Think Like A Warrior

ภาพฉายมาที่เมืองใหญ่ที่มีตึกระฟ้าจำนวนมากตั้งเบียดเสียดกันอย่างหนาแน่น แสงนีออนบาดตา เสียงแตรดังระงม กลิ่นดินปืนคละคลุ้งในอากาศเย็นเยียบของเครื่องปรับอากาศ เห็นเงาสะท้อนของตนเองในกระจก เป็นหญิงสาวในชุดดำขลับ เรือนผมสั้นกุด ดวงตาเย็นชาเฉียบคม ในมือถือปืนเก็บเสียงกระบอกยาว นักฆ่ามือหนึ่งโค้ดเนมไคเมร่า ก่อนที่ภาพจะฉายมาอีกที่หนึ่ง เรือนไม้โบราณที่อบอวลไปด้วยกลิ่นยาจางๆ สัมผัสอ่อนโยนของฝ่ามืออบอุ่นที่ลูบศีรษะ รอยยิ้มของสตรีงดงามผู้หนึ่งที่เรียกว่าท่านแม่ แต่แล้วรอยยิ้มนั้นก็เริ่มซีดจางลง กลายเป็นเสียงไอและใบหน้าที่ซูบตอบ ความทรงจำถัดมาคือความหิวโหยที่กัดกินลำไส้ ไอเย็นของพื้นไม้ที่นอนทับ เสียงหัวเราะเยาะเย้ยของเหล่าพี่น้องและบ่าวไพร่ที่ตราหน้าว่าปัญญาอ่อน ทุกภาพล้วนพร่าเลือนและชุ่มโชกไปด้วยหยาดน้ำตาแห่งความน้อยเนื้อต่ำใจ “ความตายไม่ใช่จุดสิ้นสุดหรอกเหรอ?” ภาพความทรงจำทั้งสองสายวิ่งเข้ามาปะทะกันอย่างรุนแรง เสียงระเบิดที่ปลิดชีวิตในโลกอนาคตดังประสานกับเสียงฟ้าร้องคำรามในอีกภพหนึ่ง แสงไฟจากปากกระบอกปืนสาดส่องทับซ้อนกับแสงตะเกียงน้ำมันที่ริบหรี่ ความเจ็บปวดจากการถูกทรยศหักหลังในชาติก่อน ผสมปนเปกับความรวดร้าวจากการถูกทอดทิ้งในชาตินี้

Reylin has survived what most could not. Fierce, free-spirited, and unbreakably strong-willed, she’s one of the last humans still alive and free. She was only thirteen when the Lycans—monsters cloaked in flesh and fangs—descended from the shadows and took everything. Her parents. Her home. Her safety. Now, ten years later, Reylin is a warrior in one of the last hidden human settlements, with only her younger brother left to protect, she’d rather die than become a slave to the beasts who ruined her world. But survival gets harder by the day. The Lycans are not just strong. They’re fast, brutal, and natural-born predators. Since the Great War, they’ve established a merciless new order, one where humans are hunted, enslaved, or wiped out entirely. And Reylin’s time is running out. When her village is raided by Lycan soldiers, she risks everything to protect her brother only to be captured by the infamous Alpha of the North. Alpha Orion. Crowned in blood and forged in war, Orion is one of the ruthless Alpha who led the Lycans to victory. A cold and calculated killer, he sees humans as weak, defiant creatures undeserving of breath. He doesn’t hesitate to crush rebellions, burn settlements, and extinguish hope. Until her. The defiant human girl who won’t bow, who tried to kill him. The one his beast calls mate. Orion is disgusted by the bond, repulsed by the idea of being tied to a human, but his instincts scream to claim her, protect her, destroy anything that touches her. And when secrets from the war begin to surface, loyalty is tested, and bloodlines come into question, one thing becomes terrifyingly clear: He may hate her kind. But he will burn the world before letting her go.

Isla- a young, and underestimated warrior. After surviving years of traumatic abuse, she is left orphaned, and alone. She strives to prove to herself, and others, that she is not weak. Though she is beautiful and strong years of psychological abuse, she doesn’t believe she is worthy of love, or that the Moon Goddess will grant her a fated mate. Alpha Zac is the fair and strong leader of Clear Creek. Secretly a hopeless romantic, Zac wants his fated mate more than anything. But after waiting years to find her, he has accepted a playboy lifestyle. When a unique she-wolf warrior joins his pack, she does more than fulfill his fantasies, she tests how far he will go to protect from her past. “WEAK” he yells as he swiftly brings the whip at me. I quickly try to cover my face but am not fast enough. I hiss in pain as the unforgiving leather slices my hand and eyebrow.I try to swallow the sob that wants to escape me but instead I throw up. Maybe he would have stopped there if I would have missed his boots.** (ISLA) I feel a pang of jealousy, what she has is what I've always wanted. A loving family, support, friends, and stability. Audrie doesn't have to question if she belongs here or try to prove her worth. (ZAC)My whole chest tightens and my wolf presses forward. “MATE”. The urgency to hold her, to take away the pain intensifies. I reach out and lift her head, and that's when I see the gash trickling blood onto the already blood-covered rock. I scoop her up and head straight to the infirmary. I just found my mate, I can't lose her on the same night.

Emilia has always felt like an outcast in her small town, where everyone seems to know her business. But what they don't know is that Emilia is hiding a secret: she's been experiencing strange and terrifying transformations during the full moon. As Emilia struggles to control her newfound powers, she's confronted by Liam, who reveals that she's his fated mate. But instead of accepting her, Liam rejects Emilia, citing a dark past that's left him emotionally scarred. Emilia is devastated by Liam's rejection, but she's determined to prove herself to him. As they're forced to spend more time together, Emilia and Liam engage in a heated game of cat and mouse, with Emilia pushing Liam's boundaries and Liam fighting to resist his growing attraction to her. But as they dance around their feelings for each other, Emilia begins to uncover a web of secrets and lies that threaten to destroy everything she holds dear. Will Emilia be able to win Liam's heart, or will their fate be forever sealed by the moon?

