They said I had no wolf.
No name.
No place in this pack.

So when I was beaten, broken, and left bleeding… no one stopped it.

Not even him.

The Alpha’s son.
The boy who once promised to protect me.
The man who looked me in the eyes… and chose another.

But the moon had already made its choice.

I was his mate.
The one he hid.
The one they tried to erase.

And just when I thought that was the cruelest fate I could be given

he arrived.

The Blood Moon Alpha.
A king in everything but name.
A man powerful enough to shake packs… and dangerous enough to destroy them.

The moment he touched me, everything changed.

Secrets buried deep beneath this pack begin to surface.
Girls who disappeared.
Truths no one was meant to uncover.
And a past tied to me… that no one can explain.

Now the Alpha who rejected me wants me back.
The king who should never want me won’t let me go.
And the girl they once called nothing

might be the one thing that brings them all to their knees.

I was unwanted.
Now I’m the one they fear.

Jess was not quite submitting but she was not staying still enough for Cel to finish it cleanly either. She scraped weakly at our chest with her claws, buying herself whatever time she could, and Cel let her try. She was patient in the way that confident things are patient, because she already knew how it ended. When the opening came she took it without hesitation, growling as her jaw clamped around Jess's shoulder and neck and replaced the pressure of her paw with something far more decisive. Jess's wolf growled and twisted hard, trying to pull free, but Cel only tightened her grip in response. I could feel through the bond how much she was enjoying the weight of it, the taste of blood at the edge of her teeth, the particular satisfaction of holding something completely and absolutely still.


Chapter 76 - Alex and the Alpha's Shirt