The story of a bastard prince turned Alpha King and his fake mate. A story of love, lies and vengeance. To the world, it's a fairytale, the tale of a royal and a maid. In reality, it's a sham. Killian is known as the bastard prince, a murderer believed to have killed his brother for the throne. Cold and merciless, Killian firmly believes only fools love but on a whim, he announces a random maid as his mate to avoid a political marriage. Then his beliefs begin to change. Carrot is fleeing her abusive mate who, not only rejected her, but also tried to kill her and then sold her off to an old, perverted Alpha. She runs to the capital and renames herself Amethyst. Working as a palace maid, she is scrubbing the ground one day when the Alpha Prince takes one look at her and declares her his mate. A lie. In public, Killian dotes on Amethyst but in private, he ignores her existence. He crowns her as his queen and they continue their fake relationship until their lies unravel as the truth. They are true mates. Can Amethyst open her heart to a man who disregarded her from the start? They may be true mates but with a woman deadset on having Killian, a disgraced dowager queen determined to avenge her son and the awakening of Amethyst's hybrid powers, how long can their relationship last?
They say when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade, but what if the lemons are rotten? What then? A more optimistic person would find something useful to do with rotten lemons, but not me. I was fed up of being dealt awful cards.
"What the hell is this?" Noah growled, his eyes alight with spite. "You've got to be kidding me. What kind of sick, awful joke is this!?" He shouted, drawing attention to us. "You wench, what did you do!?" He glared at me with reddened eyes that I could not avoid.
"What's going on?" People around us whispered as the alpha's son cursed at me, his eyes alight with so much malice it seemed he wanted to bury me underneath it.
"Babe, what's the matter?" The blonde bombshell attached to his side asked with a pout, trying to get his attention back on her.
"Get off me!" He shrugged her off and stalked forward, taking purposeful strides toward me.
My legs trembled as I tried to flee but my body had gone into lockdown. It did that a lot when it sensed danger. I'd become a frozen rabbit withdrawing into an artfully carved shell perfected over the years, a shell that I entered at the first sign of danger to save myself.
"You can't be my mate." He hissed the words into my face, spittle flying everywhere. "You're not good enough to stand beside me." His words were inaudible even to me. He spoke them as if he feared someone else would hear. He was ashamed of me and I didn't blame him. I was ashamed of myself too.
I was a shameful person. It was shameful that at twenty, I didn't have a wolf and it was even more shameful how I let these people toss me about without fighting back.
"I can't accept you," Noah growled into my face, his breath reeking of alcohol.
"Okay," I answered with a shrug that hid the anguish wrenching my insides apart.
It was my worst nightmare playing out right before me. I'd dreamt of finding my mate for so long but without a wolf, I knew the chances of rejection were high. However, it didn't mean I did not hope. Mates are two parts of a whole. Fated mates did not reject each other but my life had to be a contradiction.
"I know I am not good enough," I muttered to Noah who was still breathing in my face. "I understand." He reeled back in surprise at my calmness.
'What? Did you expect me to fall at your feet and beg to be accepted? I have a bit of pride, you know? I may be an orphaned, wolfless omega but I still have my self-respect, no matter how small,' I thought.
"You –" Noah stuttered and in a minute, his pale face turned red. "You're not –" His alcoholic breath irritated my nostrils.
"Baby, what's the matter?" Bella came forward and grabbed Noah's arm, clinging to him.
He gave me an irritated look before he grabbed Bella by the waist, pulled her into his chest and smashed his lips against hers. The girl gasped in surprise but she pulled him closer, her hands tangling into his hair. The people behind whistled and hooted but Noah kept his eyes fixated on me as he kissed another girl.
No matter how much I pretended to be fine on the outside, my insides were turning and twisting. My heart felt as if someone was stabbing into it with a blunt knife, stabbing and wrenching. My heart slowed for a moment and breathing because impossible. Through blurry eyes, I watched Noah's eyes light up before they closed as he got fully invested in kissing another girl while I, his mate, watched.
No blow ever hurt this much. No slap, no kick, and no harsh word ever caused me this much pain.
I swerved on my heels, my heart too heavy to continue watching the scene playing out before me but as I turned, a loud voice halted me.
"I found my mate!" Noah shouted in the hall and silence descended around me. In a daze, I turned to look back at him.
What trick did he have up his sleeve?
"Congratulations, Bella!" A girl shouted from beside them. "You're going to be the Luna as you said!" Just like that, people cheered and congratulated Bella. They didn't ask who Noah was mated to. After that steamy and public kiss, there was no need to ask.
