The Ruins By Scott Smith

Lyra Ashen is a rogue omega with no pack and no protection. When she crosses into Black Fang territory, she triggers a mate bond with Alpha Tyler Vorthrane, a man who rules through fear and control. Instead of claiming her, Tyler rejects the bond, seeing Lyra as a weakness his enemies would exploit. Forced to remain under his authority, Lyra endures trials meant to break her while rival alphas close in. Tyler’s pack is divided, his enemies are ruthless, and the bond between them grows stronger no matter how hard he fights it. As blood is spilled and war looms, Lyra must decide whether to submit to a fate she never chose or rise as the one thing no alpha can command. Because some bonds are forged in love, and others are forged in blood.

Limang taon. Limang taon na minahal ni Jazz ang isang lalaking hindi naman siya pinahalagahan. Lahat ibinigay niya—oras, tiwala, at puso. Pero isang iglap lang, nawala ang lahat. Isang car accident ang bumura ng kanyang alaala. Pagmulat niya ng mata, wala na ang babaeng marunong magmahal. Ang natira na lang ay isang estranghero sa sariling buhay. Nagkaroon siya ng amnesia. At habang wala siyang maalala, ang dating kasintahan niyang si Damon ay wala ring konsensya. Sa halip na umamin sa kanilang relasyon, niyakap nito ang kanyang nakababatang kapatid na babae at iyon ang ipinakilala nitong kasintahan. Itinuro nito ang telebisyon at walang emosyon na sinabi, “Iyan ang boyfriend mo. Siya ang habulin mo.” Nalito si Jazz. Pero naniwala siya sa sinabi nito. At sinunod niya iyon. Ang lalaking nasa TV ay si Malachi Robles— ang CEO na tito ni Damon. Malamig. Tahimik. Hindi madaling lapitan. Mula sa isang kasinungalingan, nagsimula ang isang habulan. Isang babaeng may amnesia. Isang lalaking hindi niya dapat mahalin. At isang katotohanang handang wasakin ang lahat kapag nabunyag.

The last thing Willow expected is to be rejected by her boyfriend; Asher, the beta of Blue Moon pack, minutes before his coronation party. Drunk and heartbroken, she ends up in the Alpha's son's bed, and not only did she get wild, she also asked him to marry her. Carter is the future heir to his father's business and there's one problem; he can't take over the pack without a Luna. Literally out of options, he takes Willow up on her offer. What better way for her to get revenge on her ex than for her to become Luna? After much conviction, she accepts, but is that really the right choice?

After a painful rejection, Aria, an abused Omega in the Blood Moon pack, is left heartbroken and goes to the borderlines of the pack where she is ambushed and bitten. Having joined a new pack because hers was attacked, she discovers that she is not just a weak Omega but something far more powerful - she is set on unravelling this mystery. Why had these abilities just unveiled? What unsolved mysteries about her roots will be brought to light? Does she deserve a second chance at love? Will the love of her second chance mate, Alpha Kael, be able to protect her from the countless webs of deceit, lust for power and betrayal?

"You must regret calling off our engagement, right?!" I smiled faintly as my ex-fiancé lifted his chin proudly. "I don't regret it one bit for throwing out trash like you." Ethan was stunned. He couldn't accept that I had the courage to confront him. His pride had also been trampled upon when I called him 'trash.' Ethan raised one hand, about to slap me. However, his hand was caught by a large, muscular hand. "Uncle Nathaniel?" Ethan was shocked. His knees suddenly went weak at his uncle's sharp, cold gaze. "Be polite to your aunt." Ethan's eyes widened. He was even more shocked when Nathaniel's hand moved from my waist and embraced me affectionately. Ethan couldn't believe it. The ex-fiancée he'd left was now his aunt?!

I gave him my love. He gave me betrayal. For eight years, I stood by Alpha Lance's side, believing our bond was sacred. I wore his mark with pride, and dreamed of becoming his Luna. But on the eve of our anniversary, I overheard the truth: I was nothing more than a “convenient placeholder” until Arielle, the woman he truly loved, returned. Worse? She’s pregnant with his child. Humiliated in front of the pack, publicly rejected, and accused of attacking the “real Luna,” I ran, shattered, disgraced, and broken. But fate wasn’t finished with me. Because that night, I was rescued by Alpha Dominic. Ruthless, powerful, and sworn enemy to the very pack that destroyed me. And he’s hiding a truth of his own: My brother is alive, and I was never meant to be Lance’s mate. Now, I’ve returned. Not as the girl Lance betrayed. But as the Luna he should have feared all along. I will make them all pay.

