Ayla Bailore has never had it easy in her life. From being orphaned at a young age to being mistreated as the wolfless runt of her pack. Her only resolve is the hope of finding her mate. The man destined by the goddess to love and protect her. Ayla's last hope is shattered when she discovers her mate is no other than Alpha Garrick of the Red River Pack. And he is the opposite of the mate she envisioned. He derives pleasure in causing her pain. He hates her but still wouldn't reject her. Faced with a dreadful situation, Ayla has no other choice but to escape the Red River Pack with her sister, to save their lives. Unfortunately that one bold decision started to seem like a mistake when they stumbled upon the ruthless Iron Claw Pack conspiring to assassinate the King during his Luna Queen's selection contest. And now this information would cost them their lives. To save her life and the life of her sister, Ayla’s given a choice. To surrender their lives to the hands of death, or a choice to join the upcoming Queen selection contest as a member of the Iron Claw Pack, charm her way into the King’s heart, warm his bed if she has to, or make him fall headlessly in love with her, and when the time comes, successfully completes her mission, assassinating the King. Ayla has no choice but to accept and joins the battle for the Luna crown to complete her mission and eliminate the King. But what happens when she meets the Alpha King and he's not what she was expecting. And what's worse, he knows her secret, one that should get her killed. She's stepped into the Wolf's den, and now there's no way out.
Lihat lebih banyakAYLA BAILOREMy brows crinkled. Frankly, I was completely lost, as I scrambled my brain trying to figure out who this man was. I had never met him before, and the look Lucian was giving me told me I should at least know him.“Apologies for coming late. You have the wrong culprit behind bars. Ayla Bailore, she's innocent,” He said, and my heart skipped a beat only for a moment. At least someone else also believed I didn't do it.Lucian pulled up from his chair, his eyes were dark, and not one of the emotions he had shown me earlier was on his face as he turned to face the man. I could feel the palpable tension that crackled in the air, even Lucian's men that had entered with the man were on high alert. It made me wonder just who he was.“Alpha Alexander,” Lucian almost growled out as he called the unfamiliar man's name and that was when it hit me. He was the Alpha of the Iron Claw Pack. Had Arnold sent him here? I wasn't sure what his being here meant for me. I had heard stories from W
ALEXANDER LANNISTERI always knew it. I fucking knew it. That one day that hot-blooded brother of mine was going to be the death of all of us. I was seething with rage, hell, I swear I was going to murder him myself once I saw him.I marched into the mansion, with the only seemingly reasonable brother of mine, Devoss, stalking straight to my office. It'd been weeks since I last walked these hallways. I had urgent matters to tend to so I had to travel South to meet Devoss leaving Arnold in charge of the pack. And that was a fucking mistake. Given his anger issues and unstable history, I should have known he was a fucking time bomb waiting to blow off. Unfortunately, this time he planned on taking us all with him.As I reached my office, I dismissed the two witches guarding the doors. They belonged to the coven in the Iron Claw Pack, the same coven my maternal witch grandmother led during her time.Once we stepped in, I found the fucking brother of mine pacing through the large office,
LUCIAN BLACKTHORN Blackness snuffed out my vision as I stormed out of the dungeon, marching towards my office, fuming with so much rage. No, it was worse than that. I couldn't possibly begin to identify the myriad of emotions bubbling through me, and the worse part was I hadn't gotten a fucking name from Ayla. “The Supreme heads have gathered,” Eden burst through from only the goddess knew where matching my strides as I made my way to the door of my office. “The inner court is also present. Everyone is waiting for you—” “Not now!” I didn't even spare her a glance, I was on the verge of losing it and Nero wasn't even helping matters. “Everything points to her. The poison was found in her things, the same poison that was in your drink, and the very same that had murdered our warriors—” I reached for the doorknob, losing what little was left of my control I had left, breaking it from the door. “A fucking minute, Eden!” I growled, my eyes glowing my usual golden and the emerald gree
AYLA BAILORE“I know you're a spy,” Lucian tapped his fingers against his glass before placing it down on a small table close to him. “I remember the night you snuck into my bedroom, Ayla. Anyone who dared attempt what you did would have had his head ripped out the second he was caught but with you…” He gazed intensely into my eyes before he shook his head as if deciding against something. “I never saw sense in why Esmira insisted on a Queen Selection contest, but now I do. Maybe this was the goddess way of bringing you to me. I know nothing I say would make sense now, not until you get your wolf. But Ayla, I want you to know you can trust me,” He bridged the distance between us, cupping my face in his hands. “I don't know what your relationship is with Arnold, and I know it can't be good. But I swear by the moon, I'd never hurt you. I wish you could feel the extent of what you mean to me. Arnold don't do anything without an ulterior motive, tell me what's going on. Let me help you,”
