Maddox and Neo are up next. Then Kalen will be listening in on the meeting with our mystery guest.
MADDOXI groaned and threw my arm over my face. My head was fucking killing me, but I had no idea why. Goddess, it felt like a fucking jackhammer was breaking my brain apart. I could not remember the last time that I had felt like this.‘He finally awakens,’ Neo said, voice dripping with sarcasm.‘What in the actual fuck happened?’He snorted and shook his head mockingly. I knew that he was pissed as fuck with me over what happened with Lexa. I never should have let her get to me. She knew what I was struggling with, and I fell right into her fucking trap.‘Oh. You remember that part. We learned that our mates were the goddesses that we’ve been craving since we first laid eyes on them. Then you’re balls deep in a fucking skank not even an hour later. It’s nice to see that they mean nothing to you at all.’ He snarled at me.I knew that he would have killed me if it was possible. It was not like I would stop him. Not after what I did.I had never been more disappointed in myself than I w
KALENKilling the bitch ended up altering things. There was only one mate-bond betrayal instead of multiple. I did not fully blame him because she had used her gift on him, knowing that her words would cause him to spiral down into an endless vat of guilt over what his father was doing to me. He was still responsible for making the choice to sleep with her, but there were other factors that contributed to it.Neo had explained what happened. He also told us how guilty Maddox felt about what he had done and how much he wished that he had made a different choice. As much as I would love to say that I could trust him, only time would tell. Not to mention that it would take time for me to move past it. As much as I wanted to leave the past in the past, the pain was etched into me for now.Hearing that he believed what I said about his uncle meant a lot to me. It was another thing that had changed vision wise. Honestly, I believed what altered everything so much was the kiss that we had sha
MADDOXThere was nothing but a wave of darkness that seemed to stretch on for eternity, which I floated upon. It was like something was holding me in it. That was not a feeling that I liked. If there was something that I absolutely hated, it was to feel trapped.Then ever so slowly, my body came alive in parts instead of all at once. Pain prickled over each section until I could feel everything.My eyes fluttered open and saw that I was in a hospital room. When was the last time that I actually saw a doctor? Why was I here now?Everything flooded back in at once. Beauty was being held by my father. We were escaping, but he detonated a bomb to kill us. My body shot straight up. I groaned at the pain and stiffness. How in the fuck did I survive the explosion? I looked at my body and did not see any serious damage or anything.“He awakens.”I looked towards the corner of the room. A guy I had seen around Beauty before was sitting in a chair. So, her people got to us then. Did we make it t
MADDOX“A very brief history lesson is necessary. Generations ago, there was a pack that was attacked and massacred. The enemy lined everyone up and slaughtered them. There was a young pup named Sorenthica Quolia who was in that line, but the Goddess shielded her from the enemy. They left believing that nobody survived. It was because of this girl’s strength and pure soul that the Goddess chose to bless her with immense power in order to protect others from the fate that her pack suffered. Each female of her bloodline would become a warrior and hold a portion of that power, but certain ones would be given the full power. We, the females of her line, are called Vessels.”Holy shit. I honestly did not think that Vessels were real. My father had spoken about them in passing. He was someone who always sought power no matter what the cost was.“It’s a damn good thing he didn’t know what you were. He’s mentioned finding one, but I honestly thought they were just a fairytale for the power-hun
KALENI felt like our talk provided some healing on both of our parts. It helped to put all of our cards on the table and be on the same page.Just like I had expected, he felt horrible when he found out that I could feel him with others. Him breaking down because of him sleeping with the dead bitch was unexpected, but it proved to me that he fully understood and accepted fault for what happened. It might seem to early to say it definitively, but I knew that he would never willingly do it again. It was a gut instinct, and those had never let me down before.I was also relieved that he wanted to share the suite with me. Despite everything that happened, I felt safe around him. I needed that, especially right now when I was still trying to come to terms with everything that happened during my vacation with the mysterious Calvin Fucking Stark.I had Mom set up an impromptu meeting regarding everything that I discovered. It was time to pull in the big guns because this affects everyone and
KALEN“I started having visions over the summer. They weren’t concrete or anything except that there was a supernatural who would end up going on a whiny bitch rampage. Everything started becoming clear once school started back.”I had Nika share with Neo that it was Maddox’s kiss at the party that started solidifying my visions. I saw Maddox’s lips twitch. Damn those lips were so kissable.‘Focus,’ Nika said, snickering.“The visions showed me who was working with the supernatural and knew that I had to set the perfect plan up so that the idiot thought he captured me instead of me being the one to place myself there. The idiot has a vendetta against the Council because the former Alpha Cameron of the Forest Trails pack was his brother.”I paused because that name alone brought growls from those who knew who he was. I looked and saw Uncle Dante nuzzling his mate’s neck since it was her who faced his torture. Having been on the receiving end of Calvin’s torture, I had a feeling that the
