Silent K

Alpha Fabian's first reaction to learning I was his fated mate? Rejection. But drunk at the bonfire festival, he couldn't fight the pull of fate. He marked me. Marking a rejected mate came with a price. His power weakened. Forced into a bond with me, he despised me. For two years, I bled for him. I did 100 impossible things, just hoping for a single glance. I snuck into forbidden lands for rare herbs. I negotiated with enemy packs. I fought on the front lines for him in pack wars, always coming back covered in scars. But the one he truly loved was my adopted sister, Gloria. Even my own parents, the pack's Beta, hated me. I was their lost daughter, raised by rogues for fifteen years. But they only had eyes for their perfect, obedient adopted girl. Then, on my 100th task, I nearly died in the Valley of Shadows. When I woke up, I had amnesia. I was done chasing a cold mate and a family's love I'd never have. And when I finally walked away, Fabian discovered the truth. It was never me who couldn't live without him. It was always him.

A rogue attack shattered my wolf, costing me my birthright as the pack's heir. But my mate, Alpha Kael, seemed devoted to me. For three years, he injected me with a "Lunar Essence" he claimed would help me heal. I thought he was the only wolf who truly loved me. I never imagined he was poisoning me with Silver Dust, a suppressant designed to crush my wolf's spirit. All to ensure my wolf would never reawaken, securing my adopted sister Selene's claim as the pack's Alpha heir. My hands shook, my world turning to ash, as I opened his safe. Inside was the proof. From the rogue attack to the loss of my wolf, it was all a conspiracy orchestrated by Kael and Selene. That night, I pulled the burner phone from my drawer and dialed a number I'd sworn I'd never call. "Grandfather, I'm coming home. I'll be there in seven days. Please send someone for me."

Rogues took me while I was protecting my mate, Alpha Arthur. I came back three years later, only to find Arthur mated to my sister, Calista. My son, Leo, didn't recognize me. He only saw Calista as his real mother. Broken, I forced Arthur to banish Calista with the Elders' support, using my past contributions as leverage. But she died in a weak, outlying pack. Poisoned. After her death, Leo hated me for it. Arthur never blamed me, though. He just kept telling me everything would be okay. But when our pack was attacked again, he threw me to our enemies without hesitation. Left me to die. As I lay dying, I heard him snarl through gritted teeth. "If you hadn't come back, Calista would have been my mate for life!" My heart turned to ash. Then, I opened my eyes. I was back. Back to the day I returned after being gone for three years. This time, I looked at Arthur shielding Calista, with Leo clinging to her. "I sever our mate bond. From this day on, I am done with all of you."

My mate, Nolan, is the Alpha heir. He promised to return before the Moon Goddess Festival. We were supposed to have our mating ceremony. I promised him the Heart of the Pack. My parents’ legacy. It's the key to controlling our elite warriors—the Dire Wolves. It was to be my mating gift to him. But he came back with a rogue bitch draped all over him. A she-wolf with wild, hungry eyes. I waited for him at the festival, ready for our prayer. Instead, I watched him with her. Skylar. They were by the bonfire, nipping and teasing each other like no one else existed. I told him his behavior was improper for an heir. He laughed in my face. “Old-blood nobles are so boring. Not raw and real like Skylar.” He thinks getting the Heart of the Pack gives him the Dire Wolves. He has no idea. The Dire Wolves answer to my bloodline. Without me, the Heart of the Pack is just a rock.

In my last life, my sister Cora and I were married to twin Alpha Heirs. Our union was meant to forge an empire. I married the older brother, Aiden. He became the Alpha, and I, his Luna. I dedicated my life to the pack's glory. Cora married the younger brother, Rhys. After Aiden defeated him for the Alpha title, Rhys became a monster. Twisted and cruel, he tortured Cora daily until his own mysterious death. After Rhys died, Cora was discovered to be pregnant. Everyone thought it was Rhys's last heir. The day she gave birth, Cora bled out and died. And I… I never gave Aiden the strong heir he craved. So, we raised Cora's child. I gave him everything. It wasn't until Aiden was on his deathbed that I heard him tell the boy the truth: “Your mother Cora’s death was Elena’s fault! All her kindness to you was a lie!” “You are my son. My flesh and blood with Cora. Your so-called father, Rhys… his weak blood could never have created a powerful Alpha like you.” “My son, after I die, you must avenge your true mother.” The herbs in my hand crashed to the floor. The boy I raised stormed out. Then he used his immense Alpha power to choke my life. But the Moon Goddess showed me mercy. She gave me a second chance. When I opened my eyes, I was back. This time, I would shatter this sham of a marriage with my own hands. But I never expected that this time, something about Aiden would be… different.

"My engagement party is tomorrow," Cecilia said calmly. "But I'm missing one thing." "What?" he asked. She smiled. "A fiancé." "My pleasure," he said, voice low and steady. "Miss Fiancée." *** The night before her engagement party, Cecilia is betrayed by her ex and her own cousin. But humiliation won't be her ending. In a bold move, she picks a devastatingly handsome stranger to play the role of her fiancé. What she doesn't know is--Liam Sinclair isn't someone you simply "choose." He's dangerous, powerful, and far from ordinary. By the time Cecilia realizes who he really is, it's already too late. Because Liam never lets go of what's his.

