I was supposed to be his forever—Alpha King Jax’s fated mate, his queen. But instead of love, I got rejection. Instead of a future, I got banishment. Left to die and stripped of everything, I swore I’d never forgive him. Years later, he’s back. And worse, my wolf still craves him, still trembles under the weight of his gaze. I hate him for what he did to me, for the pain he caused, but my wolf doesn’t care. She only wants to feel his touch, his bond, his fire. But I can’t let myself fall into his trap again. Jax shattered my heart once, and I refuse to give him the chance to do it twice. Now he’s offering me a deal: my freedom in exchange for helping him complete a deadly mission. I need that freedom more than anything. But working with him means being near him, breathing the same air, feeling the same spark that never truly died. And if Jax discovers the dangerous secret I’ve been hiding all these years, he won’t just break me again—he’ll kill me. Time is running out. The bond between us is growing stronger, and I can’t trust my wolf—or my heart—to resist him for much longer. If I don’t escape soon, I might lose more than my life. I might lose myself… to the Alpha King who betrayed me.
View MoreRhysonHer breathing hitched, and I slipped a hand under her shirt and against her belly. A lot had happened today for both of us, and part of me knew that I should give her more time to adjust. Another part of me suspected she needed a distraction, and this was the best way I knew how to distract.It was too early to feel the baby. My brain screamed at what I’d learned only a few short minutes ago.What if he’s like me? What if he can’t control his wolf?I was going to have a son.“Rhyson,” Maya whispered. My hand stilled, and I waited to see if she would push me away.When she didn’t say anything, my hand inched up to her tits. “Yes?” I promised as I brushed a fingertip under one. “Was there something that you wanted?”“Fuck you. Just tonight.” She rolled onto me, straddling me, and I pulled her shirt off in one swift move before I brought my mouth up to claim her. Her kiss drove me wild. My hands tangled in her red hair, and she ground against me, thin cotton shorts the only barrie
MayaI had dinner with Anna and went up to my room, exhausted. It was empty, and I was grateful. Since discovering what was wrong with me, I hadn’t had time to myself to think or process. Now that it was all hitting me, I just wanted to curl up in a fetal position and cry.My wolf and I would never have a connection or form a bond. I’d never have a chance at a mating bond. I’d never be able to truly rely on an alpha.Only one of those things bothered me. I was never going to find my mate, and I didn’t give a fuck about bonding with an alpha. As far as I was concerned, too many of them were assholes.Jax might be an exception. I couldn’t help but notice the one fair and kind alpha I found was in the middle of a rogue-infested and wild magic mountain. An alpha who bowed to no king. Oh, the irony.I cradled my hand on my belly. Had I conceived a child who would carry my curse? A babe who would never connect to their wolf?The door opened, and I stayed on the floor. Rhyson looked down at
RhysonNobody said a word as I walked out of the office, but a few minutes later, I found Jax behind me. “Don’t you have someone to spy for you?” I asked.“Not spying. Apparently there’s a skirmish forming between your people and mine. I was going to suggest we go check it out.”A skirmish? I frowned. “My people don’t skirmish.”“Neither do mine, so this should be interesting.” He fell into step next to me. “We fight to survive out here, but we do know how to have fun.”“Are you implying that my people don’t know how to fight to survive? Do you know what we’ve faced to get here?”Jax shrugged. “I just assumed the outside was all luxury cars and golden thrones.”He was baiting me. It was clever. “Our threats are different, but they are no less real. I brought only the best with me.”“Care for a wager?” Jax asked lightly. “My people win, and you leave. You can leave the woman too. It’s clear you don’t know how to take care of her.”I growled at him for that.“And if your people win, the
The female smirked and strode away. Only then did I realize that Rhyson was still touching me. Reality hit me hard. What the fuck was that?Saul turned. “Maya, my dear, your wolf has kindly requested that I examine you and the babe, so if you’ll go into room one, we’re almost finished up here, and your healer will join you.”It was all I could do to run away from Rhyson. Tessa winked at me as she ushered me into the exam room. “By kindly, he means that Rhyson bellowed it very loudly after he and Jax got into a heated argument about his mate leading you into danger. It was very entertaining to watch, and it didn’t end until Saul shouted at them that they were breaking his concentration.”There was a strange light in her eyes. “You seem excited,” I observed.“Saul has some amazing equipment here, and his knowledge is incredible. I thought my training was superior, but he knows far more about wolf magic than I even thought possible. Outside of this mountain, we tend to forget that we’re