Naka-arrange marriage na ang kasal ni Sophia Aragon kay Tyler Santibañez mula nang mga bata pa lang sila. Tyler Santibañez is the least attractive; bukod sa mataba, nakasuot din ito ng napakapal na salamin. Nang mamatay ang mga magulang ni Sophia, binali niya ang kasunduan na pakasalan si Tyler. Sa halip na ituloy ang pagpapakasal kay Tyler nang tumungtong siya sa edad na dalawampu, nagpakalayo-layo siya. Until she met Rowan Trajano. She thought she would finally get her happy ending nang magpakasal sila nito. Pero sa isang gabi lang, gumuho ang lahat. Matapos siyang isama sa party ng asawa na si Rowan, she was drugged and violated. Her own husband sold her in exchange for a billion-peso project. At ang lalaking nakabili kay Sophia ay walang iba kundi si Tyler. Pero hindi na ito ang dating matabang lalaki na nagsusuot ng makapal na salamin. He is now the definition of a Greek god from Mt. Olympus.

To the world, Felix and I were fated by the Moon Goddess, an Omega and her destined Alpha. Only I knew how much he despised me. At his Alpha ceremony, he humiliated me before the entire pack by choosing my half-sister, Bianca, over me. “An Omega who plays with herbs? You’ll never be worthy of me.” In my past life, I begged him not to reject me. He didn’t, but he made me suffer instead. My stepmother and Bianca framed me for poisoning the pack. He never defended me. He locked me in heat, then turned around and marked Bianca, like I was nothing. She wore his mark. I wore his shame. I was framed, cast out, and discarded. When he publicly crowned Bianca as his Luna, our bond shattered and so did my wolf. It was then I realized, he had never loved me. But now, I’m back. Back on the day of his Alpha ceremony. In this life, I’d rather suffer than be his mate again. “I, Reiley, rejected you, Felix, as my mate.”

She was never supposed to save him. He was never supposed to betray her. When Isabella Morgan weds Alpha Klaus Lockhart, she dreams of melting the ice in his heart, and of building a family beneath Silvermoon Pack’s sacred moon. She gives him everything. Her loyalty. Her body. Her life. She even takes a scar meant to kill him, but nothing prepares her for the night her world shatters. She finds him tangled with Alice Morningstar, seductress witch, and the destroyer. And her son… Her precious boy… Runs past her, into another woman’s arms. “Mom,” he calls someone else but doesn't acknowledge her presence. Her mate does not deny it. He does not stop him, he does not choose her. He never did. Betrayed and erased, Isabella uncovers a nightmare buried beneath her marriage…. Cursed bloodlines, stolen moon-blessed children, and a truth that destroys everything she believed. Now, as Silvermoon trembles under treachery and dark magic, a stranger steps from the shadows. Tyler Redmond. Dangerous, devoted, and even willing to burn the world for her. “You deserved worship,” he tells her softly. “Not abandonment.” But the man who broke her begins to look at her differently. Too late. With regret, with hunger, with something terrifyingly close to love. Because the Luna he discarded is gone, and the woman rising from her ashes… Is no longer his. In a world of obsession, betrayal, and ancient power. Love is not salvation. Love is war. And this time, Isabella will decide who kneels.

His hand wrapped around my throat in claim, as he pinned me against the cold stone wall. “You’re mine,” he growled, his breath hot against my lips. “Every breath and every heartbeat you take. Mine.” But his nephew’s voice echoed in my mind: “You deserve better than a man who treats you like furniture.” I never wanted this bond. Alpha Zane forced me into a contract marriage—bear him an heir, then disappear. He made it clear I’m nothing more than a child-bearing vessel. A servant elevated to Luna only because the Moon Goddess cursed us both. But his nephew, Kaius, sees me differently. He’s kind where Zane is cruel. Gentle where Zane is possessive. He offers me everything my mate hides from me: respect, partnership, freedom. The problem? My body responds to Zane’s dominance even as my heart breaks from his coldness. And the more Kaius shows me what love could look like, the more dangerous this becomes. Because Zane may not love me—but he’ll destroy anyone who tries to take what’s his. Even his own family. Torn between the mate who owns my soul and the man who sees it—which desire will damn me first?