Survival of the Fittest
The Bloodfang Pack’s Alpha has declared a grand warrior match. A test of strength, cunning, and dominance. The werewolf who emerges victorious will not only earn the title of champion but will also claim his most beautiful daughter as a mate.
But everyone knows this is just a formality.
No matter who wins, I should be the one to marry Harken Shadowfang.
He and I grew up together, our wolves intertwined by years of shared hunts and whispered promises beneath the full moon. He has always been my destined mate—or so I thought.
The match begins, and Harken deliberately loses.
I watch as he kneels in the dirt, breathing heavily, his sharp golden eyes flicking toward me with something cruel, something mocking.
A chill runs down my spine.
Why? Why would he do this?
The victor stands tall, his fur still bristling from the heat of battle. Alaric Jaggedmane. A warrior through and through, his aura is heavy with the weight of a true Alpha—something Harken never had.
Without hesitation, I step forward, lifting the warrior’s wreath.
"Congratulations," I say, my voice steady. "You're now my husband."
A furious snarl rips through the air.
Harken storms toward me like a rabid beast, his fangs bared, his hands trembling as he snatches the wreath from my grasp.
"Why didn't you pick me?" he demands, his voice bordering on madness.
I meet his gaze without fear.
Because in my past life, I did.
I chose him. I thought he loved me. I thought we would be happy.
But I was a fool.
After my father’s death, Harken locked me away, keeping me weak with silver-laced drugs while he took his true mate, Ravyn Evermoon, to public events at his side.
I was nothing but a tool.
A stepping stone for his ambitions. A title to secure his rule.
It was only then that I learned of his betrayal— of the three children he had already fathered with her.
And so now, with this second chance granted to me by the Moon Goddess herself, I do not waver.
I will not be Harken’s pawn again.