MADDOXThis day was shaping up to be completely different than I had expected. Honestly, my mind was about ready to completely explode right now.I knew that Beauty had told me that she would stand up for me, but I had not anticipated her doing so towards her father. She stood there, unafraid, and unwilling to back down. I thought that hearing about the bond was a shock to him. Not only because she had yet to reach eighteen.Then something unforeseen and completely shocking happened. He accepted me. Even more shocking was that her mother gave me a hug. Goddess, it had been such a long time since anyone actually embraced me for completely platonic reasons. It felt weird because it was new, but it felt like I had come home if that made any sense. It did not make sense to me, but I just rolled with it.Everyone decided to shut it down for the day so that some of them could do research on the Demacores. Whatever the fuck those were. I could not believe that my fa– Calvin got involved in th
MADDOX‘Wakeup! Our mates need us,’ Neo barked out as he paced from side to side.That got my attention. I jumped out of the bed and made my way out of my room and over to hers.I could hear pained whimpers coming from the other side of the door. I knocked and waited. I tried knocking again, but there was nothing. Would she get pissed off if I just opened her door? I did not want to violate her privacy, but I also did not want her suffering all alone.‘Nika said to go on in but to approach the bed slowly,’ Neo relayed to me what he was told.Deep breaths in and out. I hated to invade her privacy like this. Hopefully, she would give me a heads-up if she was going to rip my dick off.I turned her doorknob and slowly pushed it open so that I would not startle her. Her whimpers tore at me. I looked in and saw her knees pulled up to her chest with arms around them, holding on tightly.“My name is Kalen Zyla Anderson. I’m Dark Moon’s Alpha heir and will be the first female Alpha of our pack.
To all of my amazing readers,First and foremost, I want to thank you for all of your amazing support with this book and all of the others that came before it.“Destined Alpha of Change” has actually been one of my favorite books to write because of both Kalen and Maddox. She is such a strong warrior that can stand against any foe no matter what it will cost her. However, there is also such a vulnerability that she hides underneath her armor. It is something that she does not allow herself to acknowledge until her armor is ripped right off of her. She had every right to walk away from Maddox, but she knew how wrong that was. Her vulnerability saw his, and it called out for her to protect him even if he did not know that he needed it or wanted it.Maddox began as a character that you would like to deck, but there was so much that he hid away from the world. Being raised by someone like Calvin would definitely leave both metaphorical and physical scars. Kalen realized that she needed him
VIOLETI stood at the cliff’s edge and watched as the sun peeked over the horizon, painting the sky a plethora of colors. It normally signified the beginning of a new day, but today it signified a possible beginning of the end.Life had not been easy. There was always a fight occurring. It was Mom fighting for us in the beginning. Then it was me fighting for my sister once Mom was gone. Now, it was me fighting for them both.It was crazy to think about how much my life had changed since that night – the night when I learned the truth.I once heard someone say, ‘people can’t change the truth, but the truth can change people.’ That quote stuck with me because it was simplistic yet had an unmistakable depth to it as well. The truth really did change me. Not only did I find out that a mere human was precisely what I was not, but I also found out that Mom didn’t actually die two years ago. Nope. She was betrayed by her husband and given over to a group of sadistic assholes who hunted supern
ZIONGrowing up, I was surrounded by love, warmth, affection, and strong bonds between those in my life.The bond with my father taught me about the man that I wanted to be – the one who fought for what was right no matter what that entailed. It also taught me about the mate that I wanted to be – the one who fought for my other half and was whatever she needed me to be in her life. She would be my Queen, both metaphorically and literally.The bond with both of my parents taught me all about the ruler that I wanted to be once I took my place as the next King to sit on the Precoza throne. I was incredibly proud of my heritage, both on the Precoza side as well as the Anderson side. I was proud to be a hybrid because it was the perfect blending of my parents and our family.The first time that I ever had a vision of my future mate was at the ripe young age of nine. It was the very first look that I got of her. I had no idea who she was or where to find her, but I knew that our paths would
