang katotohanan ay hindi ito ang ama ng bata?

I was once an Alpha—the only female Alpha in the northern packs. Strong. Respected. Feared. But I gave it all up for peace… and for him. Now, I’m nothing but his Luna. A title that means nothing when your mate barely comes home, reeks of another woman, and tells you to save yourself when you’re being tortured by rogues. He chose her—a human. Not a beta. Not even one of us. Just a human. And me? He left me to die.

I took my last breath when his hatred for had reached it's peak. I chose to take my own life, when I could no longer bear the wait of his hatred When my ashes was handed to Leo, my mate, he smiled and patted it. He was pleased I had finally died. “Filthy thing. She should’ve died a death more painful than this,” he said as he tipped the urn sending it crashing to the ground. He believed I had killed his first love. Despite all our years together, he was waiting for this moment to get his revenge. The air carried my ashes as he stepped over them and walked away. But not long after he returned in regret begging to have me returned to him.

A stampede happened at my daughter's kindergarten. Timothy Horuson was in a hurry to save his first love's son, and he pulled away someone else's hand. A hand reached out to him, hoping for him to save her. His daughter's hand. And the light in my daughter's eyes faded. The longing for fatherly love she had held on to for so long vanished. I risked my life to save her. She looked at me quietly. "I'll go with you, Mom. We'll leave Dad behind and go somewhere he'll never find us."

Raine Ashford was raised to be the perfect Beta—loyal, disciplined, and forever in the shadow of her future Alpha, Jason Royce. In a world where female werewolves are expected to serve, not lead, she dared to dream of more. But on her eighteenth birthday, that dream shatters. Jason rejects her publicly, breaking her wolf and her pride. Worse, his father, Alpha Ken, refuses to allow the rejection. Bound to Jason by force and silenced by threats, Raine must endure or risk losing everyone she loves. Mocked, bullied, and branded desperate, she becomes the academy’s target… until Alpha Drake arrives. He’s powerful, feared, and hiding a broken past no one dares mention. And the moment he meets Raine, something shifts. The bond is forbidden. The cost of defiance is deadly. But Raine’s done playing by their rules. This time, she won’t kneel.

I always thought my boyfriend came from a poor family. One day, I saw him drink a bottle of wine worth 100,000 while tipping the waiter over 1,000. The watch he gave away without a second thought was worth millions. Yet, his gift for my birthday was a dirt-cheap trinket. He claimed it was a test to make sure I was not a gold digger. Later on, I proved that I was not a gold digger. That was when he begged and pleaded for me to accept his extravagant gift.

Rejected on the night of a forced wedding, Ruby Blackwood finds herself cast aside by both the werewolf pack and her own family. Betrayed by those closest to her and stripped of her place as the Luna, Ruby is left to rebuild her life from the ground up. Seven years later, as a successful fashion designer and mother of twins, Ruby’s past collides with her present when Alpha Roman D’Angelo returns, demanding answers—and a second chance. But Ruby is no longer the weak girl he discarded, and this time, it’s her turn to either reject him or forgive and accept him.