Eu era apenas uma garota das favelas que se apaixonou por Damon Vitale, o Chefão mais temido de Nova York. Por cinco anos, eu dediquei minha vida a ele e cheguei a levar nove tiros para protegê-lo. Ele beijava minhas cicatrizes enquanto eu sangrava, me segurava apertado e me fazia pensar que eu era a sua verdadeira rainha. Então, quando eu me recuperava, ele me fodia com uma paixão tão intensa que chegava a perder os sentidos. Eu achava que ficaríamos juntos. Eu achava que iríamos nos casar. Mas, na nossa 999ª noite, ele me disse que estava noivo. Sua noiva era a princesinha da família rival, Bianca. Eu queria chorar e ele apenas segurou meu queixo, soprou fumaça na minha cara e disse, em meio a risos: — Você achou mesmo que ia se casar comigo, Nora? Vou deixar isso bem claro. A gente transa. Só isso. Você não é minha parceira. É tipo uma obra de arte que eu coleciono ou uma pet da qual sou dono. Uma pet. Era só isso que ele queria de mim. Em vez disso, fiz uma ligação de um telefone criptografado. [Eu aceito sua oferta. Três dias. Me tire de Nova York.]

Mi hermana, Lily, fue despedazada por renegados. Lloré desconsoladamente, suplicándole a mi compañero destinado, el Alfa Ethan, que encontrara a sus asesinos. Nunca lo hizo. Un año después, en el aniversario de su muerte. Fui a buscar a Ethan, lista para decirle que estaba embarazada. En su lugar, lo encontré sosteniendo a otra Omega, Bella, en sus brazos. —No te preocupes —la consolaba él—. Nadie se enterará de que quitaste el escudo mental de la manada y provocaste la muerte de Lily. Una vez que Harper renuncie a su título de Luna en la ceremonia, tú serás mi única y verdadera compañera. Mi corazón se hizo añicos. Así que era eso. Nunca me marcó, nunca me rechazó… quería que yo renunciara por mi cuenta. Estaba protegiendo a la asesina de mi hermana. Quería convertirla en Luna. Entré furiosa, gritando, pero de repente Bella tosió sangre y se desplomó. Envenenamiento por acónito, afirmó ella. —¡La envenenaron para salvarme! ¡Dame la sangre de tu corazón! ¡Es lo único que puede salvarla! Ethan me miró con más asco como si yo fuera basura. —¡Estoy embarazada! ¡Eso matará al cachorro! —supliqué. Pero su Comando de Alfa cayó sobre mí. Mi cuerpo ya no me pertenecía. Solo pude observar cómo la gruesa aguja perforaba mi pecho, justo encima de mi corazón. Sangre dorada fluyó. Un dolor agudo y desgarrador atravesó mi vientre… Había matado a mi cachorro. Mi loba se hizo pedazos dentro de mí. Cerré los ojos, buscando una conexión prohibida en el mundo de los hombres lobo. —Rey Licántropo Rogan. Mañana necesito que me ayudes a destruir todo en la manada Bosque Negro. Incluyendo al Alfa Ethan.

My fated mate left the pack, heartbroken, after I rejected him. Seven years later, he returned with his new mate-to-be. By then, the pack doctor had given me my final diagnosis. "Extreme wolf spirit decay." It was irreversible. My wolf would be gone within months. My life was at its end. My fated mate, Alpha Roric, now the most powerful Alpha in North America, smirked when he saw me. I was pale and thin, leaning on my sister for support. "Ayla. Seven years, and you're too weak to even stand straight? When you rejected me, didn't you say that beta was a better match? Where is he now?" His voice dripped with hate. I just tugged on the sleeves of my coat, hiding the way my fingers trembled. A tell-tale sign of my power slipping away. "It's just a cold." Roric's gaze swept over me like ice. "In that case, you should come to my Mating Ceremony with Cressida. I'll save you the best seat." I just smiled. "I can't. I'll be going somewhere far away soon. I'm sorry." Then, pulling my sister with me, I turned and melted into the shadows.

Mi familia es humana. Sin embargo, se nos concedió una larga vida por el clan Thorne, algo cercano a la inmortalidad. Durante generaciones, hemos sido sus guardianes más leales. Y yo me enamoré de Cedric, el Lord vampiro al que juré proteger. Durante cien años, fui su secreto. Su pecado. Su única compañera de lecho. Fui su escudo contra la magia oscura. La protectora jurada de su vasto clan. Pensé que me ganaría la marca de un vínculo eterno. Incluso estaba lista para que me transformara. Después de todo, en cada luna de sangre, él reclamaba mi cuerpo. Y en el punto álgido de un placer agonizante, hundía sus colmillos en mi cuello y bebía mi sangre. Luego presionaba sus fríos labios contra mi piel y susurraba que yo era su única y verdadera. Que ninguna otra sangre, ningún otro cuerpo, podía hacerle perder el control de la forma en que yo lo hacía. Pero esta vez, en el momento en que terminó conmigo, anunció su vínculo eterno con Elsie, la princesa de sangre pura del clan Valerius. Por si fuera poco, sonrió con suficiencia ante el shock en mi rostro. —Tú eres solo una humana, bendecida con una larga vida por mis ancestros. Mi calentadora de cama. No creíste de verdad que podrías ser mi compañera, ¿verdad? En ese momento, lo entendí. Yo solo era una bolsa de sangre renovable. Una herramienta con un propósito. Por una alianza, por ella, me sacrificó. Me arrojó al abismo y dejó que la oscuridad me devorara por completo. Pensó que el Pacto del Guardián me encadenaría a él por la eternidad. Pero olvidó algo. Todo pacto tiene una brecha. Así que destruí todo lo que alguna vez me dio. Y luego, con la ayuda de mi familia, desaparecí. Pero cuando el Lord de la Noche Eterna no pudo encontrar a su juguete favorito… enloqueció.