Ruby married her fate mate, Lucas, only to endure his repeated betrayals with his first love. In the end, she lost everything—her child, her parents, and her hope. But when she’s reborn on the night of her wedding, she vows to rewrite her fate. Determined to protect those she loves, Ruby finds her former enemy, Caleb, Lucas’s brother—the man who will one day kill Lucas and become the Lycan King. Caleb had never shown up at her wedding before, but this time, Ruby looks into his eyes and says, "I want you to be my husband." Can Ruby take control of her future, or will the past haunt her forever?
View MoreLucas glares at me. “What is that supposed to mean?”I groan in frustration, and pull his engagement ring from my pocket. “This will never sit on my finger Lucas. I would rather die than be bound to you for the rest of my life.” It fell from my fingers, clinking pitifully on the marble steps.“But you’re my mate! We have a bond, you belong to me, you are tied to me–”“Yes! Lucas!” I shout, the hurt and anger I have felt since my rebirth bubbling over into my words. “I am supposed to be your mate, and you are supposed to be tied to me, too! But I refuse to be treated like a pawn instead of your partner.”I know what I have to do. I call on my wolf, but my connection to her is still dark. Even without Willow, I muster every ounce of my energy to call the mate bond into my mind, attacking it with the full force of my consciousness.It trembles, and splinters, still present, but weaker. It hurts us both, and Lucas stumbles back, his shocked expression etched into his face. “What the hell
His words shocked me, and I stared at him in surprise. A true marriage? With Caleb? I imagined all the times I had seen other women hanging off of him like ornaments, and all of his snide comments even now that we were allied together against Lucas.It made me want to laugh, but it also sobered me to the reality of our situation. Even if we were striking up something like a friendship, it didn’t change the fact that in the next few months, his fated mate was bound to appear. Regardless of the success of our union against Lucas, he would be separated from me sooner or later.I couldn’t agree to a marriage without any boundaries, like he was suggesting. It wouldn’t be fair to either of us.“I can’t,” I said, turning away from him. “I know you think you’re trying to be kind, but that’s not going to help us.”Caleb sighed, his face expressionless. “You know, as childish as you are, you never really deserved the shit Lucas put you through. I can’t promise to be a good husband, but I can pr
“What? No! That’s not…” I fumbled over my words, “That’s not what I meant.”“Oh? What do you mean then? That you want to be the one fawning over me, not the rest of my ‘fan-club’ as you put it.”I groaned, “Look, I think laying out some ground rules would be helpful. We haven’t gotten into any specifics of this arrangement, but before we proceed with the marriage, I think we have to.”“By all means,” Caleb said, gesturing for me to continue. “What do you want?””As a part of our contracted marriage, we should both be free to pursue our own love lives, since this is a political arrangement. As such, I won’t interfere with your lovers and you won’t interfere with mine.”“If that’s what you want,” Caleb said graciously.“It is, it’s what is best for both of us,” I said firmly. “But, if we can abide by those rules, I’ll move in with you. You’re right, I can’t stay here. I might as well get used to you before the wedding.”He smiled and nodded. “It’s late, and we both need some sleep. I’ll
I fell out of the bed, scrambling away from him as he advanced. I was nearly at the door when he grabbed me by the back of the neck. lifting me off the floor without effort. His breath was hot and sour in my face, “You are nothing without me, you cannot defy me.”He raised his other arm to strike me. But then the door burst open, and I was dropped as the sound of Lucas’s scream pierced my ears.“Don’t you touch her, you bastard!” My father’s voice echoed.He was standing above me, a candelabra waving frantically in his hands. Lucas held his hands up to his temple, where a streak of blood was beginning to trickle down his cheeks.“I’ve always liked you, Lucas, but take one more step and I won’t hesitate to strike you again.”Lucas lowered his arms, a smile breaking across his face. “This is all a misunderstanding. You must have seen the news reports by now, you know how delicate your daughter is. I–”“No!” My father countered, his eyes blazing with fury. “No more, I don’t care what sho
I nod, swallowing my nerves.He closed the space between us, pressing his soft lips into mine in a gentle, chaste kiss. I returned it, raising myself on my tiptoes to reach him more easily.I opened my eyes as he pulled away, and saw the same surprise I felt mirrored in his face.“Great, I’ll edit these and send them to you. What do you think of this one?” Joseph asked, pulling me out of my contemplation.He showed us an intimate photo he’d captured, our eyes locked tenderly. “That’s perfect, find one with a kiss for me, I want to upload that as my social media avatar.” Caleb said, already beginning to unbutton the jacket Joseph had given him for the shoot.Joseph nodded, and left for his office.“You’re really as bad as a teenager, you’re already updating your relationship status online?” I said, removing the veil from my hair.“Don’t worry, it’s purely political.” He paused, looking up at me with a smirk. “You know I’ve never posted a woman I haven’t slept with yet. People are defin