Confusion shone in Bella's eyes as she looked up at Noah but his eyes were on me, his lips pulled up at the side as he watched my reaction. Following his gaze, her eyes came to rest on me and the small smile on her lips fell. A dark look crossed her eyes and a biting cold pierced my chest.
"That's right," she said in a cold voice. "I am Noah's Luna." She raised her chin into the air and smiled a haughty smile.
"Noah, my boy!" The Alpha ran into the hall where the welcome party for his son was in full swing.
Earlier, the adults left the hall for the 'youngins' to party but at that moment, the Alpha and his Luna were running into the party to congratulate their son on finding his mate. The Luna shoved past me as she rushed to hug Bella and I laughed. It was a small chuckle that no one heard and it was all I could do in this situation.
I should be the one getting congratulated, not Bella. I was Noah's mate, not Bella, but I couldn't say that. Noah said with his mouth that I wasn't deserving of standing by his side and he was right. He just returned from the academy where he spent the last five years being educated to take over this pack. A girl like me did not belong by his side. Bella was more fitting. She was the beta's daughter, a pretty girl with a 'banging body,' a nice attitude and most importantly, a beta wolf. Me? I was nobody.
Tears streamed down my face as I exited the hall. I tried convincing myself that this was for the best. Even if Noah accepted me, his family would not accept me and the pack would never respect me. I wasn't cut out to be a Luna, I knew that but the tears did not stop.
Why did it hurt so much? Why did my lemons taste so bad? How many more rejections would I have to deal with in my lifetime? My father rejected me, my mother rejected me, my pack rejected me and now my mate rejected me. From my conception, I wasn't good enough. When would I be good enough? What did I have to do to be accepted?
As one of the helps for the party, I wasn't allowed to leave as I did but my legs carried me to my room. The tears fell faster and harder as I stumbled upstairs and once I closed the door behind me, I screamed.
It was too much. The emotions choked me. My head throbbed, my heart throbbed and my throat throbbed as I screamed louder.
"Why me!?" I shouted at my ceiling. "What did I do? Why do I have to suffer this much?" I screamed, clawing at my chest. It hurt. The stabbing in my heart hurt too much. My limbs trembled as I hit my chest. "What did I ever do wrong?" I screamed. "I'm just –" I'm just one person so why did I have to carry this much burden?
Where was the goddess? Why did she abandon me? Why did my creator always throw me into situations where I would suffer? How could a goddess be so cruel?
"I hate you," I spoke the blasphemous words. "You're –" You're too cruel. The words stuck in my tightened throat. "Aren't you supposed to love me? Didn't you create me? Why do you –"
Even the goddess rejected me.
I'd never known love and I'd never asked to be loved. I never even asked for a crumb of affection. All I wanted in life was to be treated as a person who had a heart to feel. I wanted people to see and understand that I was hurt and hurting, maybe then they would treat me like a person with emotions and not an object to be abused. I didn't think it was too much to ask.
The goddess was supposed to give me a loving mate. My mate was the only person on the planet who I felt could love me with all my flaws and shortcomings. Why did she have to give me a man like Noah? Why was I always set up to be hurt and humiliated?
"I hate you!" I didn't know who the words were for this time. The goddess who abandoned me or Noah, who not only rejected me seconds after finding out we were mates, but also proclaimed another woman as his Luna right in my presence. "I hate –" The words stuck to my throat as I gasped, my eyes turning dark for a split second as a sharp knife drove my heart.
She built him from the ground so she can destroy him. Persephone died at the hands of her mate, a man she sacrificed everything for but in the end, he chose his true mate over her. She is granted a chance to redo everything, waking up two years before her death and this time, all she wants is revenge. She doesn't mind dying a second time as long as she takes her enemies down with her. To repay the people responsible for her and her father's deaths, Persephone is ready to live as a wicked woman. To guarantee her father's future, a victim of her stupid choices in her past timeline, Persephone joins hands with the arrogant Alpha Koa, the prince of wolves. Koa, the first prince hated by both his family and all wolves, lost everything to gain the throne in Persephone's last life. Now, she uses her knowledge of the future to help him ascend the throne with ease and in turn, he becomes her shield. As Persephone and Koa work together to achieve their goals, an unlikely love story blossoms between the two. However, Persephone's ex is desperate to shackle her to his side and Koa's family will not stand to see him succeed. With powerful forces standing against their love, will it have any chance to bloom?
