The Banish Alpha 3 Second Chance Alpha series
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The Hockey Prince's Secret Ice Queen
All I wanted was to find a computer genius to process the non-linear dynamic equations for my ecological model. Instead, I found myself cornered by Julian Andrews, the university's hockey prince, trading a public, staged kiss for his academic support. To finalize our "deal," I was dragged to the campus ice rink. The cheerleaders and puck bunnies immediately swarmed him, mocking my plain clothes and treating me like a pathetic joke. Brooke, the head cheerleader, even set up a figure skating competition with a date with Julian as the grand prize. She performed a basic spin, blew him a kiss, and smugly waited for me to fall flat on my face and humiliate myself. His hockey teammates laughed from the sidelines, watching me try to support Julian as he stumbled around the ice like a newborn giraffe. But as I held his warm hand to keep him from falling, I couldn't help but feel something was terribly wrong. Why was a top-tier athlete faking such awful balance? And why did his ice-blue eyes stare at me with such knowing anticipation, as if he already knew about the professional figure skating past I had spent years trying to bury? "Just let go and skate." He whispered, slowly releasing my hand. I took a deep breath, glided to the center of the rink, and landed a flawless double Axel. As the entire rink fell into a dead, shocked silence, I realized I had just exposed not only my own hidden past, but also the biggest secret of the campus god.
Chapter 1 No.1
Sage POV:
"Let me kiss you."
The request was a low, hurried murmur—warm, quiet, and laced with the faintest edge of mortification.
Stunned, I snapped my head up toward the sound.
Julian Andrews filled my vision. He easily towered a head over me, his lean, athletic frame silhouetted against the bright morning glare, casting a long shadow across the cobblestones. Briar University's star forward. Team captain. The athletic department's untouchable golden boy.
Campus rumor had it that Julian was notoriously indifferent, never sparing anyone a second glance.
Behind him, a solid wall of navy-and-gold varsity jackets blocked the brick path. His teammates were whistling, shoving each other, and effectively cutting off my only exit.
The sudden commotion immediately bottlenecked the morning foot traffic. Whispers rippled through the crowd, and within seconds, a dozen students reached into their pockets out of sheer muscle memory, black camera lenses catching the light as they aimed squarely at us.
Julian's sharp eyes tracked the movement, his jaw tightening into a hard, irritated line.
Before I could take a single defensive step back, he closed the distance between us. Leaning down into my space, his broad shoulders shifted in a subtle, fluid maneuver—throwing up an impenetrable physical wall that completely shielded my face from the intrusive glare of the cameras.
His sharp, striking face hovered breathtakingly close. His deep baritone brushed against my ear, lost to the autumn wind, meant for me alone:
"Sorry to drop this on you," he whispered, his pale blue eyes disarmingly earnest, holding a quiet heat that sent a tremor straight down my spine. "The guys backed me into a locker-room dare... but I'm not here to use you as a joke. We can fake it. Angle it so it looks real—whatever you're comfortable with. Just help me get them off my back, and I owe you one."
It was only then that my brain finally rebooted.
What on earth? He's actually trying to kiss me?
A sharp flare of pure absurdity hit me, and my gaze dropped to my reflection in the dark glass door of the adjacent building: an oversized, faded gray hoodie that swallowed my frame whole, soft, thin jeans worn at the knees, bare-faced dark circles carved beneath my eyes from forty-eight hours of non-stop coding, my dark hair hastily twisted into a cheap plastic claw clip, and a pair of oversized, thick black-rimmed glasses sitting heavy on the bridge of my nose, completely hiding my face.
I looked like a refugee from an all-night disaster. How had Briar's golden prince ended up in front of me?
When I looked back up, my breath trapped in my throat anyway. He was too close, his clean scent of winter mint and cedar wrapping around my senses. Having those pale blue eyes staring straight down at me made my chest tighten in a way I really didn't want to acknowledge.
"Clock's ticking, Cap!" Landon howled from the sidelines, hands cupped around his mouth as the rest of the players lost their minds laughing. "Plant one on her, or enjoy the five-AM bag skate!"
A raucous chorus of barks and chest-thumping went up from the team.
A few yards away, two girls heading toward the dining hall froze in their tracks, pointing their phones.
"Wait, who the hell is that?" one of them laughed loudly, zooming her camera in on my face. "She looks like she just crawled out of a dumpster. There's no way Julian's actually kissing her. Post it on Sidechat right now—this is going straight to number one."