My father shook his head. “That’s enough, young lady.” He said, swiping the letter away.“You can’t make this decision for me,” I said, leaping up to try to take it back.“We’re your parents—“ my father started.“That doesn’t give you the right to bind me to a man who wants to kill you!” I cried, becoming desperate.“Sweetheart, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Are you feeling alright?” My mother asked nervously, feeling my forehead for evidence of a fever.“I’m fine,” I exclaimed, “but I won’t be if you force me to marry Lucas! Can’t you see what he’s doing? You already know he’s using me for my connections, can’t you understand why? He will only abuse power, he wants to hurt us all!”My father groaned, looking at me with a mixture of concern and fear. “That’s enough. We’re not going to keep having this conversation. You’re clearly overwhelmed, maybe we should have let the engagement last a little longer so you wouldn’t panic.”“You’re not listening!” I cried.“You’re not se
“You have no idea what you’re talking about!” She exclaimed, struggling to keep her composure. ”You’re just jealous and regret dropping Lucas!”I laughed, the horrible flood of memories of Lucas’s cruelty in my past life washed over me like a suffocating wave. “I couldn’t care less that I’ll never have to touch that man. I hope you’re happy now Harper, you’ll be in his bed but you’ll never be his wife.”I left her there on the steps, a small, choking sound echoing after me down the hall.I stopped first at the room I had occupied in the castle for the last few months of my engagement, and was not surprised to see Lucas had ordered it to be scrubbed clean. The sheets were changed and all my belongings were packed in a small suitcase by the door.I sighed, picking them up and preparing for the walk home. I didn’t have much here, Lucas had always made a show of insulting me when I tried to make the room my own. I can’t believe it never occurred to me how much he didn’t want me there.My
CALEBWhat?Her words rooted me to the spot, and for once in my life, I couldn’t think of a quip to return back to the woman standing in front of me.Somehow, she knew. I have spent years planning to keep my wretched brother away from the throne, and I have spent months putting those plans meticulously into place. I have been quiet, I’ve kept my circles small, how could she possibly have found out what I was doing?Or maybe she doesn’t know? I wondered briefly if it was a fluke as she gazed up at me with those sure, steadfast eyes. This might all be random chance, could she just be a frustrated, jilted bride whose fiance had been fucking another woman behind her back?No, I realized for certain, she knew. She had too many specifics of my intentions, and came right out with them to my face. I had always thought of her as the lovesick puppy who followed my brother around like he was a god and capable of no wrong. But with this unexpected show, it seemed she was not the helpless pawn I’d
I couldn’t help but smile, watching Lucas struggle to get back on his feet after his fall. For the first time since my rebirth, it felt like I was finally catching up to him. He might have thought he had me in his grasp this morning, but there was nothing he could do from underneath my feet.“You’ll regret opposing me.” He hissed as Harper propped him up on her shoulder. “You can’t turn around and marry Caleb, I won’t allow it!”Caleb released a deep cackle, “You think I want to get married with these tacky decorations? No, we’re going to be rescheduling and definitely redoing this entire ceremony. I’m thinking white roses and carnations instead of these awful yellow ones, don’t you think so, Ruby?”I smiled, “And maybe even adding them into the archway over the altar,” I said, gesturing to the empty canopy above us. Harper huffed, coughing slightly under the weight of Lucas. “You can keep him,” I said, “my new fiance and I have some business to attend to. Now, if you’ll excuse us.”I
“You’ll come to me tonight?” A sickly sweet feminine voice crooned.“As soon as I can,” a second voice answered—my fiancé’s voice, “I’ll drug her if I have to. No one but you is getting this cock tonight.”The room swam into focus, and I realized I was back at this exact moment from a year ago. Two hours before my wedding.“Lucas,” the woman moaned.I pulled back from the door like it had scalded me, yanking the veil from my hair.He couldn’t.He wouldn’t.Lucas was my fated mate. I was destined to carry his cubs.We were meant to rule together, side by side, as the Lycan King and Queen. I looked down at the veil clenched in my fingers, my vision blurred by tears. I threw the fabric to the ground.A heavy, unexplainable fury began to rise in my gut.How could this have happened? I should have been dead. But somehow… I was back. Back to one year ago.I replayed the scenes of our marriage like a fool willingly drinking poison, even as it went sour on her tongue. Lucas, my fated mate and...
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