Born of a prostitute, Delilah Norton is the shame of the Norton family. When her hometown has to send a bride to the Dragon Lord, her father is quick to sell her off in place of her stepsister. Thus, Delilah becomes the seventh bride of the Dragon Lord whose wives always end up dead. Xerxes the Dragon Lord is a man capable of cruelty beyond measure. A man who created a river of blood of both family and foe to ascend the throne and expand his kingdom, people speak his name with more fear than awe. After seven years on the throne without an heir, his vassals bring in yet another woman for him to wed and this time, it is a human. If there is one thing he hates, it's weakness and Delilah is just that – a powerless human. Unknown to Xerxes, he shares a history with Delilah that dates back to their childhood. When Delilah realizes the cruel dragon is the boy she loved as a child, she cannot help but love him but Xerxes despises her. Delilah tries to get close to him but he constantly pushes her away. Unfortunately, when he admits his interest, Delilah is already done with him so sets out to win her back but it may be too late. With their personal differences and external forces committed to tearing them apart; from a brother once presumed dead to a sinister woman who wants the seat beside Xerxes, can Delilah and Xerxes build a life together or will the tempest prove insurmountable?
Sequel to 'The Cursed Alpha's Mate.' Can a cursed Alpha find salvation in a broken Omega? When at eighteen, Chantelle’s childhood crush proposes to be her chosen mate, she never dreamt things would go wrong. After five years of being mated to the Alpha of her dreams, Chantelle has yet to conceive. Ridiculed as a barren woman, she goes through high and low to bear a child, meanwhile, her mate impregnates her stepsister and drives her from her pack. Broken and destitute, she meets her predestined mate; the cursed Alpha Valens. Of all things to inherit, Valens has inherited his father’s curse. Driven by the curse, he invades packs, desperate to meet his mate and curse breaker. Then he receives his salvation. One night is all it takes; one night between two strangers. When Chantelle wakes up the morning after that pivotal night, she picks her shoes and flees, terrified of the man whose bed she dared to share. When Valens wakes, he sees colours for the first time in over a decade but the woman responsible for his colourful world has fled his side. In a panic, he declares her wanted. After five years of trying for a child, Chantelle is pregnant. It’s the best gift to her, a gift that changes her life in a way she never imagined. However, there are people determined to ruin every bit of joy in her life. A union between two people who see the world differently is bound to be rocky but can the alpha and his omega find even ground?
A ruthless alpha. A gifted omega. A burning passion. For taking her mother’s life during childbirth, Sihana is condemned to be hated all her life. Desperate to be loved, she works hard to please her pack and prove her worth but her pack only uses her as a servant. After years of working as a pseudo-slave to people who hate her, Sia decides to leave her pack. The bitter experience of being mated to her bully who promptly rejects her puts her off mating but the goddess gives her a second chance mate in the person of Alpha Cahir Armani. The Alpha of the strongest pack in the world, Cahir Armani has a reputation for being bloodthirsty, cold and cruel. Cahir is ruthless, a man who kills without remorse, laughs without humour and takes without asking. What no one knows is that underneath his bloody armour is a scarred man. Cahir has no place for a mate in his life but the goddess throws Sihana his way. Although he sees no use for a mate, he can’t resist the pull of the mate bond any more than he can resist Sia’s seductive curves. Sihana needs love. Cahir does not know how to love. Kissed by the goddess and gifted healing abilities, she becomes a treasure her ex-mate and his pack refuse to let go of but who can stop a man like Cahir from claiming his mate? Can Cahir learn to love and can Sia heal his wounds? Will a relationship between two broken people work or are they better off without each other?
The story of a prince cursed with immortality and a girl counting down the days to death. An Alpha in search of his Luna. An omega once rejected. She couldn't shift until she met him. He couldn't see colours until he met her. They call Prince Valens the cursed prince, the Alpha who neither knocks nor asks before he enters and takes but the true thing he seeks, he cannot find. Wandering the earth for over a hundred years in search of someone to break his curse, he has become nothing but a cold man. He invades packs in search of his mate, staging takeovers, until he meets her; his curse-breaker. Aysel has the blood of a traitor in her veins. Eleven years ago, her parents led an attack to overthrow the Alpha. They lost and got slaughtered, leaving her behind to bear the burden of their tainted legacy. Abused, broken and rejected, she has no hope of a better life until she meets him; the cursed alpha. Her saviour. Valens introduces Aysel to a life of power and affluence. Those who mocked her now fall on their faces to serve her but with an ex desperate to get her back, a scorned alpha hell-bent on ruining them and her identity emerging, will the relationship between Aysel and Valens flourish?