Maya“Wait, why are you yelling at me? I don’t even know you. She tried to eat it,” I said as I pointed at Anna. The man in front of us glared disapprovingly while the enormous body was laid out on the table behind us.The healer’s veins bulged in his forehead. “You were going to eat it?” he echoed.Anna turned to me. “What the hell, Maya? I showed you a good time, and now you’re going to throw me under the bus?”“Sorry,” I whispered and dropped my head. “He looks mean.”Anna just snorted. For the past hour, I’d had the most fun I’d ever had. I hadn’t considered myself violent, but taking down that mutated creature had been exhilarating. Anna’s warriors worked as a team and listened to her every word, and she was an excellent strategist.Unfortunately, the creatures were in a pair, and the first was too far gone to take down safely. The female had been secured and was being brought in now. I’d given my wolf plenty of control and watched her joy.And this man was totally judging me for
Rhyson“So you think Emerson left the mountain and killed your brother,” the alpha on the computer screen said. Unlike most wolves I knew, and most wolves I’d seen on the mountain, Elonso kept his hair cropped short. He must have shaved it every day to keep up with it. His expression was distrusting, but it was obvious he was interested in my story.If Elonso was Emerson’s second, I didn’t trust him at all. Jax swore that Elonso worked his way up as Emerson’s second with every intention of taking him down when he got the chance, and not out of loyalty. Since he was alpha and Emerson was dead, I guessed his plan had worked.“I know the exact month. You would have been his second then. To your knowledge, did Emerson leave the mountain?” I asked.“Hard to say,” Elonso said dryly. “My memory has been a bit foggy since two members of my pack have gone missing.”Behind the computer screen, Jax rolled his eyes. “They’re not missing. Cindy is technically no longer part of your pack as her pac
I gave myself into the wonder and curiosity and tried to let go of the hypervigilance and fear. We sniffed and ran. Anna even tried to play with me, although I had no idea how to play as a wolf. When she bowed to me, I tried to run, and when she started to run, I wanted to hunt. In the end, we settled for running side-by-side.Other wolves watched, but no one joined and no one approached. Finally, when it felt like we were hundreds of miles from where we started, we collapsed and started to shift back.Reaching into a tree stump, she pulled out a bag of clothes and tossed it my way. “Ah. I did wonder how everyone always had access to clothes,” I said without thinking.Anna gave me a sideways look. “This is the most common method, at least here. How is it off the mountain? Do you not run for fun?”“I can’t tell you what it’s like off the mountain,” I said carefully. “You can’t leave the mountain or come to the mountain, remember?”Wrinkling her nose, she started to dress. “Right. Okay,
MayaMy wolf didn’t just give over control. She sank deep in me, almost as if she were retreating to lick her wounds. Rhyson’s look of disgust had broken us both, and when I emerged, I started to shift. Nobody said a word as someone handed me some clothes.“Is there any way to fix it?” I asked without looking up. “Can you use magic to repair my bonds?”Janelle looked over at Irene and then back to me. “Honestly, I have no idea. There isn’t much information on wolf magic that’s available to witches. I’m not even certain how a witch would have gone about removing them to begin with. Your best course of action is to find the witch that removed them and hope he knows how to fix it.”That didn’t bode well. Even if I could somehow get the information from my father, it wouldn’t do me any good. “Well, thank you. I did think I’d go my whole life never knowing what was wrong with my wolf. Turns out she’s perfect.” I forced a smile. “We were just fucked from the moment we were conceived.”“Maya
Rhyson “Rhyson, I am in no danger,” Maya insisted. “There is no need to fight.” Anna cleared her throat. “Jax, back down. Now.” The alpha and I stared at each other. Instinctively, my wolf knew that he was protecting his mate and his territory, but my sanity was hanging by a thread. When I learned that Maya had gone off by herself, I’d lost my mind. We only had a stranger’s word that we were safe here. I don’t know who moved first, but suddenly, we were both in the air, each aiming for the other’s throat. “Roosavier,” the blonde shouted. With a grunt, we both fell to the floor. Grunting, I tried to rise, but there was something invisible pulling me down. I could barely budge an inch. When Jax growled unhappily, I knew he was in the same boat. “Irene,” Anna snapped, and raced to Jax’s side. To my shock, Jax sat up and shook his whole body before glaring at me. “What? I didn’t hurt them, although the spell isn’t all that strong. It won’t hold them for more than twenty or
Prologue Anna They came without warning. As I glanced out the window, lightning streaked across the dark, furious sky revealing half a dozen silhouettes just a few feet from the window. Before the sky darkened again, they were in the hut. My father grabbed me and hurled me toward them like a bowling ball before shifting into his wolf form and breaking through the back door. Two bodies went down under me. Shock turned to immobilizing fear. Something pulled me back up. “Hold her.” Those were the only two words spoken, but the sound of his voice caught my attention. Confused, I snapped my head around, but he was already a wolf. Melting into the darkness, he was just a blur as he went after my father. They dragged me outside. Rain pelted the ground, and I slipped on the mud. It wasn’t a move to escape, but I was punished for it. Claws pushed me to my back and raked down my shoulder before resting against my neck. I stared into the dark eyes of the wolf and understood that th...
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