Chapter 3 Pregnant

All her life, she was told female Alphas were weak. All her life, she believed it. Serena Blackwood was born to be an Alpha, yet raised like a curse. Unloved, controlled, and denied her freedom. Until she met Jayden, a mysterious rogue who made her feel seen, loved, and alive. But to save him from her power-hungry parents, she did the unforgivable: She rejected him. Three years later, Serena attends the brutal and masked Alpha King's Choosing Ceremony. But when the king removes his mask, time stops. He is Jayden. The mate she shattered. The rogue she "betrayed." The man who vanished... and returned as the most feared Lycan alive. And he remembers everything Forced into a cruel royal marriage, Serena endures humiliation, isolation, and a bond that refuses to die. But when war erupts and a deadly curse spreads through the Lycan Kingdom, the truth surfaces: Serena is not weak. She is a Lunar Alpha, the rare wolf with the power to heal, destroy, and rewrite destiny. Jayden realizes the one woman he destroyed is the only one destined to save them all. And the prophecy says she and Jayden must unite... Or the entire supernatural world will fall.

Zaya One marks me at night with ruthless dominance. The other steals me in the daylight, whispering promises that feel like poison and salvation all at once. Together they unravel me, body and soul, until I can no longer tell which one I fear... and which one I crave. ********** My parent sold me. I was nineteen, trembling in chains, traded like cattle for peace my pack no longer deserved. The Alpha of Nightshade was a monster who felt nothing. Cold eyes. Cruel hands. A heart buried with the mate who died in his arms. And then he looked at me. One nod. No words. Claiming me as if I had always belonged to him. I swore I would never love him. I would never let a man who bought my body have my heart. The annoying part? He has a twin. A mirror with the same face but a different hunger. One marks me at night with ruthless dominance. The other steals me in the daylight, whispering promises that feel like poison and salvation all at once. Together they unravel me, body and soul, until I can no longer tell which one I fear... and which one I crave. I thought I was just a peace offering. A breeder. Nothing. But lies run deeper than blood. And the cruelest truth of all? I was never meant for one Alpha. I was meant for both.

She was meant to be a Luna. So swore she'd become an Alpha instead. Born into a powerful Alpha bloodline, Seraphina "Sera" Nightbane spent her life preparing to lead. But in a world where only male Alphas rule, her fate was sealed-an arranged marriage to the ruthless Alpha King. Rather than live out her life in a cage, Sera vanished on the eve of her wedding, disguising herself as a boy to enter Lupine Academy, a brutal training ground for future Alphas. She's determined to prove herself. That's when Ronan Volkstane enters the scene. Cold, dominant, and dangerously perceptive, Ronan is a born predator. He sees Seth Darven as a challenge, a rival... even though something about him feels off. He's determined to uncover the truth, no matter the cost. As tensions ignite and secrets unravel, Sera must fight for her place, her freedom... against the one Alpha who might destroy everything she's built or claim her completely.

(18+ Warning: This novel contains explicit scenes of violence, aristocratic cruelty, sexual content, and themes of blood magic, non-consensual binding, and character trauma.) Sofia Quispe was never meant to be a simple noble. As the supposed pureblood heir to the powerful Abribi Covenant, her fate was sealed in a political Blood Union to three powerful vampire princes: the dominant Zilo Graves, the ruthless Klaus Blackwell, and the ambitious Zack Rivera. This union was meant to secure the throne and unite the kingdom. But during the Ceremony of Binding, the blood doesn't lie. When Sofia fails to Awaken her vampiric gifts, a desperate bloodline test reveals the shattering truth: she is not a pureblood noble, but a disgraced Dhampir-half-human, half-vampire-the product of her deceased mother's forbidden betrayal. In the rigid aristocracy of the vampire world, Dhampirs are considered abominations, a stain on bloodline purity. Renounced by her enraged father, Lord Quispe, and brutally rejected by the Princes who fear political ruin, Sofia is cast out of the Covenant citadel and into the perilous human world, a day-walker with no power, plagued by the maddening Blood Hunger caused by the trio's incomplete Blood Mark. Rock bottom forces her into the shadows of the city, where she works at a supernatural bar, fighting to control the erratic power surges of her cursed bond. When a violent attack by feral vampires leaves her vulnerable, she is saved by Phuwin Montague, a powerful, enigmatic Vampire Sovereign from a rival faction. Phuwin sees not a flaw, but a unique political weapon-a Dhampir marked by a Prince. Drawn into his dangerous orbit, Sofia trains with an ex-military vampire hunter, learning to master her hybrid nature and the dark potential of her blood. But the psychic echoes of the incomplete bond still haunt her, pulling her

YELENA: I didn't think twice when I accepted my parents' offer to marry our Alpha. He was a man every she-wolf in our pack wanted... I thought marrying him would mean love, protection, and respect. Instead, it meant betrayal. Tristan Crosswood, my husband, the Alpha of Blue Moon pack never wanted me. I was just a Luna by contract, replacing his empty title. He chose his mate repeatedly when she found her way back to the pack while I was foolish to reject mine the first time I saw him. I was such a fool... and I suffered for it. So, I did the only thing left for me to save myself. I filed for a divorce, and Alpha Tristan signed the papers happily. I walked away broken but free, and when I started to heal, I discovered that I was carrying his pup. Now Alpha Tristan wanted me back, the Alpha who signed my freedom with his own hands became the Alpha who regret divorcing me. But what he didn't know was that... I wasn't the desperate Luna he discarded.

A mute. A burden. A plaything. That's all Eleanor has ever been to the Moon Bliss Pack. Born without a voice and abandoned at their doorstep as a child, she's endured a life of silence, scorn, and pain-especially at the hands of her so-called mate, the Beta, who never accepted her... and never rejected her either. But when his twisted idea of "fun" leaves her fleeing through the woods with real wolves on her heels, Eleanor- bleeding and terrified- escapes and stumbles straight into the territory of the ruthless Blood Moon Pack and into the arms of its feared Alpha, Ciaran. She doesn't know he's her second-chance mate. He doesn't want to feel such an overwhelming need to protect her. Yet as Eleanor begins to heal and open up to the only man who's ever shown her kindness, secrets long buried begin to surface-secrets about her identity, her power... and the cruel betrayal that started it all. Because Eleanor isn't just a mute. She's a ticking time bomb. And when she finally finds her voice... the entire supernatural realm will tremble.