The cruel words hit like a splash of ice water, snapping me out of my daze and instantly killing the stupid flutter in my chest.
I hated the attention.
Four years ago, after my family and my former training partner framed me and destroyed my competitive skating career, I swore I would never be public entertainment again. I buried my name, switched majors, and hid behind oversized fleece and thick glasses just to live an invisible life. If I ended up on the campus forums with Julian Andrews, the internet vultures would dox me before noon—and drag up the toxic scandal I had bled to walk away from.
My research was already on the verge of falling apart. I didn't have time for this circus.
I locked my grip around my heavy binders, my knuckles straining white.
"Find someone else for your dare, Andrews," I said coldly, taking a step back to put distance between us, my voice tight with adrenaline. "I'm not interested in being part of your game. Move."
I kept my head down, attempting to brush past him.
"You're Sage Kelley, right?"
The sound of my name brought my boots to an immediate halt.
I blinked up at him, caught completely off guard.
"Professor Beaumont's senior research student," Julian straightened up slightly, his cadence measured and even, carrying an intellectual sharpness that seemed impossible beneath a varsity jacket. "I saw your Havenwood Creek senior capstone proposal sitting on his desk over Sunday dinner."
My heart gave a hard, hollow thud. Professor Beaumont was my academic advisor—and the guardian of the final research endowment my late father had left behind.
Julian leaned in slightly, his voice dropping to a near-whisper against the whistle of the wind. "I spent an hour going over your codebase."
My lips parted. "You... read my proposal?"
"Your simulation keeps crashing because your core fluid algorithm strategy is flawed," Julian murmured, his pale blue eyes deadly sharp. "And Uncle Des mentioned that if you don't deliver a working version by this Friday, the department is pulling your grant—which means you don't clear your senior thesis, and you don't graduate in May."
The hair on the back of my neck stood on end.
Friday was the deadline. If the funding was pulled, the project died, my senior capstone failed, and I would be forced to stay another semester without my degree. Worse, my father's final ecological legacy would be reduced to scrap paper.
I had been panicking over that exact deadline for two days straight, and Julian had just laid it out like it was nothing.
Worse, I couldn't even brush him off. I had heard the rumors about Beaumont's nephew—the CS prodigy everyone in the department talked about. I just had never realized it was him.
"I know how to fix your algorithm," Julian stated plainly, laying his cards on the table, his gaze locking onto mine with an unshakeable, quiet certainty. "Help me get through this bet. In return, I'll rewrite your boundary calculations tonight. Deal?"
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The Alpha Second Chance
Anastasia Wolfe, a young, beautiful lady, she is young and charming . However, fate takes an unexpected turn on her life due to a one night stand she had with a stranger . The passionate encounter leads to an unplanned pregnancy, and she finds herself navigating the daunting path of single parenthoo
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Her Second Chance Alpha
Sera Nerva is a rare female Alpha who is determined to prove her abilities and strengthen her pack to defend against its enemies. She is determined to remain mate- less and focus on protecting her pack and family. Her bitter experiences with her previous mate killed her parents and brother and almos
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The Alpha Second Chance Mate
For many years, Elaris Veyne sacrificed her health to keep her mate alive. That's why she was relieved that after years of trying, she finally became pregnant because she hoped their life would change for the better. However, Elaris' mate desperately needed wolf essence to survive or he would die
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Alpha Raphael's Second Chance Mate
Nora's life turned into a nightmare after she was banished from her pack by her own husband. She was subjected to mockery, abuse and humiliation before being cast out with nothing. Faced with the cruelty of a world that had never once been kind to her, the moon goddess decided to bless her with h
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Alpha Damon’s Second Chance Mate
“I didn’t mean leave the house; I meant leave the pack. I don’t want you here; you should be grateful because I am doing you a favor.” “What?” I exclaimed, my eyes threatening to bulge out. Roxanne, an orphan, and Damon, the son of the Alpha, have been best friends since childhood. They have a on
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My Second Chance Alpha Mate
She was rejected by her mate. His mate perished in a fire. Her rejection turned her cold and strong. The fire drove him to madness. She is a warrior. He is an Alpha. Two extraordinary wolves, each powerful in their own right, have lived in the same pack for their entire lives with minimal interactio
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Alpha Jaxon Second Chance Mate