The wolf inside me howls when the bond snaps into place. I’ve found my second-chance mate. Just a few days ago, the man I’ve loved my whole life gave me to our former enemy in exchange for his sister’s hand in marriage. After I risked my own life to save his, my first mate Alpha Raul traded me like a thing. My heart and mind are in chaos, and I feel like I’m losing my grip on reality. The only thing I’m absolutely certain of is that I want more of the tenderness this stranger is offering me, to lose myself in him. His eyes widen, nostrils flaring, and I know he can smell my interest. I’m straddling his waist, and our bodies are pressed together. “You are mine,” he says quietly, and runs his thumb across my lower lip. My breathing is erratic, and I can feel the heat coiling in me, pulsing through me in delectable waves. This is crazy. I don’t even know his name and still, everywhere our skin touches I can feel the want crackling between us like electricity. I want this so badly, but it’s not who I am. I can’t use my savior to avenge myself on Raul and put a plaster on my shattered heart. “I’m sorry, I can’t. This isn’t right,” I offer an apology before getting off of him. But his hand snaps out and grabs my wrist, yanking me back onto him. “Tut-tut little wolf, there’s no running away from me. You’re mated to Alpha King Aiden now and I fully intend to keep you.”

Lira Fenwick has spent her life hidden away in the Duskborne Pack, protected by her overbearing father and kept in the dark about her true origins. Born under a rare lunar eclipse, whispers of her birth carry an ancient prophecy—one her father has kept buried. The pack members are protective, yet distant, leaving Lira to feel like an outsider in her own home. When the Grimhowl Pack, the largest and most powerful in the country, attacks Duskborne, Lira is captured and brought to the northern territories. There, Alpha Caius Vexmoor reveals a shocking truth: Lira is his destined mate, a bond that could either unite their warring packs or destroy them both. But Lira’s powers, long dormant and unknown, are tied to an ancient prophecy—one that a hidden enemy seeks to unleash. As Lira grapples with the weight of her newfound destiny, she must decide whether to embrace her fate or risk everything to protect the ones she loves. But the deeper she digs, the more she realizes that the truth may be more dangerous than anyone ever imagined. And the shadows are closing in.

"Listen to me, little rogue. You deserve nothing but my rejection!" Dominic seethed at her, accepting the same reaction from years ago. "One day you will beg me to accept you. Then I will tell you what you deserve." Athena said in a strong stance while looking directly into his eyes, shocking him. ______'______ ' Dominic was the leader of all alpha's in the north side and he hates rogues with passion. So, when he finds out that his mate was none other than the daughter of the rogue alpha, he ought to reject her without caring for anything. Athena was a mere rogue who was unaware of her past and just after the rejection, she had only one way to protect the valuable secret of her life. Being enslaved by the most abusive alpha. But when the alpha of the pack tries to be the darkness of her life, her heartless mate comes back as the light. Things will turn brutal when fate pulls a string and after years, they are standing in front of each other again. He is going to push her away again and she is determined to accept the rejection this time. But what will happen when fate pulls another string? Will they be successful with their goals? Or they will get lost in the world of secrets, revenge and MATE BOND? Things are definitely not the way they believed it was. But instead of pushing her away like the last time, he is adamant to not let her go away.

I see Grandfather, and he knows I see him. The people surround me, their faces red with anger. Grandfather raises his hands, eventually quieting them. "Toby... what have you done?" The colony world of Horus was a blissful utopia... until a curious little boy made one mistake and sent the world into a downward spiral of self-destruction. The world's gods were revealed to be nothing more than computers... and those computers are now failing. To pay for his mistake, Toby Spafford, now a man, must travel the deadly, ruined streets to find three missing keys that can activate a backup system created by his grandfather, Professor Jonathan Spafford. Dogging his every move are various factions that have grown to like the taste of power over the helpless citizens, and they'll do anything to stop him. In his favor, he is determined, intelligent, bitterly stubborn, and resourceful. Unfortunately... so are his enemies.

Isla: Battles and Chaos. Blood and carnage. Who knew this would be my life, my destiny? A few months ago, I was in hiding, only to have everything turned upside down. My parents murdered in front of me. I ran from the monsters that took them, only to be captured and tortured. Unexpectedly rescued, only to be held captive again. Awaiting execution as the most hated of all creatures, and studied like a common lab rat, all under his command. The command of the one who's meant to both protect me and love me. Anders: Grappling with my duties to my pack and my desire for her, will I do what needs to be done or fight tooth and nail to keep what is mine?

For the past three years, Rhett has traveled the western continent hunting the creatures and monsters that crossed through to their realm. For three years they have searched for a way to bring back the queen of shifters, Lamia, and Kellen the king of werewolves. While Royal Beta of New Moon, Mike Pike holds the kingdom together with the abandoned queen Tala, fighting the dark army and numbers depleting by the day. King Mathias searches for Odiea hoping she can bring back his beloved queen. Rhett is sent on a journey into the unknown mountains to find the leader of the northern Lycans - Nyctimus. Little does he know he will find more than he bargained. When Ashe tasks him with an unfavorable way to reopen the veil between realms, Rhett must choose between his friends. Still mourning the loss of Jonda and leaving their child to be raised by others, Rhett comes across a hybrid like no other. One that can help reopen the veil between realms and hopefully prevent him from having to betray his friend.