AYLA BAILORE My fingers trembled as I wrapped them around the small object. My heart was already in my throat. “Tonight?”He nodded, picking up his drink. And I wondered just how he could plot to kill the King in the middle of a party with so many wolves around. Despite the blasting music that made it impossible for any wolf's hearing to eavesdrop on our conversation, Arnold didn't strike me as a person who was so careless.“And how am I supposed to do that?” I tried to calm myself.“Simple. Empty the contents into the King's drink tonight, and—”“I mean, get that close to the King. He's always around people, and if something happens to him with me around I'd be the first suspect,”“You're forgetting I have spies in the kingdom and according to my sources, the King was in your bedroom throughout the night. That tells me you can get close enough. Remember this isn't a choice, you and Emily's life are on the line so you choose, whose life matters more,”My hands tightened and I couldn'
AYLA BAILORE I was just leaving my room for the first time since morning. After Lucian left I hadn't gone back to sleep, I couldn't even if I wanted to, not with every thought of mine wondering what Lucian had to say to me, even worse, ask of me. I needed to speak to Arnold fast. And find out how Emily was doing despite Garrick's threat. And I needed to get my head out of my thoughts and think about how I'd get into the Stone room tonight during the ball. This was my only chance. Apparently, the Stone room would be opened during the ball while the magical precious orbs we had collected from the forest would be kept safely there, so the perfect opportunity to sneak in and check if the goddess stone was there. I couldn't completely believe everything Triss said about the stone being lost, Arnold seemed to be certain that the stone was in the palace. So I had to give it a try, the stone could solve my problems with Arnold and get Emily and me successfully out of the North.I wasn't s
TRISS LANNISTER Acacia picked up her cup of tea. “You know just because it feels like an ancient matter, that doesn't mean everyone has forgotten about it. The words are still very much imprinted on the stones,”The very same words that King Eric had obsessed over. The same words had filled him with greed and hunger for powers that weren't meant for him and even now everyone was still paying the price for his cruel actions.“Everyone remembers Triss. Many are still searching. Power, and magic, are two things that corrupt even the purest of souls. Just like the words on the stones. She's like a gem they'll all seek for different reasons. So precious everyone would want to claim. That's her destiny,”“You speak in the present tense, Acacia. She's gone, just like Cora, and Brad,” I said, ignoring the whispers in my head.“Even you don't believe that,” She sipped her drink so calmly like we were talking about the weather, or deciding on what our lunch would be, and not something as serio
LUCIAN BLACKTHORNIf there was anything I never wanted was to be apart from my mate, even if it was for a second. The matebond had a way of messing with one's mind and emotions. I'd promised myself to stay away from her since I discovered many mysteries surrounding my mate and her mysterious relationship with Arnold and Garrick.I promised myself I'd keep my distance, at least until the Queen Selection was over, and she realized we were mates. That was the only way I could trust her. The Lannisters were only a fraction of the people who wanted me dead. I had plenty of enemies who were after my throne and would want me dead. I'd been able to survive this long, by surrounding myself with a small circle of people I could trust. And I wished Ayla would be one of them. She was my mate and will be my Queen. So I needed her to be on my side.Hopefully, after I returned tonight, I'd be able to get through to her and make her trust me enough to be honest with me. Tonight would determine if the
AYLA BAILOREConsciousness tugged at me, but I was too tired to get up. I heard a rustling sound to my left. Someone was here. I opened my eyes, breathing deeply. I was in bed, with familiar white satin sheets in my large room in the royal mansion. For a second my body felt like it'd been run over by a car, then it all came rushing to me. The challenge. Lara being unconscious and then the magical horse.I turned left and found Lucian leaning against the wall close to the window. He wore his usual cold, expressionless mask, just watching me. “How are you feeling?”“Okay, though my head hurts like hell,” I tried to get up when I felt something on my forehead. A stone-like crystal. I was about to ask what it was when I noticed I was wearing a thin black lace slip. “Who changed me?”Lucian stepped forward, brows raised, expression dark but unreadable. “You almost died, and that is the first thing you ask about?” I rose up, leaning against the headrest, inhaling his heady winter forest s
AYLA BAILORE“So good… faster Alpha… Harder,” She moaned loudly, and in response to her demand, the slapping of naked bodies became more audible.I held the rag tightly in my hands, rubbing against the wall, refusing to back at them. I couldn't even if I wanted to. The pain in my bones was too much to bear, but it was nothing compared to the torment in my soul.I couldn't stop the sob that escaped my throat, and the tears that followed after.“You take me so good,” Garrick moaned, thrusting deeper and faster into the woman he was fucking. She was just another one of them, his randoms or whores. Whichever way he decided to call it.My hands balled tightly and I couldn't take the pain anymore. My knees buckled and I collapsed on the tiles, writhing in immense pain from the mate bond. Yes, he was my fated mate. Alpha Garrick of the Red River Pack was the wolf the goddess decided was the right choice for me. The man who was supposed to be my better other half. Who was supposed to love me...
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