"Stop eye-fucking me, little one." Jax's voice was loud and clear through the mind link. I watch as he never looks at me but continues to laugh away with his pack members. How did he know I was completely checking him out? "Unless you want me to actually fuck you, then I think you should stop." I bl
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Reclaimed by the Alpha: A Second Chance
Emma Matthews felt that in Lucas Blackwood, the future alpha, she had met her true mate in the sleepy village of Silverwood. But when Lucas publicly rejected her under the brutal power of his father, her heart broke, and she had to run away. Emma moved far from Silverwood five years ago and is rais
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Second Chance For The Same Alpha
Adriana Brown, 18 years old, an omega with the weakest strength in the Broken Light pack finds out that she is the mate of Alpha Ryan Philips, the strongest alpha in the area who is also their pack's alpha. Even though Adriana is a weak Luna, she has an extraordinarily beautiful face, her physique i
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Second Chance With The Blind Alpha
Lucy, commonly known as Lu, was raised in an unfriendly pack where her status as an omega placed her at the bottom of the hierarchy, resulting in additional responsibilities. As she matured, her primary focus became finding a mate, and she harbored the desire for him to be from a different pack, ena
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The Alpha Prince's Defiant Second Chance Mate
Tonight was supposed to be my Marking Ceremony with my betrothed, Bret Holland. Instead, I woke up pinned to a velvet mattress by the terrifying Crown Prince Casimer, who was completely out of his mind on a brutal heat drug. Outside the locked door, I heard Bret's lowered voice. "Is everyone in p
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A Second Chance With My Arrogant Alpha
Mason is the Alpha heir of a wealthy wolfpack, while Suri is a humble Omega. They met in junior high school, with Mason initially approaching Suri out of curiosity, progressing from bullying to being attracted to her. They fell for each other in their naive years, but due to their inexperienced emo
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No More Second Chance, Alpha Varian
"Did the condom really break all those years back or did you just want to baby trap me, Varian?" He looked at me, eyes freezing over, "I just did what time you would make sure you would never leave my side," ••••••••••••• Varian and Thalia had been childhood sweethearts ever since they were lit
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My Second Chance Mate Is An Alpha
When her mate, Victor Darkmore, Beta of the Moonshadow Pack, rejected her, Eleanor Sinclair believed her life was over. However, fate proved her otherwise. She was saved by the ruthless Alpha of the opposition pack, Nathaniel Kyle Twilight, her second chance mate. Eleanor realized the Moon G
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The Lycan Alpha and His Second Chance Mate
Scarlett Davis had her life all beautifully planned out until the day she saw her boyfriend of ten years kissing another girl. Heartbroken, she dashed off. One thing led to another and she ended up having a one night stand with a fine stranger she later found out to be the infamous puppet Lycan Alph
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THE ALPHA WHO REJECTED HIS MATE.(MY ALPHAS SECOND CHANCE)
Lyla spent her entire life dreaming of the day she would meet her destined mate. That dream becomes a nightmare during the Blood Moon Ceremony when the Moon Goddess chooses Alpha Kieran, the most powerful and ruthless Alpha in the northern territories, as her mate. For one breathless momen
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SECOND CHANCE IN LOVE - HEART FEARS SERIES
To many, the heart is just a muscle or a symbol of love. But for Lunna, it represents so much more: strength, truth, justice, and even fear. After a heartbreaking loss, she finds herself trapped in the shadows of her past, with fear as her only companion. Like the little girl who once trembled under
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The Alpha King Is My Second Chance Mate
"I'm sorry Quinn, but I; Jeovanni Lum rejects you; Quinn Felon as my mate. You're no longer Luna of this pack, nor are you my fated mate. Accept my rejection." His words awakened the pain within Quinn, and she fell to her knees, crying out when it became too much to bear...she didn't want to, but i
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THE BIKER ALPHA WHO BECAME MY SECOND CHANCE MATE
"You're just like a sister to me." Those were the actual words that broke the camel's back. Not after what just happened. Not after the hot, breathless, soul-shaking night we spent tangled in each other's arms. I knew from the beginning that Tristan Hayes was a line I shouldn't cross. He wasn't
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Alpha Kaden’s second mate
Anna Reynolds, burdened by the disgrace and death of her father, Beta Darius Reynolds, who was responsible for the murder of Alpha Kaden Black first mate, Freya, has been leading a life of torment within her pack, RedSand, as a means of atoning for her father's heinous act. In her quest for freedo