After two years of marriage, Sadie was finally pregnant. Filled with hope and joy, she was blindsided when Noah asked for a divorce. During a failed attempt on her life, Sadie found herself lying in a pool of blood, desperately calling Noah to ask him to save her and the baby. But her calls went unanswered. Shattered by his betrayal, she left the country. Time passed, and Sadie was about to be wed for a second time. Noah appeared in a frenzy and fell to his knees. "How dare you marry someone else after bearing my child?"
"Listen, Gadreel Ødegaar," she looked at him, not hesitating this time. "It's my anniversary present for you. Let's divorce." *** Ivory Remington had sacrificed five years to look after her husband Gadreel who was in a vegetative state after an accident and a few months ago, he finally awakened like a miracle. She thought it was the start of their happy life but Gadreel still had no heart for her. On their anniversary and her birthday, she received a cheating video of her dear husband and her stepsister. Heartbroken, Ivory chose to quit this stupid game. She decided to set him free but the reason she left on the divorce agreement pierced Gadreel's noble pride. *** "Impotent? Are you serious?" He gripped her wrist and a dangerous glint flashed in his eyes. "I'm a woman, Gadreel. I'm tired of being in a sexless marriage. Let's end it once and for all." "Sexless, huh?" he chuckled lowly and without warning grabbed her chin in between his hands, pulling her face closer. "Turns out my wife was so eager to get a man between her legs? "
Two years ago, Ricky found himself coerced into marrying Emma to protect the woman he cherished. From Ricky's perspective, Emma was despicable, resorting to underhanded schemes to ensure their marriage. He maintained a distant and cold attitude toward her, reserving his warmth for another. Yet, Emma remained wholeheartedly dedicated to Ricky for more than ten years. As she grew weary and considered relinquishing her efforts, Ricky was seized by a sudden fear. Only when Emma's life teetered on the edge, pregnant with Ricky's child, did he recognize-the love of his life had always been Emma.
"There will be no falling in love, we will only act as a loving couple when we are in public, we will share a room to make it believable, but no intimacy, touching is off-limits. We'll only have sex once a month, and that's solely to produce an heir. You won't interfere in my business, and I won't interfere in yours. You will be my wife in every sense and you will not be involved with any other man," he said, arrogance seeping from every word. I watch his mouth move, I'm not ready to fall in love with any man, especially not one as arrogant and egoistic as him. I can handle acting as a loving couple, and as for intimacy once a month. I can agree to that just to satisfy my sexual cravings with no strings attached. "Where can I sign?" I asked since I had nothing to lose. *** Nadine's wedding dreams turned to nightmares when she caught her sister and fiancé cheating! With a secret recording, she's ready for revenge. But then mysterious billionaire Logan West offers a deal: A Contract Marriage to take down her ex's empire. But what Nadine doesn't know is her life is getting complicated as she takes her chance to get revenge or risks everything for a chance at love?"
Due to the plight of her family, Phoebe had no choice but to embark on the path of selling herself. In an accident, she had a tangled night with Alexander. Everything began to derail, and even if she fled to the ends of the earth, she would still be found by him and entangled... *** Phoebe screamed in frustration, "What do you want from me?" What was this supposed to be? He raised an eyebrow wickedly. "What do I want? You'll find out soon enough." With that, he hoisted her up and carried her back into the office. The door slammed shut with a kick, and he cleared the desk with a sweep of his arm before laying her down on it, his body pinning hers in place, completely trapping her in his grasp. Every cell in his body was telling him he wanted her. He wanted to claim her again. This time, there would be no escape for her-he wouldn't let her slip away. Never again. If he had suffered for five years, then this woman wouldn't get off easily either!
Melanie married Ashton out of gratitude, but she quickly found herself entangled in a web of relentless challenges. Despite these struggles, she stayed true to her commitment to the marriage. In the hospital room, Ashton indifferently attempted to draw her blood, disregarding her discomfort. This callous act was a harsh revelation for Melanie, awakening her to the grim reality of their relationship. Resolved to prioritize her own welfare, she decided to sever ties. With newfound resolve, Melanie filed for divorce. In the process, she unveiled her concealed identities, leaving everyone in shock. Throughout these turbulent times, Melanie realized that Derek, Ashton’s uncle, had been discreetly protecting her all along.