KALENIt had been nearly impossible to keep this surprise away from my mate, but it was worth every bit of the sneaky ninja moves that I had to employ.Nadine and Delilah were tasked with keeping their father distracted while I drove us to our venue.He had tried his hardest in convincing me to share the surprise, but I was somehow able to keep my wits about me. I was a strong Alpha. I was embarrassed to admit that I almost gave in after eight mind-blowing orgasms in a row. I had been a quivering mess by that point. Thank fuck that I had retained a single cell of restraint.Nadine and Delilah were the only ones with us today. They were ten and seven respectively. Roman was five, and Harlow was three months old now. Those two were hanging out with Grammy and Pops. Mom and Dad were their first choices whenever they got to choose who to spend time with. My parents were very fucking smug about that too.I had been asked if we were done having pups. The answer was no. My mate and I wanted t
MADDOXIt was finally here – a day that I had been looking forward to for the past twenty-four years ever since Hades told Beauty what was going to happen. Today was the day that Beauty and I would be visiting Calvin in the Underworld.Some might assume that it was fucked up for someone to be excited to see their biological parent in an eternal prison that was reserved for the worst offenders within the supernatural world. I did not give a fuck about what those people thought because he fucking deserved eternal torment for everything that he had done in life. Not to mention that he had tortured my mate, and that simply served to intensify my murderous thoughts when it came to my sperm donor.Calvin was never a father to me. I highly doubted that there was even an ounce of empathy inside of him unless it was self-serving. He might not have been a father, but I did indeed have one. Theo had taken me under his wing and taught me what it meant to be a man, mate, father, and Alpha. He taugh
MADDOX(Eighteen years following Epilogue 1)Today was a day that we had been waiting for while also dreading at the same time because it showed that our little girl was finally ready to spread those wings of hers.Nadine was more than ready to become the next Alpha of Dark Moon. There was so much of Beauty in her. Our daughter was a true badass just like her mother. She was so fucking strong and so fucking resilient. I was incredibly proud to be her father.Before Beauty came into the picture, I had never allowed myself to imagine a future where I would have pups because I felt like a piece of shit that would destroy anything that I touched, including a mate and pups. However, my amazing mate brought me out of the darkness that had at one point consumed my entire life.“Dad, can you help me with my tie?” Roman asked.I finished tying my own first and turned around to smile at my son. He looked really fucking suave in his suit.“Sure thing, son.”My other son also popped on over to get
MADDOX(Eighteen years following Epilogue 1)Today was a day that we had been waiting for while also dreading at the same time because it showed that our little girl was finally ready to spread those wings of hers.Nadine was more than ready to become the next Alpha of Dark Moon. There was so much of Beauty in her. Our daughter was a true badass just like her mother. She was so fucking strong and so fucking resilient. I was incredibly proud to be her father.Before Beauty came into the picture, I had never allowed myself to imagine a future where I would have pups because I felt like a piece of shit that would destroy anything that I touched, including a mate and pups. However, my amazing mate brought me out of the darkness that had at one point consumed my entire life.“Dad, can you help me with my tie?” Roman asked.I finished tying my own first and turned around to smile at my son. He looked really fucking suave in his suit.“Sure thing, son.”My other son also popped on over to get
KALEN(Five years later)I rested back on my hands while I watched the beautiful sight in front of me. It was one that I saw often but never got tired of witnessing it.My amazing mate was playing tag with our daughter. Her peels of laughter floated along the wind. It warmed me just as much as the summer sun did.Nadine was definitely daddy’s girl, something that absolutely thrilled him. He was an incredible father, but I had never had a doubt that he would be.Sundays were family days for the three of us. It was our special bonding time and what we always looked forward to. Life got hectic, especially leading the pack and all of the programs that we were a part of. That was precisely why it was imperative that we took time to be with each other as well.“Daddy!” she squealed when he scooped her up in his strong arms.Damn. He was fucking fine and only got sexier as time went on. He still rocked a body that made me drool on a daily basis, and I was not ashamed of that truth.“That’s ri
KALENI had never felt sad to return how before. However, I was sad that our vacation had come to an end.Goddess, it was such an amazing experience! I could not have asked for a better travel buddy than my mate. Each destination had been thoroughly thought out and planned. He made certain to arrange all of the places that I had dreamed of visiting and even some that I had never heard about before.We had a blast. Our days and nights were filled with exploring. There was plenty of romance too. Both of us felt closer than ever before. It was amazing for us to get away from reality and immerse ourselves in a world away from everything. We were in our own little bubble.That was not to say that I did not miss anyone though because I did.“I was thinking about something,” my mate said from the seat beside me. I hummed, curious to see what was on his mind.We were about to land at the airport. We would pick up our luggage and head somewhere secluded where our literal disappearances would no